Feature Series Thu, 23 Jan 2025 16:46:08 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Missing Indigenous women spawn hope /item/33255-missing-indigenous-women-spawn-hope /item/33255-missing-indigenous-women-spawn-hope

When Ojibwe jingle dress dancer Patience Commanda decided to use her art form to bring awareness to missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (MMIWG), she never imagined she would receive hope in return.

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waclarke@catholicregister.private (Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic Register) Features Fri, 25 Jun 2021 08:51:58 -0400
Expansion plans to Providence Healthcare include quality of life /features/item/33253-expansion-plans-to-providence-healthcare-include-quality-of-life /features/item/33253-expansion-plans-to-providence-healthcare-include-quality-of-life

Adding 180 new long-term care beds and a whole new building to Unity HealthƵapp Providence Healthcare site is just the beginning of the Catholic hospitalƵapp plans for seniors in TorontoƵapp east end.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Special Features Thu, 24 Jun 2021 12:59:43 -0400
Basketball star mines fatherƵapp drive to be best he can be /item/33231-basketball-star-mines-father-s-drive-to-be-best-he-can-be /item/33231-basketball-star-mines-father-s-drive-to-be-best-he-can-be

Basketball standout Abu KigabƵapp tenacious drive to be the best athlete he can may be proof that the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.

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waclarke@catholicregister.private (Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic Register) Features Fri, 18 Jun 2021 07:00:00 -0400
Healing Indigenous communities /item/33200-healing-indigenous-communities /item/33200-healing-indigenous-communities

Indigenous elder and lay minister Rosella Kinoshameg reflects on the Gospel of MatthewƵapp parable of the treasure discovered hidden in a field as she looks to find healing and meaning in the wake of the latest trauma to hit Indigenous communities in Canada.

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waclarke@catholicregister.private (Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic Register) Features Thu, 10 Jun 2021 13:00:00 -0400
Anger — and remorse — spreads wide following Kamloops discovery /item/33191-anger-and-remorse-spreads-wide-following-kamloops-discovery /item/33191-anger-and-remorse-spreads-wide-following-kamloops-discovery

As 10,000 people marched in sorrow and in anger from QueenƵapp Park to Nathan Phillips Square, Vivian Timmins just had to be there — because Timmins is a residential school survivor.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Features Wed, 09 Jun 2021 09:04:47 -0400
Fr. Falke turns the everyday into art /item/33150-fr-falke-turns-the-everyday-into-art /item/33150-fr-falke-turns-the-everyday-into-art

Fr. Herman Falke has had his hands busy working on what he says is an “intentionally complicated” wood carving.

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waclarke@catholicregister.private (Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic Register) Features Fri, 28 May 2021 08:10:04 -0400
Resilient community farms provide ‘living’ nourishment /item/33122-resilient-community-farms-provide-living-nourishment /item/33122-resilient-community-farms-provide-living-nourishment

Winter is not just weather and neither is spring. Our long, grey season of COVID discontent and loneliness is not quite over, but outside our windows and outside our cities spring is relentless.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Features Fri, 21 May 2021 07:00:00 -0400
Social justice at the core of new Brescia president /features/catholic-education/item/33100-social-justice-at-the-core-of-new-brescia-president /features/catholic-education/item/33100-social-justice-at-the-core-of-new-brescia-president

The new president of Brescia University College is a political scientist who wants to liberate social justice from politics and an educator who wants to free teaching from the classroom. Lauretta Conklin Frederking has been named the 13th principal and the new president of CanadaƵapp only Catholic womenƵapp college. The London, Ont., college was founded by the Ursuline Sisters in 1919. Its 1,500 students also attend Western University.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Education Sun, 16 May 2021 08:59:08 -0400
Family, colleagues shape DalyƵapp trustee service /features/catholic-education/item/33099-family-colleagues-shape-daly-s-trustee-service /features/catholic-education/item/33099-family-colleagues-shape-daly-s-trustee-service

A well-known face in the corridors of Ontario Catholic education, Patrick Daly credits the support of family and colleagues for his effectiveness and longevity as a leader.

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waclarke@catholicregister.private (Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic Register) Education Sat, 15 May 2021 13:30:50 -0400
Pride flag to fly at schools /features/catholic-education/item/33087-pride-flag-to-fly-at-schools /features/catholic-education/item/33087-pride-flag-to-fly-at-schools

The Pride flag will be flying over Ontario Catholic schools in a number of jurisdictions, including Toronto, in the month of June.

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crstaff@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Staff) Education Thu, 13 May 2021 11:09:19 -0400