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.

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. 

Much of the green space that is in front of St. Peter’s Seminary is being turned over to King’s University College, which is the neighbouring property, left in the photo.

King’s University College doubles down on its future

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King’s University College has taken a big step into its own future by doubling the size of its campus footprint.

Lesya Balsevich, second from right, associate superintendent with Vancouver’s Catholic school board, with teachers Greg Van Dyk, Tracy Palitti and Sameera Fernandes, who all completed the Catholic Core program aimed at giving teachers a firm foundation in knowledge of their faith.

Vancouver teachers get to the Core of their faith

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VANCOUVER – Vancouver College religion teacher Greg Van Dyk is always looking for new ways to teach the faith. So when he took a course at St. Mark’s College that compared mortal and venial sin to a broken bone versus a fracture, he knew he had something he could use.

Catholic students at Toronto’s Newman Centre make sandwiches as part of a street patrol formed on campus.

New site helps students make right connections, reconnect with Catholic faith

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Going to university often means leaving home and friends behind, but it doesn’t have to mean parting ways with your Catholic faith.

Andrew Chater teaches political science.

Brescia's first Fulbright scholar exploring unique Arctic Council

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Andrew Chater understands he is going where no Brescia University College faculty has ever gone before, and it’s a challenge he is welcoming.

Students are "bred for passivity from day one,” points out University of St. Michael’s College Christianity and Culture program co-ordinator Giulio Silano.

Political passion looks for a place on campus

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For most Catholics on the greyer side of the generation divide, student politics today definitely isn’t what it used to be.

Members of the Buffalo Boys drum corps from Mother Teresa Middle School with Superior General of the Jesuits, Fr. Arturo Sosa.

Regina's Mother Teresa Middle School built to change lives

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From roots planted in the troubled North-Central neighbourhood of Regina has blossomed a unique group of youth who are making strides to break the cycle of poverty that is their everyday reality.

Mother Teresa died 21 years ago.

The Register Archives: Mother Teresa offers lesson for teachers

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St. Mother Teresa died Sept. 5, 1997 at age 87 after a lifetime of work with the poor in India. The founder of the Missionaries of Charity made several visits to Canada over the years and, in 1988, also recorded a message for the 100th anniversary of the Edmonton Catholic Schools. Here’s that message as reprinted in the pages of The Register after her death 21 years ago.

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