I’m afraid of the dark. I have been for as long as I can remember. When I played in my (unfinished) basement as a kid, I always liked having the lights on across the basement so I could brighten every dark corner. When I worked at summer camp, I kept…
February 9, 2022 Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, We have all been impacted in some way as our nation undergoes an examination of our past relationships with its Indigenous Peoples. We cannot erase history, but we can look forward to – and help create – a better future. As…
Some 48 years ago Archbishop Joseph MacNeil and eight congregational leaders met on Sept. 9, 1974 to share a dream and a vision for Consecrated Life in the Archdiocese of Edmonton. One of the original eight Sisters (Gabrielle Fortier FJ) presently resides at Providence Centre. We are most grateful for…
Near my desk, I keep the following quote from Pope Benedict XVI: “Being Christian is not the result of an ethical choice or a lofty idea, but the encounter with an event, a person, which gives life a new horizon and a decisive direction.” That person, of course, is Jesus,…
The delegation to Rome to meet with Pope Francis, originally planned for December 2021, is now scheduled to take place at the end of March and early April of this year.
Father JD Carmichael explains that St. Paul tells us love is a sharing in the Holy Spirit.
Lincoln Ho Nearly two dozen post-secondary student leaders, and a handful of supporting faculty from Catholic Student Associations across Western Canada met in an online conference Jan. 14-16 to help facilitate spiritual growth on their campuses. Among the speakers were Rev. Jim Stenberg, chaplain at St. Joseph\’s College at the…
Recognizing his outstanding contribution to Ecumenism in Edmonton, Julien Hammond was awarded the Rev. Marilyn McClung Memorial Award on Jan. 23.
When Fr. Cristino Bouvette of the Calgary Diocese became a priest, he dreaded telling his kokum, or grandmother – a residential school survivor. In this story for CBC’s national radio program, The Current, Father Cristino talks shares his story. It’s one of reconciliation, openness, vulnerability, suffering and reconciling his two…
In St. Paul’s letter to Timothy, Jesus is described as the “blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords” (1 Tim 6:15). The idea of Jesus as the king over all other kings is expressed often in our faith, most notably as we honour the ‘newborn…