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…
Recognizing his outstanding contribution to Ecumenism in Edmonton, Julien Hammond was awarded the Rev. Marilyn McClung Memorial Award on Jan. 23.
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…
FRIARS OF EDMONTON c/o 8421 101 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB T6A 0L1 January 10, 2022 Dear Friends, RE: THANK YOU and Farewell from the Friars Board Happy New Year! We hope you and your families are all safe and well.…
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.
Just over 200 years ago, an Austrian Roman Catholic priest named Josef Mohr penned the words to what would become a Christmas classic. A couple years later, a teacher and organist, Franz Gruber, would add music to the poem. The…