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Gifts in kind offer a ‘fair’ challenge

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A gift in kind to your favourite charity is always good for a tax receipt, but arriving at the gift’s fair market value can be difficult.

Charity begins at home, and for Arthur Peters, that means supporting agencies like Knights Table in Brampton, Ont.

Making a plan that gives back in gratitude

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I have always made it a priority to support not only the charity that I have worked with, but also many other charities that serve our greater communities.  

Pope Francis waves as people behind him raise a Chinese flag before the Pope’s Mass in Steppe Arena in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Sept. 3, 2023. Critics say the Vatican’s diplomatic accord with China gives the communist regime the upper hand.

Balance of power

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China holds upper hand in Sino-Vatican deal

Emily VanBerkum-Farahat with students during the World Mental Health Day gathering at the University of St. Michael’s College.

At St. Mike’s mental health matters

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In just under two years since taking on the inaugural role of Manager of Community Wellness (MCW), Emily VanBerkum-Farahat continues to be profoundly impacted by the strides the University of St. Michael’s College is making for students’ mental health.

Anita Imperioli

Faith transforms pain into determination

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Marshall McLuhan, Jean Chrétien, Moira McQueen, and very soon, Anita Imperioli.

Assumption University, a Roman Catholic higher-education institute federated with the University of Windsor, recently announced that Imperioli, the founder of the non-profit organization In Honour of the Ones We Love, is the 2024-25 recipient of its Christian Culture Series Gold Medal.

An aerial shot of Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College’s campus and surrounding area. The college is located at 18 Karol Woytyla Square in Barry’s Bay, Ont.

People first at Our Lady Seat of Wisdom

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Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College is celebrating a successful 25 years this year with staff and students alike fondly looking back on an institution that has grown steadily as it strives to educate the whole person. 

The hip-hop loving MikeAll (St. Maria Goretti Catholic School Grade 8 teacher Mike Grandsoult) in a clip from the Headucatorz’ video I Am See. Grandsoult is part of the Hip Hop Headucatorz, a rap ensemble made up of a dozen Ontario teachers who use the musical genre to reach out to and connect with their students. It’s what Grandsoult did himself growing up. A hyperactive child, he said “hip-hop became my medicine.”

Headucation

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Hip-hop beats connect class with curriculum
Dozens of rosaries are on display at an exhibit in Quebec City’s Centre Catherine de Saint-Augustine, October, 2024.

Rosary exhibit pays tribute to a spiritual past

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‘Like the believers... shine by their diversity and the uniqueness, while being united by the same devotion’

Lino DeFacendis cares for his grandmother in her final years.

Putting the care back in end-of-life care

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Canadian senior citizens with trepidations about contending with a medical regime increasingly preaching the gospel of euthanasia have a new ally.

Angie Peters, author of Just Act: We are the Solution to Poverty.

'Just act' to spawn positive change

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Angie Peters, the former telecommunications executive — since 2013 the president and CEO of the Toronto-based Christian social service organization Yonge Street Mission — effortlessly cites Scripture to explain the ethos driving her mission to support people trapped in generational poverty.

Minister of Education Jill Dunlop, left, along with Lt. Gov. Edith Dumont, present the Lincoln M. Alexander Award to Rukshika Krishnamoorthy.

Catholic values help student battle racism

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A former student of the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board was recently recognized by the Ontario government for extensive work as a leader of inclusivity in her community and beyond. 

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