Every month, we share a photo from our archives! – Junior hockey team of St. Anthony’s College, Edmonton, AB, 1942-1943. (…)
April 2023
Franciscan Friar Louis (Patrick) Geelan, O.F.M., went to his eternal home on April 16, 2023 at the age of 88, after 66 years of religious life and 62 years of priesthood. Born on July 23, 1934, the son of Lillian (Mercier) and Louis Geelan (…)
Easter Greetings! Spending time with the Resurrection accounts this Easter week has allowed for pondering, insights and Easter Hope to settle in me and my journey. Along with Easter Hope comes Easter Joy which has been a reminder of Christ Risen always with us. (…)
Fr. Boniface Heidmeier’s first visit out to Chipman, Alberta, was in August 1909. At that time, Mass was held in the house of a local family, the Diederichs. When everyone came for Mass, the house was so full that Fr. Boniface once thought to (…)
Life is full of unknownsdeath seems to lurk always near. Life from deathdoes not make sense. Yet the parable of the seedgives insight into this reality. Christ Jesuscrucified – died – buriedRisen from the deadtrampling deathbringing us life. Life not as we know itrather (…)
This year will be our first celebration of the resurrection of the Lord in our new home on rue Lescarbot in Montreal. Our Easter celebration will certainly be an acknowledgement of a hope that can never be extinguished. We very much like our new (…)
The Holy Spirit marks the life of Jesus and the Church much more profoundly than we might think. The evangelist Luke, who also wrote the Acts of the Apostles, emphasizes the Holy Spirit right at the beginning in the conception of John the Baptist (…)
By Pierre Ducharme, OFM Easter offers reasons for hope. The essential reasons for hope are expressed in the triduum liturgy, a memorial to Christ’s Paschal passage. For friars serving in large urban parishes, liturgical celebrations, and our own souls, are enriched by the presence (…)
For several years on Easter Weekend, Mount St. Francis Retreat Centre has been the destination for families and individuals. They come for a pilgrimage. They come to walk the grounds, to pray, to find solace in the peace, and to remember the final steps (…)
Pierre Brunette, OFM “Enlighten the darkness of my heart.” During his convalescence, the young Francis of Assisi would often stop to pray in front of the crucifix of San Damiano. He was struck by the beauty of the face of Christ; yet he felt (…)
