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A report on the progress of a culture review at St. Michael’s College School is expected by the end of the month.

St. Mike’s survey takes aim at school culture

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In late April, as six expelled students from St. Michael’s College School facing sex assault charges had their court case put over until June, the private boys’ school in midtown Toronto was in the process of collecting responses to a survey as part of its respect and culture review.

Jason Rehel, centre, with some of his prized St. Brother André High School students at the Toronto Automotive Technology Competition. The team of Sam Luff and Vincent Servinis, right, placed first, with classmates Ethan Chong and Alessandro Albi second.

Auto shop teacher helps put students in fast lane

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Jason Rehel wanted his automotive technology classes to be a breath of fresh air from the busyness of school. When students are working in the shop, visitors would come and go, and music would sometimes be playing in the background.

Sarah Joy Walker, 17, and her mother Alisa, are pictured April 24, 2019. Sarah, who has Down syndrome, told the Alberta March for Life in Edmonton May 9 that she was grateful to God that her parents refused an abortion, allowing her to become a pro-life advocate.

17-year-old with Down syndrome becomes pro-life advocate in Canada

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EDMONTON, Alberta - Sarah Joy Walker is alive today because her mother flatly turned down an abortion.

Pamela Cushing

Centre puts new light on Vanier’s life work

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The ideas of one of the great Canadian Catholic thinkers of our time will live on at King’s University College which has been chosen to house the new Jean Vanier Research Centre.

Hate crimes related to religion on the rise

Hate crimes related to religion on the rise

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A plague of threats and attacks on religious people and institutions in Canada is challenging believers to stand up for one another, faith leaders said in the wake of a new Statistics Canada report on hate crimes.

Despite challenges thousands show up for National March for Life

Despite challenges thousands show up for National March for Life

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OTTAWA — Despite logistical challenges and a competing March in Toronto, the 22nd National March for Life drew thousands to Parliament Hill May 9 to mark the 50th anniversary of abortion in Canada.

Christina Lee Fast tells the hundreds gathered at the first Toronto March for Life May 9 that her life as a woman with Down Syndrome is worth living and so are the four million lives that have been aborted in Canada since 1969. With Fast is her boyfriend, Matthew Gregory.

Toronto’s first March for Life makes powerful statement

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Christina Lee Fast is an athlete. She bowls and does track and field. She’s in love with her boyfriend, she’s learning to make her way around the kitchen, is better at housework than her mother, runs her own small business and is a young lady enjoying life to the fullest.

Canadian Bishop Noel Simard of Valleyfield, Quebec, president of the Assembly of Catholic Bishops of Quebec, said the main Quebec organizer for the May 9, 2019, National March for Life in Ottawa went too far in accusing Pope Francis of heresy. Bishop Simard is pictured in a July 22, 2018, photo.

Some Quebec bishops uneasy with pro-life leader's anti-Francis stance

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MONTREAL - Some Quebec bishops have expressed discomfort that the main Quebec organizer for the May 9 National March for Life in Ottawa signed a letter accusing Pope Francis of heresy.

National March for Life Ottawa 2019. Organizers were not allowed to use the steps for their speakers and had to make do with a riser at the foot of the steps. Half of the lawn was blocked off; and a portion of the side the Marchers could use was for counter-protestors who numbered fewer than 100

Marches for Life marks 50 years of abortion in Canada

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OTTAWA —Marches of Life in Ottawa and in a number of provincial capitals, including Toronto, marked the 50th anniversary of legalized abortion in Canada May 9.

Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Catholic acquitted of blasphemy, listens during a 2010 news conference after her 2009 arrest. Pakistani authorities have freed Bibi, and she has flown to Canada to join her family at a secret address.

'Today God has answered their prayers': Pakistan releases Asia Bibi

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MANCHESTER, England - Pakistani authorities freed Asia Bibi, a Catholic woman acquitted of blasphemy, and she has flown to Canada to join her family at a secret address.

Red Kelly, the eight-time Stanley Cup champion and Hockey Hall of Famer, talked about his life at St. Mike’s in this picture dated 2016. Kelly passed away May 2 in Toronto. He was 91.

Hockey legend Red Kelly was a ‘real gentleman'

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As great a hockey player as Leonard ‘Red’ Kelly was — and he was one of the best, with eight Stanley Cup titles over an illustrious 20-year National Hockey League career while being named a six-time first team all-star and the first ever recipient of the Norris Trophy as the league’s top defenceman — he will perhaps best be remembered for being a humble, devoted family man and a true gentleman.

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