When I first went through the doors of Calgary’s FCJ Christian Life Centre to find out more about Religious Life in 2011, I believed that I had some idea of what I was getting into. I had an inkling that…
Message from Our Lady of Guadalupe Circle for Pentecost 2021 Our Lady of Guadalupe Circle is a national coalition of Indigenous people, Catholic clergy, women religious, and lay people dedicated to healing the relationship between the Church and Canada’s First Nations.…
Ordination to the Transitional Diaconate of Chad Miciak Homily [Acts 8: 26-40; Psalm 100; 2Corinthians 4:1-2, 5-7; Matthew 20:25-28] This evening the Church in Edmonton gathers – a few members in person, most remotely – in a spirit of…
Arson is suspected after fire caused extensive damage to the front entrance of St. Patrick’s church in downtown Edmonton. Police say the fire began on the front steps around 5 a.m. May 15 and smouldered for several hours. Just after…
This year has been a year of abundant blessing for me – from many directions where I expected growth should come, but also through many surprises. Perhaps one of my biggest realizations this year is how much I have yet…
Being in the new Bachelor of Arts in Catholic Studies program at Newman Theological College is a bit like the second part of Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy: Purgatory. This might seem like a negative statement, but it is actually not.…
“I wanted to have the conversation. It was less about raising money and more about just letting people know I’ve struggled and I have had friends who have struggled. And even as a male, a lot of us don’t talk about the stuff we should talk about until it’s too late. I’m just trying to make it easier for everybody to broach the subject.”
I absolutely grew up wanting to be a teacher, and I knew I was called to the vocation of teaching. When I was little, I would sit my stuffed animals in a row and pretend I was teaching them, and…
News release Archdiocese announces expanded restrictions Edmonton, May 6, 2021 – Albertans are dealing with expanded restrictions that affect all faith communities in our province, for at least the next three weeks. The Catholic Archdiocese of Edmonton will continue to…
One of my earliest memories of my mother takes place in our kitchen in Churchbridge, Sask. when I would have been three or four years old. Having baked a cake of one flavour or another, an inconsequential matter to me…