Resources

The Pope Video is a global initiative developed by the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network (Apostleship of Prayer) to assist in the dissemination of the Holy Father’s monthly intentions related to the challenges the humanity faces.

Baggage opens the stage and turns the spotlight on newly arrived teenage immigrants studying in High School in Montreal, Quebec. Through drama workshops, theatre production and deeply personal interviews, the film gives voice to their stories of immigration and integration.

Sacred art, in its stillness, holds an energy that often opens our beings to cross a threshold into a new way of seeing the truths of our faith. I invite you on a virtual pilgrimage with me, to take time to pause, to contemplate the message wrapped in images preserved from early Christianity, some lost for many centuries.

The Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) has released a new book that chronicles what the organization learned as it went through a six-year doctrinal investigation by the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF). CDF publicly questioned the fundamentals of LCWR and called for a reform of the organization, an action that stirred great concern among members of the Catholic Church, and many others throughout the world who saw the Vatican’s action as repressive and unjust.

A new book from CPJ’s Joe Gunn features interviews with ten key people who have been active in social justice struggles across Canada for many years. How did Christians from varied ecumenical backgrounds work together to help end apartheid, admit refugees from Chile and Indochina, defend Indigenous Peoples’ rights, promote economic justice, and more?

Continuing from the success of his previous book, The Seven Last Words of Christ, Thomas Rosica, CSB, presents the Resurrection of Jesus through a reading of the four Gospels, but not so much as narrated or told in scripture, but proclaimed anew in our day. Conveyed here in very accessible language, Rosica presents the risen Lord who continues to meet us where we are, accompany us on our journeys, and causes our hearts to gradually catch fire within us, with the conviction that the Resurrection of Jesus is a sign that God is ultimately going to win.

The annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity will be celebrated 18 to 25 January 2018 on the theme “Your right hand, O LORD, glorious in power” (Exodus 15:6).

Emmaus Productions is delighted to announce the launch of our new online video series “Landscapes of the Soul” by internationally acclaimed spiritual writer, Margaret Silf. It offers image and text reflections and prayer on life’s journey, which are inspired by the natural landscapes that we encounter in our lives.

At their recent conference held in Niagara Falls, the Communicators for Women Religious (CWR), of which the CRC is a member, marked the 375th anniversary of Montreal in a special way. It produced a short bilingual video presenting the religious communities of women founded in Montreal. The video Montreal: 375 years… And Counting!, produced by […]

On the occasion of the third World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, the Episcopal Commission for Justice and Peace of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) has published a new resource entitled Living Out Laudato Si’: A Commentary and Practical Resource for Canadian Catholics. The preface of the document, written by the Honourable […]