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Canadian Canoe Pilgrimage participants travel down the Wye River near Midland as they start their month-long journey to Montreal Friday afternoon. (Andrew Philips/Special to Postmedia Network)

While Sr. Priscilla Solomon doesn’t mind the pat on the back, the real bonus of being named the 2017 Pax Christi Teacher of Peace is the chance to talk about reconciliation. “I’m quite honoured and pleased,” said the 75-year-old Sister of St. Joseph. “(It provides) the opportunity to say a few words about what I see as reconciliation between indigenous people and settlers.”

More than 30 people, comprised of Indigenous, Jesuit, English and French Canadian paddlers, will embark on a month-long, 850-kilometre canoe trip July 21 in response to the Calls to Action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Following a traditional First Nations canoe trade route, the Canadian Canoe Pilgrimage (CCP) will begin at Midland, Ontario up Georgian Bay, travel across the French River, Lake Nipissing, the Mattawa and Ottawa Rivers, and end near Montreal.

Today, the Algoma Conservatory of Music in Sault Ste. Marie dedicated a piano classroom to Sister Immaculata. Below is a photo of a photo of her, along with the sign and view into the piano room. The celebration was attended by many of Sister Immaculate's family and friends, including several of the local Sisters of St. Joseph of Sault Ste. Marie.

Sister Antoinette (Stephanie Korpacka) celebrated her 104th birthday Friday afternoon surrounded by friends, including Sister Shirley McNamara, her friend of more than 60 years. Jennifer Hamilton-McCharles / The Nugget

Canada Day often seems a rather tepid, bureaucratic affair celebrating the day Great Britain’s Parliament managed to pass a law granting four small North American colonies the right to elect their own politicians to a single House of Commons — not a shot fired and no declaration of independence. But why limit ourselves to such a paltry notion of Canada’s origins?

Witness : Sr. Priscilla Solomon, CSJ Sunday, May 22, 2016 - Sr. Priscilla Solomon is an Ojibway woman and a Sister of St. Joseph of Sault Ste. Marie. She is the coordinator of the Faith and Justice ministry in her congregation with special attention to ecological justice, human trafficking and poverty issues. Read more...

Some would say I am not a mother since I have not carried the new life of an unborn baby within my womb. Some would say I am not a mother since I have not fostered or adopted a child in need of a loving home. Some would say I will never know the love a mother has for her child. Some would say I will never know the pride a mother has when her child reaches a milestone. Some would say I will never know the pain a mother has when her child is suffering. Read more...

The span of almost 29 years of memories gives them a profound and everlasting character. They remind me of the many and various ways the priests, deacons and layfaithful make the message of Christmas so credible and so real to me and to many others. Read More...

Bishop Marcel Damphousse is the new spiritual leader for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie, which covers the northeastern Ontario districts of West Nipissing, Sudbury, Manitoulin Island and Algoma. Photo: Canada Conference of Catholic Bishops. Read More...

The North Bay Regional Health Centre and the Sisters of St. Joseph of Sault Ste. Marie signed a partnership, allowing the health centre to refer patients and their loved ones to stay at the Motherhouse as an affordable bed and breakfast option. Read More...