SAN DIEGO – It may sound like an oxymoron, but Father Michael A. Mikstay says some of the most peaceful moments of his military chaplaincy have been spent in a war zone.

Parental education rights on trial in Hamilton

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HAMILTON, ONT. – A Hamilton parent’s battle to affirm a parents’ supreme rights over their children in matters of education was the central question argued in a day-long hearing in a downtown Hamilton courtroom June 23.

St. Mike's new principal aims to bring innovation, maintain traditions

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TORONTO – A Catholic college owes just one thing to the families of young men and women entrusted to its care.

Pilot project turns young students into game programmers

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TORONTO – Two of the province’s youngest computer programmers have completed a game they hope will make Christianity cool in the eyes of their peers. 

Child missionary group uses baseball to connect Cubans, Americans

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WASHINGTON – It was the end of a long day of baseball under the late May sun in Santa Clara, Cuba, and Marilyn Santos found an unpainted, dented, wooden baseball bat among the shiny blue and black ones she had brought from the United States.

Ontario bishops: sex-ed instruction must remain true to Church teaching

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Seven months after Ontario’s new sex-ed curriculum arrived in Catholic schools, Ontario’s bishops are reminding teachers to stay true to Church teaching when addressing marriage, sexuality and gender.

CATHOLIC EDUCATION WEEK

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This week is Ontario's Catholic Education Week. Read all of the The Catholic Register's coverage here.

TCDSB student filmmakers received red carpet treatment for their films

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TORONTO – Student filmmakers from across the Toronto Catholic District School Board received the red carpet treatment April 21 as they celebrated the big-screen premiere of their short films.

BCN Cafe teaches special needs’ students life skills

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TORONTO – An award-winning program at Blessed Cardinal Newman High School is providing students with special needs the opportunity to learn valuable life skills while serving others.

Bolton students join project tracking satellite in space

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A partnership bridging borders and outer space is expected to expose students at St. John Paul II School in Bolton, Ont. to never-before-seen images of the Earth from hundreds of kilometres above the planet.

100 years of memories from Loretto College

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TORONTO – In many ways, Loretto College School hasn’t changed at all in the past 100 years.