PREP teacher races to raise funds

Marivic Cregan will run marathon for Domestic Abuse Services

Marivic Cregan, seen at the 2014 Vancouver Rock 'n' Roll half marathon, will lace up for the BMO Vancouver marathon May 3. "I couldn't even run for 30 seconds," she recalled of her first day of training in 2006. Richard Prill / Special to The B.C. Catholic.

A PREP coordinator at Our Lady of Mercy Parish in Burnaby is running to raise money. For full story see The B.C. Catholic website.


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Antoni Gaudi's basilica inspires conversions

An interior view of the Basilica of the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Spain, taken in 2012. CNS photo / Albert Gea, Reuters.

Though the renowned Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi died nearly 90 years ago and his best-known work remains under construction, the beauty of the Sagrada Familia basilica continues to draw people to Christ. For full story see The B.C. Catholic website.

Mexican mother testifies on Hill about 43 'disappeared' students

The caravan stopped at the Quebec National Assembly where they displayed pictures of the missing students. Deborah Gyapong (CCN).

The mother of one of 43 students who disappeared from a teacher-training college in Ayotzinapa, Mexico, testified April 28 on Parliament Hill about widespread human rights abuses in Mexico. For full story see The B.C. Catholic website.