Testing our patience: what would God do?

Lea Karen Kivi · June 13, 2024

Readings for week 2: Sunday, June 16 to Saturday, June 22, 2024

Baking joy at Our Lady of Sorrows

Lea Karen Kivi · June 13, 2024

Pizzelle. Pizzelle? I was intrigued. Is it a miniature pizza?

Editorial

Voice of truth needed

June 13, 2024

Canada’s Catholic bishops deserve full credit for sticking with their commitment to, as Edmonton Archbishop Richard Smith has framed it, walk the whole long path of Indigenous reconciliation.

Listen to Pope Francis: stop cannabis poison

Cathy Majtenyi · June 13, 2024

It all sounded so safe, so ‘progressive’. The 2018 Cannabis Act promised to “minimize harms” to Canadians as it enabled ‘recreational’ users to legally possess and consume cannabis without fear of a criminal record, which would stigmatize them for life.

Culture à la Carte

God alone is Author and Master of life

Sr. Helena Burns · June 13, 2024

Not long ago, I was presenting a Theology of the Body series at Emmanuel Reformed Church in Whitby, Ontario. I was teaching Catholics, but some elderly women from the Reformed congregation began attending the classes.

The Mustard Seed

Hope, not violent protest, is the answer

Glen Argan · June 6, 2024

In 1972, I joined a group of students who occupied the Dean of Arts’ office at the University of Regina. Our goal was to win parity for students on all departmental committees in the Faculty of Arts.

Editorial

Preferences, questions, paradoxes

June 6, 2024

Concluding his letter to the Catholic faithful on devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus during June, Archbishop Francis Leo offers vital watchwords for the current moment and mood.

Let us launch our Biblical journey

Lea Karen Kivi · June 6, 2024

The Bible Book(s)/Chapter(s) to read each day this week, Sunday, June 9 to Saturday, June 15, 2024.

Barefoot and Preaching

A crushing weight and never-ending love

Leah Perrault · June 6, 2024

I was trying to decide if I wanted ice cream when I got a text from my sister: “Call mom or I when you can.” It was one of those moments where time stops and the sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach knows that my world will never be the same.

Figure of Speech

New mace marks going forward together

Gerry Turcotte · June 6, 2024

There is nothing quite so spectacular as a well-executed ceremony, replete with fanfare and ritual. This is arguably why we marvel at coronations even if we aren’t royalists and watch starry-eyed at award ceremonies even if we secretly feel they are testaments to vanity.