DOLLO ADO, ETHIOPIA - Fifty-one year old Somali refugee Abdi Mahdi is one of about 25 students taking an English class offered by the Jesuit Refugee Service in the Kobe refugee camp, about three kilometres from the border between Ethiopia and Somalia.
Special Report from Africa
By Catholic Register Staff
Read our three-part special report from Africa here:
PART 1 - AFRICA'S FORGOTTEN REFUGEES
- 21st century being shaped by the plight of refugees
- Canadian Jesuit's work embodies vision of Pedro Arrupe
- Refugees play the waiting game
PART 2 - FEEDING THE HUNGRY
- Nomadic African life dies of thirst
- D&P goes back to the basics
- Horn of Africa facing worst drought in 60 years
PART 3 - THE CHURCH
- Africa takes its place in universal Church
- Ethiopians yearn for religious experience
Sex-ed opponents take protests to Liberal MPPs' offices
By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic RegisterUpdated 03/09/15
TORONTO - The constituency offices of Ontario Liberal MPPs came under siege Sept. 2 as protesters opposed to the province's new sex-ed curriculum united to voice their displeasure with the program set to be taught in schools this year.
Laudato Si’ a challenge for Catholic schools
By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic RegisterMISSISSAUGA, Ont. - John Kostoff sees Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si’: on Care for Our Common Home as a calling for Catholic educators to foster a sense of environmental responsibility rooted in religion.
“This is really a challenge that Pope Francis is presenting,” said Kostoff, director of education for the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board.
Students introduced to hands-on renewables
By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - To encourage his students to start thinking about the environment of tomorrow today, technology teacher Joe Ferro has brought renewable energy into the classroom at Neil McNeil High School.
An early start to learning about the environment
By Evan Boudreau, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - The youngest students at James Culnan Catholic School are getting the opportunity to connect with nature as part of their daily life at school.
Unique program connects Canadian Church, schools
By John B. KostoffPre-Vatican II babies remember it as if it were yesterday: Who made you? God made me? Why did God make you? To love Him in this world and to serve Him and be with Him in the next world.
Helping students see the light
By Joyce Singer-D’Aprile, Catholic Register SpecialTORONTO - Since its inception four decades ago the Famous PEOPLE Players blacklight show has toured the world several times and been featured in films and documentaries. Now the show’s inspirational message of acceptance and inclusion is being taken into classrooms.
St. Mike’s dean a 21st-century thinker
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - James Ginther wants the truth. He finds it by getting help from people all around the world.
Basilian future looks to the past
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterTORONTO - 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.