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TORONTO - Pastoral care in OntarioöÏÓãÊÓƵapp Catholic high schools is now on the right side of canon law. School  chaplains are now called Co-ordinators of School Chaplaincy öÏÓãÊÓƵapp. The Ontario Conference of Catholic Bishops came up with the new name after consulting with the Catholic School Chaplains of Ontario.  Canon 564 of the 1983 Code of Canon Law defines a chaplain as a priest. Since almost no school chaplains in Ontario are ordained, the bishops wanted a new title for the job prior to issuing a statement concerning pastoral care in the schools later this year.

TORONTO - William Downe, president and chief executive officer of BMO Financial Group, has been appointed as chair of the 28th annual CardinalöÏÓãÊÓƵapp Dinner, the largest fund-raising dinner in Canada.

TORONTO - A healthy dose of silence and the discipline of meditation are on tap at St. JohnöÏÓãÊÓƵapp Convent, 233 Cummer Ave. in Toronto, when the Christian Meditation Community of Toronto hosts its May 11-13 retreat.

Newmarket, Ont. - Inside the main gathering space of Rose of Sharon öÏÓãÊÓƵapp for Young Mothers hangs homemade colourful quilts, boxes of infant toys lay on the carpet, all by a well-used rocking chair. The all-female 15-person staff create a home-away-from-home atmosphere for hundreds of teen mothers and their pre- and post-natal children who use the centreöÏÓãÊÓƵapp services.

Mississauga, Ont. - A Tragic Events Response Team (TERT) arrived at St. AlfredöÏÓãÊÓƵapp 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.

TORONTO - ItöÏÓãÊÓƵapp unlikely that the Oct. 10 Ontario election will be fought over the issue of prayer and meditation at QueenöÏÓãÊÓƵapp Park. ItöÏÓãÊÓƵapp equally unlikely members of the provincial legislature and their staffs will have a room set aside for contemplation and related inactivities before election day.

TORONTO - More than half a trillion dollars, almost a fifth of CanadaöÏÓãÊÓƵapp investment capital, is now invested with one eye on the ethical bottom line.

TORONTO - Like the tulips defying the last gasps of winter, preparations for ordinations are another sure sign of spring in Toronto.

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.

TORONTO — Learn to keep your parishöÏÓãÊÓƵapp books in the black through the winter and do the Earth a favour at a one-day forum presented by Faith and the Common GoodöÏÓãÊÓƵapp Greening Sacred Spaces program.