The provincial government has announced their open for summer plan that documents the various stages of easing COVID-19 restrictions. In summary, here are the key highlights and relevant updates for places of worship: Beginning Friday, May 28, 2021 The capacity limit for worship services goes back to the 15% of the…
by Andrew Sheedy If you’re anything like me, you might find it a bit tough to relate to St. Joseph. Not only did he live 2,000 years ago on the other side of the planet, but we know next to nothing about him. Not a single word he said has…
When I first went through the doors of Calgary’s FCJ Christian Life Centre to find out more about Religious Life in 2011, I believed that I had some idea of what I was getting into. I had an inkling that God was calling me to explore a vocation as a…
Message from Our Lady of Guadalupe Circle for Pentecost 2021 Our Lady of Guadalupe Circle is a national coalition of Indigenous people, Catholic clergy, women religious, and lay people dedicated to healing the relationship between the Church and Canada’s First Nations. “Send forth your spirit and renew the face of the…
Ordination to the Transitional Diaconate of Chad Miciak Homily [Acts 8: 26-40; Psalm 100; 2Corinthians 4:1-2, 5-7; Matthew 20:25-28] This evening the Church in Edmonton gathers – a few members in person, most remotely – in a spirit of joy as we formally choose our brother Chad for ordination…
Arson is suspected after fire caused extensive damage to the front entrance of St. Patrick’s church in downtown Edmonton. Police say the fire began on the front steps around 5 a.m. May 15 and smouldered for several hours. Just after 12 noon, the fire department arrived at St. Patrick’s, located…
This year has been a year of abundant blessing for me – from many directions where I expected growth should come, but also through many surprises. Perhaps one of my biggest realizations this year is how much I have yet to grow. I can see how it takes nine years…
Being in the new Bachelor of Arts in Catholic Studies program at Newman Theological College is a bit like the second part of Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy: Purgatory. This might seem like a negative statement, but it is actually not. Let me explain myself by first sharing both some of…
“I wanted to have the conversation. It was less about raising money and more about just letting people know I’ve struggled and I have had friends who have struggled. And even as a male, a lot of us don’t talk about the stuff we should talk about until it’s too late. I’m just trying to make it easier for everybody to broach the subject.”
I absolutely grew up wanting to be a teacher, and I knew I was called to the vocation of teaching. When I was little, I would sit my stuffed animals in a row and pretend I was teaching them, and when I got a little older and I had to…