News/Toronto-GTA

Cardinal Thomas Collins has reminded Greater Toronto Area parishes they have a role to play in the upcoming Oct.27 local elections.

Catholic voice needs to be heard in municipal elections

TORONTO - There’s no democracy like local democracy, and no reason for your parish to ignore it. As Toronto and the rest of Ontario gears up for local elections Oct. 27, Cardinal Thomas Collins has reminded Greater Toronto Area parishes they have a role to play.

Looming funding cuts from the province has Catholic Children’s Aid Society of Toronto worried about providing services in the future.

CCAS worries about future funding

By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register

TORONTO - Toronto’s Catholic Children’s Aid Society is “in the black but losing money,” said executive director Mary McConville.

A concept drawing of what Catholic Cemeteries’ Holy Cross Catholic Funeral Home, the first Catholic funeral home in the Archdiocese of Toronto, is to resemble once the facility opens in September.

Catholic Cemeteries set to open onsite funeral home

By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic Register

TORONTO - Come September the first Catholic funeral home in the Archdiocese of Toronto will open its doors at Holy Cross Cemetery.

Fr. Karl Hoeppe was a fixture at Toronto’s St. Patrick’s parish for more than 50 years.

Fr. Hoeppe served German parish for half a century

By Ruane Remy, The Catholic Register

Toronto - Maria Luxbacher credits Fr. Karl Hoeppe with influencing both her boys’ decisions to enter the seminary. He was an example to children that priests do more than just preach on Sunday, she said.

Fr. Christopher Lemieux, the new vocations director for the Archdiocese of Toronto.

Fr. Lemieux looks to build culture of vocations

By Ruane Remy, The Catholic Register

TORONTO - On the journey toward one’s vocation, Fr. Christopher Lemieux hopes Catholics alter the question “what do I want to do with my life?” to “Lord, what is it you want me to do with my life?”

Karlee Sapoznik, the president and co-founder of the Alliance Against Modern Slavery.

Modern slavery conference examines human trafficking on the homefront

By Ruane Remy, The Catholic Register

TORONTO - Human trafficking is not limited to sexual slavery, says Karlee Sapoznik, and it occurs closer to home than Canadians believe.

Migrants in a ‘perpetual Good Friday’

By Ruane Remy, The Catholic Register

TORONTO - On the sugar cane plantations in the Dominican Republic, life is bitter for the Haitian migrants who farm the land.

Br. Anthony Canterucci, right, receives Tanzania’s Medal of Honour from President Jakaya Kikwete.

Br. Canterucci’s aid work rewarded by Tanzania

By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic Register

TORONTO - For his 40 years of digging wells and building schools and hospitals in Tanzania, Br. Anthony Canterucci has been honoured with that country’s Medal of Honour.

Philippine Consul General Junever Mahilum-West believes faith is playing a critical role in rebuilding after Typhoon Haiyan hit more than six months ago.

Faith has sustained Filipinos in wake of Typhoon Haiyan

By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic Register

TORONTO - In the six months since Typhoon Haiyan stripped thousands of Filipinos of everything they have, there is one thing that it couldn’t destroy: the people’s hope and faith in God.