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Friday, 29 January 2010 |
TORONTO - The Assembly of Catholic Bishops in Ontario is urging Catholic secondary schools to reject a proposed gender studies course that contravenes church teaching on sexuality.
“A reading of the overall expectations leads us to believe that, though much of the content could be taught within a Catholic context ... the fundamental thrust of this proposed optional course reflects an ideology which is at variance with Catholic anthropology and moral teaching,” the bishops said in a recent letter to Catholic school board chairs and directors of education.
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Written by Sheila Dabu, The Catholic Register
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Monday, 25 January 2010 |
 Children line up next to adults to get food at a makeshift displacement camp in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 21.( CNS photo/Tomas Bravo, Reuters) TORONTO - Three months ago a troupe of young dancers from Haiti performed at Mississauga’s St. Joseph Catholic High School. So when news broke of the devastating earthquake in Haiti, teachers and students from the school rallied to raise close to $2,000 in less than a week.
St. Joseph joined with several Ontario Catholic students as schools from across the province raised thousands of dollars for the relief effort almost overnight.
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Written by Sheila Dabu, The Catholic Register
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Monday, 25 January 2010 |
TORONTO - Catholic education has received an ally in newly appointed education minister Leona Dombrowsky, says the head of the Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association.
James Ryan told The Catholic Register that the OECTA association welcomes Dombrowsky’s appointment and is confident that there will be a productive working relationship with the new minister.
“In all of our meetings with (Dombrowsky) over the years, she has always been supportive of publicly funded Catholic education and public education,” he said. “Her background in education supports that.”
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Written by Sheila Dabu, The Catholic Register
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Friday, 15 January 2010 |
 Neil McNeil parent council co-chair Nicole Waldron TORONTO - It’s a half-century tradition that Neil McNeil High School supporters say they’d like to keep: having their school at the very site where the Spiritan Fathers founded it 1958.
Neil McNeil, along with four other schools in its cluster group in the Toronto Catholic District School Board, is undergoing a school accommodation review this year. The schools — which are part of four clusters of 17 schools under review — either have too many or too few students and could be consolidated, relocated or closed. In December, the board decided to close two schools and relocate another.
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Written by Catholic Register Staff
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Friday, 08 January 2010 |
 Fr. Henry Carr High School receives a $50,000 donation for its new stadium from the Toronto Police Service. (Photo courtesy of Fr. Henry Carr High School) TORONTO - Fr. Henry Carr High School got a boost from the Toronto Police Service in its quest to build its state-of-the-art sports stadium.
The police services board kicked in $50,000 to help make the northwest Toronto school’s dream become a reality.
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