Annual Education Mass celebrated by Archbishop Thomas Collins

All Catholic educators of the archdiocese are invited to pause before the new academic year and gather together for a celebration of the Eucharist. This is a yearly opportunity to dedicate ourselves once again to the teaching vocation to which we are called and to receive a special blessing. Archbishop Thomas Collins will be celebrating the 7th annual Education Mass on:

Wednesday August 27th 2008
6:00 pm
Saint Paul’s Basilica
83 Power St.

Following the mass, there will be a dinner in the parish hall after which Archbishop Thomas Collins will speak about:

St Paul the Teacher

Everyone, of course, is welcome to attend the mass for free. Tickets for the dinner are $40 each. Please e-mail your requests for dinner reservations to barry.white@tcdsb.org. Cheques can be made out to “The Catholic Teachers Guild” and mailed c/o Barry White, 80 Sackville St, Toronto Ont., M5A 3E5.

Annual General Meeting 2008

The general membership is invited to attend the 2008 Annual General meeting of the Catholic Teachers Guild. New members are welcome. Please join us on:

Wednesday August 27, 2008
5:00 pm
Parish Hall St Paul Basilica
83 Power St.

Order of Events

5:00 pm. Registration, membership sign-up and renewal Annual General Meeting

6:00 pm. Archbishop Collins celebrates the Education Mass in St Paul’s Basilica

7:00 pm. Dinner and Speech by Archbishop Thomas Collins in the Parish Hall of St Paul’s Basilica

The Spiritual Dimension of Violence

Come and join us for a lecture given by Fr. Dexter Brereton, CSSp on "The Spiritual Dimension of Violence." This will be followed by a wine and cheese reception sponsored by TSU.

WHEN: Thursday, May 15th from 7:00 to 9:00 pm
LOCATION: Newman Centre (Northeast corner of Harbord and St George. Use the Harbord Street entrance)

Book Club Meeting at the Newman Centre

Our Book Club at the Newman Centre meets again next on Wednesday May 14th. We continue our reading and discussion of the book "The Risk of Education" by Luigi Giussani. We will be discussing Chapter 1. We meet from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm at the Newman Centre which is located at the northeast corner of Harbord and St George (Harbord Street entrance). All are welcome.

Annual 2008 Lenten Retreat for Teachers

Catholic educators; professors, classroom teachers, educational assistants, tutors, etc. are invited to take time out this Lent to reflect on their vocation as teacher. This year, in anticipation of the Year of St Paul, the theme of the retreat will be “In the footsteps of St Paul, the Teacher”. Mass will be celebrated. Lunch and hospitality are included in the cost of registration.




DATE: Saturday February 9, 2008

TIME: 9:00 am to 3:00 pm

LOCATION: St Paul Basilica, 83 Power Street, Toronto

COST: $35.00 ~ Please send cheques payable to Catholic Teachers Guild c\o Barry White, 80 Sackville Street, Toronto, Ont. M5A 3E5 Payment can also be brought to the retreat but we ask that you pre-register by phone or e-mail by February 6th.

For information please contact Barry White (416) 393-5204; barry.white@tcdsb.org

The Catholic Teachers Guild is a lay organization whose mission is to support teachers in their vocation. The Catholic Teachers Guild is the sponsor of the annual Education Mass

Catholic Teachers Guild Book Club at the Newman Centre

Come join your fellow Catholic teachers for reading, discussion and socializing!

The Catholic Teachers Guild sponsors a Book Club which meets at the Newman Centre on the second Wednesday of the month in the evening from 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm.
The book we will be starting with is "The Risk of Education" by Fr Luigi Giussani. Copies of the book will be made available at the sessions. Our first session will be on December 12 followed by meetings on Jan 16, Feb 13, April 9, May 14, and June 11. People are welcome to join at any point throughout the year. The Newman Centre is located on the campus of the University of Toronto at the north-east corner of Harbord and St George. Hope to see you there. For more information, please e-mail Daniel Mammarella

The book is available at Indigo or Amazon or the Daughters of St. Paul.

More details to follow.

Teaching from the Heart (by Archbishop Thomas Collins)

The heart is boring in a profound, life-giving sense: it beats, beats, beats… It is boring like the mass – we don’t jazz it up – it gives life by its boring, faithful, quiet, steadiness. There’s no need to be extraordinary entertainers. There is need to love. Steady, quiet, deep, faithful, hidden

There is no room for duplicity here. One who is filled with the knowledge of Christ, through prayer, will speak what he knows and live what he speaks.

St. Francis de Sales and Cardinal Newman were very popular and effective preachers in their times. Many wondered at the key to their success. Looking at their lives the answer is simple: lips speak to the ears, heart speaks to heart.... (more...)