2022 Advent Penitential Services

The Advent season is a time of preparation that directs our hearts and minds to Christ’s second coming at the end of time and to the anniversary of Our Lord’s birth on Christmas. Click for a schedule of all the Advent Penitentials that parishes have sent to the Archdiocese:

ADVENT PENITENTIAL LIST

News & Events

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Messages and Homilies

Letter to the Faithful: On the Synod on Synodality

October 18, 2021

October 18, 2021 Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, On Sunday, October 10th, Pope Francis celebrated Mass in St Peter’s…

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National Indigenous parish launches rebuilding campaign

August 5, 2021

Sacred Heart Church of the First Peoples was damaged by fire, sustaining serious damage which requires rebuilding and upgrades. Sacred…

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Archbishop on Buddhist Feast of Vesakh

May 26, 2021

A letter from Archbishop Smith to Edmonton Buddhist communities on the occasion of the Feast of Vesakh. Attached below is…

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Letter-writing campaign urges MPs to stop expansion of assisted suicide

March 12, 2020

Edmonton Archbishop Richard Smith is urging Catholics to join him in writing their MPs to stop plans to make it…

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Pope Francis denies knowing of allegations against McCarrick

May 28, 2019

Nearly a year later, Pope Francis denied claims made by a former apostolic nuncio to the United States who accused…

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In an open letter, group accuses Pope Francis of heresy

May 2, 2019

A small group of Catholics has accused Pope Francis of heresy and has written to the world's bishops asking them…

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