Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board

With over five decades of volunteer work, Margaret Feher has spent the better part of her life devoting her time to others. Since the early age of 14, the Educational Assistant at St. Maragret Mary Catholic Elementary School has been part of numerous volunteer organizations, including the Sisters of St. Joseph, L'Arche Inclusion Coffeehouse, Rygiel, and the Good Shepherd. Reminiscing on her first volunteer assignment working with orphaned children with disabilities, Feher described it as a calling from God.

By Larry Moko. For the second time in less than a week the Cathedral Gaels have captured a major senior boys' high school basketball championship. Cathedral completed an undefeated Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic season (17-0) with a 59-49 victory over the St. Thomas More Knights in the title game Wednesday.

St. Thomas More's senior high school basketball team seems to have found its 'identity'. The third-place Knights stretched their winning streak to six games with a convincing 63-41 semifinal playoff victory over the second-place Titans at the Bishop Tonnos gym on Monday. That sets up a ...

Friends, for the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, the Church gives us a wonderful pairing of readings: the first reading from the sixth chapter of Isaiah and the Gospel from the fifth chapter of Luke. They both speak to what I think are three key moments in the Christian spiritual life: first, the breakthrough of grace; then, the acknowledgment of sin; and finally, being sent on mission.

When Will Parkes grows up, he wants to be an astronaut. Based on his recent global success in the Caribou Cup math competition, he’s already on track. Caribou Contests is an online platform offering math learning tools and contests for students of all skill levels. Reinforcing curriculum-based math concepts, Caribou aims to foster a love for math, reduce math anxiety and inspire perseverance with challenging problems.

By Larry Moko. The St. Jean de Brébeuf Braves showed a 'flash' of brilliance on the basketball court Wednesday. As visitors against the fourth-place Bishop Ryan Celtics, the fifth-place Braves opened the Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic senior high school playoffs with a convincing 54-41 victory.

By Larry Moko. The regular season of boys' high school hockey ended with a nail-biter for the St. John Henry Newman Cardinals. Newman eked out a 3-2 victory over the Bishop Tonnos Titans despite skating to a three-goal lead and appearing to have the game well in hand at Morgan Firestone Arena Monday.

By Larry Moko. Swimmers from Bishop Ryan Catholic Secondary School have resurfaced stronger than ever after a two-year shutdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. BR's Celtics won the Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic swimming championship the year prior to the forced layoff and, upon resumption, they've captured the team title for each of the past three seasons.

Guided by our conviction to, “place Christ and the teachings of the Catholic Church at the centre” of students’ learning experiences, the Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board is pleased to announce the launch of a survey in support of the development of its next Multi-Year Strategic Plan. All members of our Catholic school system and wider Catholic community are invited to share their thoughts and vision through completion of the enclosed survey.