St. Dominic Savio parish celebrates 50 years of faith and community
“The parish is a family friendly community church, with open doors for everyone and a lovely place to serve God and develop your faith.”
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Miciak finds great joy and unworthiness amid call to the priesthood
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…
McKeon: St. Joseph the Worker is part of our conversation about the COVID-19 frontline
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…
Lac Ste. Anne Pilgrimage goes online for another year
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,…
Students, teachers and parents have faith in the future of Catholic education
Student enrolment continues to rise, and with it the hope that Catholic education in Alberta will survive and thrive. “Choice in education matters to parents and they are choosing Catholic schools, so in the big scheme of things we can honestly say we are thriving,” said GrACE executive director Bonnie…
St. Joseph’s College professor among experts helping public think more rationally about science
In the COVID era, there’s no news like science news — the fastest vaccine development in human history has been news all year. But public exposure of science has also exposed us to the dangers of half-understood or deliberately manipulated science on social media. Who can forget the Wisconsin pharmacist…
Consecration of the New Church of Our Lady of Peace, Innisfail
Consecration of the New Church of Our Lady of Peace, Innisfail 2nd Sunday in the Octave of Easter – Divine Mercy Sunday Homily [Acts 4: 32-35; Psalm 118; 1John 5: 1-6; John 20: 19-31] I would like to begin this homily by expressing my heartfelt thanks and congratulations to Fr.…
Archbishop Smith announces new Divine Mercy parish in southwest Edmonton
11 April 2021 Divine Mercy Sunday Dear Parishioners of St. Thomas More, With great joy, I announce to you the name chosen for the newest parish in the Archdiocese of Edmonton: Divine Mercy Parish. The Committee charged with planning for the new parish proposed this name as the community’s first…
Future church in south Edmonton named on Divine Mercy Sunday
A new church in southwest Edmonton is at least a decade away, but preparations are underway to build it to serve the growing neighbourhoods of that part of the city. There’s a committee of volunteers. The land has been purchased. There’s a website to raise money. And now there’s a…
New southwest Edmonton parish named Divine Mercy
A new church in southwest Edmonton is at least a decade away, but preparations are underway to build it. And now there’s a name: The Catholic Parish of Divine Mercy.