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,…

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…

Michael Swan Canadian Catholic News In an alternative life, Cardinal Thomas Collins, Archbishop of Toronto, might never have been a bishop, an archbishop or a cardinal. He might very happily have remained a professor of New Testament with an intense interest in the Apocalypse of John. He would have dedicated…

The audited financial statements of the Chancery Office of The Catholic Archdiocese of Edmonton represent the financial position as at Dec. 31, 2020, the results of its operations, changes in its net financial assets and cash flows. This is the most current statement of the financial position of the Chancery…