Archbishop Smith addresses the faithful in a response video to church fires amid efforts for truth and reconciliation. On the morning of June 30, 2021 St. Jean Baptiste Church in Morinville (located within St. Paul Diocese) was destroyed in a fire.…
The Archdiocese of Edmonton thanks Alberta Catholic school trustees and district staff for their leadership and sensitivity regarding the name of Bishop Vital-Justin Grandin, central Alberta’s first bishop. Bishop Grandin represents a controversial and mixed legacy. While he is remembered…
The following statement is issued on behalf of Archbishop Richard Smith on the vandalism of the statue of St. John Paul II at Holy Rosary Parish in Edmonton: We are saddened by the vandalism of the statue of Saint John…
MICKEY CONLON Canadian Catholic News The Cowessess First Nation will put a name to each of the hundreds of bodies found at the unmarked graves on the former Marieval Indian Residential School, vows Chief Cadmus Delorme. “We will put a…
News Release Liturgical Guidance for Stage 3 of Alberta’s relaunch strategy Edmonton, June 23, 2021 – The Province of Alberta has announced that Alberta\’s Open for Summer Plan will enter Stage 3 on Thursday, July 1, 2021. As parishes begin to reopen, numerous conversations…
Recently the practice has arisen of making a public acknowledgement of Treaty land at the beginning of civic events. The motivation is the desire to reach out to the Indigenous peoples of Canada in reconciliation and friendship through an acknowledgement…
by Rev. Raymond J. de Souza Somehow a story about hundreds of unmarked graves at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School became a story about what Pope Francis should do, not a story about the lives lost or why Prime…
The Value of Work – Year of St. Joseph Reflection w/ Dcn. Steven Defer We honour St. Joseph this year as an Archdiocesan family. St. Joseph is the symbol of human work, especially as the Catholic vocation to serve each…
A meeting between Pope Francis and a delegation of Canadian Indigenous people at the Vatican is being planned and expected before the end of the year. A statement from the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops said the pastoral visit will…
There has been considerable media coverage and discussion in recent days following the discovery of children’s remains at the former residential school in Kamloops, B.C.. The discovery has reopened a painful wound for many in our country. It has identified…