Michael Swan, The Catholic Register
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He is an award-winning writer and photographer and holds a Master of Arts degree from New York University.
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Imams learn about the Holocaust reality
Slain bishop committed to building bridges in Algeria
Shedding multi-faith light on Abraham
Faith groups seek quiet room at City Hall
St. Joseph’s Sisters endow theology chair
{mosimage}TORONTO - Theology in Toronto just got a $2.5-million shot in the arm. The Sisters of St. Joseph of Toronto have put up the money to endow a chair in systematic theology at the University of St. Michael’s College, and chosen Catholic Theological Society of America president Margaret O’Gara as the first professor to hold the chair.
Mexican cop handcuffed by immigration board
TORONTO - Before rejecting Gustavo Gutierrez’s claim for asylum, a board member of Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Board asked the decorated police detective why he didn’t just take his concerns about death threats to a higher level of Mexican law enforcement.Months later Gutierrez is still stunned by the question.
Jesuits move offices closer to University of Toronto
Jesuits are always on the move, but the next move for the Jesuit Fathers of English Canada will concentrate the order's brain trust on the eastern edge of Queen's Park Circle, on the main campus of the University of Toronto.
Walk with Jesus: A multi-media presentation
More than 1,000 students in Halton area Catholic schools went for a walk May 6 in the first annual Walk With Jesus. It was a chance for students to absorb the Bible through their feet, according to photographer and reporter Michael Swan. His audio-visual slide-show presentation can be viewed below.
In memory of Chiapas' massacred
{mosimage}TORONTO - The number of people gathered in St. Anne’s Catholic Church in downtown Toronto to commemorate the Acteal massacre in Chiapas 10 years ago was about equal to the 45 indigenous Mexicans who were shot down by a paramilitary group in 1997.
Latinos find it hard to find a place
{mosimage}TORONTO - When Latin American immigrants say Canada is a cold country they’re not talking about the weather. When Hispanics go looking for the warmth of a community that knows and understands them they often find it more readily in Pentecostal and Evangelical churches than in staid and proper Catholic parishes.