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{mosimage}MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Seventy-five years is a long time, but at Sts. Cyril and Methodius Slovak Roman Catholic parish all those years mask the truth about the parish. The truth is the parish is young.
Third-year University of St. Michael鱿鱼视频app College student Stefan Slovak is a member of the parish council and an active organizer of the parish鱿鱼视频app 75th anniversary celebrations. He was born in Canada to a Slovak father and an Irish-Canadian mother, grew up in the suburbs and has absorbed Slovak language and culture entirely from the expatriate community of 40,000 Slovaks in and around Toronto.
Third-year University of St. Michael鱿鱼视频app College student Stefan Slovak is a member of the parish council and an active organizer of the parish鱿鱼视频app 75th anniversary celebrations. He was born in Canada to a Slovak father and an Irish-Canadian mother, grew up in the suburbs and has absorbed Slovak language and culture entirely from the expatriate community of 40,000 Slovaks in and around Toronto.
Toronto Knights of Columbus aid seminarians
By Catholic Register Staff
{mosimage}TORONTO - The Knights of Columbus Toronto Council 1388 will celebrate 100 years of service by making a gift of $100,000.
At a gala dinner April 25 to mark its 100th anniversary, the Toronto Council will donate $100,000 to create an endowment to support Toronto鱿鱼视频app seminarians. It is the largest gift in the history of Council 1388.
At a gala dinner April 25 to mark its 100th anniversary, the Toronto Council will donate $100,000 to create an endowment to support Toronto鱿鱼视频app seminarians. It is the largest gift in the history of Council 1388.
Archdiocese of Toronto reaches out to lapsed Catholics
By Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register
{mosimage}TORONTO - The archdiocese of Toronto is launching a new, multi-media outreach campaign for lapsed Catholics.
The public awareness campaign, launched this month, includes radio ads, a web site and an online video message from Toronto Archbishop Thomas Collins.
On the web site , Collins talks about the work of Catholics in the city, including teaching at 500 schools and caring for the sick.
The public awareness campaign, launched this month, includes radio ads, a web site and an online video message from Toronto Archbishop Thomas Collins.
On the web site , Collins talks about the work of Catholics in the city, including teaching at 500 schools and caring for the sick.
Cardinal's Dinner to benefit 20 Toronto charities
By Catholic Register Staff
{mosimage}TORONTO - More than 20 charities have been given a boost from the proceeds of the annual Cardinal鱿鱼视频app Dinner.
The dinner, held last Oct. 30 and hosted by Archbishop Thomas Collins, helped raise $125,000 for 27 organizations in the archdiocese of Toronto.
The dinner was begun in 1979 by the late Cardinal Gerald Emmett Carter and has been run in recent years by Carter鱿鱼视频app successors, Cardinal Aloysius Ambrozic and Collins, with proceeds going to their favourite charities. Since its inception, the dinner has raised more than $5 million for local charities.
The dinner, held last Oct. 30 and hosted by Archbishop Thomas Collins, helped raise $125,000 for 27 organizations in the archdiocese of Toronto.
The dinner was begun in 1979 by the late Cardinal Gerald Emmett Carter and has been run in recent years by Carter鱿鱼视频app successors, Cardinal Aloysius Ambrozic and Collins, with proceeds going to their favourite charities. Since its inception, the dinner has raised more than $5 million for local charities.
Caritas Foundation raised $50,000 from Harmony Ball
By Nicholas Carafa, The Catholic Register
{mosimage}VAUGHAN, Ont. - raised $50,000 through its 15th annual Harmony Ball fundraising gala on March 28.
The funds will go to , a therapeutic community that has, in the past 20 years, supplied counselling, guidance and other services to individuals recovering from substance abuse and addiction.
The Harmony Ball, in conjunction with Caritas鈥� annual Telethon kickoff, will allow Caritas to continue providing these programs and services to its community members.
The funds will go to , a therapeutic community that has, in the past 20 years, supplied counselling, guidance and other services to individuals recovering from substance abuse and addiction.
The Harmony Ball, in conjunction with Caritas鈥� annual Telethon kickoff, will allow Caritas to continue providing these programs and services to its community members.
Joe Rauti plays role of Christ for 41 years
By Carolyn Girard, The Catholic Register
{mosimage}TORONTO - As a young boy in his hometown of Calabria, Italy, Giuseppe Rauti (better known as Joe) grew up seeing the Way of the Cross re-enacted in the streets during Holy Week.
His mother used to take him to daily Mass, instilling in him a love for the church and a great love of God 鈥� something unmistakably evident in the now 70-year old man who plays Jesus Christ in Toronto鱿鱼视频app downtown Way of the Cross, which draws spectators from around the globe.
His mother used to take him to daily Mass, instilling in him a love for the church and a great love of God 鈥� something unmistakably evident in the now 70-year old man who plays Jesus Christ in Toronto鱿鱼视频app downtown Way of the Cross, which draws spectators from around the globe.
$2 million raised on first ShareLife Sunday
By Carolyn Girard, The Catholic Register
{mosimage}TORONTO - This year鱿鱼视频app campaign is off to a good start, with some $2 million raised by the first of three ShareLife Sunday collections in parishes throughout the March 28-29.
ShareLife鱿鱼视频app overall goal this year is $14.3-million. The charitable fundraising arm of the archdiocese hopes to raise $12 million through its parish appeal and $1.625 million through the corporate campaign.
ShareLife鱿鱼视频app overall goal this year is $14.3-million. The charitable fundraising arm of the archdiocese hopes to raise $12 million through its parish appeal and $1.625 million through the corporate campaign.
Taking Easter to the streets of Toronto
By Catholic Register Staff
{mosimage}TORONTO 鈥� The streets of the city will be filled with Christians marking the last days of Jesus on Good Friday, April 10.
A number of re-enactments of the Stations of the Cross will take place around Toronto, including the biggest of them all which will take to the streets of Little Italy in the downtown core.
The annual Stations of the Cross originates at St. Francis of Assisi Church on Manning Avenue and makes its way around the Bathurst and College Streets area.
Also in the downtown will be the annual Good Friday Walk for Justice which starts at 2 p.m. at the Church of the Holy Trinity next to the Eaton Centre. The annual walk uses mime, prayer and meditation while walking several modern-day Stations of the Cross.
A number of re-enactments of the Stations of the Cross will take place around Toronto, including the biggest of them all which will take to the streets of Little Italy in the downtown core.
The annual Stations of the Cross originates at St. Francis of Assisi Church on Manning Avenue and makes its way around the Bathurst and College Streets area.
Also in the downtown will be the annual Good Friday Walk for Justice which starts at 2 p.m. at the Church of the Holy Trinity next to the Eaton Centre. The annual walk uses mime, prayer and meditation while walking several modern-day Stations of the Cross.
Lift Jesus Higher Rally will be returning to Toronto
By Catholic Register Staff
{mosimage}TORONTO 鈥� The Lift Jesus Higher Rally will be returning to Toronto April 18.
The rally will take over the Metro Toronto Convention Centre from 8:30 a.m. until 6:30 p.m.
Toronto鱿鱼视频app Archbishop Thomas Collins is among the guests.
For information, call (416) 251-4255 or see .
The rally will take over the Metro Toronto Convention Centre from 8:30 a.m. until 6:30 p.m.
Toronto鱿鱼视频app Archbishop Thomas Collins is among the guests.
For information, call (416) 251-4255 or see .
Outgoing vocations director grateful for experience
By Carolyn Girard, The Catholic Register
{mosimage}TORONTO - After five years of helping young men discern the priesthood, Fr. Liborio Amaral, 45, rector of in Toronto, is getting ready to pass the torch.
Amaral will be taking a six-month sabbatical, starting in July, when he will rest, refocus and recharge before taking on parish ministry once again 鈥� a calling he filled at St. Elizabeth Seton in Newmarket before he was appointed to Serra House in 2004. Serra House is a place of reflection and discernment for men considering a vocation to the priesthood.
Amaral will be taking a six-month sabbatical, starting in July, when he will rest, refocus and recharge before taking on parish ministry once again 鈥� a calling he filled at St. Elizabeth Seton in Newmarket before he was appointed to Serra House in 2004. Serra House is a place of reflection and discernment for men considering a vocation to the priesthood.
Ethics and morality needed in business
By Sheila Dabu Nonato, The Catholic Register
{mosimage}TORONTO - Bringing ethics and morals back into business is what鱿鱼视频app needed during this time of economic turmoil, say some religious experts.
鈥淕reed came before the fall,鈥� Fr. Bill Ryan, S.J., told a crowd of about 40 people at the 鈥淕lobal Economic Meltdown: A Secular and Religious Response鈥� conference at the University of Toronto鱿鱼视频app Multi-faith Centre March 19. It was sponsored by the university鱿鱼视频app Amhadiyya Muslim Students Association and drew a mix of students and business professionals.
鈥淕reed came before the fall,鈥� Fr. Bill Ryan, S.J., told a crowd of about 40 people at the 鈥淕lobal Economic Meltdown: A Secular and Religious Response鈥� conference at the University of Toronto鱿鱼视频app Multi-faith Centre March 19. It was sponsored by the university鱿鱼视频app Amhadiyya Muslim Students Association and drew a mix of students and business professionals.