Luke Mandato

Answering the call with faith, love, action

2025 campaign launches with donor offering $50,000 matching donation

March 11, 2026

As ShareLife celebrates 50 years, the Archdiocese of Toronto’s charitable fundraising arm is honouring its storied past while ensuring its mission of "faith in action" continues to meet growing community needs.

Video chronicles ShareLife's commitment to service

March 11, 2026

Fifty years since Archbishop Philip Pocock’s Declaration on Behalf of Life launched ShareLife, its communications team is offering a rich historical dive into its half century with a special campaign-launching initiative.

Experiencing Lent over 24 hours for the Lord

March 6, 2026

After a powerful turnout last year left collaborative hearts renewed, St. Basil's Parish and the University of St. Michael's College Campus Ministry are bringing back 24 Hours for the Lord this Lent, giving Toronto's faithful another unique chance to unite in continuous adoration as a community.

Alumni push Our Lady Seat of Wisdom growth

‘Homegrown leadership’ driving college’s future

March 6, 2026

Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College in Barry’s Bay, Ont., is continuing to push forward in the world of Catholic education, refusing to settle upon its recent growth.

Holy Name, vibrant for 100 years

Iconic century-old church along Toronto’s Danforth is still thriving

March 5, 2026

As Fr. Eric Rodrigues celebrated a recent baptism at Holy Name Parish, he was struck by a quiet realization as the sacramental celebration concluded.

PIMS home to rare Bible dating to 1500s

Toronto Pontifical Institute receives first-edition Douay-Rheims Bible

February 28, 2026

Thanks to a donation from Tony Comper, the former Bank of Montreal CEO and longtime board chair of the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies at the University of St. Michael’s College, a complete first-edition Douay-Rheims Bible now belongs to the institute’s Toronto library.

Parish explores pitfalls of artificial intelligence

February 27, 2026

Blessed Trinity Parish is welcoming a cybersecurity specialist to help parishioners interested in harnessing AI’s unique benefits while staying ever-vigilant against its growing dangers.

Jonathan Cain won’t stop believin’

Rock’n’roll legend on a faith Journey

February 27, 2026

While the band has already expressed its excitement, for Jonathan Cain, Journey’s long-time keyboardist and co-writer of many of its most enduring anthems, the heartfelt run is marking more than just the end of an era; it’s the closing of one door and the opening of another.

For athletes, chaplain’s accompaniment matters

February 27, 2026

For over four decades, Steve Sellers has walked alongside some of the top athletes in the world as a sports chaplain. With a quiet but steadfast presence, his ministering spirit has been with those chasing success from junior hockey rinks in Calgary and Canmore to Olympic ski hills half a world away.

God’s perfect timing leads seminarian down path to the priesthood

February 26, 2026

After a decade of discernment, Victor Valdés finds himself on the threshold of priesthood in the Archdiocese of Toronto, the culmination of a vocation that began with a tender nudge from the Holy Spirit in a Scarborough parish pew.