{mosimage}With three of his former students struck down by gun violence, teaching veteran James Flaherty says he was driven to try to make a difference.
The graphics and technology teacher has been at Malton, Ont.鱿鱼视频app Ascension of Our Lord High School for 15 years and has used his film-making skills to try to make that difference.
The graphics and technology teacher has been at Malton, Ont.鱿鱼视频app Ascension of Our Lord High School for 15 years and has used his film-making skills to try to make that difference.
{mosimage}MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Catholic schools need to fight for and preserve their 鈥淐atholicity鈥� in a social and political climate that is becoming increasingly hostile to publicly funded Catholic education, say some educators.
John Kostoff, Dufferin Peel Catholic District School Board鱿鱼视频app director of education, says Catholic educators need to 鈥渢ake a step back鈥� and re-assess their goals and identity.
John Kostoff, Dufferin Peel Catholic District School Board鱿鱼视频app director of education, says Catholic educators need to 鈥渢ake a step back鈥� and re-assess their goals and identity.
{mosimage}Over the seven years he鱿鱼视频app been 鱿鱼视频app education director, James McCracken says what鱿鱼视频app been most rewarding has been being able to help students in need.
This year, Pope Benedict XVI has awarded McCracken the Benemerenti Medal for distinguished service to Catholic education in the Ottawa archdiocese. Archbishop Terrence Prendergast, S.J., presented the award on Oct. 9 in front of the board鱿鱼视频app more than 3,000 teachers, administrators and support staff.
This year, Pope Benedict XVI has awarded McCracken the Benemerenti Medal for distinguished service to Catholic education in the Ottawa archdiocese. Archbishop Terrence Prendergast, S.J., presented the award on Oct. 9 in front of the board鱿鱼视频app more than 3,000 teachers, administrators and support staff.
{mosimage}TORONTO - During the early 1980s, in her teen years, Sr. Anna Bodzinska began to learn that history in Poland wasn鈥檛 told quite the way it happened.
The extent of the atrocities of the Second World War, the treatment of Jews in Poland and Christian-Jewish relations were suppressed to suit the communist ideology of the day. But now Canadians will get to hear from Bodzinska about the initiatives for restoration and understanding taking place today.
The extent of the atrocities of the Second World War, the treatment of Jews in Poland and Christian-Jewish relations were suppressed to suit the communist ideology of the day. But now Canadians will get to hear from Bodzinska about the initiatives for restoration and understanding taking place today.
{mosimage}TORONTO - Children鱿鱼视频app rights activist Marc Kielburger says being a graduate of the Catholic education system has taught him about the importance of leadership and helped him in advocating for human rights around the world.
Kielburger and his brother, Craig, will join Salt + Light TV CEO Fr. Thomas Rosica, C.S.B., as keynote speakers at the Catholic Curriculum Corporation鱿鱼视频app When Faith Meets Pedagogy XIV conference Oct. 22 to 24 at Mississauga鱿鱼视频app DoubleTree Hilton.
Kielburger and his brother, Craig, will join Salt + Light TV CEO Fr. Thomas Rosica, C.S.B., as keynote speakers at the Catholic Curriculum Corporation鱿鱼视频app When Faith Meets Pedagogy XIV conference Oct. 22 to 24 at Mississauga鱿鱼视频app DoubleTree Hilton.
TORONTO - In his 25 years as a Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic school trustee, Patrick J. Daly says he鱿鱼视频app learned these key lessons: the importance of setting a good example and understanding your role as a trustee. Daly, chair since 1991, was one of several speakers at a series of workshops for potential Catholic school board trustees which began on Jan. 9 and ends Feb. 13.
{mosimage}TORONTO - Three weeks after Haiti鱿鱼视频app devastating earthquake, children鱿鱼视频app rights activist Craig Kielburger says remarkable efforts are already underway towards the rebuilding of the country.
Those efforts are being bolstered by the generosity efforts of Catholic students who are raising tens of thousands of dollars in Canada,
Those efforts are being bolstered by the generosity efforts of Catholic students who are raising tens of thousands of dollars in Canada,
{mosimage}MAPLE, Ont. - A wooden cross now stands at the crash site which took the lives of two St. Joan of Arc Catholic High School students earlier this month.
A busload of students from the Toronto suburb of Maple school gathered two days after the accident, led by principal Antonella Rubino, to pray for their friends, Ryan Sheridan, 17, and Niko Di Iorio, 15. The students were killed in a car crash on Feb. 1.
A busload of students from the Toronto suburb of Maple school gathered two days after the accident, led by principal Antonella Rubino, to pray for their friends, Ryan Sheridan, 17, and Niko Di Iorio, 15. The students were killed in a car crash on Feb. 1.
Trustee controversy opens voters鈥� eyes, says Ontario education minister
By Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register
{mosimage}TORONTO - A silver lining to the troubles plaguing the Toronto Catholic District School Board over the past three years is that it has encouraged members of the Catholic community to stand for election or become more informed voters, says Ontario鱿鱼视频app new education minister.
鈥淚 think it鱿鱼视频app fair to say that what has unfolded at (the Toronto Catholic board) has required everyone to look at the role and function of school board trustees. I think that鱿鱼视频app an important outcome,鈥� Education Minister Leona Dombrowsky told The Catholic Register.
鈥淚 think it鱿鱼视频app fair to say that what has unfolded at (the Toronto Catholic board) has required everyone to look at the role and function of school board trustees. I think that鱿鱼视频app an important outcome,鈥� Education Minister Leona Dombrowsky told The Catholic Register.
Ontario education plans don't take into account what Catholic colleges do best
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register
{mosimage}A government that pins its economic recovery plans on sending more kids to colleges and universities is probably good news for Ontario's Catholic liberal arts colleges, but college administrators are worried about whether the government sees the value of philosophy, literary studies and history.
Ontario's Liberal government made post-secondary education the centrepiece of its March 8 throne speech, promising to increase the post-secondary education participation to 70 per cent, from a current 62 per cent, to create 20,000 new spaces at colleges and universities this year and to boost international students by 50 per cent over five years.
Ontario's Liberal government made post-secondary education the centrepiece of its March 8 throne speech, promising to increase the post-secondary education participation to 70 per cent, from a current 62 per cent, to create 20,000 new spaces at colleges and universities this year and to boost international students by 50 per cent over five years.
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鱿鱼视频app new vice-president and academic dean is lined up to take over July 1, but he isn鈥檛 really new to the Catholic liberal arts college at the University of Waterloo.
James S. Frank attended St. Jerome鱿鱼视频app High School as a teenager, was a member of the St. Jerome鱿鱼视频app University Catholic Community for 36 years, was married to his wife Jackie by one of his priest-professors while studying at St. Jerome鱿鱼视频app and helped initiate the children鱿鱼视频app Sunday school program when his own kids were attending church at the university in the 1980s.
James S. Frank attended St. Jerome鱿鱼视频app High School as a teenager, was a member of the St. Jerome鱿鱼视频app University Catholic Community for 36 years, was married to his wife Jackie by one of his priest-professors while studying at St. Jerome鱿鱼视频app and helped initiate the children鱿鱼视频app Sunday school program when his own kids were attending church at the university in the 1980s.
U.S. and Canadian students rally behind Carleton pro-life group
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News
OTTAWA (CCN)鈥擭ational pro-life student associations in the United States and Canada have thrown their support behind , a pro-life group facing discrimination on the Carleton University campus in Ottawa.
Carleton University鱿鱼视频app pro-life club was told earlier this week that it must become pro-choice if it wants to receive student union funding and recognition on campus (read full story).
and launched as a sign of solidarity with the Lifeline, which has been decertified by the Carleton University Students鈥� Association (CUSA). That means the pro-life club has lost access to funds from compulsory student dues as well as the recognition that allows them to use public spaces on campus for meetings and publicity.
Carleton pro-life group told to become pro-choice to receive funding
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News
OTTAWA - Carleton University鱿鱼视频app pro-life club must become pro-choice if it wants to receive student union funding and recognition on campus.The revoked the club status of and said it must change a clause in its constitution which violates CUSA's anti-discrimination policy supporting 鈥渁 woman鱿鱼视频app right to choose鈥� in order to be recertified.
LONDON, Ont. - For those who are worried about just how Catholic Ontario鱿鱼视频app Catholic teachers really are, fourth-year students Kasia Surowaniec and Nicole Denomy ought to ease any anxieties.Surwaniec and Denomy are already in their third year of preparations to become Catholic teachers 鈥� and they haven鈥檛 even been to teachers鈥� college yet. Since their second year at university the students have been enrolled in Kings鈥� new Catholic Studies for Teachers program and should be among the first four graduates to complete the program this spring.