World Youth Day is less than 100 days away and pilgrims are getting ready. One of the local Edmonton pilgrim groups planning on attending is from St. Joseph’s College. Some students from St. Joseph’s College are banding together to travel to sunny Portugal to encounter millions of young people from around…
Dr. Ryan Topping’s new book paints a vision of how the intellectual rigor, emotional conscientiousness, and aesthetic beauty of an authentic Catholic culture will have the natural magnetism to draw a new generation toward the Catholic Church. Using the wisdom of St. John Henry Newman as its guide, Thinking As…
“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour.” One of the most heartbreaking moments In C.S. Lewis’ classic novel, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe occurs when Edmund Pevensie lies about what he and his younger sister, Lucy, have experienced in Narnia. It’s a difficult scene that Lewis…
When religion makes news headlines, it is often to discuss discrimination, violence, or scandal. However, hundreds of people of different faiths came together April 16 to discuss religious freedom and the challenges to it, to pledge support for Edmonton’s homeless, and to share together the joy of believing. Archbishop Richard…
Father Susai Jesu asks us to join in prayer for greater understanding and reconciliation flowing out of dialogue, listening from the heart, understanding, forgiveness and justice. Father Susai gave the Invocation, and the Prayer for Aboriginal Peoples at the 25th Edmonton Prayer Breakfast on April 19. This non-political event brings…
For the Symposium on Religious Freedom Religion for the Common Good Introductory Remarks Allow me to begin with a word of thanks. I am grateful not only for the invitation to spend time with you all in discussion of this very important topic of freedom of religion and its importance…
\”You shall not steal.\” Ocean’s Eleven tells the story of a gang of thieves led by George Clooney who get together to rob a Las Vegas casino of $160 million. It’s a memorable movie thanks to the ensemble cast, various plot twists, and the fact that you quickly find yourself…
Have you ever been confused about what actually happens in the Sacrament of Confirmation? On today’s episode of Upfront with the Archbishop, Archbishop Smith shares about confirmation, “the sacrament in search of a theology,” Confirmation as the \”missionary sacrament,\” the traditional order for receiving the Sacraments of initiation and what…
The creation stories from the book of Genesis tell us a lot about what it means to be human. We read in Genesis 1:26-27 that human beings are created in the image of God. We are the only being that God made in His image, and as such we are the…
After a three-year hiatus, the annual Downtown Outdoor Way of the Cross has returned to Edmonton. On April 7, Good Friday, between 100-150 people gathered in downtown Edmonton to participate in this annual tradition of carrying a wooden Cross throughout downtown Edmonton as the traditional devotion of the Way of…