Welcoming the stranger can sometimes be a risk of faith, but it is a risk that Christians are called to take, said Toronto Cardinal Thomas Collins.
Church on the Street: Friends stand by with help and prayers
“I’m going down east to try to be reconciled with my father.”
Ajax parish putting words into action against sex abuse
When the shocking news broke of the coverup of sexual abuse by priests in Pennsylvania in August, word spread far and fast, with a wave of anger following in its wake.
Graduated Rate Estates: What you need to know
In 2016 the Canada Revenue Agency significantly changed the taxation of trusts by introducing a new category known as a General Rate Estate, or GRE.
Shepherd's Trust has been ‘a godsend’ in helping with a safe retirement for priests in golden years
Fr. Don MacLean’s kidneys are failing and he needs dialysis on a regular basis in order to remain in good health. But with the help of The Shepherds’ Trust fund, he has found himself in the right place at the right time.
Good pre-planning avoids estate pitfalls
It happens often that a deceased person leaves a sum of money to support a broad cause without naming a specific charity.
St. Paul's Breakfast Club satisfies appetite for giving
There already were a few children in line making a bowl of cereal or waiting for the toaster to pop when Jazmin Torres burst through the basement doors at 7:42 a.m. St. Paul’s Basilica in the Corktown neighbourhood of East Toronto.
Here’s an excellent way to ‘bond’ with parish
Stocks, bonds and mutual funds make great gifts — just ask the parishioners at St. Patrick’s in downtown Toronto.
Missions accomplished: After 100 years, Scarboro Missions in Toronto is closing its doors
At 60, Fr. Ron MacDonell is the youngest of the Scarboro Missions priests. Even as his fellow priests back home in Toronto move into a seniors’ residence, MacDonell is working today in the upper reaches of the Amazon basin among Brazil’s Makushi people, bringing together village elders and young people to recover their vanishing language and culture.
Thieves target gravesite vases in Mississauga
Peel police are investigating a rash of thefts at three Catholic cemeteries in Mississauga, Ont., where thieves have made off with bronze vases from gravesites.
Mass to End Women Abuse sends strong message, CFS Toronto says
About one-third of the work at Catholic Family Services of Toronto starts with a woman who has been abused.
E-mail scam uses Cardinal Collins’ name to lure victims
Toronto Catholics are being warned about a new e-mail scam involving someone impersonating Cardinal Thomas Collins.
St. Padre Pio’s story still touching lives as thousands in Toronto venerate his relics
Fr. Louis Mousseau was a 21-year-old seminarian with the Capuchin Friars when he met 81-year-old St. Padre Pio in 1968, just three months before the death of the legendary priest.
Cardinal Collins exhorts priests to 'become fire', experience constant purification
Toronto's Sisters of Life move into ‘spiritual hub’
The Toronto Sisters of Life are opening up a new chapter in their ministry in the heart of the city.