Andrew Ehrkamp

Come spend time with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. After a temporary closure due to COVID-19, the Archdiocese of Edmonton’s Corpus Christi Chapel of Perpetual Adoration (located at St. Andrew’s Centre) has re-opened. Adorers are welcome to drop in throughout…

“Suffering produces endurance, endurance produces character and character produces hope.” – St. Paul, Romans 5: 3-4 On June 29th, we will be celebrating the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul. As we reflect on the journeys they took in their…

On June 3 and 4, Archbishop Smith made a pastoral visit to Blessed Sacrament Parish in Wainwright, Alberta. On Saturday, June 3, Archbishop Smith celebrated the Sacrament of Confirmation for 32 candidates and then spent the afternoon visiting two senior’s…

The Archdiocese of Edmonton has announced it has contributed $3.2 million as part of the national Indigenous Reconciliation Fund to support and advance healing and reconciliation initiatives with First Nations, Metis and Inuit Peoples. The Catholic Bishops of Canada have…

If something is important enough to us, we make time for it. It is amazing (and a little maddening for my wife) how I can always find time during the hockey season to watch, listen to, follow on Twitter, and…

Over 170 former Camp Encounter campers, staff, counsellors and board members along with their families and friends, gathered May 27 on the shores of Lac La Nonne at the “narrows” to say a final farewell to the Camp Encounter property.…

Most of us don’t floss as often as we should. When dentists ask the question “how often do you floss?” most of us answer “not nearly enough.”  It doesn’t matter that they explain the importance of flossing: it cleans both…

Parenthood brings with it a lengthy to-do list. For the first while, we care for all our kids’ needs. As they grow, we help them learn to walk and talk, to swim and skate, and to eat a meal without…