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…
News release Archdiocese announces expanded restrictions Edmonton, May 6, 2021 – Albertans are dealing with expanded restrictions that affect all faith communities in our province, for at least the next three weeks. The Catholic Archdiocese of Edmonton will continue to respect and implement any restrictions set by the provincial government…
There are new worship restrictions province-wide effective immediately. Stay-tuned for information from His Grace later this week on updated measures. From the Alberta government website for places of worship: Mandatory, additional restrictions for hot spot regions – Effective May 5 Faith services are limited to 15 in-person attendees. Physical distancing between households must…
One of my earliest memories of my mother takes place in our kitchen in Churchbridge, Sask. when I would have been three or four years old. Having baked a cake of one flavour or another, an inconsequential matter to me at my young age, she had completed the much more…
“The parish is a family friendly community church, with open doors for everyone and a lovely place to serve God and develop your faith.”
Seminarian Chris Pugh, is the editor of Exiit Qui Seminat – the newsletter of St. Joseph Seminary. He interviewed Chad Miciak who will be ordained to the transitional diaconate on May 17 at 7 p.m. at St. Joseph\’s Basilica. The ordination will be livestreamed. Miciak is studying to be a…
St Joseph has increasingly taken on a higher profile in the faith life of Catholics in Canada and around the world. Back in the 1600s, St. Joseph was named the patron saint of Canada. We see the name of St. Joseph frequently in Edmonton with the seminary, the college on…
This year’s Lac Ste Anne Pilgrimage is going online for the second year in a row. “This is a very sad and difficult decision to make,” Edmonton Archbishop Richard Smith, the chair of the Lac Ste. Anne board of trustees, said in an April 23 statement. “COVID-19 remains with us,…