Feature Series Thu, 23 Jan 2025 16:38:06 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Discovering the Creator in the backyard /item/33533-discovering-the-creator-in-the-backyard /item/33533-discovering-the-creator-in-the-backyard

During a recent Daily TV Mass, the homilist mentioned Ignatius Loyola, the saint who used to speak of finding God in all things. Hearing that got me thinking about my garden. As far as I’m concerned, nowhere is the work of His hands more evident than in the birds, blooms and bugs that make the garden a place of delight.

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Features Sun, 26 Sep 2021 07:00:00 -0400
The Season of Creation ... a time for action /item/33532-the-season-of-creation-a-time-for-action /item/33532-the-season-of-creation-a-time-for-action

The Season of Creation, which began Sept. 1 and lasts through the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi Oct. 4, has always been a time for prayer, reflection and thanksgiving, a time to open our eyes and see the beauty of GodöÏÓãÊÓƵapp creation. But this year our prayers are meant to spur action — concerted, global, political action.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Features Fri, 24 Sep 2021 08:55:20 -0400
Building a future from the past /item/33476-building-a-future-from-the-past /item/33476-building-a-future-from-the-past

Whether or not reconciliation with Indigenous people lies in the future, such a reconciliation is impossible without an unclouded view of our past, from first contact to the present, Indigenous and Jesuit scholars have told The Catholic Register.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Features Fri, 10 Sep 2021 15:43:57 -0400
Christianity central to 'Come From Away' /item/33452-christianity-central-to-come-from-away /item/33452-christianity-central-to-come-from-away

It has been nearly five years since Come From Away debuted and enraptured big-city theatre audiences with its musical depiction of how the people of Gander created a ray of light within the darkness of 9/11 for nearly 7,000 Americans forced to make an emergency landing in the remote Newfoundland town.

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Features Fri, 03 Sep 2021 08:53:04 -0400
Thank you, Bill Davis /features/catholic-education/item/33433-thank-you-bill-davis /features/catholic-education/item/33433-thank-you-bill-davis

With the passing of Bill Davis on Aug. 8, education and Ontario lost one of the last voices of reasonableness and optimism in an otherwise adversarial and tribal approach to problem solving. 

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Education Sun, 29 Aug 2021 15:00:00 -0400
Ontario schools navigate vaccine landscape /features/catholic-education/item/33432-ontario-schools-navigate-vaccine-landscape /features/catholic-education/item/33432-ontario-schools-navigate-vaccine-landscape

The Government of Ontario has not tipped its hand yet if it will institute mandatory vaccinations for teachers and staff, but education unions are trying to persuade Premier Doug Ford to make that choice.

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Education Sun, 29 Aug 2021 10:00:00 -0400
Romeo at home with London Catholic school board /features/catholic-education/item/33429-romeo-at-home-with-london-catholic-school-board /features/catholic-education/item/33429-romeo-at-home-with-london-catholic-school-board

Vince Romeo, the London Catholic District School BoardöÏÓãÊÓƵapp new director of education, has a connection to the southwestern Ontario city — and the board — that runs deep.

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waclarke@catholicregister.private (Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic Register) Education Sat, 28 Aug 2021 15:00:00 -0400
The great outdoors: where class gets gritty /features/catholic-education/item/33427-the-great-outdoors-where-class-gets-gritty /features/catholic-education/item/33427-the-great-outdoors-where-class-gets-gritty

Educator and environmental advocate Anne Corkery believes thereöÏÓãÊÓƵapp no greater learning environment for children than in the great outdoors.

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waclarke@catholicregister.private (Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic Register) Education Sat, 28 Aug 2021 10:00:00 -0400
Border issue makes for a tough choice /features/catholic-education/item/33425-border-issue-makes-for-a-tough-choice /features/catholic-education/item/33425-border-issue-makes-for-a-tough-choice

With the United States extending its non-essential travel restrictions at land border crossings until at least Sept. 21, Windsor, Ont.öÏÓãÊÓƵapp Avery Comartin finds herself in a difficult bind.

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Education Fri, 27 Aug 2021 15:00:00 -0400
Prestigious Schulich Scholarship awarded to two Catholic grads /features/catholic-education/item/33421-prestigious-schulich-scholarship-awarded-to-two-catholic-grads /features/catholic-education/item/33421-prestigious-schulich-scholarship-awarded-to-two-catholic-grads

Kiara Mavalwala is heading to York University this fall to study engineering in hopes of one day being able to ensure all people living in Canada have access to clean drinking water.

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waclarke@catholicregister.private (Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic Register) Education Fri, 27 Aug 2021 09:14:07 -0400