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Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register
Sheila was a reporter for The Catholic Register from 2008-2011.
A graduate of the University of Toronto's international relations program (M.A.) and Carleton University's School of Journalism (M.J.), she has worked at The Canadian Press, CBC Ottawa, The Toronto Star, The Jordan Times and IRIN Middle East.
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October 21, 2010
David Onley applauds courage at Caritas event
![Ontario Lieutenant Governor David Onley receives a plague of appreciation at the Caritas Project's 22nd annual “Together Event” on Oct. 17. Onley](/images/stories/toronto/toronto10/onley.jpg)
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario David Onley, the keynote speaker, spoke of the stigma associated with disabilities and the need to overcome it.
“Like other disabilities, addiction has no record for age, gender or culture,” Onley told the 550 people, including some provincial and federal politicians and Vaughan mayoral candidate Maurizio Bevilacqua.
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Canada: Toronto-GTA
September 27, 2010
Campaign launched to raise awareness of TCDSB elections
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“Lately, the reputation of our board has been badly tarnished in the public eye, and the Minister of Education found it necessary to place the Toronto Catholic District School Board under supervision. It is a time for healing. It is a time for change,” said former principal Mary Ellen Lawless at a Sept. 26 press conference outside St. Paul's Basilica. Lawless is a member of the new group C.U.R.B., Catholics United for a Responsible Ballot.
“It is imperative that we reunite the parent, teacher, principal, priest, trustee and the total Catholic community in carrying out the aims of Catholic education and the mission of the Catholic school,” Lawless said in a statement. The group urged Toronto's Catholic voters to get to know the issues and their trustee candidates as their “right and privilege to do so.”
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Canada: Toronto-GTA
July 14, 2010
Romeo Meleca's 'Pilgrimage of Love'
![Romeo Meleca turns 79 a week before he’ll embark on his 29th “Pilgrimage of Love” to the Holy Cross of Teopoli in Gravenhurst, Ont. Meleca says the pilgrimage is a way of thanking God for his family’s blessings and to share the love of God with the sick and those in need. Here, he stands outside his home clad in his trademark red sash, pilgrimage hat and t-shirt. (Photo by Sheila Dabu) Romeo Meleca](/images/stories/toronto/toronto10/meleca.jpg)
“I’m always thinking, when I have pain, I think of God, (of) Jesus dying, nailed on the cross. I want to do more and more for Him,” Meleca said, sporting his trademark red banner, a pilgrimage shirt and hat. During the walk, he also carries a wooden cross adorned with a red banner.
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Canada: Toronto-GTA
June 24, 2010
South Koreans celebrating community, faith
![World Cup fever made its way into Toronto parishes as the preliminary stage wrapped up. Above, South Koreans jammed Sacred Heart of Jesus parish hall June 22 as their team drew Nigeria to advance to the round of 16. (photo courtesy of Sacred Heart of Jesus parish) Sacred Heart of Jesus parish](/images/stories/toronto/toronto10/worldcupkorea.jpg)
For the team’s third game of the World Cup in South Africa on June 22, against Nigeria, parishioners, including pastor Fr. Min-Kyu Antigonus Park, cheered their team on. The game ended in a 2-2 tie, sending South Korea into the Round of 16.
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Canada: Toronto-GTA
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This picture forms part of a controversial exhibit by the non-profit group Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East. “Human Drama in Gaza” runs from June 16 to June 28 at the Cream Tangerine Cafe's The Great Hall on Queen Street West. The exhibit is a collection of 44 pictures taken by photographers from Agence France Presse, Getty Images and Reuters during the conflict.
The photos reflect scenes of sadness, death and despair during the December 2008-January 2009 battle as well as scenes of resilience at refugee camps established as safe havens for those left homeless after the attacks.
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Canada: Toronto-GTA
June 15, 2010
Catholic board on track to regain control
![Toronto Catholic District School Board](/images/stories/schoolB_logos/TCDSBLogo.jpg)
But having Toronto Catholic District School Board trustees back in power is a reality that could be in place by November, after the next trustee elections, according to a recent letter by Ontario
Education Minister Leona Dombrowsky to provincially appointed board supervisor Richard Alway.
In the June 9 letter, Dombrowsky said the board would have to pass an audit of its 2009-2010 financial statements to confirm that it has balanced its budget.
“If those statements confirm that the board has retired its accumulated deficit, I will expeditiously undertake the process to return the board to full local control,” Dombrowsky wrote.
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Canada: Toronto-GTA
June 10, 2010
Catholic Civil Rights League turns 25
![Thomas Langan helped found the Catholic Civil Rights League Thomas Langan](/images/stories/canada_people/canada_people10/thomaslangan.jpg)
These are some of the issues the Catholic Civil Rights League (CCRL) has dealt with in its mission to combat Catholic defamation in the media and public square over the past 25 years.
The league celebrated its silver anniversary at a June 10 gala in Toronto.
Established in 1985, the league is a national lay Catholic organization that works with media to ensure a fair hearing for Catholic positions on issues, lobbies the government and intervenes in court challenges supporting laws and policies that reflect Catholic understanding of the common good and human nature
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“We do not anticipate having to cancel any spiritual services," said John McGrath, the archdiocese's chancellor of temporal affairs, in a June 1 letter to all Toronto parishes. "It is important for those parishes in areas impacted by the summit to communicate effectively with parishioners that may be inconvenienced ie. weddings, funerals, etc. held on the weekend of the summit. Reminding all involved to leave ample time for travel, anticipate delays, etc. is an important part of our ongoing communication.”
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![Sr. Mary Emmanuel Escobedo and Sr. Danielle Paz work on a priest’s cope and humeral veil — which is worn for the exposition of the Blessed Sacrament — at the Sister Disciples of the Divine Master’s convent in northwest Toronto. The Sisters also made the deacons’ vestments for their May 29 ordination at St. Michael’s Cathedral. The Sisters’ apostolate includes serving priests. (Photo by Sheila Dabu) Sr. Mary Emmanuel Escobedo and Sr. Danielle Paz](/images/stories/toronto/toronto10/escobedopaz2.jpg)
A big order, 16 deacon vestments, has just been completed, but the Sisters’ work continues. On this day, they, along with Sr. Mary Immaculate Fournier, are back to work cutting, measuring and sewing priestly garments.
They are three of nine members of the Sister Disciples of the Divine Master in Toronto whose apostolate is to serve priests. In Canada, the congregation also works out of Montreal, with about 15 members. The Sisters have houses in 31 countries around the world and their ministry involves service to the Eucharist, the priesthood and the liturgy.
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Canada: Toronto-GTA
June 1, 2010
Toronto diaconate grows by 16
![Toronto Auxiliary Bishop Vincent Nguyen, Vicar of Deacons, presented the Book of Gospels to each newly ordained deacon at the May 29 ordination ceremony at St. Michael's Cathedral. (Photo by Sheila Dabu) Toronto Auxiliary Bishop Vincent Nguyen, Vicar of Deacons, presented the Book of Gospels to each newly ordained deacon at the May 29 ordination ceremony at St. Michael's Cathedral.](/images/stories/toronto/toronto10/deacons.jpg)
Ovcjak, 47, was ordained with 15 other men as a deacon for the archdiocese of Toronto on May 29 at St. Michael’s Cathedral. More than 500 people were in attendance at the packed cathedral to witness the ordination by Toronto Auxiliary Bishop Vincent Nguyen, the archdiocese's Vicar of Deacons.
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