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TORONTO - Peter Grbac of Toronto has won the fifth annual Friars' Student Writing Award contest for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, which runs Jan. 21-28 this year.Toronto school helps build maternity ward in Nigeria
By Natalie Guadagnoli, Catholic Register SpecialTORONTO - While some schools raise funds to fix the girls' washroom on the second floor, or to purchase new school supplies, the students at Loretto Abbey Catholic Secondary School in Toronto worked together to raise $35,000 to build a maternity ward in Umuahia, Nigeria.
Youth in Motion Catholic Christian Outreach
By Sara Loftson, The Catholic RegisterQUEBEC CITY - Instead of ringing in the New Year partying at a club at the stroke of midnight, about 450 young people from across Canada broke out into song praising God.
Compass clubs offer spiritual guidance at three campuses
By Jasmine Canaria , Youth Speak NewsHAMILTON, Ont. - Three years ago, a group of Catholic students at McMaster University noticed a spiritual void in their university lives so they started a chapter of the Compass Catholic Fellowship group on campus. Compass is an international student-run Catholic group with Canadian chapters at the University of Toronto, the University of Waterloo and McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont.
Small town faith thrives among youth
By Jenna Murphy, Youth Speak NewsYARMOUTH, N.S. - The St. Ambrose Cathedral parish youth group of Yarmouth is known to travel three hours by caravan for youth events in Halifax. Each member often spends his or her own money to get there. This tight-knit group rises to the challenge of keeping the faith in a small community where young people typically flee after high school.
Youth challenged to grow in faith
By Sarah Du Broy, YSNCommunities walk together lighting The Way
By Sara Loftson, The Catholic RegisterAn inside look at cloistered life
By Sara Loftson, The Catholic RegisterCommunities walk together lighting The Way
By Sara Loftson, The Catholic RegisterAn inside look at cloistered life
By Sara Loftson, The Catholic RegisterComputer game teaches about hunger crisis
By Natalie Guadagnoli, The Catholic Register
TORONTO - Catholic students across Ontario might soon play computer games inside the classroom instead of outside.
Julie Marshall, Canadian communications consultant for the United Nations World Food Program, has approached more than 20 Catholic school boards in Ontario about including Food Force in school curriculums.