A little longer musing on Christian Unity… My musings on Christian unity began out of a purely personal quest. Just over a year ago, I began dating, a wonderful, holy, Christian man…who isn’t Catholic. (I’ll let that settle so the staunch Catholic and Protestant naysayers in the room warm up to the idea!) What began … Continue reading
Today we’re sharing some of our favourite shots from CCO’s annual Rise Up Conference in a festive twist on one of our regular features. An East Coast conference… Clockwise from top left: Chelsey singing with the band; Xaverians and friends; dancing up a storm on NYE; Eucharistic Adoration Lord I have seen your goodness/And I … Continue reading
I wrote this a couple of weeks ago. I was feeling particularly down and out having raised little support and now looking back reading it, I couldn’t help but wonder if I had been too honest and shared too much. I received a text from a friend not too long after I posted, that said … Continue reading
This reflection was first published in the Catholic Register on January 18th. How did you spend your New Year’s Eve? For as long as I can remember, I have spent New Year’s Eve with family, congregating around cookies and champagne. But this year, I spent it alongside 600 fellow university students at Rise Up, Catholic … Continue reading
I was reading Catherine Doherty’s meditation for yesterday, the feast day of St.Francis of Assisi. Inspired by his great prayer, I wanted to share some of my favorite prayers. I can still hear CCO founder, Andre Regnier, speaking to us at our last training session this past summer. We sat looking out at parliament before … Continue reading
I remember when I applied to go on Catholic Christian Outreach’s missions trip this past summer, we were asked what we thought of the word “evangelize.” It’s a scary word that I desired to stay far from. It conjures up images of men on podiums in the middle of the street harassing passersby. This past … Continue reading
It is hard to believe that 15 weeks have passed and our Impact mission in Ottawa has ended. Our days here are now filled with saying final, often tear-filled goodbyes to the people who have become family to each of us. We came as 57 university students each searching, and found in abundance, more than … Continue reading
faith and peanut butter 