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Tragically Hip singer Gord Downie’s legacy in promoting awareness for reconciliation with Canada’s Indigenous peoples is a hit in Catholic schools.

Rock star’s reconciliation legacy a hit

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The legacies of late Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie and Chanie Wenjack, an Anishnawbe boy who never came home from residential school, are helping to transform Catholic education for the better.

Catholic curriculum integrates the faith perspective in all academic learning.

A faith filled way of seeing the world

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This month we will celebrate Catholic Education Week, a time for the community to recognize the importance of Catholic education in our province, where more than 500,000 students attend 1,135 elementary schools and 219 secondary schools encompassing 29 Catholic school boards.

Some of the clothing donated for Ukrainian refugees soon to receive First Communion at Toronto’s St. Demetrius School.

School steps up for Ukrainian refugees

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As First Communion approaches for the St. Demetrius Catholic School community, many members who had fled Ukraine and its war found themselves in need of more than sacramental nourishment.

Janet Somerville, as captured above in her Toronto home by Michael Swan. The talented Catholic journalist, one of the first lay women to receive a theology degree from the University of St. Michael’s College and former general secretary of the Canadian Council of Churches passed away April 16, 2023.

Janet Somerville, Catholic everywoman

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Born into the Church, she balanced faith with social justice

Fr. Matthew McCarthy presents at a retreat for young adults in Toronto last year. A one-day retreat on April 22, 2023, this year will bring in McCarthy, along with Sr. Rosemary Fry of the Sisters of St. Joseph.

Retreat aims to ‘nourish the soul’

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After more than 100 years, the women of the Catholic Women’s League are still making a difference. Members of the CWL council at St. Patrick’s in Markham, Ont., help out at a fundraising fun fair.

CWL still making impact, 102 years on

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That nice new priest Teresa Camilleri met at Archbishop Francis Leo’s installation Mass? It just happened to be the man of the hour himself.

The story behind the photo

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That nice new priest? Turns out it was Archbishop Leo.

The new Sacred Heart Church in Strathmore, Alta., set to open next year, will be a retrofitted IGA store in the town’s downtown.

A parish reborn

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Alberta town innovates by re-purposing IGA as its new spiritual home

Students from Toronto’s Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts collaborated with teacher Julia Lava to put together a spiritual dance performed at the TCDSB Ordinandi Youth Event as well as an Easter liturgy at the school.

Dance packs powerful Easter message

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Students at Toronto’s Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts are expressing their Catholic faith through dance this Easter season. 

Archbishop Francis Leo greets members of the faithful at his Mass of Installation as the archbishop of Toronto, March 25, 2023. Meeting his flock regularly is only part of an archbishop’s typical day.

A day in the life of an archbishop

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Now that Archbishop Francis Leo has assumed the lead for the Archdiocese of Toronto, what can he expect from a typical day? 

Francis Leo prays the Eucharistic Prayer in St. Michael's Cathedral at the his installation Mass as Archbishop of Toronto, March 25, 2023.

Accepting God's call is Leo’s witness of obedience

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When a new bishop is appointed, people naturally ask, “Who is he? Where does he come from? What’s his story? What makes him tick?” said Toronto’s new archbishop at his installation Mass March 25. 

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