Basilian superior general Fr. George Smith launched the Basilian Network for Education and the New Evangelization. Smith says the network was created to keep traditions in education alive in an era with fewer vocations to the priesthood.

Basilian future looks to the past

TORONTO - The 200-year tradition of Basilian education is taking a new path into the future — a path first walked by the disciples Jesus sent out two-by-two to connect with the villages of Galilee and change the world.

James Ginther

St. Mike’s dean a 21st-century thinker

TORONTO - James Ginther wants the truth. He finds it by getting help from people all around the world.

The Darryl J. King Student Life Centre at King’s University College in London, Ont., has received a LEED Silver designation.

King’s puts another green notch in its belt

King’s University College has always been green, said principal David Sylvester, not just in its school colours but also in practice.

Toronto Catholic school board trustees Frank D'Amico, Sal Piccininni, Ann Andrachuk, then education director Bruce Rodrigues and area trustee Maria Rizzo pose with the plans for the proposed joint Dante Alighieri school and community centre in this 2012 photo.

School, community centre to consolidate under one roof

TORONTO - The Toronto Catholic District School Board and Villa Charities are entering a unique partnership to build a new state-of-the-art shared facility that will house Dante Alighieri Academy and the Columbus Centre.

Toronto Catholic trustee Angela Kennedy is disappointed that fellow trustees voted not to delay the sex-ed curriculum.

TCDSB trustees vote down motion to delay sex-ed implementation

TORONTO - A motion calling for the province to delay implementation of Ontario's controversial new sex-ed curriculum in Toronto Catholic schools has been defeated.

Grade 5 students at Toronto's St. Andrew Catholic School participate in a pilot project which seeks to increase Self ID registration by First Nations within the board by helping those students see their culture in the curriculum.

TCDSB project aims to mend poor relations with First Nations

TORONTO - In the province’s largest and most urbanized Catholic school board, efforts are being made to mend the wounds caused by Indian residential schools.

Students in grades 1 and 2 will be the first to use a new religion textbook approved by Canadian bishops this fall.

Revised religious ed curriculum approved

For the first time in 20 years six- and seven-year-olds are getting new religion textbooks, their teachers are getting new lesson plans and parents are getting new ways of helping kids in religion class.

Some of the thousands of students who were pulled from class by their parents May 4 join a protest outside Queen’s Park against the province’s new sex-ed curriculum.

Student strike has minimal effect on Catholic schools

TORONTO - As thousands of parents pulled their children from school for a week in protest of Ontario’s sex-ed curriculum, it seems the majority taking part are from the province’s public schools.

Geoff Grant, the Toronto Catholic District School Board’s superintendent of schools.

TCDSB focused on family

[This article updates and corrects a previous version.]

TORONTO - The province’s largest Catholic school board will place an extra emphasis on the family next September as part of its multi-year strategic plan.

The Eucharist is the source and summit of Christian life, and that is evident in the Catholic school system.

Eucharist at the heart of Catholic education

GUELPH, ONT. - In increasingly secular Ontario, the debate about the real or perceived distinctiveness of Catholic education rages on.

Student athletes at Hamilton, Ont.’s St. Thomas More Secondary School take part in the “Play Like a Champion Today” retreat.

Students inspired to play like champs

HAMILTON, ONT. - At Hamilton’s St. Thomas More Catholic Secondary School, members of the senior soccer teams are learning more than just tactics, strategy and skills specific to their sport; they’re learning how faith contributes to their game.

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