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Priests from the parishes involved in the next wave of the One Heart, One Soul campaign — that begins in June — pose in front of the Chancery Office in Hamilton.

One Heart, One Soul campaign benefits are financial and more

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Activities surrounding the $35-million One Heart, One Soul campaign are multiplying across the Diocese of Hamilton.

ishop Douglas Crosby welcomed three new priests to the diocese on May 4: Fr. Gregory Merkley, left, a Kitchener native who has a commercial pilot’s licence, Fr. John Schnurr, who grew up on a dairy farm in Formosa, Ont., and Vivek Trindade, right, who spent most of his life in India and worked in advertising before starting his formation path.

Men of faith ... and signs of hope

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It’s easy for a vocations director in North America to get discouraged. 

Vocations to the priesthood have been in decline everywhere in the world except Africa since 2012.

Mary Allan points to some friends in the pages of a 1976 yearbook while reminiscing with (from left) Sheena Bates, Beth Tobiasz and Patty Daly.

‘Once a St. Joe’s girl …’

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Mary Allan ran her hand along the peach-coloured lockers and suddenly she was in Grade 9 again. 

The Sargent family — Chris, Sofia and daughter Juliana — enjoy a hike in the mountains.

Faith in the face of death

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Edmonton -- “Live like you were dying.”

Architects have drawn up plans for building additions and improvements at Holy Rosary Parish in Guelph. Here, from left, are parishioners Maria Gazzola and Barbara Smith and Fr. Vernon Boyd, S.J., pastor of Holy Rosary.

Guelph parish sees campaign as ‘great opportunity’

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After two years of study and preparation, Holy Rosary Parish in Guelph is taking the next step toward its goal of breathing new life into its buildings.

Annalisa Crudo-Perri, second from right, is president of OAPCE, the Ontario Association of Parents in Catholic Education, and is seen here with other members at its recent annual conference.

Parents make voices heard

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OAPCE has been the voice for Catholic parents in Ontario’s education system for 80 years and it has no intention of letting that voice go unheard.

Faith and science work side by side

Faith and science work side by side

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Catholic schools have long been recognized for their strong programs in social science, language and arts, and, at many schools, physical education. But often the success of these programs has come at the expense of the science curriculum, according to some.

An outdoor classroom, this one with an Indigenous theme, has been built amid the green space at St. Nicholas Catholic Elementary School in Newmarket.

Schools planning for a shady future

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Kent Shadwick has seen all kinds of numbers that suggest the youth of today are facing a future that includes a rise in skin cancer cases.

Carrying my cross of memory loss

Carrying my cross of memory loss

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Harry McAvoy is the former Manager, Major Gifts and Corporate Campaigns for ShareLife in the Archdiocese of Toronto. He shares his story of dealing with memory loss.

It is interesting where your mind goes in your darkest hours. I remembered a phrase attributed to my Uncle Basil O’Rourke: “Carry your cross, don’t drag it.” Now, as I carry the cross of memory loss, Uncle Basil is whispering in my ear.

Roy Fernandes (wearing tie) joins St. Sylvester students having some fun with Toronto councillor Jim Karygiannis during a trip to City Hall.

Above and beyond the classroom

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As principal of St. Sylvester Catholic School in Toronto, Roy Fernandes believes in setting an example of what it means to live a life full of passion and purpose. 

Ottawa Catholic high school teacher Matt Dineen poses with his family around the time his wife received a diagnosis of early onset dementia in 2013.

The Church and dementia

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As both a Catholic teacher and founding member of Dementia Advocacy Canada, Matt Dineen wants to visit parishes to explain what they should do to be dementia-ready and — perhaps more important — why they should do it.

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