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Uplifted by Uplift

On Saturday, I visited the site of Catholic Social Services' annual Day of Mercy, called Uplift. The name is apt. That day, many people were given a "lift up" as they filed through the doors of St...

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Lift Me Up

A couple of years ago I attended an event for families. I was standing at the back of the room, listening to a speaker. (What is it with us Catholics and the back row, pew or whatever? We seem to...

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Ten Ogórek Jest Zielony

Well, there it is. My first full sentence in Polish. It was taught to me this week by a group of grade-three students at St Basil's school, which runs a Polish-English bilingual programme. Not exactly...

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Saint Who?

On Sunday, Pope Francis, canonized seven people, thus proposing them to the universal Church as models of holiness. Two among them have long been famous and have thus garnered the lion's share of media...

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The Vaccine

It's flu season again. That means that, once again, a vaccine has been produced to prevent the spread of the virus. On television ads, I've noticed a great push to promote the vaccine and to encourage...

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Take Heart!

Halloween happens this week. It's a time when people's attention gravitates toward what is scary. Horror and fright are featured in radio interviews and television programs. Houses are decorated with...

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Q&A with Jesus

In my school visits, I welcome the opportunities for question and answer sessions with the students. It gives me a sense of how they are doing, what their concerns are and how the Church can teach and...

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Remembering

On November 11th, our country united with many others in an act of remembering. We called to mind the millions of men and women who, in the course of war, gave their lives in defence of freedom. They...

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Proper Alignment

We are approaching the end of the liturgical year, so the Scripture readings we listen to these days address another end, that of history. They point to that time when Jesus, as he promised, will come...

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The Reigning Champion

On Sunday, Edmonton played host to the Grey Cup championship of the Canadian Football League. The days leading up to the championship game were quite the festival! Fans came in from across the country,...

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Cross and Altar

This weekend I had the wonderful blessing of visiting St. Agnes and Our Lady of Perpetual Help parishes. On Saturday, at the newly and beautifully renovated church of St. Agnes in Edmonton, I dedicated...

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Grandin Media at One

Time flies, etc. Well, it does, indeed, feel as if time has flown by when I consider that Grandin Media is already one year old. And I do think that the denizens of our Communications Department have...

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Rejoice When I'm Sad?

On Saturday, I made a visit to our Holy Cross cemetery and mausoleum. The occasion was the annual mass I celebrate with families of loved ones who have died. It is a poignant moment. Especially if the...

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Surrendering Control

Many people travel this time of the year. In the northern climes in which I live, that will often mean travel disruption. Winter weather will quite often give us flight cancellations or delays and...

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Panama Bound!

Lots of enthusiasm, to say the least! This was my experience of the pilgrims of this Archdiocese who will be setting off this week for World Youth Days in Panama. We gathered Saturday afternoon to...

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Justice and Only Justice

We are now in the annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (January 18-25). The theme for the week of prayer in 2019, "Justice, and only justice, you shall pursue ..." is inspired by Deuteronomy...

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Stay Tuned In!

In the course of many parish visits over the last year and a half, I've been repeatedly drawing attention to the message at the heart of the pastoral letter Living in the Word of God. I do this by...

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World Day of the Sick

Every year on February 11th, feast day of Our Lady of Lourdes, the Church marks the World Day of the Sick. In our churches around the world we offer prayers to Almighty God for healing of those...

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Be Carried by the Tide

Over the last year and a half or so, I've been reaching out in a number of different ways to the parishioners of this Archdiocese to find out what's on their minds. I've hosted listening sessions for a...

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And the Oscar Goes To …

I awoke this morning to the news that the Academy Awards had taken place last night. In the newspapers and online, headlines trumpeted the winners of the various awards. As I glanced at the names of...

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The Annual Checkup

It is that time of year again for that annual check-up we call Lent. This is a checkup of the spiritual kind, an examination of the soul.When we go to our annual visit with a medical doctor, it often...

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Chosen and Tempted

This past weekend we celebrated the Rite of Election. For the last months or even years, men, women and children have been following a catechumenal journey towards full membership in the Catholic...

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Give Up Listening

“We’re giving up screen time for Lent!” This was what two very excited young children were anxious to tell me at the end of mass recently. For our youth – and perhaps also for many adults – there is...

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Emergency Alert

One night the other week, at a rather late hour, my mobile phone started to make a rather strange and very loud noise. I nearly jumped out of my skin! Turns out, it was the Alberta Emergency Alert...

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Blog posts have moved

All new blog posts from Archbishop Smith will now be available at Grandin Media.Located at this link: https://grandinmedia.ca/archbsmithTo subscribe to an RSS feed, use this link....

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