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Organist Gordon Mansell has been helping keep alive the music of the late Msgr. John Ronan.

The Tenebrae tradition

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The Church in Toronto has a Lenten treasure that ends not with a whimper but a bang.

A banner of St. John Henry Newman hangs on the facade of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican during his canonization on Oct. 13, 2019.

Newman at centre of college celebration

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This year’s Anthony Jordan Lecture Series is celebrating the roots of Newman Theological College.

James Ginther is a digital humanities scholar who uses computer programming and data mining to shed light on medieval times.

Medieval studies goes back for a better future

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The University of St. Michael’s College is better than good if you want to study that magical millennium between 500 and 1500.

Our Lady Seat of Wisdom president Ryan Williams outside St. Joseph Hall.

Little college working on big plans

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BARRY’S BAY, ONT. -- Seven months into his job as president of Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College, Ryan Williams has moved well past the phase of getting to know the campus.

Pope Francis studies the bronze statue depicting migrants and refugees titled Angels Unawares by Canadian artist Timothy Schmalz.

Refugee scholarship offers helping hand

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As someone whose life was disrupted at an early age by the ravages of war, Fr. Sami Helewa, SJ, understands the plight of the refugee who has escaped their homeland to call elsewhere home.

Herstmonceux Castle, built in the 1440s in southern England, has become part of the DRAGEN project, which will study the impact of environmental change on its land use and human settlement patterns.

Into the DRAGEN’s den ...

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To really understand climate change, it helps to ask a medievalist.

Gabrielle Earnshaw of the Henri Nouwen Society with a selection of his books.

Words to live by: Lenten spiritual reading

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Alms, prayer and fasting are the broad categories the Church requires in the season of Lent. But let your heart and your devotion lead you over to the bookshelf, and you might find a path into the formal disciplines of Lent through spiritual reading.

ShareLife held its 12th annual Elementary School Poster Challenge to promote the mission of “Living the Gospel by providing for those in need.” The winner for English schools is Julian Cassar-Scalia, a Grade 8 student at St. John the Baptist School in Bolton, Ont.

ShareLife set for campaign launch

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After being asked to dig deeper last year to support the most vulnerable in society, parishioners across the Archdiocese of Toronto are being urged to be just as generous as ShareLife kicks off its 2020 campaign on Feb. 26, Ash Wednesday.

A cross is marked on the forehead during Ash Wednesday, which marks the start of the Lenten season. The ashes symbolize both our mortality and the need for penance.

A season for embracing the cross

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As Christmas and its light fades from our memories we enter a period of reflection — the season of Lent. 

George and Olive Heron sit between two of their daughters, Susan, left, and Janice, who can also boast of long marriages. The Herons are holding a certificate they received from St. Pope John Paul II on the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary 21 years ago.

'We get along': The simple secret to a 71-year marriage

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Marriage seems to agree with George and Olive Heron. How else do you explain having stayed true to their vows for 71 years?

Sr. Carly Paula Arcella joins the hard-hatted crew on the roof of Pauline Books & Media Centre while local superior Sr. Catherine Bennett, right, and Sr. Amanda Marie Detry, background, look on.

Sisters re-constructing a solid future

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Where many people would be tempted by the money they could reap by selling a property in a desirable Toronto location to condo developers, the Daughters of St. Paul are staying put to continue their mission in a place that is home. And has been home for decades.

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