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Just a five-minute walk away from the Ambassador Bridge, Assumption University in Windsor, Ont., has become a vital community bridge on its own, according to newly installed principal John Cappucci.
Ontario education funding given a boost
By Catholic Register StaffIt’s unclear exactly what Ontario classrooms are going to look like in the fall with the realities of COVID-19, but one certainty for school boards is an extra $736 million in funding from the province.
Living the dream
By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic RegisterJuly 1 marks the six-year anniversary of the Canada Day that the Del Rosario family became Canadian citizens.
Religious persecution focus shifts to Africa
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterAid to the Church in Need and its 330,000 donors world-wide are responding to the changing world of religious persecution.
Fix ‘serious, systemic flaws’ in long-term care now
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterThe churches and other faith groups which run food banks, shelters and other social programs want the government to start fixing Ontario’s long-term care homes now, even before convening a commission to look at the system.
Mixed reviews for Canada’s anti-slavery bill
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterEverybody agrees modern slavery must end, but Canadian Catholics can’t quite agree on how best to accomplish that objective.
Five Clerics of Saint-Viateur in Quebec face sex abuse charges
By Catholic Register StaffFive members of the Clerics of Saint-Viateur in Quebec have been arrested for alleged sexual abuse of boys over three decades.
Migrant’s death brings tears, prayers
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterFollowing the third death in Canada of a migrant farm worker from COVID-19, Fr. Peter Ciallella had the grim task of informing other workers that their friend had died.
Cardinal calls attention to Canada’s ‘tragic’ issue
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterCanada’s migrant worker problem matters to Pope Francis and the universal Church because it’s a global problem and a moral problem, said Canadian Cardinal Michael Czerny.
Church reaching out to migrant workers
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterAfter the death of a second migrant worker of COVID-19 and at least 240 positive tests on just five farms, Deacon Tony Hogervorst is praying for thousands of seasonal workers on 176 farms across southwestern Ontario.
Parish built on foundation of healing
ByOTTAWA -- Trust and respect. It is easy to say, but hasn’t always been easy to follow during the long history of the Catholic Church and Canada’s Indigenous communities.