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Nick Volk in 2003

Nick Volk was a housing champion for people in need

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Nick Volk was a fighter who chose sides in the battlefield of Toronto’s pricey real estate market. The Harvard-educated gentleman who began his career in the American foreign service chose the side of the poor.

A recent stained-glass installation on the grounds of the Shrine of Our Lady at Marylake depicts the 14 stations of the cross. The seven-by-four-foot artworks were created by Toronto artist Stuart Reid.

Stained glass stations latest step in Marylake rebirth

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The “rebirth of Marylake” took another step forward on July 22 with the outdoor installation of 14 stunning stained-glass panels depicting the Stations of the Cross.

Two women take part in a July 29 tour of Mount Hope Cemetery in Toronto where they received a history lesson on the city’s Catholic past. Many prominent Catholics are buried in the grounds of Mount Hope.

Mount Hope offers glimpse into Toronto’s Catholic past

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Before being buried at Mount Hope Catholic Cemetery, Sheila Beck thought it would be nice to become acquainted with some of 76,000 men, women and children who will someday be her resting place neighbours.

Leonard DiVittorio of New York has been organizing the Ahearn Memorial Pilgrimage to the Basilica of Ste. Anne de Beaupré.

American pilgrimage to Canadian shrine comes to end after 95 years

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STE. ANNE-DE-BEAUPRÉ, QUE. - Leonardo DiVittorio approached the statue of St. Anne and laid a wreath of flowers to mark the 95th and final pilgrimage by his group to the Basilica of Ste.-Anne-de-Beaupré.

Edmonton Archbishop Richard Smith, left, and Fr. Oscar Monroy, chaplain of St. Benedict Chapel, outside the chapel housed at the City Centre Mall. As chaplain, Monroy has developed relationships with his neighbours in the stores that surround St. Benedict Chapel

Mall chapels at the centre of it all

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The Centre Dieu is in a Quebec City mall, but not of it.

A procession begins the July 25 welcoming ceremony at the University of St. Michael’s College for the Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies.

Sheptytsky Institute grounded in freedom

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It should surprise no one that at a time of rising authoritarianism, democracy will be on the curriculum when the Sheptytsky Institute reopens in Toronto.
Fr. Carlos Martins travels around the world to bring holy relics to the faithful. He believes the stories of the saints encourage people to strive for holiness in their own lives.

Travelling holy relics pave path to God

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Fr. Carlos Martins has seen it all.

Fr. Charles Grech assumed the editorial director position at Radio Maria Canada July 1.

Radio Maria’s new director putting emphasis on youth

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Fr. Charles Grech arrived from Malta a year ago with experience working with youth and a background in radio. They are skills he plans to put to good use as the newly installed director of Radio Mario Canada.

St. Michael’s College president David Mulroney

St. Mike’s president, faculty at odds

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Long-simmering tension between St. Michael’s College president David Mulroney and some of the college’s senior professors, librarians and administrators has broken out into the open.

Bishop Robert Kasun and Fr. David Reilander

Southern dioceses stepping up aid to North

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Not all missions are foreign missions.

Based on 2016 Census data, the biggest single category of households is people living by themselves.

Church must open its arms to lonely nation

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Have we become a lonely nation?

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