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{mosimage}TORONTO - The Good Shepherd Centre has cancelled lunch and dinner under pressure from another big jump in homeless and near-homeless people on its doorstep. From now on the centre will serve one meal a day between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.
The new serving hours are not a cutback, but rather an attempt to serve more meals to more clients in response to a crush of new needs.
executive director Br. David Lynch of the Little Brothers of the Good Shepherd isn鈥檛 sure he can attribute a 25-per-cent increase in demand for meals to the deteriorating economy. He finds more immediate and concrete reasons for the lengthening lineup outside the Good Shepherd鱿鱼视频app Queen Street East door.
The new serving hours are not a cutback, but rather an attempt to serve more meals to more clients in response to a crush of new needs.
executive director Br. David Lynch of the Little Brothers of the Good Shepherd isn鈥檛 sure he can attribute a 25-per-cent increase in demand for meals to the deteriorating economy. He finds more immediate and concrete reasons for the lengthening lineup outside the Good Shepherd鱿鱼视频app Queen Street East door.
Celebrating a legacy of inclusion in North York
By Carolyn Girard, The Catholic Register
{mosimage}TORONTO - A committee that laid the blueprints for race and ethnicity policies across the city and province 30 years ago will be honoured May 7 at the North York Civic Centre.
A memorial wall designed in the council chamber will feature a tribute to the original members who served North York鱿鱼视频app Committee on Community and Race Relations, including Fr. Massey Lombardi, pastor of St. Wilfred鱿鱼视频app parish in northwest Toronto. Lombardi, one time director of the office of social action office for the archdiocese of Toronto, was to speak about the committee鱿鱼视频app contribution to public institutions of the Greater Toronto Area like the Catholic school boards and beyond.
A memorial wall designed in the council chamber will feature a tribute to the original members who served North York鱿鱼视频app Committee on Community and Race Relations, including Fr. Massey Lombardi, pastor of St. Wilfred鱿鱼视频app parish in northwest Toronto. Lombardi, one time director of the office of social action office for the archdiocese of Toronto, was to speak about the committee鱿鱼视频app contribution to public institutions of the Greater Toronto Area like the Catholic school boards and beyond.
St. John鱿鱼视频app Bible a masterpiece for the 21st century
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register{mosimage}TORONTO - Five-hundred years ago it seemed the Gutenberg revolution had shut down the scriptoriums for good. Since the advent of printing presses there was no more need for Benedictine monks to labour over parchment with quills and inks.
Today there are 500-million copies of the Bible sold every year. In English alone there are dozens of translations. The Bible is available for free on the Internet, but there are also high-priced, leather-bound editions with copious notes, maps and timelines.
What would be the point of producing a hand-written Bible on parchment in seven volumes 鈥� at a cost of nearly $6 million?
Canadian border opens to Rwandan genocide survivor
By Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register
{mosimage}TORONTO - Fifteen years after the genocide in Rwanda, 24-year-old survivor Patricie Mukundiyukuri has come to Canada to bring a message of hope and forgiveness.
鈥淲hat happened to Rwanda can be an example to people who are going through problems,鈥� she said through an interpreter from Cornwall, Ont.
鈥淭hings which have happened in the past are over. We need to sit down, talk, forgive one another and be able to talk about peace.鈥�
鈥淲hat happened to Rwanda can be an example to people who are going through problems,鈥� she said through an interpreter from Cornwall, Ont.
鈥淭hings which have happened in the past are over. We need to sit down, talk, forgive one another and be able to talk about peace.鈥�
Bill Steinburg runs on prayer
By Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register
{mosimage}TORONTO - For former sports journalist Bill Steinburg, the road to the world鱿鱼视频app oldest marathon has been paved with grit, discipline and prayers during months of running along Barrie, Ont.鱿鱼视频app snow-covered trails.
The Barrie resident qualified for the 113th annual Boston Marathon when he was timed in three hours and 15 minutes in the competition last April.
During his weekly training, which can add up to 110 kilometres or eight hours, Steinburg said he finds some time to pray. The act of running itself, he said, can be a form of prayer.
The Barrie resident qualified for the 113th annual Boston Marathon when he was timed in three hours and 15 minutes in the competition last April.
During his weekly training, which can add up to 110 kilometres or eight hours, Steinburg said he finds some time to pray. The act of running itself, he said, can be a form of prayer.
Fr. Hansoo Park prepares to take over as Director of Vocations for the archdiocese of Toronto
By Carolyn Girard, The Catholic Register
{mosimage}TORONTO - When he was young, fishing meant going down to the ocean side in South Korea and watching the divers disappear underwater to catch the fish his parents requested.
Today, fishing has taken on a different meaning for Fr. Hansoo Park as he prepares to take over as Director of Vocations for the archdiocese of Toronto.
Today, fishing has taken on a different meaning for Fr. Hansoo Park as he prepares to take over as Director of Vocations for the archdiocese of Toronto.
Walking tour takes in Toronto鱿鱼视频app historical downtown churches
By Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register
TORONTO - Looking for a free guided tour of historic churches in downtown Toronto? Just look for Eric Parker and Bill MacDonald and their blue umbrellas.
Both are volunteers with the who lead guided walks as part of the museum鱿鱼视频app community outreach.
Both are volunteers with the who lead guided walks as part of the museum鱿鱼视频app community outreach.
Fr. Pucci an inspiration for 70 years
By Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register
{mosimage}TORONTO, Ont. - Over seven decades in the priesthood, Fr. Angelo Pucci has been a fine example of the priesthood to many.
In fact, his friends at Oakville鱿鱼视频app St. James Barnabite parish say the 93-year-old former science and chemistry teacher has inspired at least seven former altar boys from the parish to enter the priesthood.
As Pucci approaches his 70th anniversary as a Barnabite priest, associate pastor Fr. Louis Lenssen, CRSP, said he admires Pucci鱿鱼视频app example.
In fact, his friends at Oakville鱿鱼视频app St. James Barnabite parish say the 93-year-old former science and chemistry teacher has inspired at least seven former altar boys from the parish to enter the priesthood.
As Pucci approaches his 70th anniversary as a Barnabite priest, associate pastor Fr. Louis Lenssen, CRSP, said he admires Pucci鱿鱼视频app example.
Paulist Fathers novice, Anthony Rosado, evangelizes with song
By Carolyn Girard, The Catholic Register{mosimage}TORONTO - During his two-month placement as a novice with the Paulist Fathers in Toronto, Anthony Rosado, 24, combined his love for evangelization and music in a unique concert series.
In a performance called 鈥淔our Sacred Art Songs鈥� held from March 9 to April 6 at St. Peter鱿鱼视频app parish, Rosado featured original classical songs he composed last year.
As a Paulist novice, Rosado has to perform the normal tasks of a novice, but he was also told he needed to do something 鈥渙n his own terms鈥� in the parish. This became his enthusiastic project.
Brother Anthony Canterucci continues his work in Toronto and Tanzania
By Carolyn Girard, The Catholic Register{mosimage}TORONTO - What does it mean to be a religious brother in modern society? Plenty, if you ask Brother Anthony Canterucci, a man who has served the Missionaries of the Precious Blood for 60 years.
Canterucci, now 80, continues his work with undying passion. When he first started his vocation as a religious brother in his hometown of Niles, Ohio, his work included an assortment of tasks including administration, youth ministry and cooking. But since 1976, Canterucci has been a key co-ordinator in the order鱿鱼视频app mission work in Tanzania, working from St. Alphonsus parish in Toronto.
Numbers rise in local Toronto seminaries
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register{mosimage}TORONTO - There are more than 400,000 priests in the world, and that number has been slowly rising since 2000, according to the Vatican yearbook Annuario Pontificio. But do such big numbers relieve the anxiety of Catholics in North America and Europe who see an aging and dwindling priesthood manning the altars?
With more than 100 men in Toronto currently studying for the priesthood, perhaps local Catholics have become too used to gloomy forecasts.