Have the patience of Jesus Christ when interrupted

Archbishop Shelton J. Fabre · June 27, 2025

For many reasons, certainly among them challenges that I have been recently called upon to address, I have been reflecting again upon when things in life unexpectedly arise and demand our attention and our focus.

Listen while God answers our questions

Seek the truth, no matter where it leads

Cheryl-Ann Smith · June 20, 2025

God is infinite, omnipotent, omniscient, so far beyond us. And yet, He is also simplicity. He is love.

Stories of hope are communications gold

Sr. Hosea Rupprecht · June 13, 2025

We need to ask ourselves: does my communication generate hope? If it doesn't, what do I have to do to change it?

The cave of Light, not Platonic shadows

Cheryl-Ann Smith · June 12, 2025

When we long for a deeper encounter with God; when we are felled by failure and futility, when we cannot carry on without a strengthening and recommissioning, we can plunge our hands and indeed our whole being into the deep cave of Christ’s heart and wait for His love to revive us.

A foster brother who made angels sing

Cheryl-Ann Smith · May 30, 2025

Many years ago, I lived in a poor, dusty town, but one rich in faith and love. We were poor together, and shared what we had with each other in the neighbourhood.

Bring Catholic social teaching to life

These principles provide real hope and transcend the normal political binaries

Jason Adkins · May 30, 2025

In a world that pits humans against the environment, how can the Church point the way forward? The great gift of “Laudato Si'” was to apply the principles of Catholic social teaching to the problem of creation care. The result was the concept of integral ecology, which does justice to both persons and the environment, because everything is connected.

What is truth?

Anna Farrow · May 23, 2025

On the fourth anniversary of the Kamloops announcement, it is the Pontius Pilate question that echoes through Canada. But if Canadians cannot agree on the meaning of “truth” as it applies to residential schools, how does reconciliation take place?

Once lost, now found — again and again

Cheryl-Ann Smith · May 23, 2025

We are never truly lost: God knows where we are, and He creatively uses any interior place to draw us deeper into His heart.

Bless this mess that is our Church

Elizabeth Scalia · May 8, 2025

One of the good things about a Catholic church is that it isn't respectable… You can find anyone in it, from duchesses to whores, from tramps to kings.

Pray for those who love the sufferer

Blessed are the caregivers

Harry McAvoy · May 8, 2025

In addition to those who suffer with such frightening diseases, I pray for their loved ones and especially the spouse; who must live through the struggle, doing their best to keep loving, supporting and encouraging.