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Dr. Ewan Goligher delivers the deVeber Institute lecture Oct. 27 in Toronto.

‘Freedom of conscience’ a must, says doctor

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TORONTO – It’s rare for an hour-long, academic lecture to get a standing ovation, but Dr. Ewan Goligher earned thunderous applause from about 100 people who turned up on a cold, rainy night to hear his defence of medical conscience.

James Grover McDonald, left, a diplomat and the first U.S. Ambassador to Israel, in an undated photo

Film explores diplomat's efforts to warn world of Holocaust

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When the Holocaust was still a gleam in Adolf Hitler’s twisted, paranoid eye, there was one American Catholic with a little bit of Canadian heritage mixed in who saw what was coming and did his best to warn the world.

Toronto’s Catholic school board became a bridge into Canadian society for Christine Shekherdmian who arrived as a refugee with two young children and husband, none of whom spoke English, earlier this year. (Photo by Evan Boudreau) For Christine Shekherdmian, a Syrian refugee with two school-aged children, Toronto’s Catholic school board casts a bright light onto her family’s future.

Toronto's Catholic School board opens arms for refugees

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TORONTO – When Christine Shekherdmian, a Syrian refugee from Aleppo, registered her two children at Annunciation Catholic School in Toronto, she was given a welcome she never expected.

From left to right, Margaret Couch, Noreen O’Leary, Shirley Nach and Rose Simone pose with a picture of their graduation class of 1946.

Notre Dame sisterhood still going strong after 75 years

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TORONTO – At Notre Dame High School, some things never change.

Catholic sculptor Timothy Schmalz sits next to his recently unveiled statue, When I Was a Stranger, at Toronto’s St. Paul’s Anglican Church.

Toronto Anglican parish welcomes Schmalz's latest Christ sculpture

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On a busy Bloor Street sidewalk outside a 174-year-old downtown Toronto church sits the likeness of a familiar figure wrapped in a stranger’s cloak.

The ribbon cutting ceremony as Providence Healthcare opens a new palliative care wing, Oct. 12.

Providence opens new palliative care wing

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Providence Healthcare’s new $4.5 million palliative care wing features no state-of-the-art technology, no breakthrough innovations, no dazzling science. The money went into providing peace, quiet and the human touches that make life worth living.

CCCB president Bishop Doug Crosby in a file photo from 2012. The Canadian Catholic bishops said Oct. 12 that they will no longer be part of Canada’s ecumenical social justice coalition, known as KAIROS.

Canada's Catholic bishops withdraw from social justice coalition Kairos

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TORONTO – Canada’s Catholic bishops will no longer be part of Canada’s ecumenical social justice coalition, known as Kairos.

A high school retreat takes place at the Marian Shrine of Gratitude in Toronto. The shrine and nearby Ukrainian Basilian Monastery are under threat of closure.

Community fighting to keep Marian shrine alive

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TORONTO – The community at the Marian Shrine of Gratitude in Toronto is growing in strength and numbers despite a looming closure.

In the early 1980s, canvassers go door-to-door to raise funds for ShareLife. The charitable fundraising arm of the Toronto archdiocese wants more lay participation for next year’s campaign.

ShareLife's future plan to include more laity involvement

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TORONTO – ShareLife is going back to its roots with a plan that taps into past strategies to encourage more involvement at the parish level.

Toronto’s St. Joseph’s College School unveiled its Residential Schools Memorial Wall for the annual Nuit Blanche art festival overnight Oct. 1. The plan is to continue using the exhibit to raise awareness of past abuses done to Canada’s First Nations, Inuit and Metis in these schools.

Nuit Blanche exhibit brings back memories of residential schools

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TORONTO – To shed light on some of the darkest moments in the history of Catholic education, students from St. Joseph’s College School unveiled their Residential Schools Memorial Wall at the annual Nuit Blanche all-night art festival.

The Andrey Sheptytsky Institute will be moving from Ottawa's Saint Paul University, pictured here in 2006, to Toronto's St. Michael's College in 2017.

Sheptytsky Institute finds a new home in Toronto

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OTTAWA – Canada’s premier centre for university-level studies of Ukrainian Catholic theology, tradition and liturgy is moving from Ottawa to Toronto’s University of St. Michael’s College.

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