The Catholic Register Wed, 22 Jan 2025 23:19:41 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Great Expectations: Ontario English Catholic boards at head of grad class /item/28407-great-expectations-ontario-english-catholic-boards-at-head-of-grad-class /item/28407-great-expectations-ontario-english-catholic-boards-at-head-of-grad-class

For those who doubt the value of a separate Catholic education system in Ontario, they need look no further than Ministry of Education numbers to see that Catholic schools outperform their public counterparts in producing high school graduates.

]]> mickeyc@catholicregister.org (Mickey Conlon, The Catholic Register) Canada Mon, 12 Nov 2018 09:35:22 -0500 Confirmation isn’t like graduation /item/22355-confirmation-isn-t-like-graduation /item/22355-confirmation-isn-t-like-graduation

I recently read an article about how Confirmation is often seen as a milestone, like graduation, rather than a sacred tradition. This led me to think back on my own experience with the sacrament.

]]> YSN: Speaking Out Fri, 20 May 2016 09:43:56 -0400 Dealing with the anxiety of going to university /item/20412-dealing-with-the-anxiety-of-going-to-university /item/20412-dealing-with-the-anxiety-of-going-to-university

For high school seniors, the end of the school year is approaching. While this normally brings relief and excitement for the summer, high school graduates face the uncertainty of what is to come. Starting university or college is, after all, a leap into the unknown.

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Students at OntarioöÏÓãÊÓƵapp Catholic high schools are graduating at a significantly higher rate than those at public schools, according to data released by the Ministry of Education.

]]> crstaff@catholicregister.org (Catholic Register Staff) Catholic Education Wed, 08 Apr 2015 12:00:00 -0400 St. MartinöÏÓãÊÓƵapp Manor unlocks future for teen moms /item/18445-st-martin-s-manor-unlocks-future-for-teen-moms /item/18445-st-martin-s-manor-unlocks-future-for-teen-moms

HAMILTON, ONT. - The future is a kind of massive cloud of the unknown, a mix of the probable and the impossible, that is constantly smothering the present. Every life has a little history, but lives are lived for, in and with the future.

]]> mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada Mon, 30 Jun 2014 00:00:00 -0400