Catholic health organizations across Canada mark National Catholic Health Care Week Oct.-28. Through stories, reflection and prayer, National Catholic Health Care Week also seeks to foster healing and to advance Catholic health care’s commitment to social justice and the values of inclusiveness and compassion, in the spirit of reconciliation. Within…
You don’t need to look far to find a story centered on a battle between good and evil. While many movies, novels, and comic books make the heroes and villains plain to see, some of the best of these stories add a little intrigue. In these stories it can be…
Catholic Voices Of Reconciliation is a series of interviews with Catholic First Nation individuals who were a part of Pope Francis’ visit to the Edmonton Archdiocese. We asked each of them three questions about their experience as both followers of Christ and First Nations people and practical ways that local Catholics…
Father Wieslaw Szatanski, OMI, passed away on Sept. 22 in Canmore. He was 57. The funeral Mass for Father Wieslaw will be held on Oct. 11 at 2 pm at St. Albert Parish. Viewing will take place prior to the Mass. Cremains will be interred in Poland. Father Wieslaw was…
Catholic Voices Of Reconciliation is a series of interviews with Catholic First Nation individuals who were a part of Pope Francis’ visit to the Edmonton Archdiocese. We asked each of them three questions about their experience as both followers of Christ and First Nations people and practical ways that local…
When we celebrate a major milestone like a wedding or anniversary, it’s common to send out a series of invitations. These usually include instructions on how to RSVP to the event. “RSVP” comes from the French term respondez s’il vous plait, which means “please respond.” While in the past you…
Fr. Leo Floyd, a longtime pastor in Fort Saskatchewan and Edmonton, has died. He was 91. Leo Anthony Floyd was born on Aug. 16, 1931 in Springfield, N.S. He attended St. Joseph Seminary in Edmonton from 1954-1958 and ordained on May 31, 1958 at St. Dunstan’s Basilica, Charlottetown, P.E.I. Father…
Jenny Connelly – Archdiocese of Edmonton There is something exciting happening on the historical “Church Street” of Edmonton, Alberta. Sacred Heart Church of the First Peoples hosted an event called Church Street: Hope and Healing Encounter, an opportunity to share faith and help those in need. The event took place…
The Together We Serve 2022 Fall Appeal officially kicked-off on Sunday, September 18, with Mass celebrated by Archbishop Richard Smith at St. Joseph\’s Basilica. In his homily on the Gospel of the dishonest steward (Luke 16:1-13), His Grace invited us to see Together We Serve as an “opportunity to be…
Jenny Connelly – Archdiocese of Edmonton Father Shayne Craig, a longtime priest and teacher in Edmonton, has been elected as the new superior general of the Society of Priests of Saint-Sulpice, an international order of priests founded in the 1600s. Father Craig, a Sulpician priest himself, will be based in…