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May 28, 2015

Vatican looks to reform its media operations, add multimedia

A Nashville seminarian holds a cellphone Aug. 12 showing a video chat to a fellow seminarian in Rome. A former BBC executive will help reform the Vatican’s media services after being appointed to the media committee.

The Vatican is dragging its media machine into the 21st century, promising to promote social media and streamline its fragmented services with the help of a former BBC executive.

Published in Vatican
June 14, 2012

School gets literacy grant for its ‘love of reading’ [w/ audio]

Students from Blessed John Paul XXIII gather around a cheque from the Indigo Love of Reading Foundation. From left to right, principal Anna Chiesa, Jennifer Jones, Indigo Love of Reading Foundation director, Robin Huismans, Indigo Love of Reading Foundation co-ordinator, Bruce Rodrigues, TCDSB director of education, superintendent Michael McMorrow and vice-principal Jacqueline Puri.

TORONTO - Blessed John XXIII Catholic School students will no longer struggle with an outdated, under stocked and inadequate library thanks to a $119,000 Literacy Grant from the Indigo Love of Reading Foundation.

“We are looking forward to restocking the library with recent, relevant and leveled reading material,” said Jacqueline Puri, the school’s vice-principal who spearheaded the application process this winter. “It feels great.”

Published in Education
May 31, 2012

Celebrating lay leadership with the sound of music [w/ audio]

Claire Long, Cynthia Joseph and Paul Hughes celebrated three years of lay formation at Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish on Pentecost Sunday.

TORONTO - Three years of lay formation training was celebrated on Pentecost Sunday at a quasi-graduation ceremony for 66 people at Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish.

During the afternoon event, adults from 30 Archdiocese of Toronto parishes were recognized for their leadership accomplishments, dedication to the community’s faith and personal sacrifice of time.

“We (zeroed) in on basically the foundational foundations of the faith to try and help people understand what it is the Church actually teaches,” said Bill Targett, director of the office of formation who launched the project in 2009.

Published in Arts News