The following is a statement from St. Michael’s College School, released Aug. 15, following its examination of the SMCS Respect and Culture Committee. The committee was struck following a series of hazing incidents at the school that came to light in December.
Bishop John Sherlock, former head of London diocese, dies at 93
Bishop John Sherlock, who for 24 years was Bishop of London, Ont., died Aug. 12. He was 93.
Judge’s death delays Quebec abuse audit
The death of a retired Quebec Superior Judge will postpone the audit of allegations of sexual abuse against minors in the Montreal archdiocese and several other Quebec dioceses.
A helping hand for workers
To those ministering to migrant workers in the Diocese of Hamilton in Ontario, the efforts are a two-way street.
Readers Speak Out: August 11, 2019
Curious achievement
Re: PM defends religious freedom (July 14-21):
This is a curious achievement for a prime minister who reduced the status of the Office of Religious Freedom from an ambassadorship with a significant budget to a bureau within the Global Affairs Department.
A Jesuit figure that stood beside a statue commemorating Samuel de Champlain will not be returning when the City of Orillia reinstalls the monument commemorating the famed French explorer.
Fr. M. Owen Lee, a Basilian educator with a passion for opera that led to 23 years as a knowledgeable commentator on Saturday afternoon radio broadcasts of the Metropolitan Opera in New York, died July 25 at Presentation Manor in Toronto. He was 89.