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Youth ministry programs adapt to mental health challenges among teens, children
TORONTO (CCN) — Mental health challenges facing children and youth are increasingly placing demands on youth ministers, said John MacMullen, associate director of youth ministries for the Archdiocese of Toronto. Although ministries for youth are growing, leaders need greater patience, sensitivity and awareness in how they approach young people, he told Canadian Catholic News. Youth…
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New school to open in growing French Catholic school board
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. (CCN) — A French Catholic elementary school named for St. Kateri Tekakwitha, North America’s first Indigenous saint, is so new that less than a month before the start of the school year, the saint’s name was not on the building yet. Principal Vicky Marcotte was confident that the signage for École élémentaire catholique…
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Seven journeys, one newsroom at CCN’s journalism seminar
TORONTO (CCN) — When driven by passion and curiosity, great multimedia journalism knows no age limit or prior experience. Seven aspiring and early-career journalists at this year’s “God in the City” Catholic Journalism Seminar proved this to be true. Canadian Catholic News (CCN) hosted its second annual seminar on Catholic multimedia journalism Aug. 9-15. A…
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Former CBC journalist Brian Stewart says media must do better at covering religion
TORONTO (CCN) — Throughout his decades-long career, retired CBC journalist Brian Stewart saw war, famine and death in areas of conflict across the world. Such a prolonged exposure to suffering inflicted him with what psychologists call a “moral injury.” “It’s not mental. It’s spiritual. It hits those who witness things: soldiers, aid workers, journalists, religious…
