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Priestly presence diluted, but Basilians still on campus

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 02:08:53 -0500

TORONTO - When the Basilian Fathers let slip that they won’t be appointing any more of their men to positions at Saskatoon��Ƶapp St. Thomas More College it was no great shock to anyone in the Catholic education community. You can’t appoint men who don’t exist.

Celebrating a century of hockey at St. Mike��Ƶapp

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 00:55:10 -0500

TORONTO - For many, Toronto��Ƶapp St. Michael��Ƶapp College School is known as one of the finest all-boys Basilian high schools in Canada. But for others, who may not know a rosary from a rose garden, the St. Mike��Ƶapp name means just one thing: hockey.

Dufferin-Peel Catholic board to review Snow Falling on Cedars

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 00:49:13 -0500

TORONTO - David Guterson��Ƶapp award-winning novel Snow Falling on Cedars has been pulled from school library shelves in the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board after a parent complained about its sexual content.

Cup fever for Catholic schools

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 00:41:03 -0500

TORONTO - Students within the Toronto Catholic District School Board will be learning more about the history of the Canadian Football League through a program in conjunction with the Canadian Football Hall of Fame.

Province takes over Dufferin-Peel board

crstaff@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Staff) — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 23:26:33 -0500

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Government-appointed overseer Norbert Hartmann announced Feb. 5 that he is seizing control of the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board.

Province hands reins back to Dufferin-Peel board

mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 02:15:52 -0400

{mosimage}MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - The funding formula war between Queen’s Park and the ended just in time for the school year, and local trustees are claiming victory.

Faith-based education: living on the wedge

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 06:54:20 -0400

{mosimage}Former Prime Minister Kim Campbell once famously remarked that an election campaign is no place to debate major public policy changes. The electorate judged her harshly, but she was right to point out that the process of fighting elections has a negative effect on the merits of a policy.

Saturday school helps reconnect with church

saral@catholicregister.org (Sara Loftson, The Catholic Register) — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 01:39:33 -0400

TORONTO - The last place you might expect to find school-aged children on a Saturday morning would be, well, at school. But at St. Andrew��Ƶapp Catholic School in Toronto, 150 children, youth and parents attended sacramental preparation classes every Saturday morning for nine months last year.

The great gift of Catholic education

Sun, 17 Jun 2007 23:26:58 -0400

Editor��Ƶapp note: Michael Bator, director of education for the , retired this month after 34 years as teacher, principal, superintendent and director. He offers below a reflection on what Catholic education has meant to him.

Toronto schools aim to outgun the guns

mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 23:56:29 -0400

{mosimage}TORONTO - This summer Fr. Henry Carr Catholic Secondary School is moving a few blocks south to Doomstown — to the corner of the street where 19- year-old Jose Hierro Saez was gunned down June 3 in another case which pits police seeking leads against a community too afraid to break the code of silence. Doomstown is the local nickname for Jamestown, the neighbourhood off Martin Grove Road south of Finch Avenue, and one of Toronto��Ƶapp poorest and most violent.