Among Sr. Gertrude Sopracolle’s many tasks is counselling people who feel they may have a religious vocation.

Religious women return to roots

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EDMONTON - Religious women have seen their vocations change dramatically over the years. They have gone from running large institutions such as hospitals, fine art academies, schools and retreat houses to more modest ministries such as working with immigrants, abused women and inner city poor.

John Corston

Healing for aboriginal Catholics includes finding native identity

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OTTAWA - John Corston recalls growing up in a racist community that looked down on aboriginals like him. He remembers reading history books that painted a negative picture of native Canadians.

NDP MP Joe Comartin, left, and Liberal counterpart John McKay were among the speakers at a Montreal conference May 27-28 examining religion and public discourse.

‘God Squad’ faces uphill battle on the Hill

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MONTREAL - Federal politicians with religious principles sometimes face ridicule from colleagues who have dubbed faithful parliamentarians the “God Squad,” said NDP MP Joe Comartin.

Blessed Maria Teresa Tauscher

Carmelites commemorate their first century in Canada

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MISSISSAUGA, ONT. - The Carmelite Sisters of the Divine Heart of Jesus are celebrating a centenary of service in Canada.

Abortion Dr. Henry Morgentaler speaks to the media in Toronto July 2. Morgentaler was named a member of the Order of Canada, Canada's highest honor, after spending decades of his life advocating the legalization of abortion. Catholic bishops in Canada st rongly condemned the decision to give the award to Morgentaler.

CCCB offers condolences to Morgentaler family

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Every life is sacred and Catholics should pray that God is merciful to Henry Morgentaler, said a statement from Canada's bishops conference.

Professor James Elkins of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago delivers a May 23 lecture at the Art Gallery of Ontario.

Religious art on the decline due to phobia of secular institutions

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TORONTO - Religious artwork is too sentimental for the art world, James Elkins told a Toronto audience May 23.

Fr. Alphonse de Valk

Rights league to honour Fr. de Valk

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Updated 05/27/13

TORONTO - The Catholic Civil Rights League has chosen pro-life activist, writer and editor Fr. Alphonse de Valk, CSB, as winner of this year’s Archbishop Adam Exner Award for Catholic Excellence in Public Life.

The Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg is scheduled to open in 2014.

Human rights museum in the wrong, say Ukrainians

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Members of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress are demanding that the new Canadian Museum for Human Rights more fully recognize abuses suffered by Ukrainians in Canada and in the former Soviet Union.

Principal David Hogan and Grade 2 teacher Donna Paterson, along with her student Alex, outside Holy Name Catholic School as they await the school’s May 25 centenary celebration.

100 years of memories at Holy Name

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TORONTO - Ellen McIntrye fell in love with Holy Name Catholic School after she enrolled her daughter for kindergarten there in the 1980s. Today she’s teaching Grade 8 at Holy Name and looking forward to the east-end school’s 100th anniversary.

Hayat Shao gives her son Jamil Makhoo, an Iraqi refugee, a hug for the first time in 13 years.

Iraqi family sponsored by Cardinal Collins reunites in Toronto

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TORONTO - Though it took a few hours longer than expected, six members of the Makhoo family — Iraqi refugees sponsored by Toronto's Cardinal Thomas Collins — finally arrived in Canada May 23.

Trustee Garry Tanuan, pictured, moved the motion to ignore the year-old Accepting Schools Act at the May 23 Toronto Catholic District School Board meeting. Trustees with the Toronto Catholic District School Board voted 7-4 against the motion.

Toronto Catholic board rejects ban on GSAs

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TORONTO - An attempt to ban gay-straight alliances in Toronto Catholic schools has failed.

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