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TORONTO – When Christine Shekherdmian, a Syrian refugee from Aleppo, registered her two children at Annunciation Catholic School in Toronto, she was given a welcome she never expected.
Notre Dame sisterhood still going strong after 75 years
By Jean Ko Din, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO – At Notre Dame High School, some things never change.
Toronto Anglican parish welcomes Schmalz's latest Christ sculpture
By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic RegisterOn a busy Bloor Street sidewalk outside a 174-year-old downtown Toronto church sits the likeness of a familiar figure wrapped in a stranger’s cloak.
Providence opens new palliative care wing
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterProvidence Healthcare’s new $4.5 million palliative care wing features no state-of-the-art technology, no breakthrough innovations, no dazzling science. The money went into providing peace, quiet and the human touches that make life worth living.
Canada's Catholic bishops withdraw from social justice coalition Kairos
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO – Canada’s Catholic bishops will no longer be part of Canada’s ecumenical social justice coalition, known as Kairos.
Community fighting to keep Marian shrine alive
By Jean Ko Din, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO – The community at the Marian Shrine of Gratitude in Toronto is growing in strength and numbers despite a looming closure.
ShareLife's future plan to include more laity involvement
By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO – ShareLife is going back to its roots with a plan that taps into past strategies to encourage more involvement at the parish level.
Nuit Blanche exhibit brings back memories of residential schools
By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO – To shed light on some of the darkest moments in the history of Catholic education, students from St. Joseph’s College School unveiled their Residential Schools Memorial Wall at the annual Nuit Blanche all-night art festival.
Sheptytsky Institute finds a new home in Toronto
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic NewsOTTAWA – Canada’s premier centre for university-level studies of Ukrainian Catholic theology, tradition and liturgy is moving from Ottawa to Toronto’s University of St. Michael’s College.
Fatima Pilgrim Image coming to Toronto
By Jean Ko Din, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO – Today, millions of pilgrims from around the world travel to the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fatima in Portugal each year to venerate the statue of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. And in a way, the statue has made its own pilgrimage around the world to meet with the faithful.
Thanksgiving Mass for workers caps off St. Michael's five-year, $128-million renovation
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterDerval Edwards started out four years ago on his knees underneath St. Michael’s Cathedral excavating the crawlspace one bucket of dirt and rubble at a time. On Friday, Cardinal Thomas Collins gave him a medal.