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{mosimage}TORONTO - What was St. Ignatius of Loyola talking about in the 16th century, and why does it matter now?

{mosimage}TORONTO - One hundred years on and St. AnthonyöÏÓãÊÓƵapp Catholic School is still teaching girls like Hailey Moreno reading, spelling and arithmetic, plus getting them ready for first Communion. In the last weeks of her Grade 1 year, Moreno is more than happy the centenarian school is going strong in a brand new building.

TORONTO - Universities are at the centre of Catholic life, says Toronto Archbishop Thomas Collins, and that is why the Catholic Church began to create universities in the Middle Ages.

{mosimage}HUNTSVILLE, Ont. - Public school trustees have voted down a call to eliminate OntarioöÏÓãÊÓƵapp Catholic school system by a margin of almost two to one.

{mosimage}MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Michael Bator announced his retirement after 34 years in education.

TORONTO - Fully Alive has a new lease on life. A revised and updated second edition of the Ontario Catholic school systemöÏÓãÊÓƵapp family life program was launched with a teacher-training seminar on the new Grade 1 and 2 text books in Toronto June 11 and 12.

EditoröÏÓãÊÓƵapp note: Michael Bator, director of education for the , retired this month after 34 years as teacher, principal, superintendent and director. He offers below a reflection on what Catholic education has meant to him.

{mosimage}TORONTO - This summer Fr. Henry Carr Catholic Secondary School is moving a few blocks south to Doomstown — to the corner of the street where 19- year-old Jose Hierro Saez was gunned down June 3 in another case which pits police seeking leads against a community too afraid to break the code of silence. Doomstown is the local nickname for Jamestown, the neighbourhood off Martin Grove Road south of Finch Avenue, and one of TorontoöÏÓãÊÓƵapp poorest and most violent.

{mosimage}MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - For the first time since OntarioöÏÓãÊÓƵapp Catholic schools received full funding in 1984, a publicly funded Catholic school is going private.

{mosimage}TORONTO - As Mass ended under bright sunshine outdoors and teacher-librarian Kathryn Zaleski-Cox announced St. BrigidöÏÓãÊÓƵapp Elementary School had made the grade as an Ontario EcoSchool, a cheer went up. For the 580 students of east-end TorontoöÏÓãÊÓƵapp St. BrigidöÏÓãÊÓƵapp Elementary, their teachers and two dozen parents participating in the May 17 Mass, they weren’t just cheering for something students had accomplished with a yearöÏÓãÊÓƵapp worth of litterless lunches, reduced energy consumption and heightened ecological awareness. The cheer also recognized prayers answered.