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Fr. Joe Gorman

Popular priest told to "take time away" from duties at Aurora parish

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A popular pastor has been asked to step aside for a "period of reflection" after financial and ecclesiastical "irregularities" were uncovered in a large Archdiocese of Toronto parish.

The St. Agnes Tsao Kouying parish community exceeded its original goal threefold. It raised more than $1.5 million as part of the Family of Faith campaign.

Family of Faith is bringing pastor closer to his flock

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MARKHAM, ONT. - Fr. Francis Chong admits he was nervous about asking his parishioners for $490,000. Today he is delighted at how his prayers were answered to the tune of $1.5 million 鈥� and counting.

On Jan. 29, Covenant House Toronto executive director Bruce Rivers launched the city's first "specialized longer-term transitional housing program" for female victims of sex trade and trafficking.

Covenant House partners with city to aid sex-trade workers

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TORONTO - Covenant House is stepping up to give young women and girls caught in the grip of the sex trade a way out.

This year鱿鱼视频app closing liturgy for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity in Toronto drew an extraordinary number of archbishops, bishops and national church leaders. Among those leading the prayers were: the general secretary of the Canadian Council of Churches Rev. Dr. Karen Hamilton, Lutheran bishop Michael Pryse, Toronto Anglican archbishop Colin Johnson, Roman Catholic archbishop Thomas Collins, Coptic Orthodox bishop Mina, Catholic Slovak bishop John Pazak and Assyrian Church of the East bishop Emmanuel Joseph Mar-Emmanuel.

Toronto Christian unity service filled with hope

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TORONTO - Dave Williams happened into the closing liturgy for this year鱿鱼视频app Week of Prayer for Christian Unity entirely by chance. He wandered into Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, saw what was happening and immediately called his wife, Beverly John.

By the end of the service, Williams and John were convinced they had stumbled into something important.

St. Joseph the Worker parishioners from Thornhill, Ont., raised money and lent their labour to fund the building of homes for the poor in San Felipe de Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.

Mission-vacation concept takes hold at Thornhill parish

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THORNHILL, ONT. - In 1987 Elio Madonia, then in his 50s, sold his business, retired and with his wife went on vacation to the Dominican Republic with plans to continue enjoying retirement in Florida.

A homeless man takes advantage of St. Felix Centre鱿鱼视频app 24-hour warming station during an extreme weather alert in Toronto earlier this month.

St. Felix Centre teams with city to stay open during deep freeze

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TORONTO - Catholics in the city have forged relationships with secular partners to provide the homeless somewhere safe and warm during the sometimes fatally freezing temperatures of Toronto鱿鱼视频app winter.

Image of St. John Bosco with an iPad depicts his zeal for evangelization by using every means of communication available.

Salesians carry on 200-year legacy of St. John Bosco

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TORONTO - In a west end Toronto neighbourhood, the 200-year legacy of St. John Bosco lives on.

Toronto Tamil Catholics will gather for a Mass of thanksgiving to celebrate the canonization of Joseph Vaz Jan. 18 at St. Theresa's Shrine of the Little Flower Church.

Toronto Tamils welcome Pope's 'message of healing'

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TORONTO - Pope Francis鈥� mission of healing to Sri Lanka will be a critical moment for Toronto鱿鱼视频app huge Tamil community, which includes thousands of refugees still mourning relatives killed in the 26-year Sri Lankan civil war, said Tamil priest and theologian Fr. Joseph Chandrakanthan.

Fr John D Geary CSSp, an Irish-born priest, served as superintendent of education in the Toronto Catholic District School Board. He was principal at Neil McNeil High School in 1968 and founded Francis Libermann High School in 1977.

Fr. John D. Geary was happiest in the classroom

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TORONTO - As he lay dying, Spiritan Father John D. Geary didn鈥檛 just listen to classical music on the stereo in his room, he conducted the invisible orchestra.

Fr Daniel Chui , 55, was laid to rest on Dec. 28 following a three year battle with cancer.

Fr. Daniel Chui's smile will be sorely missed

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Fr. Daniel Chui lost his battle with cancer on Dec. 21. The Basilian priest passed away suddenly inside his room at Anglin House, the Basilian retirement home in Toronto, after a three-year battle with esophageal cancer.

Social justice defined the life of John Mihevc

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TORONTO - John Mihevc, a sojourner in Africa, a pioneer in ecumenical social justice work, teacher and writer, has died at the age of 56.

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