Monday, October 28, 2013

St. Mark's College principal gets papal call

Msgr. Mark Hagemoen has been chosen to be Bishop of Mackenzie - Fort Smith
The northernmost and largest (by area) diocese in Canada will greet a new bishop soon. Pope Francis has named Msgr. Mark Hagemoen, principal of St. Mark's and Corpus Christi Colleges, the next bishop of Mackenzie - Fort Smith, based in Yellowknife, N.W.T. For full story see The B.C. Catholic website.


Other good stories recently posted to the site include:

Vatican event lauds 'tenacious' women in modern society

Just down the road from St. Peter's Basilica, a crowd of almost 200 packed into an audience hall to hear a panel discussion on the witness of modern women in the Church. For full story see The B.C. Catholic website.

Prelate reminds teachers to conform to the Gospel

At a packed annual Archbishop's Charity Dinner Oct. 16, Archbishop Terrence Prendergast, SJ, of Ottawa challenged Catholic educators to resist the temptation to become a government bureaucracy. For full story see The B.C. Catholic website.

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