Showing posts with label Archbishop McNeil. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Archbishop McNeil. Show all posts
Friday, 20 December 2019

"Give us a brief heart-space to see no sight, Save the One Star in all the crowded night"

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Anne Sutherland Brooks was born in Guelph, Ontario, on July 14, 1900. Although Presbyterian, she attended the Catholic Loretto Academy, as ...
Friday, 22 March 2019

Stand Up and Be Counted

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In the variety of records available to historians and genealogists, censuses are among the most useful. They are a snapshot of the populatio...
Friday, 14 December 2018

God's Christmas Gift to Man

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As the cold weather sets in and Christmas appears less than two weeks away, the streets and malls are gradually filling up with a frenzy of ...
Friday, 27 July 2018

Record of the Week: Vincere Vel Mori

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From the rocky Outer Hebridean Isle of Barra came the clan from which descended Toronto's seventh bishop, Neil McNeil. Clan MacNeil F...
Friday, 6 July 2018

Toronto's Archbishops Live at Massey Hall

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Last weekend Gordon Lightfoot played the last concert at Toronto's Massey Hall before two years of renovations . In its 124 year his...
Friday, 15 June 2018

Tell Me, Where Do the Children Play?

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Maypole Dancing, St. Andrew's Playground August 26, 1914 City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 200, Series 372, Subseries 52, Item 429 ...
Friday, 1 June 2018

To the Catholic Electors of South Ontario!

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Once again Ontarians are being bombarded with messages from all sides about important issues in the upcoming provincial election. With the ...
Friday, 16 February 2018

Record of the Week: Lenten Regulations, 1928

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In honour of the beginning of Lent, our Record of the Week is a list of Lenten Regulations issued by Archbishop McNeil in 1928. During Len...
Friday, 29 December 2017

From Atlantic to Pacific, Gee the Traffic is Terrific

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We have heard it said that for the holidays, you can't beat home sweet home, so we know lots of our readers have been on the road this w...
Friday, 8 December 2017

The Hand of God Has Been Laid Heavily Upon Us: 100 Years Since the Halifax Explosion

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100 years ago this week , Halifax was devastated after a collision in the harbour sparked a fire aboard a munitions ship. The resulting blas...
Friday, 6 October 2017

We Request the Pleasure of Your Company

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Cardinal McGuigan raises a toast at a dinner held in honour of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation at Toronto's Empire Club. 1 June 1...
Friday, 4 August 2017

Record of the Week: Here's One For the Music Geeks

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If you've ever attended a graduation ceremony, or even seen one on television, the writer of this week's highlighted document will ...
Friday, 28 July 2017

Dokumenton de la Semajno

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Earlier this week marked the anniversary of the highly influential publication Unua Libro . On July 26, 1887, Dr. L.L. Zamenhoff published t...
Friday, 23 June 2017

Voices of the War: Letters from 1917

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By this time 100 years ago, the First World War had been raging for nearly three years. Canada was a huge part of the war effort, whether on...