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Jesus statue vandalized at Calgary church

Jesus statue vandalized at Calgary church

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The Calgary Police Service has launched an investigation into the vandalizing of a bronze Jesus statue by the front doors of a city parish. 

School boards are seeing greater numbers of students enrolled in summer school this year.

Summer school enrolment surges

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In a summer deeply impacted by global pandemic, virtual summer school has proven popular for students looking to maximize their time during normal vacation months.

Fr. Adam Hincks

St. Mike’s reaches for the stars to fill Sutton Family Chair

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Putting an astrophysicist in the company of medievalists, literature scholars and historians may not seem like a natural fit, but it’s a perfect match as far as David Sylvester is concerned.

Brooklyn Albuquerque is behind the megaphone as she leads a Black Lives Ontario rally.

Fight for justice built on Catholic roots

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For teenage anti-racism activist Brooklyn Albuquerque, the fight for social justice hits painfully close to home.

Ignite youth camps adapt to COVID-19 terrain

Ignite youth camps adapt to COVID-19 terrain

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Learning about God’s profound love in seminars and small groups, experiencing Christ during eucharistic adoration and dancing to worship tunes are among the joys traditionally experienced at an Ignite Camp.

St. Michael’s College president David Sylvester says a Catholic education goes beyond the classroom.

‘Community is our bread and butter’

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St. Michael’s College president and vice-chancellor David Sylvester lives and dies by the credo of Catholic education — education of the whole person in the context of a faithful learning community.

Charities need a lifeline to survive crisis

Charities need a lifeline to survive crisis

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OTTAWA -- With the federal government facing an increasing deficit piled up by spending on COVID-19 relief measures, a Christian think tank says Ottawa must do more to help charities survive the effects of the pandemic.

A statue of Mary lifting Jesus off the cross was one of two statues vandalized at St. Patrick’s Parish.

Statues vandalized at Markham parish

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York Regional Police are investigating an act of vandalism to statues outside of St. Patrick’s Parish in Markham, Ont.

Internally displaced Syrian children walk together at a camp near the Turkish border in Atmeh, Syria. Syrian refugees have been the greatest recipient of Canada’s refugee program in the last five years, with two-thirds ending up in the privately-sponsored refugee program.

Crisis could bring spike in refugee backlog

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COVID-19 has almost completely choked off the flow of refugees to Canada, which has refugee sponsors worried about the backlog building up as they wait for travel restrictions to ease so they can start again helping new arrivals ease into jobs, apartments and communities.

Station of the Cross at the Sudbury Grotto.

Canadian Catholic diocese aims to repair defaced Stations of the Cross

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A Canadian diocese said it will aim to repair six statues whose heads and arms were cut off in an act of vandalism.

A series of murals behind the altar of St. Mary’s Cathedral Basilica painted over in the 1950s were restored to their former glory for the Halifax landmark’s 200th anniversary.

St. Mary’s bears witness to Halifax’s past

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For 200 years, St. Mary’s Cathedral Basilica has been a fixture in the heart of downtown Halifax.

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