Education Wed, 22 Jan 2025 19:01:24 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Schools find new ways to gather /features/item/31532-schools-find-new-ways-to-gather /features/item/31532-schools-find-new-ways-to-gather

Our schools have been closed for several weeks due to the COVID-19 global pandemic. As we celebrate Catholic Education Week, midway through the Easter season, we are challenged to ignite and inspire hope for our anxious children in our panicked world. 

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Catholic Education Thu, 30 Apr 2020 13:04:33 -0400
‘Igniting Hope’ theme comes at right time /features/item/31525-igniting-hope-theme-comes-at-right-time /features/item/31525-igniting-hope-theme-comes-at-right-time

It isn’t just during a time of pandemic that the world has an overwhelming need for hope. ItƵapp something that is always on the agenda in OntarioƵapp Catholic schools, says Anne O’Brien.

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mickeyc@catholicregister.org (Mickey Conlon, The Catholic Register) Catholic Education Thu, 30 Apr 2020 08:58:57 -0400
Schools connect with community /features/item/31516-schools-connect-with-community /features/item/31516-schools-connect-with-community

When the call went out amid the global pandemic for 3D printers to make parts for face shields, St. James Catholic High School principal Mike MacPherson immediately thought of his technology teachers Mike Moore and Kevin Reid.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Catholic Education Wed, 29 Apr 2020 11:14:47 -0400
Newman at centre of college celebration /item/31202-newman-at-centre-of-college-celebration /item/31202-newman-at-centre-of-college-celebration

This yearƵapp Anthony Jordan Lecture Series is celebrating the roots of Newman Theological College.

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mickeyc@catholicregister.org (Mickey Conlon, The Catholic Register) Higher Education Sun, 01 Mar 2020 10:00:00 -0500
Medieval studies goes back for a better future /item/31201-medieval-studies-goes-back-for-a-better-future /item/31201-medieval-studies-goes-back-for-a-better-future

The University of St. MichaelƵapp College is better than good if you want to study that magical millennium between 500 and 1500.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Higher Education Sat, 29 Feb 2020 10:00:00 -0500
Little college working on big plans /item/31200-little-college-working-on-big-plans /item/31200-little-college-working-on-big-plans

BARRY’S BAY, ONT. -- Seven months into his job as president of Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College, Ryan Williams has moved well past the phase of getting to know the campus.

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Higher Education Fri, 28 Feb 2020 10:44:29 -0500
Refugee scholarship offers helping hand /item/31199-refugee-scholarship-offers-helping-hand /item/31199-refugee-scholarship-offers-helping-hand

As someone whose life was disrupted at an early age by the ravages of war, Fr. Sami Helewa, SJ, understands the plight of the refugee who has escaped their homeland to call elsewhere home.

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mickeyc@catholicregister.org (Mickey Conlon, The Catholic Register) Higher Education Fri, 28 Feb 2020 10:00:00 -0500
Into the DRAGENƵapp den ... /item/31198-into-the-dragen-s-den /item/31198-into-the-dragen-s-den

To really understand climate change, it helps to ask a medievalist.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Higher Education Thu, 27 Feb 2020 10:08:46 -0500
Brescia research in genetics reveals political insights /item/30511-brescia-research-in-genetics-reveals-political-insights /item/30511-brescia-research-in-genetics-reveals-political-insights

If you ever wondered why we can’t all just be friends, why political divisions tear at the fabric of nations and even religions, a sociologist at Brescia College has some new insights. Maybe we’re just born that way.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Higher Education Sun, 20 Oct 2019 07:00:00 -0400
Christ child a model for young educators /item/30510-christ-child-a-model-for-young-educators /item/30510-christ-child-a-model-for-young-educators

Of all the stained glass windows we have at St. MaryƵapp University in Calgary my favourite may well be an image of the Christ child with the “doctors” of the temple (Luke 2:41-52) which is installed in our library, St. BasilƵapp Hall. 

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jturcotte@catholicregister.org (Gerry Turcotte ) Higher Education Sun, 20 Oct 2019 07:00:00 -0400