Every month, we share a photo from our archives! — Blessed Frédéric Janssoone with friars, 1906. (…)
February 2023
Wilderness pay attention to truth see with the heart walk with courage strengthened for the right path. Wilderness sometimes familiar other times not new frontiers and old stomping grounds head games and heart yearnings societal pressure illusions. Wilderness expands beyond my knowledge driven there (…)
This reflection is based on the prescribed scripture for Ash Wednesday: Joel 2.12-18, Psalm 51, 2 Corinthians 5.20-6.2, and Matthew 6.1-6, 16-18. And the countdown begins. Will we survive the journey to Easter? Will it feel long and drawn out or disappear without us (…)
In 1912, there were around 40 Catholic families in Beverly, Alberta, and the Franciscans began to say Mass there regularly. Fr. Ethelbert arrived from Montreal in 1915 to help at the missions and took it upon himself to build a church in Beverly for (…)
When the storms of life are constant, when the waves never seem to cease, when the roar of wind is all I feel, I trust O God you have my hand. When it feels like it’s always uphill, when the climb is very steep, (…)
February 2 is the Feast of the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple. It also marks World Day of Prayer for Consecrated Life. A day set aside to pray for those in religious life, those who are discerning their call and an opportunity to (…)
