Memorial Mass for Fr. Mike McCaffrey Homily [Ecclesiastes 3:1-12; Colossians 3:12-17; Matthew 5:1-12a] This is the time of year that Fr. Mike would be practicing his golf. As many of you likely know, the grounds surrounding Villa Vianney, where Mike spent his retirement years, allow plenty of room for a…
Pope Francis will make a pastoral visit to Canada from July 24-29, 2022. The Holy Father will visit three cities in Canada: Edmonton, Quebec City, and Iqaluit. “The Holy Father is coming to meet with Indigenous Peoples of this land on a pilgrimage of healing, reconciliation and hope.” – Edmonton…
Catholic Education Week will celebrated May 23-27. The theme this year is Rebuild, Renew and Restore Together. Alberta\’s bishops will each read the Gospel of the day and provide reflection for an audience of students, teachers and families. Video: Archbishop Smith reflects on the Gospel reading for Monday, May 23.…
The Bishops of Alberta and Northwest Territories will lift the dispensation as of Pentecost Sunday, June 5, 2022. At the same time, acknowledging the continuing presence of Covid-19 in our midst, we encourage anyone showing signs of the illness, and vulnerable persons, to avail themselves of the means of spiritual communion that will continue to be available for some time still.
It was almost exactly 25 years ago that I made one of the most significant decisions in my life; I signed up to be a counsellor at Camp St. Louis (then known as the Youth for Christ Camp).
Living in the Word is a series of bi-weekly reflections on Holy Scriptures by Priests and Religious in the Archdiocese of Edmonton.
Rev. Mike McCaffery, a pastor, mentor, teacher and community leader in the Edmonton Archdiocese for more than 50 years, died on Jan. 21, 2021. He was 85. The McCaffery family invites you to join them on Saturday, May 14 at 11 a.m. at St Joseph’s Basilica to honour Fr. Mike…
My interest was stirred up when I visited Chartres Cathedral for the first time in 2017, where I saw the beautiful \"Tree of Jesse\" lancet window showing Christ surrounded by seven doves. Then the question came to me....
In the introduction to his Pastoral Letter, Living in the Word of God, Archbishop Richard Smith speaks of his Baptism as “the best and most important action my mother and father ever undertook on my behalf.” He also explains that “what begins at Baptism is a way of life that…
This coming Sunday, April 24, marks Divine Mercy Sunday, celebrated since the year 2000. It marks the end of the Octave of Easter, the eight-day celebration of the Resurrection. Father Curtis Berube, associate pastor of Holy Family parish in St. Albert, explains.