Graduates who have made their mark in sportscasting, broadcasting, the National Basketball Association, education, nursing and cartoons are this year’s Distinguished Alumni Award honorees of the York Catholic District School Board.
Academic supports help spread the faith
By Mary French, Register CorrespondentAs another school year nears its end, education partners are sharing a message of hope to educators and students while continuing to spread the spirit of the faith in Ontario’s Catholic schools.
Rock star’s reconciliation legacy a hit
By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic RegisterThe legacies of late Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie and Chanie Wenjack, an Anishnawbe boy who never came home from residential school, are helping to transform Catholic education for the better.
A faith filled way of seeing the world
By John B. KostoffThis month we will celebrate Catholic Education Week, a time for the community to recognize the importance of Catholic education in our province, where more than 500,000 students attend 1,135 elementary schools and 219 secondary schools encompassing 29 Catholic school boards.
School steps up for Ukrainian refugees
By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic RegisterAs First Communion approaches for the St. Demetrius Catholic School community, many members who had fled Ukraine and its war found themselves in need of more than sacramental nourishment.
Janet Somerville, Catholic everywoman
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterBorn into the Church, she balanced faith with social justice
The story behind the photo
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterThat nice new priest? Turns out it was Archbishop Leo.