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A divide among York Catholic school stakeholders made its way down to the student body when a June 8 walkout to protest the board not flying the Pride flag turned violent at a Markham, Ont., school.
Faith inspires fight for religious freedom
By Susan KorahAs defined by the Merriam and Webster dictionary, a crusader is someone “who makes an impassioned and sustained effort to bring about social or political change.”
Celebrating our elders
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterIf St. Clare’s Parish in Toronto’s Corso Italia neighbourhood didn’t put on coffee and bingo for seniors every other Thursday morning, Vicenza Divizio would miss it.
Tour connects dots between early Toronto, Loretto Sisters
By Angelica Vecchiato, Register CorrespondentThe Loretto Sisters’ pioneering legacy in Toronto’s early beginnings has come alive in a new citywide walking tour.
Chart gets to ‘meat’ of the settlement in abuse cases
By Anna FarrowWhat is the price of an abusive kiss by a predatory priest? How much should an unwanted fondle fetch to serve justice to the victim? Ask the class-action lawyers.
Prayers continue as Nova Scotia fires contained
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterAs Nova Scotians received a welcome dose of good news on June 5 that the overall wildfire situation across the province has been contained and many of the evacuees were authorized to return to their homes, the Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth continued to call for prayer for those affected.
St. John’s settlement appears near
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterSurvivors of abuse at the Mount Cashel orphanage in the 1940s, ’50s and ’60s, and by clergy from the Archdiocese of St. John’s through the years, are poised to receive a financial settlement from the archdiocese by the end of the year.
Saskatoon school board vandalized in Pride protest
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterThe Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools’ (GSCS) downtown office was vandalized May 29 following the leaking of an internal email asking principals to avoid the “Rainbow Tent” at a children’s festival.
Suspect sought in Calgary cathedral fire
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterThe Calgary Police Service (CPS) is on the hunt for a man who deliberately started a fire and assaulted two men at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Calgary.
Suspended Catholic school student fights for standing
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterIt appears that James Kitchen will have to wait until nearly the end of the summer to substantively challenge the suspension of St. Joseph’s High School student Josh Alexander in provincial court.
Sculptor, cardinal tout Dante’s power
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterIf you ask Toronto’s retired archbishop Cardinal Thomas Collins or celebrated Canadian Catholic sculptor Timothy Schmalz to discuss the legacy of Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), they will likely wax poetic about the famous Catholic Italian poet, writer and philosopher.