For many, the Christmas season marks a time of increased chaos as hectic scheduling and overwhelming agendas combine to make for one of the busiest times of the year. Yet for staff and students at Toronto's Newman Centre, the Christmas season is one of relative calm.

The Newman Centre Catholic Mission at the University of Toronto wasn’t going to let a province-wide stay-at-home order keep it from spreading the word on a religious vocation.

Even in the midst of a heavy ice storm, in the middle of exam season, more than 200 students and community members gathered together April 14 at University of TorontoöÏÓãÊÓƵapp Newman Centre for an Easter retreat. 

Amid a backdrop of the historical Christian village of Alqosh in the Nineveh Plains in Iraq, Athra Kado passionately talked about protecting his Assyrian people as a soldier of the Nineveh Plains Protection Unit.

The Newman Centre is encouraging a new generation of leaders to strengthen their faith in God.

TORONTO – In a way, itöÏÓãÊÓƵapp like Fr. Peter Turrone is coming home. As a student at the University of Toronto, Turrone saw the Newman Centre Catholic Chaplaincy as a second home, a spiritual oasis. Now, as he takes up his new position as NewmanöÏÓãÊÓƵapp executive director and pastor, he is excited for the opportunity to serve the community that gave him so much.

TORONTO - Kaylee Moynihan is a true servant of the Church. At the young age of 19, she has already spent years working in parish communities. She said that volunteering and working in youth ministry has allowed her to grow in confidence and in her faith.

TORONTO - On a large campus like the University of TorontoöÏÓãÊÓƵapp St. George campus, it can be hard for students to feel a sense of community. So the Newman CentreöÏÓãÊÓƵapp Student Campus Ministry (SCM) team is going out to let Catholic students on campus know it is there for them.

TORONTO - A Catholic chaplaincy has begun at the University of TorontoöÏÓãÊÓƵapp Scarborough campus, the last of the universityöÏÓãÊÓƵapp three campuses to receive its own permanent Catholic chaplaincy.

TORONTO - Matthew Sanders is calling the young and the Catholic to the Newman Centre for the re-launch of Catholic Singles Socials.