Posted on 5/1/2013 11:58 AM By Jay
May 6, 2013
RAMON GONZALEZ
WESTERN CATHOLIC REPORTER
A modest, shy man, Oblate Brother Anthony Kowalczyk must be puzzled by all the fuss the Church and the faithful are making about him.
Posted on 5/1/2013 11:57 AM By Jay
May 6, 2013
ROSALEEN ZDUNICH
SPECIAL TO THE WCR
EDMONTON – The Phoenix Multi-Faith Society for Harmony has won the Edmonton City Police's first annual award for contributions in combating hate in Edmonton and Alberta.
Posted on 5/1/2013 11:55 AM By Jay
May 6, 2013
CHRIS MILLER
WESTERN CATHOLIC REPORTER
At St. Albert's Holy Family Parish, a dozen young Catholics are already pumped about seeing Pope Francis at World Youth Day in Brazil in late July.
Posted on 5/1/2013 11:52 AM By Jay
May 6, 2013
JIM O'LEARY
THE CATHOLIC REGISTER
Gambling is a cruel illusion that causes social harm and family breakdown and should not be promoted by governments, Cardinal Thomas Collins of Toronto has written in a pastoral letter.
Posted on 5/1/2013 11:50 AM By Jay
May 6, 2013
RAMON GONZALEZ
WESTERN CATHOLIC REPORTER
Gerard Amerongen, the speaker of the Alberta legislature during the Peter Lougheed era, will be remember as a dedicated husband and father and a devoted Catholic with a lifelong commitment to fairness and justice.
Posted on 5/1/2013 11:48 AM By Jay
May 6, 2013
RAMON GONZALEZ
WESTERN CATHOLIC REPORTER
The reason for the existence of Development and Peace lies in the nature of the Church itself, says Archbishop Richard Smith.
Posted on 5/1/2013 11:46 AM By Jay
May 6, 2013
RAMON GONZALEZ
WESTERN CATHOLIC REPORTER
EDMONTON – For Catholics, solidarity is not an option, but an obligation. That's according to Bernadette Gasslein, who led a workshop on Baptism and Eucharist at the regional retreat and meeting of the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace April 27.
Posted on 5/1/2013 11:44 AM By Jay
May 6, 2013
CINDY WOODEN
CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
Administering the sacrament of Confirmation to 44 people, Pope Francis encouraged them to "swim against the tide; it's good for the heart."
Posted on 5/1/2013 11:42 AM By Jay
May 6, 2013
CHRIS MILLER
WESTERN CATHOLIC REPORTER
Ad majorem Dei gloriam. All things for the greater glory of God.
The Latin motto for the Society of Jesus is what Troy Davies, strongly influenced by the Jesuits, strives to live his life by.
Posted on 5/1/2013 11:40 AM By Jay
May 6, 2013
CAROL GLATZ
CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
VATICAN CITY – Going to Confession isn't like heading off to be tortured or punished, nor is it like going to the dry cleaners to get out a stain, Pope Francis said in a morning Mass homily.