Estate Planning

Candice and Vinzon Pingol, left, who set up an endowment through ShareLife to honour Vinzon’s father, find Legacy Societies an easy way to put their money to use in honouring Ben Pingol.

Legacy Society brings out generous spirit

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You can tell a lot about a person by what’s in their Will.
An updated Will ensures your estate goals will be carried out.

From age to age, a guide for your Will

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Having an outdated Will can be as harmful as having no Will at all.
Msgr. Vincent Foy, along with benefitting from The Shepherd’s Trust, gave back to the fund that helps priests in retirement.

Msgr. Foy never forgot his fellow priests

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“Caring for those who always cared for us.”
Cardinal Thomas Collins chose Blessed Fréderic Ozanam, founder of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, as the name of a new parish in Markham, Ont., because he wanted a lesser known individual who was still an excellent example of the Catholic faith.

Anonymous donation another building block for parish

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Blessed Frédéric Ozanam Parish still has a long way to go but it is one step closer to moving out of a gym and having a church of its own, thanks to the generosity of a Markham parishioner.
Fr. Peter Turrone presides over Mass for the Our Lady of Fatima feast Oct. 13 at St. Thomas Aquinas Church. Turrone credits the intercession of St. Joseph for a gift that will allow him to renovate the church.

Prayers answered for Toronto's Newman Centre parish

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Newman Centre chaplain Fr. Peter Turrone had no idea where the Toronto parish was going to get the money to fund a huge renovation project.
Finance Minister Bill Morneau has introduced some controversial proposals for changes to the tax system.

Proposed tax reforms raises uncertainty

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On July 18, 2017 the Department of Finance introduced proposed changes to the Income Tax Act that are very far reaching and affecting all Canadians who use private corporations, including many family businesses and incorporated professionals. The changes proposed were the most dramatic since the introduction of capital gains taxation in 1971.   
Pre-planning a funeral takes stress off your loved ones.

Planning ahead means peace of mind

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You can’t be prepared for every hurdle in life. But for those things you can anticipate, why not have all your ducks in a row by planning ahead?
Brendan and Anne Clarke met in England before uprooting and coming to Canada. Brendan died recently but not without remembering the Church that gave his life structure.

Church repaid for a life well lived

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Things certainly could have turned out differently for Brendan Clarke had he not been raised in a family well-grounded in the Catholic faith.
Artist’s conceptual rendering of the Crypt Chapel of St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica.

Sacred renewal for St. Michael's chapels

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The restored, glorious, award-winning sanctuary of St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica distracts a little from the unfin-ished business underneath and tucked in back. Though the construction scaffold-ing is gone and the earth movers are no longer parked outside, there’s still work to do on Toronto’s Catholic cathedral, said St. Michael’s Rector Fr. Michael Busch.

Opponents of euthanasia and assisted suicide rally on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, in early June 2016. Medical ethicist Fr. Mark Miller recommends adding a line about rejecting the suicide option, just in case.

Assisted suicide raises difficult questions

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Dying is no fun and it never was. But adding doctor-assisted suicide into the mix only seems to have made things more complicated.
"At first glance the coin collection seemed unremarkable. The coins were from random countries all over the world and weren’t old, but neatly organized into coin sleeves."

Coin donation sets off treasure hunt with surprise ending

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“Come down right now and I’ll give you $1,500 an ounce for the gold. Pick up your cash!” said the gold dealer over the phone in an unusually direct manner. His voice reminded me of Danny DeVito from the 1970’s hit TV sitcom, Taxi.
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