At a dinner honouring student leaders at the University of Manitoba, St. Paul’s College rector Chris Adams had a very Ignatian and Jesuit moment. Adams thought to himself, “What more should we be doing?”
Student’s fight for justice continues at Yale
By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic RegisterFormer Toronto Catholic District School Board student trustee Taylor Dallin has taken her fight for social justice to the halls of Yale University.
Gift to Brescia will develop women leaders
By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic RegisterA $200,000 gift from the RBC Foundation’s Future Launch program will help enhance leadership opportunities for the women at Canada’s only women’s university.
Sisters take to social media to spread Christ’s message
By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic RegisterPointing people to Christ through mediums like Instagram and Facebook is a calling fit for a millennial nun and Sr. Amanda Marie Detry is a perfect fit.
Call to serve begins with Lord’s guidance
By Paula Ducepec, Catholic Register SpecialFr. Matthew McCarthy will take the cue from the Lord Himself for his guiding principles as he begins his journey as director of vocations for the Archdiocese of Toronto.
Catholic bikers get their motors running
By Agnieszka Ruck, Canadian Catholic NewsVANCOUVER -- Wayne Reville first got his motorcycle licence at age 19, and he hasn’t lost his love for riding since.
Restoration of Windsor’s Assumption Church continues through pandemic
By Ron Stang, Catholic Register SpecialWINDSOR, Ont. -- A tour through the labyrinth of the attic of the more than century-and-a-half-old Our Lady of Assumption Church shows just how extensive and painstaking is the remediation work for the historic building, a Canadian landmark.
Call to religious life has laundry room origins
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterMarvin-Paul Fernandez offered the first clue that a vocation to religious life could be in his future back when he was a little boy growing up in Laoag City in the Philippines’ Ilocos Norte province.
Shawl ministry generations in the making
By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic RegisterLike countless generations of women in her family, Olga Ciaravella spends her evenings quietly crocheting prayer shawls for those in need.
Faith paves the path of a 70-year journey
By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic RegisterWhen Margaret and Paul O’Connor first met in 1946, they were teenagers enjoying a Catholic youth night at St. Michael’s Cathedral in Toronto. As they swayed to the sounds of Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, little did they know that one day they would celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary.
Garden project at Toronto City Hall part of province’s TRC commitments
By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic RegisterAn Indigenous garden project underway in Toronto looks to bring hope and light to the province in the journey towards healing from the dark past of residential schools.