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May 3, 2020

Kenora board reaches out in crisis

Marnie Buffett, left, with some help from daughter Francesca and her other four children (plus her husband), has been putting together packages of school supplies at home. Teacher Megan Baker holds some of the face shields she created with 3D printing.

While physical distancing has left people feeling isolated, outreach initiatives by the Kenora Catholic District School Board are fostering hope by helping students and families realize they are not alone.

Published in Catholic Education
July 23, 2016

Scientists bring saints back to life using latest imaging technology

The skulls of, left to right, St. Martin de Porres, St. Rosa of Lima and St. John Macias were taken under high security and scanned as part of a 3-D project in Brazil.

RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazilian scientists are using 3-D printing technology to reconstruct the faces of Roman Catholic saints and other holy people, producing life-size busts of what they actually looked like hundreds of years after they died.

Published in International