Father Pierre Ducharme led a Zoom video conference with over 100 Canadian priests Aug. 14 to discuss how to develop synodal and missionary Catholic churches from coast to coast. (Willan Leung photo)
Over 100 Canadian priests convened for a Zoom video conference Aug. 14 to discuss how to develop synodal and missionary Catholic churches from coast to coast. Participants pondered the same questions posed to their clerical colleagues from around the world who attended the Parish Priests for the Synod International Meeting from April 28 to May...
Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Jasper, Alberta.Photo from Our Lady of Lourdes Website
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church withstood the devastating wildfires that ravaged the municipality of Jasper and the adjacent Jasper National Park. “Thanks be to God,” the Archdiocese of Edmonton stated in reaction to the news. Due to a still-active evacuation order, neither the archdiocese nor local parish staff can assess the extent of internal...
Pope Francis participates in the Lac Ste. Anne pilgrimage and Liturgy of the Word in Lac Ste. Anne, Alberta, on July 26, 2022. On the second anniversary of the Pope’s visit to Canada, the Canadian bishops reprised their call for Catholics nationwide to engage in reconciliation efforts. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) President Bishop William McGrattan has reaffirmed the Catholic Church’s commitment to reconciliation with Canada’s Indigenous peoples to mark the second anniversary of Pope Francis embarking upon his penitential pilgrimage to Canada. In a July 24 CCCB communique titled a “Letter to the People of God,” the bishops outlined the...
Timothy Schmalz works on a model for a sculpture he is creating of Blessed Carlo Acutis July 18, 2024, during the National Eucharistic Congress. (OSV News photo/Natalie Hoefer, The Criterion)
Although he was deeply immersed in fashioning a life-sized bronze tribute to future saint Blessed Carlo Acutis, Canadian Catholic sculptor Timothy Schmalz keenly kept abreast of the discourse at the 10th U.S. National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis. In a nation, indeed a world, that has become so polarized, the congress was a breath of fresh...
Miniaturized sculpture of Blessed Carlo Acutis. Photo courtesy Timothy Schmalz
another in the long line of Christian art by renowned Canadian artist Timothy Schmalz. Schmalz will be among the attractions as he crafts one of his sculptures live and on-site. He will render an immersive monument to Blessed Carlos Acutis, the late Italian Catholic web designer poised to become the first millennial canonized as a...
Despite Liberal protestations to the contrary, user-generated content on social media will fall under CRTC regulations. (Pixabay)
The federal government’s own bureaucrats have exposed that with Bill C-11, the Online Streaming Act, Justin Trudeau’s government has engaged in a “campaign of disinformation.” So says Peter Menzies, a former vice-chair of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). Menzies is among those who have been contradicted and criticized by Liberal MPs for articulating that...
This anatomic model of fetal development at one, two, three and four months is a visual element traditionally included in Edmonton Prolife's KDays exhibition. (Darren Leung)
Edmonton Prolife has filed a lawsuit against the Explore Edmonton Corporation — the local government’s visitor economy and venue management organization — for banning its booth from the city’s Klondike Days (KDays) in July. “Edmonton Prolife’s application seeks relief for Explore Edmonton’s violation of its section 2(b) Charter right to ‘freedom of thought, belief, opinion...
Crews work on the water main break in Calgary June 24.
Adaptability is the name of the game for the Diocese of Calgary and the Calgary Catholic Immigration Society (CCIS) during the ongoing state of emergency sparked by a rupture in the city’s water main on June 5 and the discovery ten days later of five additional hot spots requiring repair. Stage 4 outdoor water restrictions...
June 7th saw the first Parliamentary debate of Bill C-63; The Online Harms Bill. (Unsplash photo)
More than 100 days after its introduction, Bill C-63, The Online Harms Act, which immediately sparked passionate reactions of furor or support, was debated for the first time in the House of Commons June 7. Minister of Justice and Attorney General Arif Virani said during his sponsor’s speech that the legislation will reduce exposure to...
For 122 years, the monks who called the Cistercian-Trappist Monastery of Our Lady of Calvary in Rogersville, N.B., home bonded over their devotion to God and a love of agriculture. The Cistercian monks arrived in 1902 at the invitation of local parish priest Fr. Marcel‑François Richard, who wanted to provide refuge for the brothers from...
