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Toronto archdiocese shares $800,000 to fight food insecurity

Quinton Amundson · August 18, 2025

Through ShareLife, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Toronto (CCAT) and with the generosity of two anonymous donors, Canada’s largest Catholic community is embarking on its biggest effort yet to tackle the ever-prevalent food insecurity crisis.

Cardinal Leo honoured with King Charles III Coronation Medal

Catholic Register Staff · August 18, 2025

Toronto’s Cardinal Francis Leo has been honoured with the King Charles III Coronation Medal.

Audio tour brings Charlottetown basilica to life

Luke Mandato · August 17, 2025

An official self-guided audio tour has been released for Charlottetown, PEI’s St. Dunstan's Basilica, inviting locals and visiting pilgrims of hope to better understand the history of the church’s spiritual life and historical richness during this Jubilee year.

‘It’s a full circle’: how the Catholic Charities Men’s Shelter helped Danny rewrite his story

Nicholas Elbers · August 16, 2025

The Catholic Charities Men’s Shelter has many success stories, and in spite of his relatively short stay at the shelter — around two weeks in 2023 — Danny Bale is one of them.

Order of St. Michael's honours four school alumni

Catholic Register Staff · August 14, 2025

St. Michael’s College School will induct its latest distinguished members into the Order of St. Michael Sept. 17.

Vancouver runners join bishop in gruelling Canadian Death Race (and pilgrimage) for reconciliation

Kiply Lukan Yaworski · August 12, 2025

Two young men from the Archdiocese of Vancouver were among the six-member team that completed this year’s Canadian Death Race alongside Saskatoon Bishop Mark Hagemoen, raising funds for the Indigenous Reconciliation Fund.

Remembering the faithful departed

Luke Mandato · August 11, 2025

Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Toronto is once again inviting families to participate in this year’s 38th Annual Mass for the Faithful Departed, taking place across seven resting places across the Greater Toronto Area and Barrie.

Sex offenders trying to rebuild their lives find ‘angels’ in CoSA

Nicholas Elbers · August 10, 2025

Circles of Support and Accountability volunteers are helping sex offenders to find a place in society.

Shrine pilgrimage pinnacle of Jubilee celebrations

Luke Mandato · August 9, 2025

Jubilee Year celebrations in the Archdiocese of Toronto will bring faithful from across the Greater Toronto Area together in pilgrimage to Martyrs’ Shrine later this month.

B.C.'s Delta Hospice looks to Alberta for ‘sanctuary hospice’

Terry O'Neill · August 8, 2025

The never-say-die Delta Hospice Society is now looking to Alberta in its efforts to establish a secular, euthanasia-free “sanctuary hospice” and escape the pro-MAiD agenda of the B.C. government.