Winter is not just weather and neither is spring. Our long, grey season of COVID discontent and loneliness is not quite over, but outside our windows and outside our cities spring is relentless.
Social justice at the core of new Brescia president
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterThe new president of Brescia University College is a political scientist who wants to liberate social justice from politics and an educator who wants to free teaching from the classroom. Lauretta Conklin Frederking has been named the 13th principal and the new president of Canada’s only Catholic women’s college. The London, Ont., college was founded by the Ursuline Sisters in 1919. Its 1,500 students also attend Western University.
Family, colleagues shape Daly’s trustee service
By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic RegisterA well-known face in the corridors of Ontario Catholic education, Patrick Daly credits the support of family and colleagues for his effectiveness and longevity as a leader.
Pride flag to fly at schools
By Catholic Register StaffThe Pride flag will be flying over Ontario Catholic schools in a number of jurisdictions, including Toronto, in the month of June.
Putting faith into action
By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic RegisterWhen Carl Hétu was a teenager growing up in Quebec, he recalls a conversation he had with his father that helped shape the man he would become.
Mothers can have it all, and family too
By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic RegisterWhen Dorothy Pilarski reflects on her life since leaving the corporate world to launch a successful Catholic women’s ministry, she imagines her mother looking down on her giggling from Heaven.
New OECTA president ready for challenges
By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic RegisterAs the newly elected president of the Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association (OECTA), Barb Dobrowolski vows to advocate for educators to ensure they have the support they need.
Staying active a pandemic coping mechanism
By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic RegisterWhen seventh grader Marco Boci is in need of a break from his computer screen after a long day of virtual learning, he turns to the piano as way to escape.
First Nations mentorship includes Catholic outreach
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterThe Ontario First Nations Technical Services Corporation (OFNTSC) is laying the groundwork to provide more Indigenous youth with the training to succeed in roles that require the skill of technical self-reliance.
Unmasking the pandemic creativity: Mask4Aid a path to creative expression
By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic RegisterIn coping with challenges brought forth by the COVID-19 pandemic, teachers and students are turning to art as a means of expression, hope and renewal.
St. Finnan’s joins exclusive club as Canada's newest Minor Basilica
ByOTTAWA -- A Catholic church that dates back to the early 1800s in eastern Ontario is Canada’s newest basilica, becoming one of only 27 Catholic churches in Canada to be designated as a minor basilica.