Day: 16 March 2023

Lisa Rumpel

Lisa Rumpel’s book Arise Shine & Live: On Resilience, Faith, and Bipolar Disorder is a collection of reflections about living life with mental illness and the healing that is possible with time and faith. (Submitted photos)

Writer’s journey with mental illness offers ‘light at end of the tunnel’

British Columbia, Canada

By Nicholas Elbers Finishing a book is a major milestone for any writer, let alone someone who has struggled with mental illness throughout her life. B.C. Catholic columnist Lisa Rumpel has done just that.  Drawing from her five years of B.C. Catholic columns, Rumpel’s book Arise Shine & Live: On Resilience, Faith, and Bipolar Disorder is a...

Everything is Pawsome at school’s animal welfare club

Father Don Larson sprinkles holy water on a furry friend at a blessing of the pets hosted by the Pawsome Helpers Club at Queen of All Saints Elementary in Coquitlam. (Gema Chavez photos)

Everything is Pawsome at school’s animal welfare club

British Columbia, Canada

By Nicholas Elbers When Queen of All Saints teacher Gema Chavez was looking for ways to help students learn about care for God’s creation, the idea of a pet-friendly animal welfare club seemed a natural fit. Now the Coquitlam school’s Pawsome SPCA Helpers Club is not only a hit with the students, it’s been featured...

The disciples find Christ’s tomb empty in the second station of the Stations of the Resurrection designed by Italian artist Giovanni Dragoni. Gardens of Gethsemani Cemetery is acquiring its own set of 14 stations depicting the Via Lucis (Way of Light) a complement to the Stations of the Cross. (CNS photo by Cindy Wooden)

Way of Light stations coming to Gardens of Gethsemani

Canada, News

An increasingly popular devotion that celebrates the 50 days of Easter is coming to Gardens of Gethsemani cemetery. Fourteen stations depicting the Via Lucis (the Way of Light) will commemorate Christ’s life from the Resurrection to the descent of the Holy Spirit, said Catholic Cemeteries director Peter Nobes.  The prayer stations, which Nobes calls the...

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