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January 31, 2014
TORONTO - Tony and Pina Manocchio met through dumb luck and a mutual friend. He was an engineering student; she studied office administration. They dated five years before their big Italian wedding. About 240 guests were invited to witness their nuptials, Pina calling it the highlight of their relationship up until that point.
Canadians gave $10.3 million to the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace to rebuild storm-shattered communities in the Philippines in the month leading up to Christmas. While all $10.3 million will be matched by the federal government, that doesn’t mean Canada’s Catholic development agency now has $20.6 million to spend on building houses, planting trees, repairing boats and organizing communities devastated by Typhoon Haiyan.
On one of the darkest, chilliest days of the year, I met an old friend. This day had been long coming: I’d accidentally managed to stand him up a couple of times before this rendez-vous. He forgave me.