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A parent group is calling for the resignation of a first-term Waterloo Catholic school board trustee because of a Twitter post calling “the white Christian male” the world’s biggest threat.
For 175 years, Loretto Sisters are women of their time
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register“Women in time to come will do much,” Mary Ward said 400 years ago, and for 175 years in Toronto, the Loretto Sisters have proved their founder a prophet.
Neurodiversity conference grows autism awareness
By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic RegisterFor many, April represents a time when plants and flowers start to bud and bloom, but for Carolyn Tinglin and her family, it’s also about growing awareness and support for people with varied abilities.
Elder’s sense of ‘greater’ good honoured by Jesuits
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterRosella Kinoshameg means more to the Jesuits of Canada than the Jesuit Fathers can really say. But they said it anyway by giving her the 2023 Magis Award at the 15th annual Jesuit Provincial’s Dinner held April 12, just north of Toronto.
Tastes of Heaven fundraiser travels back in time
By Quinton Amundson, The Catholic RegisterCatholic Missions In Canada’s (CMIC) annual Tastes of Heaven Gala on April 27 is set to have a time machine effect in more way than one.
Program allows kids to view international issues through faith lens
By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic RegisterA student program by Development and Peace-Caritas Canada is giving young people the opportunity to put their faith into action through the completion of social justice activities in their school community.
Tackling the stigma around mental health
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterFor the parish that seeks to know, understand and draw a little closer to suffering — the suffering of Christ on the Cross or the suffering of their brothers and sisters — there is a resource hidden in the pews, quietly praying. People who struggle with depression, addiction, anxiety, compulsions and social phobias have suffered, will suffer and know suffering. The mentally ill and those struggling with mental health can teach a parish about suffering.
Archdiocese of Montreal protests Roxham Road shutdown
By Anna FarrowThe Archdiocese of Montreal has issued a strong rebuke to the federal government for the March 25 closure of Roxham Road, the most heavily trafficked “irregular” entry point for asylum seekers located on the Quebec-New York border.
Ethical concerns for an AI world
By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic RegisterA recent photo created by an app showing Pope Francis wearing a designer bomber jacket went viral on social media, fooling millions around the world.
Children’s aid faces up to race issues
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterLess than 10 per cent of the children in Toronto are Black, yet more than half the kids in the care of the Catholic Children’s Aid Society of Toronto are Black. Priscilla Manful is determined to do something about it.
Seeking common ground in a polarized world
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterWhen Pogo said, “We have met the enemy and he is us” in a comic strip back in 1970, he didn’t know the half of it. Pogo never heard of Twitter, attack ads, bot farms or “doing your own research.” Pogo could never have imagined a Church or society broken down into political and cultural sects caught up in perpetual rhetorical war with one another.