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With the purchase of a new property in 2021 and ambitious plans for development, Canadian Jesuits are hoping to buck the trend of closures and contraction experienced by Quebec Catholic institutions over the past 50 years.
Healing hands take care of ‘Life-Giving Wounds’
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterThe non-profit Catholic pastoral organization Life-Giving Wounds (LGW) has offered healing retreats for young adults and adults with separated and divorced parents for over five years across the U.S.A.
Prayer, fasting prepare missionaries for street
By Arleen D'Souza, Canadian Catholic News“Don’t forget the poor; be generous to them.”With those words, Canossian Sister Elisa Grignoli called about 30 Catholic Street Missionaries to reflect on their mission to the poor and homeless before heading out to the streets of Vancouver.
The Good Shepherd turns 60
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterThe times may have changed, but brothers’ mission remains the same.
Taking faith to the bank
By Anna FarrowAs Canadians deal with the pressures of a financial crisis, there is opportunity to be found in Catholic values
Lifting fire evacuees’ spirits
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterArt program helps displaced northerners take their minds off wildfires.
Seats of welcome await at Toronto schools
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterThe Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB) is set to complete an 18-month labour of love early in the fall semester when it installs the final 20 of its welcome benches at each of the board’s school.
Gideon’s example helps speaker find her voice
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterStealing a line from The Beach Boys, Deborah Koko said she spent her vacation before Grade 11 “pickin’ up good vibrations.”
Way of the Christian warrior
By Sheila Nonato, Catholic Register SpecialAs both a student and an elite athlete, Liesel Munar says prayer is central to her life.
The crime stops here
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterImparters of knowledge. Nurturers of potential. Exemplars of integrity. Educators are called to live up to these important tasks each day they go to work. But they are also charged with another key imperative: safeguarding the students in their care from harm.
The convergence of learning, citizenship
By Josh Fullan and Michael Fullan, Catholic Register SpecialHistorically, schools have treated citizenship both poorly and as a separate category. In Ontario high schools, students are required to take a half credit in Civics and Citizenship. In recent years, between 15,000 and 20,000 students are choosing to complete this credit online, many asynchronously and in the summer. Their motivation? To simply get it over with.