News release Archdiocese announces expanded restrictions Edmonton, May 6, 2021 – Albertans are dealing with expanded restrictions that affect all faith communities in our province, for at least the next three weeks. The Catholic Archdiocese of Edmonton will continue to…
There are new worship restrictions province-wide effective immediately. Stay-tuned for information from His Grace later this week on updated measures. From the Alberta government website for places of worship: Mandatory, additional restrictions for hot spot regions – Effective May 5 Faith services…
One of my earliest memories of my mother takes place in our kitchen in Churchbridge, Sask. when I would have been three or four years old. Having baked a cake of one flavour or another, an inconsequential matter to me…
“The parish is a family friendly community church, with open doors for everyone and a lovely place to serve God and develop your faith.”
Seminarian Chris Pugh, is the editor of Exiit Qui Seminat – the newsletter of St. Joseph Seminary. He interviewed Chad Miciak who will be ordained to the transitional diaconate on May 17 at 7 p.m. at St. Joseph\’s Basilica. The…
St Joseph has increasingly taken on a higher profile in the faith life of Catholics in Canada and around the world. Back in the 1600s, St. Joseph was named the patron saint of Canada. We see the name of St.…
This year’s Lac Ste Anne Pilgrimage is going online for the second year in a row. “This is a very sad and difficult decision to make,” Edmonton Archbishop Richard Smith, the chair of the Lac Ste. Anne board of trustees,…
Student enrolment continues to rise, and with it the hope that Catholic education in Alberta will survive and thrive. “Choice in education matters to parents and they are choosing Catholic schools, so in the big scheme of things we can…
G.K. Chesterton was a British writer of vast influence in the early 20th century, penning plays, novels, poems, and hundreds of articles and essays. He employed humour, intelligence, and humility in defense of sanity, of Christianity, and particularly of his…
In the COVID era, there’s no news like science news — the fastest vaccine development in human history has been news all year. But public exposure of science has also exposed us to the dangers of half-understood or deliberately manipulated…