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Art project unmasks students’ talents

November 6, 2021

Hundreds of student-designed masks, photos, drawings and poems were on display through a series of digital projections across Toronto in late October to celebrate art and building community in a time of COVID-19.

Burial site discoveries top of mind of repentance panel

November 5, 2021

As coincidence would have it, on the same day Pope Francis expressed his willingness to visit Canada to foster reconciliation with Indigenous people, St. Mary’s University and St. Joseph’s College in Alberta jointly hosted an online speaker’s panel called “CatholicismRepentance.”

Pro-lifers condemn ‘terrible’ court ruling on Summer Jobs program

November 5, 2021

Despite a federal court ruling it was “reasonable” for the federal government to require Canada Summer Jobs program applicants to support abortion rights, pro-life groups say the decision still discriminates against those who defend unborn lives.

A ‘penitent’ Pope will be coming to a wounded nation

November 4, 2021

There has never been a papal visit to anywhere that has been anything like what will unfold when Pope Francis comes to Canada — a papal journey of sorrow, mourning and repentance holding forth a thin candle of hope up against the flood of our own Catholic sins.

Catholic teachers pushing for faster fossil fuel divestment

November 3, 2021

After 10 years of pushing Canada’s second biggest pension plan to get serious about climate change, Ontario’s unionized Catholic teachers feel like they’re making progress, but they’re still not satisfied.

Indigenous expect positive visit from Pope Francis but apology must be the reason

November 3, 2021

Deacon Harry Lafond is well aware of the serious, sorrowful situation which has prompted Pope Francis to announce a visit to Canada. But he does not believe the papal visit should drown in tears.

Assumption principal aims to put school ‘back on the map’

October 31, 2021

One of the cherished possessions in Dr. John Cappucci’s office at Assumption University is a plaque bearing Jeremiah 29:11:

Out of the Cold under COVID restrictions

October 31, 2021

Out of the Cold still isn’t out of the woods as the global pandemic meanders through its fourth wave in Ontario.

Money root of pandemic mental health issues

October 30, 2021

You don’t have to tell the counsellors and therapists working at Catholic Family Services, Archdiocese of Toronto that money — or the lack of it — can have a severe effect on one’s mental health.

Human trafficking education centre launched

October 30, 2021

The Joy Smith Foundation’s new National Human Trafficking Education Centre (NHTEC) is aiming to increase awareness of the scourge while providing greater support for survivors and their families.