BLOG: Michael Carrera
In one unforgettable week, Archbishop Thomas Collins’ installation brought visits to S+L from Halifax’s Archbishop Prendergast and Denver’s Archbishop Chaput (who was interviewed for an upcoming Witness). The installation itself was heavenly—and not just for the Catholic press. Collins impressed with his accessibility and candidness to print, radio and television. But there was another installation ...read more
Today we celebrate the Feast of the Presentation of our Lord in the Temple. Salt + Light will be carrying the Mass from St. Peter’s in Rome on this feast day – if you didn’t catch it live late this morning, you can see it Friday on Salt + Light at 8pm or Midnight E-T ...read more
Pardon the tardiness of the post, but my thoughts are still fixated on January 31st. The 31st marked the Feast of St. John Bosco, as well as my encounter with a man who bore extraordinary spiritual resemblance to the saint. I was riding the westbound Dundas streetcar late Wednesday night when, as we passed Spadina, ...read more
Given the outcome of what happened at Carleton U. with the Student Association and the Pro-life group (watch Catholic Focus, CAMPUS FREE SPEECH), it’s easy to get disheartened with the secular direction the world is taking. It’s amazing to know that not long ago, the debate was whether to grant pro-abortion groups status on campus. ...read more
Today is the feast day of St. John Bosco. Tomorrow morning at 9am ET S+L TV will air the feast day mass from the direct Italian feed of Telepace. A little bit on St. John Bosco: Growing up John wanted to become a priest, but he kept it a secret as he knew his mother ...read more
The full version of today’s Installation Mass will not be available until tomorrow morning. We will air the cut 1 hour version tonight as scheduled at 9pm and 1am ET. S+L will air the full two hour Installation Mass in its entirety tomorrow @ 8pm and Midnight ET with additional airings as follows: Wednesday January ...read more
This afternoon’s 3:00pm ET airing of the Installation of Archbishop Thomas Collins was cut short by the video provider which S+L (and other Canadian broadcasters) relied on for this special presentation We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused SALT + LIGHT TV is currently working to obtain the full version of the Installation ...read more
Archbishop Thomas Collins discusses the Book of Revelation (Photo by Bill Wittman, www.wpwittman.com) It had been a long time since I prayed Lectio Divina with a large group – you simply open up the bible, read a passage from scripture and take time to reflect and pray over it. This is what we did at ...read more
  This afternoon, S+L was honoured with the visit of our dear friend from the east coast, Archbishop Terrence Prendergast, who celebrated Mass with us in our Holy Cross Chapel. Bishop Prendergast is in town for, among other things; Tuesday’s installation Mass of Archbishop Collins – T.O’s new Shepherd! We expect many more friends to ...read more
***Programming UPDATE*** Tonight (Friday 26th), we will replace our regularly scheduled 8pm and Midnight programming with special programming to honour the life of the late Archbishop Anthony Meagher. At 8pm and Midnight ET we will rebroadcast the Witness episode in which Fr. Rosica interviews ‘Bishop Tony’. This will be followed by a network premiere of ...read more