Some 48 years ago Archbishop Joseph MacNeil and eight congregational leaders met on Sept. 9, 1974 to share a dream and a vision for Consecrated Life in the Archdiocese of Edmonton. One of the original eight Sisters (Gabrielle Fortier FJ)…
Near my desk, I keep the following quote from Pope Benedict XVI: “Being Christian is not the result of an ethical choice or a lofty idea, but the encounter with an event, a person, which gives life a new horizon…
Father JD Carmichael explains that St. Paul tells us love is a sharing in the Holy Spirit.
Lincoln Ho Nearly two dozen post-secondary student leaders, and a handful of supporting faculty from Catholic Student Associations across Western Canada met in an online conference Jan. 14-16 to help facilitate spiritual growth on their campuses. Among the speakers were…
When Fr. Cristino Bouvette of the Calgary Diocese became a priest, he dreaded telling his kokum, or grandmother – a residential school survivor. In this story for CBC’s national radio program, The Current, Father Cristino talks shares his story. It’s…
In St. Paul’s letter to Timothy, Jesus is described as the “blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords” (1 Tim 6:15). The idea of Jesus as the king over all other kings is expressed often…
Michael Swan Canadian Catholic News In an alternative life, Cardinal Thomas Collins, Archbishop of Toronto, might never have been a bishop, an archbishop or a cardinal. He might very happily have remained a professor of New Testament with an intense…
The audited financial statements of the Chancery Office of The Catholic Archdiocese of Edmonton represent the financial position as at Dec. 31, 2020, the results of its operations, changes in its net financial assets and cash flows. This is the…
In the fall of 1997, I received a handwritten letter offering me a team (staff) position at Camp St. Louis near Bonnyville. Accepting that invitation remains one of the best decisions I ever made. The effects of those five summers…
In this year-end video interview, Archbishop Richard Smith addresses indigenous relations, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and walking on a synodal way of being or walking together.