With Gen-Zs touted as a morally conscious generation bent on addressing the many ills in today’s society, King’s University College Capital Management Club fund manager Serge Muhirwa sees social justice defining the future of investment.
Dissertation will explore Christianity and Holocaust
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterA couple years ago, Prof. Robert Ventresca at King’s University College in London, Ont., was marking papers submitted to him by a precocious, intense, serious and curious undergraduate enrolled in his seminar on the role of religion in the Holocaust.
St. Mary’s grad earns Indigenous award
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterMere months removed her June 2020 convocation at Calgary’s St. Mary’s University, Kate Gillis’ days are full of Zoom call collaboration and deep-dive independent research.
New faith centre at St. Thomas More College just right for its time
By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic RegisterRoughly a decade in development, the new Centre for Faith, Reason, Peace and Justice at St. Thomas More College couldn’t be more timely.
St. Michael's College works to move investments to sustainable options
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register$178 million might be a lot of money or it might not be anywhere near enough. It all depends what you want to do with it.
The higher calling of Catholic Education
By Gerry TurcotteIn The Idea of a University, John Henry Newman (now Saint) outlined his vision of a liberal education that spoke of the virtues and purpose of a university. Originally an Oxford man, his famed conflict at Oriel College — where he argued with the Provost that a tutor needed more engagement with undergraduates — resulted in Newman being cast out of his beloved institution and turning instead to a life of research.
Animal welfare and the Church
By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic RegisterSince watching a Netflix documentary on veganism five years ago, Fr. Donatello Iocco has never been the same.
Into the Lenten desert
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterForty days in the desert — that’s our usual starting point for Lent. But we would prefer to choose our desert, and most years we do. We decide what we will give up for Lent. We choose spiritual reading, take on volunteering and charitable acts, memorize a new prayer, set aside time for meditation. Diligent Catholics like to plan our desert experience.
Initial spark still burns after 72 years
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register“Love at first sight” as a concept probably finds itself with an even split between advocates and detractors.
A different look to Ash Wednesday
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterCOVID has not cancelled Lent, nor Ash Wednesday, though a few things will feel a little different.
Looking for Catholic love in a locked down world
By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic RegisterOnline dating as a Catholic has always been tough for Lisa van der Wilt and the global pandemic hasn’t made it any easier.