Catholic Conscience †

Annual Conference: Building a Culture of Life and Dignity
2026-05-30 08:00 - 17:30 (America/Toronto) | De La Salle College Oaklands, 131 Farnham Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Catholic Conscience’s first annual conference on Building a Culture of Life and Dignity will be held on Saturday, May 30, 2026 at De La Salle Oaklands College, 131 Farnham Avenue, in Toronto, Ontario.
The topic of this year’s conference is Restoring the Covenant: CST as Common Social Ground. As a part of the larger series, the conference series is intended to advance at least three separate but related purposes:
* To advance civic conversation on the restoration of a social covenant based on shared principles and values
* To bring together all Canadian Catholic social and civic initiatives (along with others of goodwill), to increase awareness and promote cooperation among them
* To promote volunteer, full- and part-time employment, and fundraising possibilities for such civic initiatives
This conference should be of interest to all Catholics and others of goodwill who seek to improve society by re-establishing common social principles and values, as an alternative to radical individualism and other social currents that tend to draw people apart from God and one another. We anticipate a number of relevant presentations and discussions, including the participation of many leading Canadian Catholic voices. Side meetings and small group conversations will also be encouraged throughout the day.
Further information can be found at https://culturelifedignity.org/ and will be updated as details become available.

Conversation with Brian Stewart: Journalism & the Role of Religion in the News
2026-08-12 18:30 - 20:00 | University of St Michael’s College, 81 Saint Mary Street, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Join us in person for an eye-opening session with Brian Stewart as he dives into his career in journalism and his observations about how religion shapes the news.
During his time as a foreign correspondent and senior reporter with the CBC in the 1980s to early 2000s, Stewart kept bumping into religion. Whether that was interviewing world leaders, such as Nelson Mandela and Lech Walesa, reporting from El Salvador, or the Ethiopian famine of 1984-85, religion was not far away.
“I was surprised to see how relevant religion was for my reporting,” he said, noting that, like many other journalists at that time, he had come to believe that religion was an outmoded and spent force.
“I came to see that religion was part of many major stories, although it took a lot to convince my editors that was true,” he said.
Stewart will be speaking about his life as a foreign journalist, how religion was often part of the story, and about the role religion plays in world events today at an Aug. 12 public event, presented by Canadian Catholic News and the Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute, at Charbonnel Lounge, 81 St. Mary Street, at the University of St. Michael’s College. It begins at 6:30 p.m. Doors will open at 6 p.m.
He will be in conversation with John Longhurst, faith page columnist at the Winnipeg Free Press and former religion reporter at that publication.
A social with refreshments will follow.
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Quebec Provincial Election 2026
2026-10-06
A guide to this election is currently being prepared. Our guide to the prior election (2022) is found at https://catholicconscience.org/canada/quebec/october2022/.

Prince Edward Island Provincial Election 2027
2027-10-04

Manitoba Provincial Election 2027
2027-10-05

Northwest Territories General Election 2027
2027-10-05
