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Come & See Weekends at St. Joseph Seminary
The Office of Vocations invites men who are discerning a vocation to the priesthood to consider experiencing a “Come & See” weekend at St. Joseph Seminary. It is a weekend live-in experience where you will meet the team of amazing priests who train and form future diocesan priests, our current seminarians who are in ongoing formation and discernment, and other men like yourself who are discerning the Lord’s will for their lives. The next Come & See weekend is offered March 8-10, 2019. If you are interested, please contact Father Marc Cramer in the Office of Vocations for a registration form and preliminary vocations discussion. Email vocations@caedm.ca or phone 780-469-1010 ext. 2154.
The Office of Vocations invites men who are discerning a vocation to the priesthood to consider experiencing a “Come & See” weekend at St. Joseph Seminary. It is a weekend live-in experience where you will meet the team of amazing priests who train and form future diocesan priests, our current seminarians who are in ongoing formation and discernment, and other men like yourself who are discerning the Lord’s will for their lives. The next Come & See weekend is offered March 8-10, 2019. If you are interested, please contact Father Marc Cramer in the Office of Vocations for a registration form and preliminary vocations discussion. Email vocations@caedm.ca or phone 780-469-1010 ext. 2154.
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PARISH PILGRIMAGE 2019
We are in the process of organizing a possible Pilgrimage in the footsteps of St. Stephen, St. John Paul II and St. Faustina from April 22 - May 2, 2019. We plan to be in Lagiewniki, Poland, site of Divine Mercy to celebrate Divine Mercy Sunday 2019. For more information please contact the parish office or speak to Father Adam. 
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Worldwide Marriage Encounter:
Christmas Gift Idea for Married Couples!
It has been said that the greatest gift we can give our children is two parents very much in love with each other. Polish up this gift and put a bow on it at a World Wide Marriage Encounter Weekend. You deserve the best and your children need to see you reaching for it. For more information about the April 27-28, 2019, weekend in Edmonton, contact Nicole & Gavin Van Kuppeveld at gvankup@telus.net or 780-932-2874 – if you or your spouse are not convinced, check out the testimonials from those who have been there at www.wwme.org.
Christmas Gift Idea for Married Couples!
It has been said that the greatest gift we can give our children is two parents very much in love with each other. Polish up this gift and put a bow on it at a World Wide Marriage Encounter Weekend. You deserve the best and your children need to see you reaching for it. For more information about the April 27-28, 2019, weekend in Edmonton, contact Nicole & Gavin Van Kuppeveld at gvankup@telus.net or 780-932-2874 – if you or your spouse are not convinced, check out the testimonials from those who have been there at www.wwme.org.
Big Interview: Father Raymond de Souza
Father de Souza, sometimes called "Canada's finest Catholic commentator," shares his views on faith, morality, community, and hope for the future in an interview with Grandin Media this week. He was in Edmonton recently to make two presentations for the Newman Theological College’s Dr. L.P. Mousseau Ethics Lecture Series. Full videos of his talks will be posted soon on the college's Youtube channel.
Read more (with video)
Second miracle attributed to Newman paves way to canonization
Catholic bishops in the U.K. have expressed hope that Pope Francis will canonize Blessed John Henry Newman in 2019 after Vatican medics said the inexplicable healing of a U.S. mother was a miracle attributable to his intercession. That means his canonization could come during the year in which our Newman Theological College celebrates its 50th anniversary.
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Church must face clericalism, power imbalance, sense of denial
Gordon Self understands the feeling of denial that comes with the revelation that a priest has sexually abused a child -- a friend of his committed just such an offence. Self, who serves as chief mission and ethics officer at Covenant Health, shared his story recently during a panel discussion at St. Joseph’s College.
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Not your mother’s NFP practitioners
Louise Boychuk is 28 and has been using natural family planning for seven years. She's just one of a growing number of young women who are rejecting artificial contraception and the health risks that come with it. She was part of a panel discussion on NFP, held to mark the 50th anniversary of Humanae Vitae.
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CWL presses Ottawa on summer jobs attestation and palliative care
A Catholic Women’s League delegation came away from meetings on Parliament Hill optimistic there may be changes to the pro-abortion attestation required by the Canada Summer Jobs program. The three-women delegation included national president-elect Fran Lucas of Edmonton and chairperson of resolutions Cathy Bouchard of Red Deer. No promises were made, said Bouchard, but everyone they spoke to on both sides of the political aisle said “it’s going to be looked at and it’s going to be different next year.”
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Star of the North Retreat Centre aims to ‘shine on’
The Star of the North has launched a three-year fundraising campaign in an effort to raise $500,000 for upgrades to the St. Albert retreat centre that has focused on spiritual growth and renewal for 65 years. The non-profit retreat centre has welcomed an average of 5,000 people each year for roughly 300 events since the Oblates of Mary Immaculate congregation opened it in 1953.
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Misericordia hospital awarded baby-friendly designation
Rosalytia Barry wanted to breastfeed her baby, but it was an unexpected struggle. Thanks to the amazing nurses at the Misericordia, she got the help she needed. "They would explain and were hands-on if I needed. They were phenomenal. Now it’s super easy.” That type of support is part of the Baby-Friendly Initiative (BFI), a designation the World Health Organization has awarded to the Misericordia Community Hospital.
Read more in The Vital Beat
Father de Souza, sometimes called "Canada's finest Catholic commentator," shares his views on faith, morality, community, and hope for the future in an interview with Grandin Media this week. He was in Edmonton recently to make two presentations for the Newman Theological College’s Dr. L.P. Mousseau Ethics Lecture Series. Full videos of his talks will be posted soon on the college's Youtube channel.
Read more (with video)
Second miracle attributed to Newman paves way to canonization
Catholic bishops in the U.K. have expressed hope that Pope Francis will canonize Blessed John Henry Newman in 2019 after Vatican medics said the inexplicable healing of a U.S. mother was a miracle attributable to his intercession. That means his canonization could come during the year in which our Newman Theological College celebrates its 50th anniversary.
Read more
Church must face clericalism, power imbalance, sense of denial
Gordon Self understands the feeling of denial that comes with the revelation that a priest has sexually abused a child -- a friend of his committed just such an offence. Self, who serves as chief mission and ethics officer at Covenant Health, shared his story recently during a panel discussion at St. Joseph’s College.
Read more
Not your mother’s NFP practitioners
Louise Boychuk is 28 and has been using natural family planning for seven years. She's just one of a growing number of young women who are rejecting artificial contraception and the health risks that come with it. She was part of a panel discussion on NFP, held to mark the 50th anniversary of Humanae Vitae.
Read more
CWL presses Ottawa on summer jobs attestation and palliative care
A Catholic Women’s League delegation came away from meetings on Parliament Hill optimistic there may be changes to the pro-abortion attestation required by the Canada Summer Jobs program. The three-women delegation included national president-elect Fran Lucas of Edmonton and chairperson of resolutions Cathy Bouchard of Red Deer. No promises were made, said Bouchard, but everyone they spoke to on both sides of the political aisle said “it’s going to be looked at and it’s going to be different next year.”
Read more
Star of the North Retreat Centre aims to ‘shine on’
The Star of the North has launched a three-year fundraising campaign in an effort to raise $500,000 for upgrades to the St. Albert retreat centre that has focused on spiritual growth and renewal for 65 years. The non-profit retreat centre has welcomed an average of 5,000 people each year for roughly 300 events since the Oblates of Mary Immaculate congregation opened it in 1953.
Read more
Misericordia hospital awarded baby-friendly designation
Rosalytia Barry wanted to breastfeed her baby, but it was an unexpected struggle. Thanks to the amazing nurses at the Misericordia, she got the help she needed. "They would explain and were hands-on if I needed. They were phenomenal. Now it’s super easy.” That type of support is part of the Baby-Friendly Initiative (BFI), a designation the World Health Organization has awarded to the Misericordia Community Hospital.
Read more in The Vital Beat
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What does truth and reconciliation look like for Catholics?
In this episode of the Bishops Roundtable, the Alberta-NWT Bishops offer reflections on what we as Catholics can do to advance reconciliation with our Indigenous sisters and brothers.
Watch the video
At First Peoples church, teepee tabernacle is home to Christ
Veronica Kennedy is the Metis artist behind the new teepee tabernacle at Sacred Heart Church of the First Peoples. Her latest work is one of many liturgical pieces she has created in what she describes as a sacred calling from God.
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D&P pledges moratorium on funding of 52 partner agencies
The Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace has agreed to withhold funding from 52 of its partner organizations that continue to be investigated for alleged connections to abortion, artificial contraception and other contradictions with Catholic teaching. Archbishop Smith says he will be meeting soon with local members of D&P to announce whether the Archdiocese will resume forwarding donations to D&P through Together We Serve.
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Edmonton pastor named interim president of St. Michael’s College
As the fallout continues over sex assault allegations at a Toronto Catholic high school, Father Andrew Leung CSB, currently pastor of St. Alphonsus-St. Clare Parishes, will step in as interim president of the school. In the meantime, fellow Basilian Father Glenn McDonald will serve as administrator of the Edmonton parishes.
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St. Joseph’s College eyes evagelization opportunities
St. Joseph’s College has launched a new strategic plan that focuses on academic excellence, publicizing research, expanding opportunities for students, and engaging with the community. Now it’s a matter of promoting that both on and off campus, says College President Father Terry Kersch.
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Catholic college president bares atheist past
Jason West, president of Newman Theological College, describes his very personal journey from atheism to committed Catholic in a new book called Canadian Converts: The Path to Rome. He is one of 15 writers who share testimonial essays about becoming Catholic.
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New book details Church’s great contributions to civilization
Ryan Topping says there’s a collective amnesia about the contributions the Catholic Church has made to Western civilization. He aims to address that in his new book, The Gift of the Church: How the Catholic Church Transformed the History and Soul of the West.
Read more
And in the Edmonton Journal ...
Catholic school boards and dioceses have created a new organization to counter the push for a unified public education system in Alberta. Grateful Advocates for Catholic Education, or GrACE, is overseen by board members from the Catholic church and the Alberta Catholic School Trustees’ Association.
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And you can subscribe to the Grandin Media newsletter for weekly updates too.
What does truth and reconciliation look like for Catholics?
In this episode of the Bishops Roundtable, the Alberta-NWT Bishops offer reflections on what we as Catholics can do to advance reconciliation with our Indigenous sisters and brothers.
Watch the video
At First Peoples church, teepee tabernacle is home to Christ
Veronica Kennedy is the Metis artist behind the new teepee tabernacle at Sacred Heart Church of the First Peoples. Her latest work is one of many liturgical pieces she has created in what she describes as a sacred calling from God.
Read more
D&P pledges moratorium on funding of 52 partner agencies
The Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace has agreed to withhold funding from 52 of its partner organizations that continue to be investigated for alleged connections to abortion, artificial contraception and other contradictions with Catholic teaching. Archbishop Smith says he will be meeting soon with local members of D&P to announce whether the Archdiocese will resume forwarding donations to D&P through Together We Serve.
Read more
Edmonton pastor named interim president of St. Michael’s College
As the fallout continues over sex assault allegations at a Toronto Catholic high school, Father Andrew Leung CSB, currently pastor of St. Alphonsus-St. Clare Parishes, will step in as interim president of the school. In the meantime, fellow Basilian Father Glenn McDonald will serve as administrator of the Edmonton parishes.
Read more
St. Joseph’s College eyes evagelization opportunities
St. Joseph’s College has launched a new strategic plan that focuses on academic excellence, publicizing research, expanding opportunities for students, and engaging with the community. Now it’s a matter of promoting that both on and off campus, says College President Father Terry Kersch.
Read more
Catholic college president bares atheist past
Jason West, president of Newman Theological College, describes his very personal journey from atheism to committed Catholic in a new book called Canadian Converts: The Path to Rome. He is one of 15 writers who share testimonial essays about becoming Catholic.
Read more
New book details Church’s great contributions to civilization
Ryan Topping says there’s a collective amnesia about the contributions the Catholic Church has made to Western civilization. He aims to address that in his new book, The Gift of the Church: How the Catholic Church Transformed the History and Soul of the West.
Read more
And in the Edmonton Journal ...
Catholic school boards and dioceses have created a new organization to counter the push for a unified public education system in Alberta. Grateful Advocates for Catholic Education, or GrACE, is overseen by board members from the Catholic church and the Alberta Catholic School Trustees’ Association.
Read more
HOME VISITATIONS
Are you new to the parish or a seasoned veteran of St. Stephen’s and perhaps, would be interested in receiving a visit from our Pastoral Assistant. All you are asked for is to share with Donna your thoughts, needs, concerns, etc. regarding the parish. All comments will remain confidential. She will not be recruiting for parish positions nor will she be asking for donations. To set up a time and date you can contact Donna between 8:30 and 3:30, Monday thru Friday at
403-556-3084 (ext. 4) or leave a message and she will get back to you.
Are you new to the parish or a seasoned veteran of St. Stephen’s and perhaps, would be interested in receiving a visit from our Pastoral Assistant. All you are asked for is to share with Donna your thoughts, needs, concerns, etc. regarding the parish. All comments will remain confidential. She will not be recruiting for parish positions nor will she be asking for donations. To set up a time and date you can contact Donna between 8:30 and 3:30, Monday thru Friday at
403-556-3084 (ext. 4) or leave a message and she will get back to you.
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Our Priests
Our Deceased Priests We pray in a special way for all our priests who have died in the month of December. Rev. Martin VOLK Dec. 2, 1985 Rev. James Robert CARSWELL Dec. 6, 1983 Rev. John Joseph AHERNE Dec. 9, 1959 Rev. Kenneth George McLELLAN Dec. 10, 1976 Rev. John Joseph NOLAN Dec. 11, 1929 Rev. Thomas KROETCH Dec. 17, 2009 Rev. William A. MacLELLAN Dec. 18, 1988 Rev. Augustine HICKEY Dec. 18, 1988 Rev. Louis L. TREMBLAY Dec. 23, 1934 Rev. Terrence J. WALL Dec. 23, 1977 Rev. Maurice Joseph O’CONNOR Dec. 27, 1956 Rev. Adam PRZYSIEZNIAK Dec. 27, 1995 Rev. Albert LAISNEZ Dec. 31, 2017 |
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.
May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen |
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What does poverty look like?
Hilarie Fortune is a single mom who has struggled with abuse, homelessness and addiction. But thanks to her faith and the community around Sacred Heart Church of the First Peoples, she is not only surviving but helping others through parish outreach. See what poverty looks like through her eyes and those of Father Susai Jesu, pastor at Sacred Heart. Read their story (with video) |
The more I invite God into my heart, the closer I am to my daughter
Columnist Brett Fawcett was once skeptical about the phrase “Forever in our hearts,” often used when someone dies. "It might sound nice, I thought, to say that a dead loved one continues to live somehow in our memory, but our memories are unreliable and transitory. They pass away, just as we do." His thinking changed with the death of newborn daughter.
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What’s wrong with the right to happiness?
Columnist Mike Landry reflects this week on the final published work of C.S. Lewis, an essay titled We Have No ‘Right to Happiness.' Lewis, writing 45 years ago, saw many using the pursuit of happiness as a justification for the choices they made surrounding love, marriage, and sexuality. The fact is that not much has changed since then.
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Private Christian school resists compromising rights over GSA law
The principal of a southern Alberta private Christian school says he’s defending religious rights and won’t back down despite the threat of losing funding from the Alberta government. Education Minister David Eggen has warned he will pull funding from schools that do not comply with the government’s law to support gay-straight alliances, which includes a prohibition on informing parents if their children join such a group.
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Eggen assures trustees publicly funded Catholic education is ‘not negotiable’
Education Minister David Eggen says the provincial NDP have no plans to abandon publicly funded Catholic education if they are re-elected next spring. “I’d like to state very clearly that we support Catholic education in the province and we know that students are receiving a very high quality education from your schools,” Eggen told delegates to the Alberta Catholic School Trustees Association annual general meeting Nov. 17. “That’s not negotiable. You can take that to the bank."
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Six students charged in St. Michael’s College School assault investigation
An iconic Canadian Catholic high school is reeling following the arrest of six students who are charged with assault and sexual assault following an alleged incident in a locker-room that was posted on social media. The accused are students of St. Michael’s College School in midtown Toronto. Police say their investigation may reveal more incidents and more victims.
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Vatican asks U.S. bishops to delay vote on sex abuse response proposals
At the urging of the Vatican, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops decided not to vote on two proposals regarding their response to the clergy sex abuse crisis.The Vatican asked the bishops to delay any vote until after a February meeting with the pope and presidents of the bishops’ conferences around the world that will focus on addressing clergy abuse. Affected are proposed standards of episcopal conduct and the formation of a special commission for review of complaints against bishops for violations of the standards.
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Columnist Brett Fawcett was once skeptical about the phrase “Forever in our hearts,” often used when someone dies. "It might sound nice, I thought, to say that a dead loved one continues to live somehow in our memory, but our memories are unreliable and transitory. They pass away, just as we do." His thinking changed with the death of newborn daughter.
Read more
What’s wrong with the right to happiness?
Columnist Mike Landry reflects this week on the final published work of C.S. Lewis, an essay titled We Have No ‘Right to Happiness.' Lewis, writing 45 years ago, saw many using the pursuit of happiness as a justification for the choices they made surrounding love, marriage, and sexuality. The fact is that not much has changed since then.
Read more
Private Christian school resists compromising rights over GSA law
The principal of a southern Alberta private Christian school says he’s defending religious rights and won’t back down despite the threat of losing funding from the Alberta government. Education Minister David Eggen has warned he will pull funding from schools that do not comply with the government’s law to support gay-straight alliances, which includes a prohibition on informing parents if their children join such a group.
Read more
Eggen assures trustees publicly funded Catholic education is ‘not negotiable’
Education Minister David Eggen says the provincial NDP have no plans to abandon publicly funded Catholic education if they are re-elected next spring. “I’d like to state very clearly that we support Catholic education in the province and we know that students are receiving a very high quality education from your schools,” Eggen told delegates to the Alberta Catholic School Trustees Association annual general meeting Nov. 17. “That’s not negotiable. You can take that to the bank."
Read more
Six students charged in St. Michael’s College School assault investigation
An iconic Canadian Catholic high school is reeling following the arrest of six students who are charged with assault and sexual assault following an alleged incident in a locker-room that was posted on social media. The accused are students of St. Michael’s College School in midtown Toronto. Police say their investigation may reveal more incidents and more victims.
Read more
Vatican asks U.S. bishops to delay vote on sex abuse response proposals
At the urging of the Vatican, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops decided not to vote on two proposals regarding their response to the clergy sex abuse crisis.The Vatican asked the bishops to delay any vote until after a February meeting with the pope and presidents of the bishops’ conferences around the world that will focus on addressing clergy abuse. Affected are proposed standards of episcopal conduct and the formation of a special commission for review of complaints against bishops for violations of the standards.
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Elsewhere in the news ...
'Christ' is back in Christmas at B.C. mall
A Prince George mall that disapproved of Christian Christmas carols being performed at a Salvation Army fundraising event on its premises has backtracked, assuring the charity that songs about the birth of Jesus won’t be banned from future shows. The Salvation Army was initially told that songs such as Mary’s Boy Child and Go Tell It On The Mountain violated its policy of remaining non-partisan and non-sectarian.
Read more in the National Post
Opinion: Forcing Church out of medicine will worsen palliative care
Karol Bosching writes that the media gets in wrong when they refer to physician-assisted suicide as a "fundamental human right” and that forcing the Church out of health care would be a mistake. "This issue does not simply affect Catholic health-care organizations. For example, the Delta Hospice Society, a secular hospice in B.C., was embroiled in controversy earlier this year when the local health authority attempted to bully them into making physician-assisted suicide available on their premises, despite strenuous objections by hospice founders and operators."
Read more in the Edmonton Journal
'Christ' is back in Christmas at B.C. mall
A Prince George mall that disapproved of Christian Christmas carols being performed at a Salvation Army fundraising event on its premises has backtracked, assuring the charity that songs about the birth of Jesus won’t be banned from future shows. The Salvation Army was initially told that songs such as Mary’s Boy Child and Go Tell It On The Mountain violated its policy of remaining non-partisan and non-sectarian.
Read more in the National Post
Opinion: Forcing Church out of medicine will worsen palliative care
Karol Bosching writes that the media gets in wrong when they refer to physician-assisted suicide as a "fundamental human right” and that forcing the Church out of health care would be a mistake. "This issue does not simply affect Catholic health-care organizations. For example, the Delta Hospice Society, a secular hospice in B.C., was embroiled in controversy earlier this year when the local health authority attempted to bully them into making physician-assisted suicide available on their premises, despite strenuous objections by hospice founders and operators."
Read more in the Edmonton Journal
In the News ....
Just a few recent highlights ... and there's lots more at grandinmedia.ca.
And you can subscribe to the Grandin Media newsletter for weekly updates too.
Just a few recent highlights ... and there's lots more at grandinmedia.ca.
And you can subscribe to the Grandin Media newsletter for weekly updates too.
Life after RCIA
Are you a relatively new Catholic? Would you like to share your faith journey? Novalis Publishing is looking for stories from new Catholics about your experience of living out the faith after RCIA, to publish in an upcoming book. Send no more than 300 words to neophyte@novalis.ca, and let them know if you prefer to remain anonymous.
Are you a relatively new Catholic? Would you like to share your faith journey? Novalis Publishing is looking for stories from new Catholics about your experience of living out the faith after RCIA, to publish in an upcoming book. Send no more than 300 words to neophyte@novalis.ca, and let them know if you prefer to remain anonymous.
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What keeps a Bishop up a night?
That was one of the questions posed to the Alberta-NWT Bishops when they sat down with the Grandin Media team in June to discuss the challenges they face in their dioceses. This is the first video in a four-part series. In this episode, we hear some surprising thoughts on who is evangelizing whom! |
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New saints ‘risked everything’ for love of Christ, Pope says
Carrying Pope Paul VI’s pastoral staff and wearing the blood-stained belt of Archbishop Oscar Romero of San Salvador, Pope Francis formally recognized them, and five others, as saints of the Catholic Church. Thousands of pilgrims -- including a contingent from Edmonton pictured below -- gathered Oct. 14 in St. Peter’s Square to celebrate the universal recognition of the holiness of men and women they already knew were saints. “All these saints," said the Holy Father, "put today’s word into practice in their lives, without lukewarmness, without calculation, with the passion to risk everything and to leave it all behind. May the Lord help us to imitate their example." Read more |
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Congratulations and Welcome to our Newest Deacons!
Friends, family, religious women, priests and brother deacons gathered on August 11 at St. Joseph's Basilica to celebrate the ordination of three men to the permanent diaconate: Christopher Ashdown of St. Thomas More Parish in Edmonton, Edward Meding of Our Lady of the Foothills in Hinton, and Ramon Morales of St. Agnes Parish in Edmonton. May God bless them richly in their ministry! Read more about them in Grandin Media: Three new deacons ordained to vocation of service and love Ed Meding looks forward to ministry after embracing the call Commitment to serving others inspired Ramon Morales’ journey “The time was right” – Chris Ashdown always felt called to diaconate |
Left to right: Deacon Ed Meding, Archbishop Smith, Deacon Chris Ashdown, Deacon Ramon Morales, and Deacon Gerald Logan, ordained in July for Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan.
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St. Albert designated an official shrine of the Archdiocese
Posted on 8/20/2018 11:09 AM By Lorraine Announcement made Aug. 19 at 80th annual pilgrimage to Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in St. Albert.
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Posted on 8/20/2018 11:09 AM By Lorraine Announcement made Aug. 19 at 80th annual pilgrimage to Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in St. Albert.
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Congratulations and Welcome to our Newest Priest!
Friends, family, religious women and brother priests gathered on June 28 in a crowded St. Joseph's Basilica to celebrate the ordination of Robert Lee to the priesthood. Father Robert's first posting, beginning in August, will be as assistant pastor at the Basilica Parish. May God bless him richly in his ministry! Read more about our new priest in Grandin Media: Friends, family and brother priests celebrate as Robert Lee ordained (with video) Experienced guide on woodland hikes, Edmonton’s newest priest sets sights on higher trail |
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Other seminarians who are scheduled to be ordained to priesthood:
Derek Remus, Diocese of Calgary, June 29 Kendrick Beler, Diocese of Prince Albert, July 11 Emmanuel Ekanem, Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan, October 5 Please keep these men in your prayers as they prepare for ordination. |
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Left Footers
This week Father Roger and guest Sara Dmitri take us through a chat about some surprising priestly clothing choices and somehow end up at Disney, where movies tell morality stories -- not unlike Jesus did. |
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New feast day: Mary, Mother of the Church
The Catholic Church doesn’t often add new celebrations to its pretty full liturgical calendar, but this year’s new feast day, Mary, Mother of the Church on May 21, has Catholics gearing up to mark the day or at least think a little more about Mary.
The new feast day, which will be celebrated annually the day after Pentecost, was announced in a March 3rd decree by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments.
“I think Pope Francis recognizes the importance of the Blessed Virgin Mary, her association with the Apostles and Christ, and the feast of Pentecost,” says Father Paul Kavanagh, director of the Office of Divine Worship for the Archdiocese.
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The Catholic Church doesn’t often add new celebrations to its pretty full liturgical calendar, but this year’s new feast day, Mary, Mother of the Church on May 21, has Catholics gearing up to mark the day or at least think a little more about Mary.
The new feast day, which will be celebrated annually the day after Pentecost, was announced in a March 3rd decree by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments.
“I think Pope Francis recognizes the importance of the Blessed Virgin Mary, her association with the Apostles and Christ, and the feast of Pentecost,” says Father Paul Kavanagh, director of the Office of Divine Worship for the Archdiocese.
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The Word in an instant The Archbishop asks us all to make Scripture reading a part of our daily lives. That's not always easy, but a new smartphone app from Novalis can make it pretty effortless. The Living With Christ Prayer app is available free of charge on iPhone and Android devices. In addition to the daily Mass readings from the Canadian lectionary, the app offers collections of daily prayers, daily meditations with attractive images, and a liturgical calendar with feast and saints’ days. If you like, it will even send you reminders to take time out to pray! Read more in Grandin Media |
Lots more at grandinmedia.ca
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Venerable Men
Two giants of Catholic history in Alberta continue to be considered for possible sainthood by Pope Francis. Most Rev. Vital Grandin (left) was the first bishop of St. Albert when the diocese was erected in 1871 and was instrumental in the establishment of the Catholic Church in Western Canada. Brother Anthony Kowalczyk worked with indigenous and Métis people in Alberta and later served as a beloved custodian and handyman at College St. Jean in Edmonton. Both were members of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. “Let’s continue to promote the advancement of these causes by our prayers,” Archbishop Richard Smith wrote in his blog Wednesday, after meeting with the head of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints at the Vatican. Both Bishop Grandin and Brother Anthony are considered venerable, meaning they have lived heroic virtues. Candidates are required to have two miracles attributed to them before being declared a saint. Read more |
Wondering about Religious Life?
Abide YEG is a great new resource for young adults in the Year of Consecrated Life. The blog includes excellent podcasts by Father Glenn and a young student who is discerning, and answers to all kinds of questions about religious life. Be sure to share with anyone you know who may be wondering ...http://abideyeg.blogspot.ca/
Abide YEG is a great new resource for young adults in the Year of Consecrated Life. The blog includes excellent podcasts by Father Glenn and a young student who is discerning, and answers to all kinds of questions about religious life. Be sure to share with anyone you know who may be wondering ...http://abideyeg.blogspot.ca/
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403-556-3084
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