Western Canada

Archbishop-designate Stephen Hero said he is not coming to Edmonton “with an agenda in my pocket.”

After a busy Sunday celebrating three Masses, Fr. Susai Jesu, OMI, returned home on Nov. 16 ready to relax.

An Enculturation Week was held in October for international “Fidei Donum” clergy who have recently arrived to serve in the Diocese of Saskatoon, providing orientation and welcome.

At his first Archbishop’s Dinner, Archbishop Richard W. Smith found inspiration in Vancouver residents’ concern with seismic safety, calling Catholics to pray for a different kind of earthquake — a “spiritual” one that topples barriers and rebuilds lives on the love of God.

At the Spanish hostel called St. Alba, a simple, unmistakable moment crystallized Camino pilgrim Brenda Krivuzoff’s purpose as an educator and as principal of St. Mary’s Elementary School in Vancouver during the Jubilee Year of Hope.

On Oct. 3 and 4, the Gregory the Great Institute launches with the first annual Renewing Culture Conference at the Mount Carmel Spirituality Centre in Parkland Village, Alta.

Pope Leo’s recurring call for prayers for peace in the world are being echoed in Vancouver as Archbishop Richard Smith makes his first pastoral initiative a monthly Rosary for Peace at Holy Rosary Cathedral.

"There's no substitute for local knowledge," Archbishop Richard Smith told thousands of pilgrims gathered recently at Fraser River Heritage Park in Mission, the same kind of "local knowledge incarnate" that Jesus Christ offers to believers seeking the surest path to eternal life.

The Catholic Charities Men’s Shelter has many success stories, and in spite of his relatively short stay at the shelter — around two weeks in 2023 — Danny Bale is one of them.

The history of Alberta politicians provoking resentment against Eastern Canada goes back at least to William Aberhart, who was the province’s premier from 1935 until he died in 1943.