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TORONTO - The University of Toronto and more than 25 sponsors will organize this year’s Peace Week on campus from Nov. 5 to 11.
ShareLife kicks off corporate campaign
By Catholic Register StaffShareLife , the fund-raising arm of the archdiocese of Toronto, has set the bar a little higher for its 2007 corporate campaign. At a campaign launch Oct. 19, it was announced that the goal for next year is $1.4 million.
Archdiocese launches new web site
By Vanessa Bertone, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - After months of preparation, the archdiocese of Toronto’s new, improved and user-friendly web site — www.archtoronto.org — is available for use to the public.
Maria Komisar ever the optimist even at 100
By Sara Loftson, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - A handful of women huddled together after , whispering: “she looks so good for her age.”
Dolled up in a black jumper and a matching pearl necklace and earring set with barely a wrinkle on her face, Maria Komisar celebrated her 100th birthday on Oct. 17 with 85 seniors who offered Mass for her special day.
Homeless an election issue
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - As Toronto's homeless face another winter on the streets and in the shelters, their fate is again an election issue.
Slovak cathedral loses its status
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - One of Canada's most architecturally impressive and ambitious cathedrals is no longer a cathedral. Eparch John Pazak, spiritual head of Byzantine rite Slovak Catholics in Canada, has removed the blessed sacrament and the antimension, or altar stone, from the Cathedral of the Transfiguration, a giant gold-domed church on the edge of Unionville, north of Toronto.