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CCCB president thanks Cardinal Bertone and welcomes his replacement

September 5, 2013

OTTAWA - The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops' president has thanked retiring Vatican Secretary of State for his service and welcomed his replacement.

Some of St. Augustine’s Seminary’s leading lights

September 2, 2013

In 100 years St. Augustine's Seminary has prepared some 2,000 men for priesthood. They're all memorable, but here are four who for different reasons are more remembered.

Remembering when

September 2, 2013

Editor's note: The Register's Evan Boudreau asked four alumni of St. Augustine's Seminary to reminisce about their time at the seminary. Here is what they had to say.

Diaconate program one of St. Augustine’s strengths

September 1, 2013

St. Augustine’s Seminary is not only a training ground for priests but it has been a centre for deacon formation since the permanent diaconate came to Toronto 41 years ago.

A year of celebrations will mark the centenary

September 1, 2013

When you consider the gifts St. Augustine’s Seminary has given the local Church, there is plenty to celebrate, says Fr. John-Mark Missio, co-ordinator of the seminary’s 100th anniversary liturgical celebrations. In fact, it’s something the entire Church should celebrate.

Saintly Augustine shaped Christianity through the ages

September 1, 2013

Toronto’s patron is St. Michael. Canada’s patron is St. Joseph. So why name the seminary established to train priests for Toronto and Western Canada after a fourth-century North African bishop?

Sr. Cronin bids farewell to ICE

September 1, 2013

TORONTO - After two decades as the Institute for Catholic Education’s executive director, Sr. Joan Cronin is moving on.

Jewel connects spiritually with surrounding city

August 31, 2013

Few of us associate Scarborough with Florence. But next door to the Scarborough Bluffs architect Arthur W. Holmes deposited a little taste of Italy from Florence’s greatest architect.

Age is catching up to seminary

August 31, 2013

For its 100th birthday one of Toronto’s architectural masterpieces will be hiding behind a massive fretwork of scaffolding.

ShareLife hits record heights in 2013

August 31, 2013

TORONTO - The final numbers are in and ShareLife has done it again.