Shared from National Catholic Register – Martin Barillas/CNA World February 9, 2024 While MAID accounted for 1% of deaths in Canada in 2017, the first full year it was allowed, the numbers had quadrupled by 2022. Health and mental health…
“Beloved, let us love one another; for love is of God, and he who loves is born of God and knows God.” 1 John 4: 7 On Feb. 14 this year, we will witness a more rare occasion. The…
“How do we extend hospitality to our Lord Jesus Christ?” This was the question Archbishop Smith posed in his homily, preached during his pastoral visit to the Our Lady of Fatima, the Portuguese Catholic parish, in Edmonton Feb. 3-4. “By…
Mother Catherine of Our Lady of Providence is the prioress of the Discalced Carmelite Nuns of the Carmel of St. Joseph monastery in Spruce Grove, Alberta. Mother Catherine was a member of the Sisters of Providence for 20 years. She…
“When you open the Holy Gospel, think that what is written there—the words and deeds of Christ—is something that you should not only know, but live. Everything, every point that is told there, has been gathered, detail-by-detail, for you to…
National Catholic Health Care Week takes place Feb. 4-10. It\’s really important to mark the occasion, so we don\’t lose sight of the extraordinary gift that we have in our country of Catholic health care. Devoted physicians, nurses and health-care…
“The world needs the message of the Gospel, and there is nothing more exciting or purposeful than to have a share in its transmission.” This was the message that Archbishop Richard Smith conveyed during one of the many homilies that…
Catholics are being called to take action, in their community and amongst their friends and family, as Canada continues to expand the scope of assisted suicide and euthanasia. “Our role as Catholics is to support the vulnerable because Jesus himself…
At 100 years old, Maureen Moran is a role model of prayer and faithfulness for the Catholic Women’s League of Canada and generations of Catholic women to come. “She has this sense about her, that just tells you that there\’s…
Rev. Ian Boyd – a pioneering scholar, world traveller and compassionate spiritual director – has died. He was 88. Father Boyd celebrated his 60th Anniversary of Ordination on December 15, 2023. He was honoured as a Jubilarian at the November…