Testimonies
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, [...]
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 [...]
Changed who I was by Matt Vaughan
Going to Mass as a kid and a teenager, I definitely did not always think that the Eucharist was literally Jesus. I didn’t think it was a symbol, but I didn’t realize that the Eucharistic wasn’t someTHING, but someONE. It was a bit like my relationship with God. I knew that God existed, [...]
Saving the World: Eloisa’s Call to Staff
In my first year of university, if you asked where I would be after I finished my degree, I would have probably said “traveling the world” or something witty like “saving the world.” I’ve always had a heart for the world hence why I studied International Studies, I just never [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
“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 [...]
I stay firm by Eric Filion
*******Estimated reading time 2-3 minutes********* I think almost everyone experiences doubts about God and faith at some point in their life. When I was in my teens the doubts I struggled with shook my faith to the core. Even though I had grown up in a family that really practiced [...]
What is the point? By Daniel Joosten
**************Estimated reading time 2-3 Minutes************ What is the point of being Catholic? What’s the point of going to mass, of going to the sacraments? What’s the point of being a good person? We’re all going to die anyways. Do we just cease to exist? And all the time and effort [...]
“LET GO” by Christine Kleiboer
*** Estimated reading time 1-2 minutes*** When I was sixteen years old I thought I knew who I would marry… but at such a young age, I didn’t [...]