Michael Swan Wed, 22 Jan 2025 20:09:54 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb The Good Shepherd turns 60 /item/35866-the-good-shepherd-turns-60 /item/35866-the-good-shepherd-turns-60

The times may have changed, but brothers’ mission remains the same.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Features Thu, 14 Sep 2023 09:40:09 -0400
‘I have only done the work of a servant’ /item/35684-i-have-only-done-the-work-of-a-servant /item/35684-i-have-only-done-the-work-of-a-servant

The Register's globe-trotting journalist's career ends after 25 years.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Features Thu, 29 Jun 2023 10:40:44 -0400
Winners and losers: how Catholics drop the ball /item/35662-winners-and-losers-how-catholics-drop-the-ball /item/35662-winners-and-losers-how-catholics-drop-the-ball

On LGBT issues, abortion and euthanasia, theologian David Deane of the Atlantic School of Theology in Halifax does not disagree with Church teaching. But, he decries what he calls the unChristian and non-traditional ways Catholics have tried to win these arguments.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Arts Thu, 22 Jun 2023 09:45:05 -0400
Ontario hospices get $147 million shot in the arm /item/35660-ontario-hospices-get-147-million-shot-in-the-arm /item/35660-ontario-hospices-get-147-million-shot-in-the-arm

Ontario hospices are getting more money to fund their day-to-day operations guaranteed over the next three years.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada Tue, 20 Jun 2023 12:59:55 -0400
Unravelling the mysteries of dark matter /item/35640-unravelling-the-mysteries-of-dark-matter /item/35640-unravelling-the-mysteries-of-dark-matter

A Jesuit at the University of Toronto is helping to map the unknown.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Features Thu, 15 Jun 2023 10:11:26 -0400
Celebrating our elders /item/35626-celebrating-our-elders /item/35626-celebrating-our-elders

If St. ClareöÏÓãÊÓƵapp Parish in TorontoöÏÓãÊÓƵapp Corso Italia neighbourhood didn’t put on coffee and bingo for seniors every other Thursday morning, Vicenza Divizio would miss it.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada Fri, 09 Jun 2023 08:46:58 -0400
Connection must go beyond digital realm /item/35620-connection-must-go-beyond-digital-realm /item/35620-connection-must-go-beyond-digital-realm

Are we losing our ability to think deeply, purposefully?

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Features Thu, 08 Jun 2023 11:15:11 -0400
Campaign Life demands school boards remove Pride flag /item/35602-campaign-life-demands-school-boards-remove-pride-flag /item/35602-campaign-life-demands-school-boards-remove-pride-flag

In the first harsh blast of summer heat, just over a dozen protesters gathered in the shade of the Archdiocese of Toronto offices on Yonge Street June 1, prayed the rosary and demanded that Archbishop Francis Leo remove from Catholic school boards and Catholic health care institutions their right to call themselves Catholic if they continue flying Pride flags.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada Thu, 01 Jun 2023 15:41:31 -0400
AfricaöÏÓãÊÓƵapp gift /item/35599-africa-s-gift /item/35599-africa-s-gift

Hope and energy brought to Church in Africans’ new homeland.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Features Thu, 01 Jun 2023 14:03:31 -0400
PriestöÏÓãÊÓƵapp pics show world on verge of change /features/arts/item/35598-priest-s-pics-show-world-on-verge-of-change /features/arts/item/35598-priest-s-pics-show-world-on-verge-of-change

Freelance journalist Dan O’Reilly loves history — particularly the ways history persists in his own parish, family and community. 

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Arts News Fri, 02 Jun 2023 08:00:00 -0400