Red Mass 2024 Homily [Galatians 3:1-5; Luke 1; James 2:14-18; Luke 11:5-13] Our “Red Mass” occurs this year with the Thanksgiving Day weekend on the immediate horizon. This is the first time, in my memory at least, that this coincidence…
This morning’s Mass for Healing and Hope at Sacred Heart Church of the First Peoples brought the community together in observance of #NationalDayforTruthandReconciliation. Rev. Jim Corrigan, Vicar General of our Archdiocese, was guest presider at the Eucharistic Celebration, joined by…
Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year B Pastoral Visit to Saint Theresa Parish in Edmonton Homily [Numbers 11:25-29; Psalm 19; James 5:1-6; Mark 9:38-43, 45, 47-48] I am delighted and blessed to be with you this weekend on a…
We have received word that Fr. Vernon Regis, a retired priest of our Archdiocese, died yesterday, August 22, 2024, in Sri Lanka.\\ Fr. Vernon was born on July 27, 1936, in Dehiwala, Sri Lanka. He was an avid cricket and…
It is already August, and the transition to greater times of work has likely already started to happen. With fall approaching, the new academic year is coming upon us, and summer vacations are coming to an end. Sometimes there can…
The 106th annual Skaro Pilgrimage was celebrated between August 14-15. Thousands of people gather each year at Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto at Skaro, Alberta for the annual Skaro Pilgrimage, which is held in celebration of the Assumption of Our…
It is wonderful to be back here at Skaro for our annual pilgrimage on the vigil of the Solemnity of the Assumption. For more than 100 years, the people of God in this local area and beyond have come to this holy place, moved to do so for three principal reasons.
Father Mahendren “Mahesh” Rathinasamy is a Pallottine priest who serves within the Archdiocese of Edmonton. He is currently pastor for St. Peter in Villeneuve, St. Catherine in Calahoo, St. Emerence in Riviere Qui Barre, and St. Charles in Mearns. Father…
The Bishops of Alberta and Northwest Territories will lift the dispensation as of Pentecost Sunday, June 5, 2022. At the same time, acknowledging the continuing presence of Covid-19 in our midst, we encourage anyone showing signs of the illness, and vulnerable persons, to avail themselves of the means of spiritual communion that will continue to be available for some time still.
Living in the Word is a series of bi-weekly reflections on Holy Scriptures by Priests and Religious in the Archdiocese of Edmonton.