Sheedy: St. Joseph is a guide to being an everyday saint
by Andrew Sheedy If you’re anything like me, you might find it a bit tough to relate to St. Joseph. Not only did he live 2,000 years ago on the other side of the planet, but we know next to…
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Langlois: Looking back on my vocation, I fell in love with Jesus
by Sister Michelle Langlois, fcJ When I first went through the doors of Calgary’s FCJ Christian Life Centre to find out more about Religious Life in 2011, I believed that I had some idea of what I was getting into.…
Langlois: Looking back on my vocation, I fell in love with Jesus
When I first went through the doors of Calgary’s FCJ Christian Life Centre to find out more about Religious Life in 2011, I believed that I had some idea of what I was getting into. I had an inkling that…
Sheedy: St. Joseph is a guide to being an everyday saint
If you’re anything like me, you might find it a bit tough to relate to St. Joseph. Not only did he live 2,000 years ago on the other side of the planet, but we know next to nothing about him.…
Our Lady of Guadalupe Circle renews mission to heal relationship between Church and First Nations
Message from Our Lady of Guadalupe Circle for Pentecost 2021 Our Lady of Guadalupe Circle is a national coalition of Indigenous people, Catholic clergy, women religious, and lay people dedicated to healing the relationship between the Church and Canada’s First Nations.…
Arson suspected in fire at St. Patrick\’s church
Arson is suspected after fire caused extensive damage to the front entrance of St. Patrick’s church in downtown Edmonton. Police say the fire began on the front steps around 5 a.m. May 15 and smouldered for several hours. Just after…
Berube: Some fruits have come out of the first-year seminary desert
This year has been a year of abundant blessing for me – from many directions where I expected growth should come, but also through many surprises. Perhaps one of my biggest realizations this year is how much I have yet…
Phillips: Catholic Studies program is like being in intellectual purgatory, and that\’s a good thing
Being in the new Bachelor of Arts in Catholic Studies program at Newman Theological College is a bit like the second part of Dante Alighieri\’s Divine Comedy: Purgatory. This might seem like a negative statement, but it is actually not.…
Teacher\’s 225-kilometre ride raises thousands for suicide prevention
“I wanted to have the conversation. It was less about raising money and more about just letting people know I’ve struggled and I have had friends who have struggled. And even as a male, a lot of us don’t talk about the stuff we should talk about until it’s too late. I’m just trying to make it easier for everybody to broach the subject.”
Bodnarek: One of the best parts of my job is teaching my students about my faith
I absolutely grew up wanting to be a teacher, and I knew I was called to the vocation of teaching. When I was little, I would sit my stuffed animals in a row and pretend I was teaching them, and…