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A group of 350 students took part in Niagara Catholic’s recent trip to Europe. Here, some of them mark the memory with a photo at the Vatican.

Catholic schools are a vehicle for faith journey

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Canada is fortunate to have sociologists like Reginald Bibby working in the field of religious attitudes. His most recent book, Canada’s Catholics, should be on the desk of all administrators, trustees, teachers and priests.

For the second straight year, the Dufferin-Peel District Catholic School Board will be making the most of Twitter and the hashtag #MyCatholicEducation as it challenges those connected to Catholic education, both past and present, to share the highlights, impacts or memories from their faith-based schooling.

Memories find a place in board’s #MyCatholicEducation Twitter campaign

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Sharing school memories — 140 characters at a time — has proven to be great way to celebrate Catholic Education Week for the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board.

Paul de la Riva, spokesperson for the Conseil scolaire catholique due Nouvel-Ontario, says the program aims to help parents pick up elements and vocabularies that will be taught in classrooms.

Parents go back to school for free French refresher

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Every parent knows the importance of having conversations with their kids.

Richard Olson, Superintendent of Learning at the Waterloo Catholic district School Board in Kitchener, says a child's best interests must guide core beliefs of parents and staff.

Child’s best interests must guide core beliefs

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In my first year off the farm as an undergraduate at the University of Regina, I took a part-time job driving a school bus for a local company.

Sr. Priscilla Solomon, the 2017 Pax Christi Teacher of Peace.

Pax Christi's 2017 Teacher of Peace offers lesson in reconciliation

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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.

Coptic clergy hold signs to remember victims of the Palm Sunday attack in Egypt during a service at the Church of Virgin Mary and St. Athanasius on April 18, 2017, in Mississauga, Ontario.

Canadian Coptic Christians ponder the future of their faith back in Egypt

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TORONTO – A 13-year-old girl with long, flowing black hair and dark eyes stands poised at the head of a massive church hall, flanked by a bishop and several priests. More than a hundred community members sit before her.

Toronto-born Sumaiya Desai, second from the right, is hoping people can get past the niqab she wears and realize that Muslims are not bad. From left to right: Yunis, Mohammed, Habeebah, Bilal, Sumaiya and Faizah.

Living in multi-faith Canada is a real-life challenge for Muslims

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The worst of it was the day Sumaiya Desai went grocery shopping with her then eight-year-old son.

The cover of 'The Catholic Register' on July 26, 1975.

The Catholic Register launches archive

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One of the most memorable front pages in the history of The Catholic Register was from Sept. 22, 1984.

Fr. Hezuk Shroff converted from Zoroastrianism 22 years ago. He was ordained a priest six years ago. On the Easter Vigil, he will baptize his mother Vera Shroff.

Mom follows her son into the Catholic Church

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OTTAWA – Vera Shroff has been fascinated by Catholicism since she was a little girl in India, despite being raised in one of the world’s most ancient religions.

Photographer Vincenzo Pietropaolo has been faithfully documenting College Street’s Good Friday procession of St. Francis of Assisi Parish for every year but one since 1968. The best from Pietropalo’s collection of Good Friday photographis have been assembled in a book, ‘Ritual.’ A variety of images are also on display during Holy Week at Toronto’s St. Francis of Assisi Parish

Historic images of Good Friday procession portray a community of faith

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When St. Francis of Assisi pastor Fr. Jimmy Zammit looks at Vincenzo Pietropaolo’s photographs he sees the faith of his community.

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