Coach finds God's grace helps her live in obedience

Sister Mary Sabina Demuth made a tough choice between marriage and her religious call

Grade 6 Assumption Eagles stand with their basketball coach, Sister Mary Sabina Demuth, OP, in the gymnasium at Our Lady of the Assumption School in Port Coquitlam. Agnieszka Krawczynski / The B.C. Catholic.

The coach of the Assumption Eagles wears a full-length white habit as she emboldens Grade 6 girls to slam-dunk their way to victory. For full story see The B.C. Catholic website.


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Rabbi Toaff dead at 99

St. John Paul II greets Rabbi Elio Toaff in 1986 at Rome's main synagogue. Rabbi Toaff, Rome's chief rabbi from 1951 to 2000, died April 19 at age 99. CNS photo / Arturo Mari, L'Osservatore Romano.

Rabbi Elio Toaff, the first rabbi to welcome a Pope to a Roman synagogue, died Sunday at the age of 99. Pope Francis remembered him with gratitude, praising him as "a man of peace and dialogue." For full story see The B.C. Catholic website.

Evangelist has warning for 50th National Prayer Breakfast

House Speaker Andrew Scheer, left, and Christian apologist Ravi Zacharias (centre). Deborah Gyapong (CCN).

Christian apologist Ravi Zacharias told the 50th annual National Prayer Breakfast here April 20 the world is growing dark and dismal as it loses an understand of what it means to be human. For full story see The B.C. Catholic website.