Opinion Wed, 22 Jan 2025 22:20:47 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Students embrace generosity of the season /features/christmas/item/37510-students-embrace-generosity-of-the-season /features/christmas/item/37510-students-embrace-generosity-of-the-season

A spirit of altruism is shining brightly in Catholic schools on the Prairies this Christmas.

]]> qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Christmas Sun, 22 Dec 2024 05:01:30 -0500 ShareLife feels the need at Christmas /features/christmas/item/37492-sharelife-feels-the-need-at-christmas /features/christmas/item/37492-sharelife-feels-the-need-at-christmas

The Christmas season is undoubtedly a time of giving, but that doesn’t always equate to stacks of presents with pristine bows and flawless wrapping paper.

]]> lmandato@catholicregister.org (Luke Mandato, The Catholic Register) Christmas Fri, 20 Dec 2024 08:59:00 -0500 Knights program provides ultrasound to Brampton clinic /item/37024-knights-program-provides-ultrasound-to-brampton-clinic /item/37024-knights-program-provides-ultrasound-to-brampton-clinic

The Ontario Knights of Columbus Ultrasound Program has donated its second machine to a local medical clinic.

]]> lmandato@catholicregister.org (Luke Mandato, The Catholic Register) Canada Fri, 09 Aug 2024 05:00:00 -0400 ShareLife almost two-thirds of the way to its 2024 goal /item/36929-sharelife-almost-two-thirds-of-the-way-to-its-2024-goal /item/36929-sharelife-almost-two-thirds-of-the-way-to-its-2024-goal

As of June 18, the ShareLife parish campaign has accumulated $8.62 million, 62 per cent of its over $14-million goal.

]]> qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Canada Wed, 03 Jul 2024 09:14:35 -0400 Catholics step up to make it a record year for ShareLife /item/36397-catholics-step-up-to-make-it-a-record-year-for-sharelife /item/36397-catholics-step-up-to-make-it-a-record-year-for-sharelife

The Archdiocese of TorontoöÏÓãÊÓƵapp annual ShareLife parish charitable appeal soared to a record high $14.2 million haul in 2023, surpassing the previous record set in 2021 by more than $300,000. 

]]> qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Canada Wed, 31 Jan 2024 12:56:33 -0500 Indigenous reconciliation fund hits first target /item/35389-indigenous-reconciliation-fund-hits-first-target /item/35389-indigenous-reconciliation-fund-hits-first-target

The $30 million Indigenous Reconciliation Fund has achieved its first-year goal of raising $9.4 million and the fundöÏÓãÊÓƵapp board has greenlit 17 projects.

]]> mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada Wed, 29 Mar 2023 13:24:17 -0400 ShareLife falls just shy of 2022 target /item/35269-sharelife-falls-100gs-shy-of-2022-target /item/35269-sharelife-falls-100gs-shy-of-2022-target

Despite confronting formidable economic headwinds due to the highest inflation rates to hit Canada in 40 years, ShareLifeöÏÓãÊÓƵapp parish fundraising campaign in 2022 came just shy of hitting its target.

]]> qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Canada Fri, 17 Feb 2023 09:01:27 -0500 ShareLife campaign rolling but support still vital /item/34617-sharelife-2022-campaign-on-track-to-match-record /item/34617-sharelife-2022-campaign-on-track-to-match-record

ShareLife is on pace to at least match last yearöÏÓãÊÓƵapp record campaign.

]]> qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Canada Thu, 21 Jul 2022 09:45:48 -0400 ShareLife seeks to challenge all-time haul /item/34312-sharelife-seeks-to-challenge-all-time-haul /item/34312-sharelife-seeks-to-challenge-all-time-haul

Weeks after putting a bow on a 2021 parish fundraising campaign that accrued a record $13.9 million, ShareLife is eyeing an encore that will equal or even eclipse last yearöÏÓãÊÓƵapp success.

]]> qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Canada Sat, 23 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0400 Tastes of Heaven goes virtual again /item/34299-tastes-of-heaven-goes-virtual-again /item/34299-tastes-of-heaven-goes-virtual-again

The annual Catholic Missions In Canada Tastes of Heaven Gala scheduled for April 28 is back in a virtual format for the second straight year.

]]> qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Canada Wed, 20 Apr 2022 11:42:02 -0400