University Students on a Bike Excursion
UNIVERSITY ACTIVITIES
Please contact Anthony Schratz for more information about these activities.
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- - - - - -Friday Get-togethers
Join us every Friday for a meditation preached by Ernescliff’s chaplain followed by supper. Afterward, we have varied activities, such as guest speakers, movies or sports.
Fridays at 6:30 P.M.
Classes on Church Teaching
In order to explain the Faith in depth to friends and classmates we need to know it well. These classes are designed to help university students strengthen their grasp of the Church’s teaching. Based on the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the classes are offered at various times to different groups. Fridays at 5:30 pm.
For more information, please contact Anthony Schratz.
Catechism Program
Many of our residents teach catechism to Confirmation students at Sts. Martha and Mary, a parish in Mississauga and at St. Dunstan’s, a parish in Scarborough.
- - - - - -Academic and Sports Enrichment (ASE)
ASE is a program that provides inner-city youth of Regent Park and Moss Park with tutoring, sports development and one-on-one mentoring. There are many ways to get involved with the program, and there is always a need for dedicated tutors and mentors to serve as positive influences for the children.
For more information, please contact the Executive Director at Toronto Youth Development.
Annual University Seminar
The 2010 University Seminar took place from September 3 to 6 and was on the theme of Decisive & Free: Understanding and Living Freedom in the Modern Era. Dr. David Novak, a professor of Philosophy and Jewish Studies at the University of Toronto, Dr. Bradley W. Miller, an associate law professor at the University of Western Ontario, and Dr. Jeffrey J. Langan, an associate professor at Holy Cross College at the University of Notre Dame, were among the speakers who presented.
Freedom is a value that is most cherished in our modern world. Yet the question remains whether there is more freedom today or less. The seminar covered different aspects of modern freedom focusing specifically on political, economic, and technological manifestations of our liberty. The topics were thought-provoking and gave rise to many insightful conversations.
Previous University Seminars also delved into some of the profound cultural, societal and philosophical issues being debated on campuses all over the world. In 2008, the seminar's theme was A Crisis of Cultures: How the West was Won (and Lost), which focused on the culture wars. We were honoured to have two prominent speakers presenting on the theme:Kenneth Whyte, the editor and publisher of Maclean's magazine, and Richard Bastien, a columnist for the Ottawa Citizen.
The 2009 University Seminar was on the theme of Relativism on Campus and in Society. Dr. Joseph Boyle, a philosophy professor at St. Michael’s College, and Dr. Robert Kenedy, a sociology professor from York University were among the speakers. They addressed the notion of relativism as it pervades the modern era: both in the university and society. Its sceptical attitude towards truth is evident in current attitudes to religion and ethics, politics, and academic life. The seminar explored the origins and causes of relativism, its hallmarks in contemporary society and in particular in the university setting. Moreover, it presented participants with a robust foundation with which to counter relativism.
For more information, please contact Angelo Roldan.