Education Wed, 22 Jan 2025 19:08:25 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Chaplain: just say no to violent sports /features/catholic-education/item/34718-chaplain-just-say-no-to-violent-sports /features/catholic-education/item/34718-chaplain-just-say-no-to-violent-sports

For the past decade, high school chaplain Tony Whelan has been raising the moral and ethical question as to whether violent sports should have a place in Catholic schools.

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waclarke@catholicregister.private (Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic Register) Education Thu, 01 Sep 2022 12:40:23 -0400
St. MichaelƵapp principal returns to his roots /features/catholic-education/item/34717-st-michael-s-principal-returns-to-his-roots /features/catholic-education/item/34717-st-michael-s-principal-returns-to-his-roots

For Pat Daly, new principal of St. MichaelƵapp College School, walking the halls of the prestigious all-boys Catholic school in Toronto feels like coming back to his roots.

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waclarke@catholicregister.private (Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic Register) Education Thu, 01 Sep 2022 12:28:38 -0400
Full STEAM ahead for girls /features/item/34346-full-steam-ahead-for-girls /features/item/34346-full-steam-ahead-for-girls

A predominantly female robotics team from TorontoƵapp St. Oscar Romero Catholic Secondary School is helping to expand the face of science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM).

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waclarke@catholicregister.private (Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic Register) Catholic Education Fri, 29 Apr 2022 10:08:05 -0400
Speaker to share tips on raising happy kids /features/item/34345-speaker-to-share-tips-on-raising-happy-kids /features/item/34345-speaker-to-share-tips-on-raising-happy-kids

While many are emerging to a sense of normalcy after two years years of dark clouds and closures due to the pandemic, many parents have been left with ongoing concerns for their childrenƵapp mental health and wellbeing.

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waclarke@catholicregister.private (Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic Register) Catholic Education Fri, 29 Apr 2022 09:57:45 -0400
Students take ‘Chance’ on music contest /features/item/34344-students-take-chance-on-music-contest /features/item/34344-students-take-chance-on-music-contest

Music composed by students at St. Brother André Catholic High School in Markham, Ont., is the official theme song for this yearƵapp Catholic Education Week festivities across the province.

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waclarke@catholicregister.private (Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic Register) Catholic Education Fri, 29 Apr 2022 09:43:35 -0400
Stars are born: students put talents on film /features/item/34328-stars-are-born-students-put-talents-on-film /features/item/34328-stars-are-born-students-put-talents-on-film

The Mississauga East family of Catholic schools is holding its first annual student film festival, celebrating talent and providing a forum to share youth creativity during Catholic Education Week.

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waclarke@catholicregister.private (Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic Register) Catholic Education Thu, 28 Apr 2022 09:44:35 -0400
Catholic education plants seeds of faith /features/item/34327-catholic-education-plants-seeds-of-faith /features/item/34327-catholic-education-plants-seeds-of-faith

In Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation Christus Vivit of March 2019, the Pope boldly states that Catholic schools must “seek to welcome all young people regardless of their religious choices, cultural origin and personal, family or social situation. In this way the Church makes a fundamental contribution to the individual education of the young in various parts of the world.” 

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Catholic Education Thu, 28 Apr 2022 09:39:36 -0400
Students take the lead on social justice /features/item/34326-students-take-the-lead-on-social-justice /features/item/34326-students-take-the-lead-on-social-justice

A group of Scarborough 11th graders have committed to being agents for change when it comes to social justice.

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waclarke@catholicregister.private (Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic Register) Catholic Education Thu, 28 Apr 2022 09:30:15 -0400
Faith a key factor in post-secondary life /item/34108-faith-a-key-factor-in-post-secondary-life /item/34108-faith-a-key-factor-in-post-secondary-life

VANCOUVER -- In a society more comfortable with cancel culture than counterculture, Pope John Paul IIƵapp 1990 call for Catholic universities to speak “uncomfortable truths” that may challenge public opinion can be a daunting task. But for the incoming president of St. MarkƵapp and Corpus Christi colleges in Vancouver, itƵapp job one.

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Higher Education Sun, 06 Mar 2022 12:00:00 -0500
St. MichaelƵapp set for next step in evolution /item/34105-st-michael-s-set-for-next-step-in-evolution /item/34105-st-michael-s-set-for-next-step-in-evolution

If the Church needs the thinking power of a Catholic university, St. MichaelƵapp is readier than ever to fill that bill, University of St. MichaelƵapp College president and vice chancellor David Sylvester told The Catholic Register in an interview.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Higher Education Sat, 05 Mar 2022 13:00:00 -0500