Merry Christmas! The Christmas season is such a busy time that tends to be filled with many commitments and expectations of things that need to be done and people to visit. You may enter Christmas feeling overwhelmed, frazzled, and tired from all the preparations and the whirlwind that started the…
It is essential that Christians support one another on our pathway to heaven. That’s the message Archbishop Richard Smith received, and conveyed, during his pastoral visit to the parish community of Sacred Heart in Red Deer from Dec. 8-10. “In the winter months we tend naturally to look out for…
Our Church is facing a crisis of vocations. Together, we strengthen the future of the Church. The entire Archdiocese of Edmonton is invited to join us for our Archdiocesan Vocations Rally, hosted by the Benedict XVI Institute and the Archdiocese of Edmonton. Bring as many people from your parish as…
Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe 2023 Homily [Zechariah 2:10-13; Revelation 11:19a, 12:1, 3-6a, 10ab; Luke 1:39-47] My thoughts for the homily this evening are shaped by two recent encounters I have had with parishioners of the Archdiocese. What has been shared with me by these faithful people can lead…
Second Sunday of Advent – Year B Homily [Isaiah 40: 1-5, 9-11; Psalm 85; 2Peter 3:8-14; Mark 1:1-8] My visit to the parish began Friday morning with participation in Faith Day for division staff of Red Deer Catholic Schools. As I entered Saint Joseph school, just about every second person…
Over 200 people gathered for a Advent Mass at Holy Cross Cemetery. Rev. Jim Corrigan, vicar-general of the Archdiocese of Edmonton, celebrated Mass Dec. 9 along with Deacon Rene Mella. All of the people had come to this special Advent Mass remembering those who they had lost. Father Jim encouraged…
The missionary zeal of St. Francis Xavier gives us all an example to follow, Archbishop Richard Smith said on his visit to the parish community in Camrose and area. “He was a missionary in a foreign culture,” Archbishop Smith preached in his Dec. 4 homily. “Increasingly, that is what it…
A new meeting facility has been completed at St. Andrew’s parish offering more space and amenities for the growing parish in north central Edmonton. The St. Pius X Meeting House was constructed as a barrier-free – accessible to people with disabilities – commercially designated building. The funds came from the…
First Sunday of Advent – Year B Pastoral Visit to Saint Francis Xavier Parish, Camrose Homily [Isaiah 63: 16b-17; 64:1, 3-8; Psalm 80; 1Corinthians 1:3-9; Mark 13:33-37] Our celebration today coincides with the liturgical feast day of this parish’s patron – Saint Francis Xavier. Appropriately, you have his statue featured…
World Youth Day pilgrims from the Edmonton Archdiocese reunited to celebrate their pilgrimage to Portugal and to take up the challenges presented to them. “Their journey is not over: they are called. . . to be like Mary, giving her fiat to God, not just at the Annunciation, but every…