Gaetano Gagliano was a Great Connector and Communicator
In an age when the dignity and sacredness of human life is under siege, when marriage and family life are in crisis, the Gagliano family story is about two people's love for 70 solid years resulting in 10 children, 35 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. Gaetano Gagliano’s legendary story is how someone from the small farming town of Cattolica Eraclea in Sicily, with a Grade 5 education, goes on to become the recipient of several honorary doctorates, prestigious awards and the Order of Canada in his 80s! ... read more
Gaetano Gagliano: un grand ambassadeur et communicateur
À une époque où la dignité et le caractère sacré de la vie humaine sont menacés, alors que le mariage et la famille sont en crise, l’histoire de la famille Gagliano, de cet amour solide vieux 70 ans entre deux personnes et qui a engendré 10 enfants, 35 petits-enfants et 16 arrière petits-enfants, rayonne de toutes parts. L’histoire légendaire de Gaetano Gagliano (1917 – 2016) décrit le trajet d’un jeune homme du petit village de Cattolica Eraclea en Sicile qui avec une scolarité de 5e année, est devenu le récipiendaire de plusieurs doctorats honorifiques, de prix prestigieux et, à 80 ans, de l’Ordre du Canada! ... lire la suite
Let there be (Salt +) Light - Call it the little network that could. Maybe with a divine nudge. In the only-God-knows-how-many-channel universe, Canada’s first homegrown national Catholic television network is that rarity in broadcasting: a success story. In the nearly seven years it has been on the air, Toronto-based Salt + Light Television has grown to 25 employees, with around-the-clock programming, original productions (37 in-house documentaries to date), a radio station, a Chinese division, a magazine, a website that streams the network to as many as 40 countries, and an annual budget of $3 million. There’s even a satellite office in Montreal. ... Read more