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That simple message changed me by Dawn Kellington

                I had a plan for the summer of 2011. I was going to work as an interpreter in a provincial park; I’d teach kids about pond creatures, chat with happy campers and get a sick tan. I definitely didn’t think I’d be back in my hometown. However, [...]

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Some choices we dont know how to make by Emily Lautsch

        Some choices are easy, some choices are hard, and some choices we don’t really know how to make. In the summer of 2008 I went to World Youth Day Australia with CCO. This was an easy choice. I thought it was going to be a fun pilgrimage to the land down [...]

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I can never stop thanking Him by Marika

        (With my friend Dawn. I am on the left)   I grew up in a great family in Regina, Sk. I have four little brothers who I love dearly, although they definitely drive me crazy. Growing up we’d go to church together, pray together and play together. Maybe it comes from [...]

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No more double life By Zach

        Have you ever known a child that seems to break every single rule they don’t know and when you tell them the rules, they always find some way to break it again by using a loophole? Well unfortunately that was me. Between turning a hairspray can into a flame thrower to [...]

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“Wasn’t enough to experience this fire alone” by Sarah Kotyk

      ******* Estimated reading time 2 minutes *********       Christ has always been a part of my life, but He hasn’t always been the centre of it.  As I was growing up, faith was an important aspect of my family’s life.  We attended Church and I was involved in a Catholic [...]

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