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This Sunday is Trinity Sunday, where we Catholics celebrate that great mystery of the faith — three Divine persons in one! It’s been contemplated by Church fathers and saints, it’s been debated by philosophers and theologians, it’s left many scratching their heads! Not to sound defeatist — but it is a mystery! We can’t fully ...read more
Friday has brought exciting news for the Canadian Church: there’s been a number of Episcopal appointments by His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI! Salt + Light rejoices with those in the areas of Vancouver, Kingston, and New Westminister at the good news! You can read all about the appointments HERE. One of the appointments involves the ...read more
This Sunday, June 3rd at 9:00 pm ET Salt and Light unveils our newest show “Eye on the Church.” You can read more about it here. The first episode in this investigative series is “Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust.” One scripture passage that has always inspired me was Christ’s words in the Gospel of ...read more
I think many of us would think that someone who would run a double marathon, that’s 52 miles, or 84 kilometres, is of a different breed. We might be quick to judge that person and consider them a ‘running fanatic,’ or at the very least a sucker for punishment! But what if that person was ...read more
I hope you will watch our Zoom broadcasts on both last Friday and this coming Friday as we present a great new documentary film called “Champions of Faith.” The film was released on baseball’s opening day in April and has impressed everybody from Cardinals and Bishops to little league ballplayers. “Champions of Faith” features Major ...read more
This weekend Salt + Light Television will bring you two beautiful concerts from Italy. The first is from Gen Rosso and the International Performing Arts Group comprised of 17 Members from 9 Nations including Brazil, D. R. Congo, Kenya, Argentina, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Philippines, and Poland. This performance from Grom Turin will air Saturday @ ...read more
It’s the Victoria Day holiday in Canada (a happy belated Victoria Day to all of you out there!), but this year I find myself spending the day in Riverdale, New York. Riverdale is a wonderfully green suburb, twenty some-odd minutes north of Manhattan. (I have yet to spot Archie, or Jughead, but my hopes remain ...read more
I am reading a great book. I say it’s great not just ’cause I’m enjoying what I am reading (so far – I’m only about 10% in), but from what other people have told me about it. It’s Life of Pi by Yann Martel. In it, the main character, Pi (yes, pronounced like the Greek ...read more
“I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.” Those words from our Lord in today’s Gospel. Our Lord said this to his disciples, and he went on to speak of the Holy Spirit coming to guide his followers in the truth, but I have to admit my mind ...read more
Happy Mother’s Day out there to all. I hope you are each blessed today with extra smiles, flowers, lunch outside in the sunshine, and the cheers and thanks of family and friends. To my own Mom, I say THANK YOU for all her words… words of wisdom, of love, of concern, of hope, of joy, ...read more