If you’re in the Toronto area this weekend, I would suggest stopping by St. Michael’s Cathedral Sunday, September 21st, for Archbishop Thomas Collins’ Lectio Divina. After a two month summer break, the Archbishop is back with a new season of Lectio focusing on St. Paul. For the first edition, His Grace will be reflecting on ...read more

Covering the 49th International Eucharistic Congress was an intense experience — long hours, little sleep, an abundance of sights and sounds. I left Quebec City pleased yet exhausted… and after the closing Mass… wet and a little muddy. Upon returning to Toronto I began reading through the notes I had taken during that week at ...read more

Pope Benedict XVI offered a nice reflection on his trip to France at his his Wednesday General Audience. I find interesting the Holy Father’s discussion of the Cross and suffering — specifically the sign of the cross by our Blessed Mother when appearing to St. Bernadette. Here is the english translation, by S+L’s Alicia Ambrossio. ...read more

You’ve now heard that two of our S+L host/producers recently wed. While David and Michele Naglieri enjoy their honeymoon in Costa Rica, another S+L on-air personality is preparing for his trip down the aisle. Matthew Harrison and his beautiful fiancée will be celebrating the Sacrament of Matrimony in early October. In keeping with tradition, Matthew’s ...read more

As Canadian citizens, Catholics have an obligation to be interested in politics. They should exercise this civic responsibility by becoming involved in the electoral process and especially by voting. The above two sentences begin a four page Federal Election Guide from the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops issued on Monday. (you can read the press ...read more

Pope Benedict XVI’s Apostolic Voyage to France is well underway. He landed Friday morning in Paris, had a number of meetings during the day, celebrated Vespers with clergy and religious and met with young people. For a wrap on today’s events, check out the September 12th Zoomcast. Be sure to stay tuned to Salt + ...read more

Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte, the Archbishop of Montreal returned his Order of Canada Thursday, in protest of the appointment of abortionist Henry Morgantaler to the Order. Here is Cardinal Turcotte’s statement: Declaration by Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte, Archbishop of Montréal On May 9th 1996, the office of the Governor-General of the time, Mr. Roméo Leblanc, announced that ...read more

When he was just a little boy, my now-husband would sing for his family, gathering them together to hear various verses of Peace is Flowing Like a River. And sometimes, while we are in the grocery store or doing household chores or getting ready for work, I can hear him humming or whistling the tune. ...read more

O God of love, compassion, and healing, look on us, people of many different faiths and traditions, who gather today at this site, the scene of incredible violence and pain. We ask you in your goodness to give eternal light and peace to all who died here— the heroic first-responders: our fire fighters, police officers, ...read more

I remember sitting on the curb-side on Bloor Street in Toronto, once, many years ago, at a Life-Chain. This was in the days when I would say that I was against abortions, but I didn’t feel I could tell a woman what to do with her own body. The point of a Life-Chain is that ...read more