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Renew Toronto set to bring hundreds closer to Christ

Renew Toronto set to bring hundreds closer to Christ

November 15, 2025

The Archdiocese of Toronto’s largest Catholic young adult conference is returning this month, with Renew Toronto 2025 set to draw in crowds of more than 700 across Christ the King weekend for praise, worship and communal fellowship.
St. Michael’s standing with Christians for Red Wednesday

St. Michael’s standing with Christians for Red Wednesday

November 14, 2025

St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica is set to be illuminated red later this week as Aid to the Church in Need Canada’s Red Wednesday Mass is commemorated in downtown Toronto, signalling the church as a visual testament of support for millions of persecuted Christians around the world.
As Toronto Church evolved, so has St. Helen’s

As Toronto Church evolved, so has St. Helen’s

November 7, 2025

Toronto's St. Helen’s Parish is preparing to celebrate a major anniversary Nov. 9, with a bilingual Mass officially commemorating the church’s century and a half as a pillar of some of Toronto’s oldest Catholic communities.
Holocaust remembrance vital in a post-Oct. 7 world

Holocaust remembrance vital in a post-Oct. 7 world

November 5, 2025

Toronto’s Leah Posluns Theatre was packed to capacity on Monday, with close to 300 gathering to mark the opening night of the Toronto Holocaust Museum's Neuberger Holocaust Education Week (HEW), with this year’s instalment cementing 43 years of knowledge and remembrance towards the Shoah.
Queen of Heaven offers seamless funerals

Queen of Heaven offers seamless funerals

November 4, 2025

Catholic Cemeteries and Funeral Services of the Archdiocese of Toronto has successfully expanded Queen of Heaven Catholic Cemetery and Funeral Home with a new facility that takes care of all arrangements in one place.
Program makes men part of abuse solution

Program makes men part of abuse solution

Aim is to break intimate partner violence cycle

November 3, 2025

In a partnership between Toronto’s Catholic Children’s Aid Society, Catholic Family Services and the Children's Aid Society, a new program is bringing men to the front line in the fight against intimate partner violence.
Honouring faithful departed in sacred music

Honouring faithful departed in sacred music

In Loving Memory prayer service offers reflective, sombre, prayerful experience

October 31, 2025

Together in Worship Canada’s inaugural In Loving Memory choral prayer service at St. Paul’s Basilica Nov. 4 aims to unite the community in remembrance with hopes of making it an annual tradition of solace and sacred music.
Churches bring homeless Out of the Cold

Churches bring homeless Out of the Cold

Faith-based programs prepare for increased need as long, cold winter returns

October 31, 2025

Blue Door’s Mosaic Interfaith Out of the Cold program has opened its seasonal housing services across faith-based sites in York Region in the face of a weakening economy and rising homelessness, all while winter looms closer.
Halloween taken back to its roots

Halloween taken back to its roots

Origins celebrated saints, life after death

October 25, 2025

While keeping Christ in Christmas has long been a tagline to preserve the religious significance of Our Lord's birth date, Catholics are increasingly pushing to put the "halo" back in Halloween and reclaim the festivity's Catholic roots.
Isaiah for the masses

Isaiah for the masses

October 25, 2025

The Mustard Seed Ministry Bible Study Program at St. Francis Xavier Church in Mississauga, Ont., is drawing on the expertise of a renowned theologian to break open the Book of Isaiah over the coming eight months, giving attendees unique insight into the promise of salvation.