Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, In this month of May, we celebrate Catholic Education Week in Alberta, the Yukon, and Northwest Territories. As the Catholic Education liaison on behalf of my brother Bishops, I want to offer a heartfelt thank-you to the educators and all who serve in our…
Third Sunday of Easter – Year B Homily [Acts 3:13-15, 17-19; Psalm 4; 1John 2:1-5; Luke 24:35-48] As part of my pastoral visit these days, I went on Friday to two of the schools associated with this parish: Saint Paul Elementary and Saint Rose Junior High. They had known for…
Father Roger Niedzielski is a priest for the Archdiocese of Edmonton. He currently serves as the pastor for the twin parishes of Resurrection and Assumption Catholic Church in Edmonton. He grew up in Edmonton, graduated from Louis St. Laurent high school, and in 2009 he entered St. Joseph’s Seminary at…
Eleven young people were blessed to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation and eight received First Communion during Archbishop Richard Smith’s April 6-7 weekend visit to the rural Catholic family of parishes for Daysland, Heisler and Killam. In his Sunday homily, Archbishop Smith commented on how the renewal of baptismal promises…
Second Sunday of Easter Divine Mercy Sunday Homily [Acts 4:32-35; Psalm 118; 1John 5:1-6; John 20:19-31] Today we surround our beloved parishioners, who are celebrating the Sacrament of Confirmation. To receive the message of God’s Word, I invite us all to consider first one particular element of the Rite of…
Father Nilo Macapinlac currently serves as the pastor for the parishes of St. Stephen, St. Anthony, St. Anne of the Prairies, and Our Lady of Fatima, in the area of Olds, Alberta. Father Nilo grew up in the Philippines and he entered the seminary in his home diocese at the…
In a ritual of humility and fraternity, Archbishop Richard Smith washed the feet of 12 Catholic Social Services community members, including refugees and immigrants who have settled in the Edmonton area with the support of CSS. “It has been a humbling experience. For me, I can say that [this act…
A humble soul does not trust itself, but places all its confidence in God. God defends the humble soul and lets Himself into its secrets, and the soul abides in unsurpassable happiness which no one can comprehend. ~Diary of St. Faustina[1] The Divine Mercy devotion, which originated in the 1930s,…
Homily [Acts 10:34a, 37-43; Psalm 118; Colossians 3:1-4; John 20:1-18] Our lives today are marked and shaped by online communication. Throughout the Internet, stories travel with lightning speed across a wide variety of platforms. With this comes the capacity to track what is most popular and talked about at any…
The Easter Vigil in the Holy Night Homily We have just listened attentively to a wide range of scriptural texts central to our Christian faith. Beginning with Genesis, we then moved through Exodus and the prophets, until finally hearing the Gospel’s proclamation of the resurrection of Jesus from the dead.…