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May 1, 2014

School chaplain gives new life to church goods

Mark Siolek, chaplain at Msgr. Percy Johnson Catholic High School, with his daughter, Madeline, sits in the pews he salvaged for the school chapel.

TORONTO - When Mark Siolek read an article about a bar owner purchasing confessionals from the Archdiocese of Buffalo to be used in bathrooms, his stomach turned.

Published in Catholic Education
June 29, 2009

Toronto Furniture Bank steps up to aid people in transition

A worker has some chairs on the move at the Furniture Bank, where they deal with helping needy families all year round.
TORONTO – When Julia Corridon arrived in Toronto five years ago, she found herself being referred, through a shelter, to an unexpected beacon of hope in the form of the Furniture Bank.
Published in Christmas