This blog comes to us from Marie and Andre Brunet of Winnipeg, Manitoba who are attending the VII World Meeting of Families. Milan, Italy –  Here we are!  Today was the first of the three days of meetings on many topics regarding the family.  This part of the week takes place at Milan’s Conference Centre ...

We hear of places all over the world where people find themselves living amid turmoil and hardship. It is in these very places where we find individuals who, despite having to endure great suffering, remain grounded in their faith and continue to have hope for a better world. Across the Divide takes viewers to Bethlehem ...

In 1912, St. Peter’s Seminary opened its doors in London, Ont. One hundred years and 1,036 priests later, the seminary community celebrated its centennial anniversary with a Mass of Thanksgiving inside St. Peter’s Cathedral Basilica on Wednesday, May 23. As the lead Producer for this project, I had the great privilege of representing Salt + ...

Photo: DePaul University student Emily LaHood speaking with Dr. Ronald Rychlak after his talk on the diplomacy of Pope Pius XII during WWII – at the Bishop Molloy Passionist Retreat House, NY.  The Path to Peace Foundation’s annual Catholic Social Teaching Seminar took place last week in New York City with fifty hand-selected students from ...

Many of you have heard the story that when I was twelve years old a doctor in my parish was ordained a permanent deacon. Ever since that day, the permanent diaconate has been in my heart. Many of you also know that four years ago, I was accepted into the Permanent Diaconate formation program for the ...

Marie and Andre Brunet of Winnipeg are in Italy for the VII meeting of families. They will be blogging from Milan throughout the week long event. Day 1: Rome – The pilgrimage has begun! Andre and I arrived in Italy a few days before the World Meeting of Families in order to spend a little ...

This statement was released today by the Assembly of Catholic Bishops of Toronto. Observations on a recent change in government policy re: proposed anti-bullying legislation For some time now we have all been particularly concerned about making sure that our schools are safe and welcoming places for everyone. This concern has been reflected in new ...

This weekend Salt + Light’s Pedro Guevara Mann was ordained a permanent deacon for the Archdiocese of Toronto. Bishop Vincent Ngyuen celebrated the Mass and performed the ordination of 14 men to the permanent diaconate at Toronto’s St. Michael’s Cathedral. Pedro said he was drawn to the idea of the permanent diaconate as a young ...

Canadian Bishops gather every year in Cornwall, Ontario for their annual Plenary Assembly. This week, on a special rebroadcast of the S+L Hour we travel to the Bishops’ Plenary and learn what they’ve been working on this past year. Featured chats with Archbishop Richard Smith of Edmonton, Archbishop Michael Miller of Vancouver, Bishop Paul-Andre Durocher, ...

At this year’s 50th International Eucharistic Congress, Maria Voce will be one of the many outstanding speakers. Maria Voce is the international president of the Focolare Movement, one of the Church’s great ecclesial movements founded in wartime Italy by a lay woman named Chiara Lubich. The movement is rooted in a profound spirituality of unity ...