Michael Swan
@mmmswan.bsky.social
Freelance journalist and photographer who has been covering the Catholic Church for 25 years. Married to Yone. Trying to learn Portuguese at an advanced age.
A few shots from a walk in the park – Taylor Creek Park in Toronto.
December 9, 2025 at 5:12 PM
A few shots from a walk in the park – Taylor Creek Park in Toronto.
Nossa Senhora Aparacida in the morning light.
November 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Nossa Senhora Aparacida in the morning light.
We commemorated the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation at Our Lady of Lourdes in Toronto today.
September 28, 2025 at 9:53 PM
We commemorated the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation at Our Lady of Lourdes in Toronto today.
I wish I could do this. But since we are visiting Victoria, I can at least take pictures.
August 6, 2025 at 3:35 AM
I wish I could do this. But since we are visiting Victoria, I can at least take pictures.
If you're wondering what it means to report on religion now, we're wondering too. I will be the respondent to some of the smartest people I know at the U of T Newman Centre, Aug. 14, 6:30 p.m. we would love to see you there.
July 27, 2025 at 5:47 PM
If you're wondering what it means to report on religion now, we're wondering too. I will be the respondent to some of the smartest people I know at the U of T Newman Centre, Aug. 14, 6:30 p.m. we would love to see you there.
What's it like to think? Ask an Indigenous scholar like Ellen Dobrowolski, who is documenting and describing Indigenous christianity in new ways.
June 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM
What's it like to think? Ask an Indigenous scholar like Ellen Dobrowolski, who is documenting and describing Indigenous christianity in new ways.
One week from today, a Peruvian cardinal is going to say something to Toronto citizens that they need to hear but will not be on television, or on their Facebook feed, or on the radio. Be there and discover how to be alive to this moment in history. #LaudatoSi #Jubilee
June 2, 2025 at 1:54 PM
One week from today, a Peruvian cardinal is going to say something to Toronto citizens that they need to hear but will not be on television, or on their Facebook feed, or on the radio. Be there and discover how to be alive to this moment in history. #LaudatoSi #Jubilee
Our financial system knows how to exploit resources, but nothing about how endless debt forecloses on the future of nations, peoples, families, the young. I hope everyone can be at Lourdes, Toronto Monday, June 9 to hear Cardinal Barreto speak up for Our Common Home. #Justice
May 29, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Our financial system knows how to exploit resources, but nothing about how endless debt forecloses on the future of nations, peoples, families, the young. I hope everyone can be at Lourdes, Toronto Monday, June 9 to hear Cardinal Barreto speak up for Our Common Home. #Justice
Can @realDonaldTrump run faster than a beaver? I doubt it.
February 15, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Can @realDonaldTrump run faster than a beaver? I doubt it.
At Regis College, real intelligence is applied to artificial intelligence in a discussion about AI ethics.
January 22, 2025 at 11:43 AM
At Regis College, real intelligence is applied to artificial intelligence in a discussion about AI ethics.
OK Gibson, here's a duck. @azgibsonz.bsky.social #Photography
January 19, 2025 at 9:43 PM
OK Gibson, here's a duck. @azgibsonz.bsky.social #Photography
Shooting from our front porch, this is what the CN Tower looks like at sunset and sunrise in the winter.
January 11, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Shooting from our front porch, this is what the CN Tower looks like at sunset and sunrise in the winter.
The moon is always fascinating and the demolition of a church is guaranteed to catch my eye. #Photography
December 22, 2024 at 9:53 PM
The moon is always fascinating and the demolition of a church is guaranteed to catch my eye. #Photography
This guy popped up on a walk through the park yesterday.
November 19, 2024 at 4:35 PM
This guy popped up on a walk through the park yesterday.
A walk in Charles Sauriol Conservation Area this morning was more than worthwhile. #FallColours #UrbanNature #Toronto #NotWinter
November 18, 2024 at 10:29 PM
A walk in Charles Sauriol Conservation Area this morning was more than worthwhile. #FallColours #UrbanNature #Toronto #NotWinter
November 18, 2024 at 10:27 PM
Today next to the Don River in #Toronto, a woodpecker in Charles Sauriol Conservation Area. #Photography #Birds
November 18, 2024 at 8:50 PM
Today next to the Don River in #Toronto, a woodpecker in Charles Sauriol Conservation Area. #Photography #Birds
What was SAID last night at Unpacking the Synod with Gill Goulding, Nathalie Becquart and Moira McQueen on stage was less important than what was SHOWN. We saw women who know the church, love the church and lead the church. #Synod #synodality #Catholic #Photojournalism
November 11, 2024 at 7:10 PM
What was SAID last night at Unpacking the Synod with Gill Goulding, Nathalie Becquart and Moira McQueen on stage was less important than what was SHOWN. We saw women who know the church, love the church and lead the church. #Synod #synodality #Catholic #Photojournalism
We need to give Murray Sinclair a #StateFuneral. He is the most significant #Canadian of our times. We know ourselves, our history, our debts and our hopes better because of him. #truthandreconciliation
November 4, 2024 at 5:58 PM
We need to give Murray Sinclair a #StateFuneral. He is the most significant #Canadian of our times. We know ourselves, our history, our debts and our hopes better because of him. #truthandreconciliation
I live in Toronto. It looks like this down by the beach.
October 22, 2024 at 2:37 PM
I live in Toronto. It looks like this down by the beach.
Also in Minas Gerais, Santa Juliana.
October 22, 2024 at 2:34 PM
Also in Minas Gerais, Santa Juliana.
We went for a walk with friends yesterday at Toronto's national urban park, Rouge Park. #photography #nature #friends
October 21, 2024 at 1:18 PM
We went for a walk with friends yesterday at Toronto's national urban park, Rouge Park. #photography #nature #friends
October 18, 2024 at 2:41 PM