Fr John D Geary CSSp, an Irish-born priest, served as superintendent of education in the Toronto Catholic District School Board. He was principal at Neil McNeil High School in 1968 and founded Francis Libermann High School in 1977.

Fr. John D. Geary was happiest in the classroom

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TORONTO - As he lay dying, Spiritan Father John D. Geary didn’t just listen to classical music on the stereo in his room, he conducted the invisible orchestra.

Fr Daniel Chui , 55, was laid to rest on Dec. 28 following a three year battle with cancer.

Fr. Daniel Chui's smile will be sorely missed

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Fr. Daniel Chui lost his battle with cancer on Dec. 21. The Basilian priest passed away suddenly inside his room at Anglin House, the Basilian retirement home in Toronto, after a three-year battle with esophageal cancer.

Social justice defined the life of John Mihevc

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TORONTO - John Mihevc, a sojourner in Africa, a pioneer in ecumenical social justice work, teacher and writer, has died at the age of 56.

Fr. Kevin Belgrave will deliver a talk in Toronto Jan. 13 on preparing parishioners spiritually for the end of life.

Catholics need better spiritual preparation for the end of life

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TORONTO - Priests need to preach the Church’s teachings on end-of-life issues more frequently to better spiritually prepare parishioners for the inevitable, Fr. Kevin Belgrave believes.

Campaign Life Ottawa lobbyist Johanne Brownrigg says that the abortifacient drug RU-486 causes harm to unborn children and women.

Pro-lifers hope new law will keep RU-486 out of Canada

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OTTAWA - Canadian pro-lifers hope that a law requiring mandatory reporting of adverse drug reactions will be enough to keep the abortifacient drug RU-486 out of Canada.

Parishioners from Orillia, Ont.’s Guardian Angels parish attend a fundraising meeting on March 4.

Family of Faith passes halfway point of total goal

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At $55.8 million, Toronto Catholics are closing out 2014 having raised more than half the $105-million goal Cardinal Thomas Collins set for them in May.

The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops address modern challenges that parishes face, including changing demographics, loss of cultural values and increasing secularism, in a new document shown inset.

Parishes have a missionary role

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OTTAWA - The Canadian bishops’ doctrine commission, in a new booklet, is stressing the role of all Catholics in the new evangelization.

High atop “Catholic Hill” in Guelph, Ont., sits the Church of Our Lady Immaculate. The church was designated a basilica earlier this month. Among its past parishioners is Toronto’s Cardinal Thomas Collins.

Guelph landmark church designated a basilica

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Guelph, Ont.’s Church of Our Lady Immaculate now dons the title basilica. The landmark church perched on a hill overlooking the city was designated a basilica earlier this month by Pope Francis, catching parishioners by surprise.

The Holy Door at Quebec’s Cathedral-Basilica of Notre Dame closes Dec. 28, but not before 350,000 have passed through.

350,000 pass through Quebec Holy Door

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A year of celebration in the Archdiocese of Quebec drew more than 350,000 pilgrims through the Holy Door of Quebec City’s Cathedral-Basilica of Notre Dame de Québec.

Vanessa Rasile serves food during Bishop Allen Academy’s annual Festive Dinner which brings those less fortunate in the community together to share a meal as one big family of friends.

Students’ eyes opened to real world problems

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TORONTO - At Bishop Allen Academy’s annual charity dinner for the community Dec. 8, Vanessa Rasile was served a cocktail of emotions.

Canadian theologian Moira McQueen is one of five women appointed to the new International Theological Commission.

Pope Francis bringing synodality back to Church

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TORONTO - Giving advice to the Pope is not a one-way street. It begins with Pope Francis giving advice to his advisors — including Canadian theologian Moira McQueen.

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