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Angie Carboni, executive director of St. Bernadette Family Resource Centre, pictured with Samantha King at St. Jude’s new gift shop.

St. Jude’s helps special needs clients feel a part of society

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A genuine smile makes a big difference when one walks into a store. At St. Jude’s Academy of the Arts, you might even be welcomed with a hug from one of the special needs clients helping at the gift shop that day.

ShareLife aims to get students to give back to their community.

Sowing the seeds of action

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In reaching out to Catholic schools and students, ShareLife’s aim goes far beyond raising money.

Archbishop Philip Pocock

Archbishop Philip Pocock was a trailblazer

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There’s no doubt that Archbishop Philip Pocock’s stand against Planned Parenthood was a defining moment in his episcopal career.

In the late 1970s and ’80s, ShareLife canvassers went door-to-door in neighbourhoods throughout the Archdiocese of Toronto soliciting funds from Catholics for the annual campaign. ShareLife also used to hold an annual family walk-a-thon to raise funds. The first walk was held in 1996.

A noble experiment that changed lives

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It wasn’t anger. It wasn’t fear. It was truth that made Archbishop Philip Pocock stand up and say no.

The morning of March 20, 1976 Toronto discovered the Catholic Church wasn’t buying the city’s new notion of progress. 

The joy is quite widely evident on the face of Tehetche Herve Mility as he greets members of his family among 50 refugees who arrived in Toronto with the aid of the Archdiocese of Toronto’s Office for Refugees. Martin Mark, right, the executive director, says it is moments like these that make the countless hours devoted to securing a place in Canada for people fleeing oppression in their homelands all worthwhile

Refugee office growth meets demand

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TORONTO - As refugees come streaming down the ramp at Pearson International Airport, there are screams, sighs, tears and laughter. Mothers, aunts, fathers, brothers extend their arms to touch, to encircle their daughters, nieces, sons and friends. It’s a mad, mysterious, inspiring breakdown of order and decorum.

Catholic education needs to look beyond tangible results and entrench students with human values, says Pope Francis.

Ignoring spiritual dimension education’s ‘biggest crisis’

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VATICAN CITY - To be truly formative, Catholic higher education has to continue to entrench students with human values, particularly the value of transcendence, said Pope Francis.

Susan Mumm

New Brescia principal finds right fit

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When Brescia University College contacted Susan Mumm, they made her an offer she couldn’t refuse.

Saint Mary’s University in Halifax understands that mental illness is a big issue among its student body and offers extensive help for students dealing with depression so they can succeed at school and in life.

Saint Mary’s enlists peers in mental health counselling

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Going crazy isn’t what it used to be on campus. Mental illness is no longer a problem of weak or immature students to be sniggered at or ignored.

Manager Shirley Kulmatycki scans some of the packed shelves in the Newman Theological College Bookstore in Edmonton.

When it comes to theology, Newman bookstore is the place to get it all

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EDMONTON - The hectic times at Newman Theological Bookstore, as at any college or university bookstore, are the start of each semester.

Faculty and staff from St. Thomas More College at the University of Saskatchewan take part in a retreat where they learn and take part in oral tradition and cultural heritage of First Nations’ communities in Saskatchewan. Catholic universities recognize they have a unique role to play in the reconciliation process.

Catholic universities take next step in Truth and Reconciliation

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The Truth and Reconciliation process examining past wrongs done to Canada’s First Nations people may be complete, but for Catholic universities the time to respond to the TRC’s “Call to Action” has just begun.

The Internet has changed the face of society, and theology schools are no exception. More and more, theology schools are enrolling people in online courses.

Internet changing face of theology schools

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Journalists, taxi drivers, musicians and motels have all had their economic apple carts upset by the Internet. Theology professors are discovering they too are not immune from the game-changing, democratizing effect of the world wide web.

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