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Motherhood is all it’s cracked up to be

Motherhood is all it’s cracked up to be

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To honour Mother’s Day, The Catholic Register asked five Catholic moms to offer a brief reflection on motherhood.

Together, they have compiled an essay of love and selflessness that pays tribute to their sacred vocation.

After receiving his Award of Merit, Fr. Pat Fitzpatrick poses for a photo with Toronto Catholic student trustee William Lawrence, left, chair Jo-Ann Davis and director of education Angel Gauthier (far right).

Spiritan honoured for five decades of dedication to Catholic education

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TORONTO - In recognition of Fr. Pat Fitzpatrick’s dedication to Catholic education and the faith in general, the Toronto Catholic District School Board presented him with its Award of Merit.

Mike Murphy, senior vice-president of operations for the NHL and a graduate of Toronto's Brebeuf College School.

Brebeuf has been making men out of boys for 50 years

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TORONTO - Brebeuf College School has been turning teenagers into men for five decades.

Michael Redfearn believes technology can be put to better use in Catholic schools.

Educator wants to increase ethical use of technology in classrooms

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Michael Redfearn is on a mission to make technology a bigger part of the Catholic classroom.

Avis Glaze

Don’t marginalize kids by reading material

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TORONTO - To break the chain of poverty marginalized students must never feel alienated by material used to teach literacy as that skill is the foundation for success, said Avis Glaze.

Archbishop Romero High School students Julian Wilson, Wesley Condran and Austin Pacheco, here with teacher John Zambri, are off to Kenya to build a school.

To Kenya for apprentices

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TORONTO - Three Catholic students will be in Kenya this month building a school through their carpentry pre-apprenticeship program run by the Toronto Catholic District School Board and the Carpenters and Allied Workers Local 27.

Michael Pautler, left, executive director of the Institute of Catholic Education, visited with the staff of King’s University College.

Catholic schools ‘tremendous benefit’ to Ontario

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TORONTO - There have been no surprises for Michael Pautler since taking the reins at the Institute of Catholic Education last September.

Jo-Ann Davis

A community’s call to serve in the love of Christ

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Catholic Education Week is a time to celebrate. We will celebrate excellence in academics, sports and innovation, but as a Catholic community we will also celebrate exemplary practices of community, charity and solidarity.

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

School chaplain gives new life to church goods

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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.

Cardinal Angelo Comastri celebrates a Mass April 28 in the Vatican's St. Peter's Square in thanksgiving for the canonizations of Sts. John XXIII and John Paul II.

Cardinal: Imitate St. John Paul's defense of family, sacredness of life

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VATICAN CITY - St. John Paul II would not want Catholics' applause, but he would want to inspire the way they live, especially in defending the family and the sacredness of human life, said Cardinal Angelo Comastri.

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