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March 2023

March 24

Putting the ‘Catholic’ into teachers college

March 24, 2023

There are 40,000 Catholic teachers in Ontario and thousands more in the four provinces that provide some level of public funding to Catholic schools, to say nothing of even more who work in private Catholic schools. But there’s no Catholic teachers’ college in Canada, with the lone exception of the Faculty of Education at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, N.S. — not a province with publicly funded Catholic schools.

Canada falling into anti-faith hatred

March 24, 2023

Why do we hate one another? Why do wait hate those who are unlike us in what they believe, how they act, or in how God Himself made them? The simple answer is because of the effects of the First Sin, the Fall, through which we became subject to sin, death and corruption. While Our Lord Jesus Christ through His passion, death and resurrection has conquered these effects, we are still prone to sin. Hate is a particular ugly manifestation of the effects of the Fall.

Say ‘no’ to ChatGPT outsourcing your brain

March 24, 2023

Google is in a panic. It finally met its match and has a competitor. A code red was issued to staff members at the tech behemoth. What’s all the fuss about?

God's Word on Sunday: Christ opens believers to God’s world

March 24, 2023

Fifth Sunday of Lent (Year A) March 26 (Ezekiel 37:12-14; Psalm 130; Romans 8:8-11; John 11:1-45) For many people, dying far from home in a strange land, especially as a captive, is too grim and sad to even contemplate.

March 25

Mama Maggie’s vision shared by Canadians

March 25, 2023

It’s a long way from Canada to Cairo.But a recently opened hospital in the city in the Egyptian capital’s trash-filled slums, and Stephen’s Children, the non-profit organization that started it, have special links with Canadians who share the vision of its founder, Maggie Gobran.

Francis Leo installed as Archbishop of Toronto

March 25, 2023

His Grace Francis Leo offered up gratitude to Christ as he was made Archbishop of Toronto at a Mass in a packed St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica that was equally filled with the spirit of the Annunciation.

March 27

'Pray for God's hand' over Mississippi: destructive tornado kills, injures dozens

March 27, 2023

Powerful tornadoes tore through rural Mississippi the night of Friday, March 24, killing or injuring dozens and causing widespread destruction.

Pope Francis issues updated 'Vos Estis' text for handling abuse cases

March 27, 2023

Pope Francis has updated the procedures for investigating allegations of sexual abuse or the cover up of abuse, specifying that the leaders of Vatican-recognized international Catholic lay associations and movements have the same responsibilities over their members that a bishop has over the priests of his diocese.

March 29

Agnes Thomas new executive director at Catholic Charities

March 29, 2023

Dr. Agnes Thomas’ depth of experience, gleaned from years of service to several communities, has led to a new role as executive director of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Toronto .

Hospice care shut out of Ontario budget

March 29, 2023

After Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy finished outlining how his government intended to spend $204 billion in 2023-2024, hospice director Julie Aubé and her team at Maison McColloch Hospice in Sudbury were still dependent on the Sudbury Food Bank to feed patients at the largest hospice in the province.

The man in the mitre

March 29, 2023

An interview with Francis Leo, Canada's youngest bishop heading its largest English-speaking diocese.

Indigenous reconciliation fund hits first target

March 29, 2023

The $30 million Indigenous Reconciliation Fund has achieved its first-year goal of raising $9.4 million and the fund’s board has greenlit 17 projects.

Western University project aims to preserve stained glass

March 29, 2023

Dr. Cody Barteet quickly became fascinated by the art and craft of stained-glass production when he joined St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church in London, Ont., over a dozen years ago.

Pope Francis hospitalized for respiratory infection, Vatican says

March 29, 2023

After having difficulty breathing, Pope Francis went to Rome's Gemelli hospital March 29 where he was diagnosed with a respiratory infection that will be treated in the hospital for several days, the Vatican press office said.

March 30

Responding to Indigenous, Vatican disavows 'doctrine of discovery'

March 30, 2023

The Catholic Church formally "repudiates those concepts that fail to recognize the inherent human rights of Indigenous peoples, including what has become known as the legal and political 'doctrine of discovery,'" a Vatican statement said.

Installation Mass filled with ‘theological richness’

March 30, 2023

Installing a new bishop is a very big deal. And every big deal in a Catholic diocese calls for a big liturgy.

Leo’s devotion to Mary comes through clear in motto, coat of arms

March 30, 2023

For his own episcopal motto Archbishop Francis Leo adopted the Latin phrase Quodcumque Dixerit Facite (in English: Do whatever He tells you) — words taken from the Gospel according to St. John, by which the Evangelist illustrates the episode known as “the wedding at Cana,” an account steeped in exquisite and profound symbolism, and rich in spiritual and pastoral teachings.

Accepting God's call is Leo’s witness of obedience

March 30, 2023

When a new bishop is appointed, people naturally ask, “Who is he? Where does he come from? What’s his story? What makes him tick?” said Toronto’s new archbishop at his installation Mass March 25.

Abuse survivors build bridges to reconciliation

March 30, 2023

The Pope’s prayer intention for March 2023 was that victims of abuse find within the Church herself a concrete response to their pain and suffering. One organization already responding to such pain by building spiritual bridges between victims/survivors of clergy sexual abuse and the general Church community is Awake Milwaukee (Awake).

Politics is relative at London school board

March 30, 2023

Politics at the best of times can make anyone’s blood boil, from the mundane local ordinances enforced by your local council right up to the big decisions that affect every-day life, which are of extreme importance to most, especially peoples’ pocketbooks. And there is no “right” side, everyone has their own opinion. Hence, politics, we are told, is one of those thing to never be brought up in polite company (alongside religion of course).