Royal Doors

Aug

11

2017

By Fr. Michael Winn

Catholic Climate Movements in Ukraine and the World

Jul

01

2017

By Brent Kostyniuk

Unity 2017

Both Lungs, Featured Articles

by Brent Kostyniuk Most Catholics will be well aware of World Youth Day (WYD), a gathering of young people which takes place in a different country every three years. A much more accessible event, Unity, is sponsored annually by the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Canada. This year, Unity will take place from August 17 to 20 at St. Peter’s Abbey in Muenster Saskatchewan. Sarah Buchko, Youth and Young Adult Minister for the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saskatoon, explains the significance of Unity 2017 for Ukrainian Catholic young people. “Unity is not only a reunion gathering for young adults who may…

Jun

23

2017

By Fr. Michael Winn

June 23, 2017 – Matthew 10:32-36; 11:1

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Matthew 10:32-36; 11:1 Glory be to Jesus Christ! Last summer, while on vacation I met a seminarian at a local parish where I concelebrated Sunday Eucharist. This young man was a couple years into his philosophy studies and was spending the summer at this parish, getting some hands on experience before heading back to seminary in the late fall. This young man did not grow up going to Church or even in a family that valued faith, but by the grace of God, he found the faith, deepened it, and began exploring this call to the priesthood. Unfortunately, his family…

Jun

22

2017

By Fr. Michael Winn

June 22 – Matthew 10:23–31

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Matthew 10:23–31 Glory be to Jesus Christ! Have you ever expressed to another—whether it be spouse, child, parent, friend, or stranger—that you love the Lord, and that you are coming to know deeper, day by day, how much the Lord loves you? That there is only one true God and no other? That salvation is through Jesus Christ and no other? Perhaps we have expressed this to someone who is very close to us. But to others, we probably have been shy, perhaps even concerned what others may think of us, what others may say about us. Here are (and…

Jun

21

2017

By Fr. Michael Winn

June 21, 2017 – Matthew 10:16-22

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Matthew 10:16-22 Glory be to Jesus Christ! Imagine being called to jury duty and sitting in the courtroom to hear the proceedings of an important trial. The two sides proceed with their opening introductions and the first witness is called forth. The witness takes the stand and immediately begins telling a story, but not one they have been asked to give an account of by the court, but rather their own story- where they grew up the food that they enjoy, the hobbies that they have etc.! Witnesses are just that, those who have witnessed something outside of themselves and…

Jun

21

2017

By Fr. Michael Winn

June 20, 2017 – Matthew 10:9-15

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Matthew 10:9-15 Glory be to Jesus Christ! I remember my first backpacking trip very distinctly. A group of friends of mine from work had decided to go on a backpacking adventure in Jasper for a weekend. We didn’t really have any previous experience and so were confused as to what exactly to pack and how heavy our packs should be. I found out later from a book that there is no real need to pack more than a 30 lbs pack. I found that out much earlier when I was trudging around on our hike with a pack that weighed…

Jun

19

2017

By Respected Author

June 19, 2017 – Matthew 9:36-10:8

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Matthew 9:36-10:8 Glory be to Jesus Christ! Today’s gospel is about evangelization, about mission, about spreading the good news of Jesus Christ. This is something that many Christians today take as seriously as the apostles who Jesus appointed, and rightly so: Jesus commands us in the last verses of Matthew’s Gospel to preach the good news to all nations. What is perhaps more difficult for us to accept is that preaching the good news – even if it’s as simple as trying to convince those we know and meet that our religion is a worthwhile part of our lives –…

Jun

18

2017

By Respected Author

June 18, 2017 – Matthew 4:18-23

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Matthew 4:18-23 Glory be to Jesus Christ! In today's Gospel we read about the vocation of four fishermen who by answering Jesus' invitation to follow Him changed the world. It is with these four simple, hardworking men Jesus, the Incarnate Word of God, begins his earthly ministry which will crown with redemption of the whole world. These four apostles without any hesitation, questioning or doubting said 'YES' to Jesus. We read that they immediately left everything and everyone to follow Him. The important word here is "immediately." For it shows us how to properly react to God when he speaks…

Jun

01

2017

By Fr. Michael Winn

His Beatitude Lubomyr Cardinal Husar Dies Aged 84

May

19

2017

By Brent Kostyniuk

Breathing Through Both Lungs

Both Lungs, Featured Articles

by Brent Kostyniuk On numerous occasions, St. John Paul II exhorted all Catholics, and indeed all Christians, to appreciate that the Church had to breathe through both lungs—East and West. The message was so important to him that the Pontiff issued the Apostolic Letter Orientale Lumen [The Light of the East]. With a sense of the historic, the Letter coincided with the hundredth anniversary of Orientalium Dignitas [On the Churches of the East] issued by Pope Leo XIII in November 1894. Both popes hoped that knowledge would lead to understanding, which in turn, would lead to greater cooperation and even…