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TORONTO - Maureen Curtis has fond memories as a St. Clare Elementary School student and will be celebrating and reminiscing with other alumni on the school������Ƶapp legacy of faith and formation over its 100-year history.

The school marks its 100th anniversary this year with an Open House and a Mass of Thanksgiving at St. Clare Church celebrated by Toronto Archbishop Thomas Collins on Sept. 29. There was also a school blessing and the unveiling of a new statue of St. Clare at the school. And an archival display of St. Clare������Ƶapp history since it opened in September 1910, including school and class photos, was to be featured. An alumni reunion was planned for Oct. 2.

On Oct. 1, St. Jerome������Ƶapp University in Waterloo, Ont., will be honouring Noël A. Kinsella, Speaker of the Senate, for his leadership in Catholic education at its 10th annual Feast of St. Jerome.

“I’m quite honoured and thrilled,” said Kinsella. “I don’t know why they chose me. There������Ƶapp so many more deserving people.”

But Nadine Collins, university advancement officer at St. Jerome������Ƶapp, which is federated with the University of Waterloo, found plenty of reasons for Kinsella to be  honoured.

TORONTO - The is looking at opening its first Kindergarten to Grade 12 school.

Angela Gauthier, the board������Ƶapp associate director of academic affairs, said the proposed school bringing together students in Junior Kindergarten to Grade 12 would feature “an innovative program to help us implement a 21st-century approach to education” and could be in place within three years.

TORONTO - The race for Catholic school trustee in Toronto is shaping up to be a battle between trustee veterans and new challengers, with eight incumbents from the current board, which has been under provincial supervision for the past two years, registering to run in the Oct. 25 election.

Fifty-nine candidates registered to run as the Sept. 10 deadline to register for the election passed. Among the eight incumbents in the race are former chairs Catherine LeBlanc-Miller and Angela Kennedy.

TORONTO - Archbishop Thomas Collins has given the green light to campaigning for the Oct. 25 school board trustee election on Church property across the archdiocese.

Neil MacCarthy, the Toronto archdiocese������Ƶapp spokesperson, said this signals an opening up of parish halls to all-candidate meetings for those running for trustee.

TORONTO  - Hailing soon-to-be saint Cardinal John Henry Newman as a model for teachers, Toronto Archbishop Thomas Collins urged them to follow Newman������Ƶapp example and turn challenges into successes.

Collins addressed the teachers Sept. 2 at the ninth annual education Mass and dinner organized by the Catholic Teachers’ Guild at St. Paul������Ƶapp Basilica.

TORONTO - The could be without a chair until the Oct. 25 municipal elections, after its former chair was removed from her seat for breaching municipal conflict-of-interest laws.

At an Aug. 26 board meeting, provincially appointed supervisor Richard Alway said the seat for Ward 11 will not be filled until former chair Angela Kennedy announces if she will appeal the decision.

TORONTO - At, a replica of a medieval knight������Ƶapp metallic armour stands in the hallway as students process into class.

The days of chivalry and valour may seem like lessons for young men from a bygone era. But at Toronto������Ƶapp Northmount, teachers are aiming to form tomorrow������Ƶapp leaders as young men of faith and virtue.

Principal Carmen Mombourquette said the school������Ƶapp mission is to provide a well-rounded education based upon Catholic teachings and values.

TORONTO - Catholic parents are looking forward to the Oct. 25 municipal elections so they can elect a new slate of trustees, says the head of a Toronto parents’ group.

Parents are “fed up” with hearing of another trustee scandal, said Murielle Boudreau, chair of the , in response to news that chair Angela Kennedy had been found guilty of conflict-of-interest charges.

“We want Catholic supporters to be really ready and do something about it, to recognize that these trustees failed and that (voters) can bring about change through their vote,” Boudreau told The Catholic Register.

Michael Duggan has been appointed the first CWL Chair for Catholic Studies at in Calgary.

This is the first endowed chair of its kind in Western Canada and is funded by the . The permanent, senior academic position was established to encourage the advancement of Catholic education through exemplary teaching and research.

St. Mary������Ƶapp is a Catholic, student-focused liberal arts and science teaching institute.