TORONTO – It is an oasis of serenity and meditation – a spiritual experience – where Sheppard Avenue meets Weston Rd. The pictures on this page and the video on our digital sites do not do the Shrine justice. If you do not go there now, you will miss an experience that may slip by forever.
TORONTO – It took a couple of weeks for me to finally connect with Abuna Fr. Mario Cornioli. He leads the Saint [Mar] Youssef Christian Community Centre in Amman Jordan. We finally succeeded in overcoming the technological obstacles (and my incompetencies in the new means of communication) but, Inshalla, I finally reached Fr. Mario, just days after the Royal Wedding of the Crown Prince.
TORONTO – I maggio, l’inizio del mese della salute mentale. La scorsa settimana – sembra ieri – il ministro dell’Istruzione ha tenuto una conferenza stampa sul “ritorno alle origini” e sulla “meritocrazia” per propagandare le “nuove priorità” del governo dell’Ontario. I “vecchi” criteri dell’istruzione avevano trascurato la responsabilità, le prestazioni e l’insegnamento come vocazione hanno lasciato una litania di fallimenti verificabili…
TORONTO – May I, the start of Mental health month. Last week – it seems like yesterday – the minister for Education held a “back to basics” and “meritocracy” press conference to tout the Ontario government’s “new priorities”. The “old ones” that overlooked accountability, performance and teaching as a vocation have a litany of verifiable failures.



