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For its 45th anniversary, Street Haven will draw attention to this as it presents its “Women and Homelessness” exhibit on Oct. 28 at the City of Toronto Archives. The exhibition has been curated and designed by Master of Museum Studies graduate students Cynthia Roberts and Vanessa Fleet, and University of Toronto professor Jennifer Carter.
David Onley applauds courage at Caritas event
By Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register![Ontario Lieutenant Governor David Onley receives a plague of appreciation at the Caritas Project's 22nd annual “Together Event” on Oct. 17. Onley](/images/stories/toronto/toronto10/onley.jpg)
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario David Onley, the keynote speaker, spoke of the stigma associated with disabilities and the need to overcome it.
“Like other disabilities, addiction has no record for age, gender or culture,” Onley told the 550 people, including some provincial and federal politicians and Vaughan mayoral candidate Maurizio Bevilacqua.
Toronto revises abuse protocols
By Catholic Register Staff![Archdiocese of Toronto crest](/images/stories/logos/archTorontoLogo.gif)
According to the much-anticipated document — “Policy and Procedure for Cases of Alleged Misconduct” — all employees and volunteers of the archdiocese are subject to the same strict policies that govern clergy and religious. The revised regulations also reiterate the archdiocese’s zero-tolerance policy for abuse, unequivocally define what constitutes abuse and underscore that the policy extends to all vulnerable persons, including minors or “persons of any age” afflicted with physical, mental, emotional or spiritual handicaps.
Australian Saint's roots run to Nova Scotia
By Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register![Blessed Mary MacKillop Blessed Mary MacKillop](/images/stories/canada/canada10/mackillop.jpg)
At the Holy Redeemer Convent in Sydney, N.S., a special Mass in honour of Australia’s first saint will be attended by her distant cousin, Sr. Margaret MacKillop, of the Congregation of Notre Dame. MacKillop, 96, says she’s overjoyed to have a saint in the family.
St. Anthony's celebrates a century of worship
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register![Members of the organizing committee for the 100th anniversary of St. Anthony’s pose in front of a statue of the saint at the celebration. (Photo by Michael Swan) St. Anthony’s parish](/images/stories/toronto/toronto10/stanthonys.jpg)
“The dedicatory ritual completed, Mass was celebrated by Rev. Fr. Coyle of the Church of the Holy Family. Rev. Fr. Roach preached the sermon, pointing out the relationship of the Roman Catholic Church to the social and economic problems of the day,” wrote the Empire and Mail on Sept. 25, 1922.
Nuncio aims to fill offices that will empty over next few years
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News![Archbishop Pedro Lopez Quintana at the Apostolic Nunciature (Embassy of the Holy See) in Ottawa. (CCN photo) Archbishop Pedro Lopez Quintana](/images/stories/canada/canada10/nuncio.jpg)
Archbishop Pedro Lopez Quintana, who arrived in Canada last February, said he is not looking for a person who can do everything, “because that is impossible.
“The bishop has to be first of all a holy man,” the archbishop said in an interview. A bishop has to know how to work with advisors and collaborators.
Veterans Affairs reaches out to homeless vets
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register![Dion MacArthur, the Veterans Affairs case worker at The Good Shepherd, identified 15 homeless veterans within two weeks. (Photo by Michael Swan) Dion MacArthur](/images/stories/toronto/toronto10/dionmacarthur.jpg)
In her first two weeks as the Veterans Affairs case worker at The Good Shepherd, Dion MacArthur had already identified 15 homeless vets ranging in age from mid-30s to mid-80s, having served Canada in missions from Afghanistan to the Second World War.
Church opposes industrial process of in vitro fertilization
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register![In Vitro Fertilization](/images/stories/misc/misc10/ivf.jpg)
“It’s difficult to explain to people, Catholics included, why IVF is wrong,” said Tham.
Before entering the priesthood, Tham became a medical doctor at the University of Toronto. He now teaches at Regina Apostolorum University’s school of bioethics in Rome.
Quebec bishops issue warning about euthanasia
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News![euthanasia](/images/stories/misc/euthanasia.jpg)
In a brief to a commission holding public hearings on euthanasia and assisted suicide, the Assembly of Catholic Bishops of Quebec (AECQ) reminded the Quebec National Assembly of its obligation to enforce the Criminal Code.
Pro-lifer slowing down
By Vanessa Santilli-Raimondo, The Catholic Register![The Willkes, Barbara and Jack, will be among the speakers at the Oct. 28-30 International Pro-Life Conference in Ottawa. Jack Barbara Willke](/images/stories/canada/canada10/jackbarbarawillke.jpg)
Willke, president of both the International Right to Life Federation and Life Issues Institute, has been experiencing health problems of late.
“I’m past 85 now and I’ve just been hospitalized,” Wilke told The Catholic Register from his office in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Target johns in prostitution debate, urges MP
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News![Conservative MP Joy Smith Conservative MP Joy Smith](/images/stories/canada/canada10/smith_joy.jpg)
Smith has urged her government to study Swedish laws which have tackled the problem by prosecuting the clients of prostitutes, the johns. Sweden reduced prostitution by 30-50 per cent from 1999-2004 and substantially cut the number of women trafficked into the country, she said.