NEWS
Mississauga, Ont. - A Tragic Events Response Team (TERT) arrived at St. AlfredƵapp Catholic School here April 12 to give support to students and teachers in their time of grief for 10-year-old schoolmate, John Pham, who died as a result of a bus accident on Hwy 410 south of Brampton the day before.
British bishop under fire for ‘naive’ comments
By Simon Caldwell, Catholic News Service
LONDON - The head of Great BritainƵapp military diocese has come under fire from politicians, military leaders and the media after he welcomed IranƵapp release of 15 sailors and marines as religiously motivated “good deeds.”
Gay issues make Anglican schism a real threat, says Canterbury
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register
TORONTO - The Archbishop of Canterbury will meet with the American Episcopalian House of Bishops in September in an effort to prevent a schism between Anglicans in the rich, first world and the Anglican majority in the global south.
Wingle to lead the OCCB
By Catholic Register Staff
OntarioƵapp Catholic bishops have chosen Bishop James Wingle as president of its executive.
New MPP seeks meditation room for QueenƵapp Park
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register
TORONTO - ItƵapp unlikely that the Oct. 10 Ontario election will be fought over the issue of prayer and meditation at QueenƵapp Park. ItƵapp equally unlikely members of the provincial legislature and their staffs will have a room set aside for contemplation and related inactivities before election day.
Social investing explodes
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register
TORONTO - More than half a trillion dollars, almost a fifth of CanadaƵapp investment capital, is now invested with one eye on the ethical bottom line.
Ordination season is upon us
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register
TORONTO - Like the tulips defying the last gasps of winter, preparations for ordinations are another sure sign of spring in Toronto.
On Christian women mystics
By Catholic Register Staff
TORONTO — From Julian of Norwich, Clare of Assisi, Teresa of Avila and hundreds of others, Christian women draw on a rich heritage of mysticism. Rev. Glenda Meakin of the Christian Meditation Community of Canada will outline that heritage at the regular monthly teaching meeting of the Christian Meditation Community of Toronto on April 26.
Doing your part for the environment
By Catholic Register Staff
TORONTO — Learn to keep your parishƵapp books in the black through the winter and do the Earth a favour at a one-day forum presented by Faith and the Common GoodƵapp Greening Sacred Spaces program.
Trying to make sense of the HolocaustƵapp senseless
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register
For Vanessa Harris her Grade 8 class trip to the Holocaust Museum in Toronto was all about trying to understand the incomprehensible.
Catholic public servant loses court battle over union dues
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News
OTTAWA - A Catholic public servant has lost her court battle to have her union dues diverted to charity.