Ash Wednesday 2024

Ash Wednesday 2024 Homily [Joel 2:12-18; Psalm 51; 2Corinthians 5:20-6:2; Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18] We enter this holy season of Lent aware of our need for God’s forgiveness and confident in His never-failing mercy. This penitential journey of forty days is a privileged time to examine our lives thoroughly and honestly,…

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Euthanasia for Canada’s Mentally Ill Still on the Table Despite ‘Pause’ on Implementation

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 ministers in three Canadian territories and five provinces were successful…

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\”Our culture is increasingly foreign to the Gospel\”: Archbishop speaks at Our Lady of Fatima parish

“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 simply entering a house, Jesus signals that he wishes to…

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