One cannot omit this great feast in the Church today. Mardi Gras is the last day before the start of Lent. It’s your last chance for feasting before the 40-days leading up to the the great celebration of the Resurrection. For the boys at St. Michael’s Choir School in Toronto, the Mardi Gras festivities attracted ...read more

For those of you that tuned into Zoom on Tuesday, you’ll notice I directed people to the blog for information on fasting and abstinence. Church law requires all Catholics (see exceptions below) to fast and abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, as well as abstaining from meat on Fridays in Lent (if ...read more

Salt + Light will broadcast the Ash Wednesday Mass live from the Vatican at 10:30am this Wednesday. There will be primetime repeats of the Mass at 8:30pm and 12:30am ET. The Ash Wednesday Mass, with blessings and imposition of the Ashes, will be celebrated from the Basilica of Santa Sabina and presided over by His ...read more

Friday night I had the greatest pleasure of attending a meeting of a pre-teen youth group at Holy Cross Parish in Georgetown, Ontario. After the almost two-hour drive (I didn’t think Georgetown was that far!) I can’t think of a better way to end the week. Let me tell you a bit about this group ...read more

As Ash Wednesday approaches, you’ve probably been pondering habits to abstain for Lent. Will it be carping about fellow drivers? Pressing the snooze button? Sudoku? Whatever the sacrifice, don’t give up be television, on weekends or otherwise, as Matthew Harrison suggested on this same blog. For a television employee, Mr. Harrison, this is an even ...read more

Sigh. It’s so easy to be distracted, isn’t it? Sometimes we sit in front of the television, flipping through channels (stopping at Salt + Light, of course!). Sometimes we sit in front of the computer surfing the net mindlessly… and it seems that’s the position I find myself in right now. I had intended to ...read more

Tonight is the launch of an exciting new series on S+L which promises to bring some fun and laughter to Youth Tuesdays! Generation Cross, an original Parish initiative to spread the Catholic message among young adults with host Lino Rulli, will make its Canadian television debut at 8pm ET (with a midnight repeat). Choosing comedy ...read more

I recently read an article about a taxi driver in New York who returned several diamond rings to a customer who had forgotten them in the cab. Two things stood out for me in this story: the first was the fact that the article noted the customer only gave the driver a 30 cent tip. ...read more

Recently on Zoom you may have heard a story about the Apostolic Penitentiary granting a plenary indulgence on this Sunday’s World Day of the Sick for those who pray for the sick, work with the sick or are united to them spiritually, or for those who are sick and offer up their suffering, while meeting ...read more

Tune into S+L this weekend for our Vatican Programming which starts this Saturday  at 3:30pm with a special Celebration for the Small Groups of Christ, followed by a Papal Audience with paramedics. Then, on Sunday Feb 11 at 10am (with a 3:30pm repeat) we will air the Mass for the Sick from St. Peter’s Basilica. ...read more