Catholic Colleges and Universities

Mapping a Brilliantly Coloured Age

Peter Stockland · March 20, 2026

Canadian medieval scholar Jaqueline Murray will be hosting a day long symposium through the University of St. Michael’s College Institute of Medieval Studies—Mappa Mundi: Mapping the Mediaeval World.

Mapping the Mediaeval World at St. Michael's College

Catholic Register Staff · March 12, 2026

St. Michael’s College maps out April 11 as a day to better understand the Medieval world.

Alumni push Our Lady Seat of Wisdom growth

‘Homegrown leadership’ driving college’s future

Luke Mandato · March 6, 2026

Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College in Barry’s Bay, Ont., is continuing to push forward in the world of Catholic education, refusing to settle upon its recent growth.

Calgary’s St. Mary’s plans to double in size

Aiming high, school looks to be Canada’s pre-eminent Catholic university

Quinton Amundson · March 5, 2026

St. Mary’s University in Calgary is poised to significantly grow its student population and campus space over the next several years.

Inside the synod: a synodal diary

Quinton Amundson · March 5, 2026

At a special event on March 26 at Toronto's University of St. Michael’s College, respected Canadian Catholic academic and writer Michael Higgins will unveil Synod Diary: Sixty Days That Shook the Church.

St. Mike’s student takes to ice for Canada at Olympics

Jillian Kaster · February 6, 2026

While most university students are preparing for midterms and tutorials, University of St. Michael’s College student Stephen Gogolev is busy preparing for competition at the Olympic Games.

St. Vincent de Paul comes to St. Mary’s U

Students share courage, compassion of French founders 192 years ago

Quinton Amundson · November 16, 2025

It has been 192 years since Frédéric Ozanam and his friends founded the Conference of Charity — which would become the Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SSVP) — at the Sorbonne in Paris in 1833.

Catholic higher education can't lose focus on the person, Meehan says

Quinton Amundson · November 6, 2025

Knowing Pope Leo XIV, a native of Chicago, is a passionate baseball fan, St. Jerome’s University president and vice-chancellor Peter Meehan took the opportunity during an Oct. 31 papal audience to mention the then ongoing World Series battle between the Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers.

A key pillar of the Church’s mission today

35 years on, the message of St. John Paul II’s Ex Corde Ecclesiae remains as essential as ever

Patrick Craine · October 24, 2025

On Aug. 15, 1990, St. John Paul II issued Ex Corde Ecclesiae, an apostolic constitution on Catholic higher education. He meant the document to serve as a kind of magna carta for Catholic universities.

Year of celebration at St. Mark’s-Corpus Christi

Journey shapes students, leaders, people of faith

Catholic Register Special · October 24, 2025

Faced with adversity and resistance from the beginning, St. Mark’s and Corpus Christi Colleges at the University of British Columbia have persevered and continue to deliver quality Catholic higher education.