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Read past issues of Faithfully

June 2025

• June 9: SFXC at the Lilac Festival
• June 2: Bishop McGrattan on AI - Safeguarding the human person
  
  

May 2025

• May 26: Pursuing Renewal with St. Francis Xavier
• May 19: Let us give thanks for the Holy Father!
• May 8: Habemus Papam: Pope Leo XIV
• May 6: Pray for the Conclave
• May 5: An 8th Bedroom; Clergy Updates & Memorial Mass photos
  
  

April 2025

• Apr 28: Fr. Tim & Fr. Kevin’s Northern Mission
• Apr 21: Rest in Peace, Pope Francis
• Apr 20: Christ is risen! 
• Apr 14: Good Friday - Outdoor Way of the Cross
• Apr 8: Bishop's Message: Parish Renewal & A Call to Holiness
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March 2025

• Mar 31: God will make a way
• Mar 24: Faith is not a political position
• Mar 17: Rite of Election: 371 hearts ready for Christ
• Mar 10: Rejoice in Hope! 
• Mar 3: A holy Lent begins with a heart open to change - Read Bishop's message

February 2025

• Feb 24: New Decree from Bishop McGrattan for the Jubilee Year
• Feb 17: Happy Family Day!
• Feb 11: World Day of the Sick - Can healthcare be a path to holiness?
• Feb 3: Jubilee Year Special: A Community's 40 Year Triumph
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January 2025

• Jan 27: Restoring Marriages - from Civil to Sacred
• Jan 20: Make Scripture part of Our Everyday Life 
• Jan 13: "I think I want to be a priest": Deacon Peter An shares his story
• Jan 6: Bishop McGrattan's message re: Jubilee Year 2025

December 2024

• Dec 23: Merry Christmas!
• Dec 16: Truth, Goodness, and Beauty
• Dec 9: Rest in peace, Bishop Henry
• Dec 2: Bishop's Advent Message

November 2024

• Nov 26: A love that flows from the heart of Christ
• Nov 18: Set aside for God's purpose
• Nov 11: Have a blessed Remembrance Day!
• Nov 4: Congratulations Sr. Charisse Cilos + A message from Bishop McGrattan
  
  

October 2024

• Oct 28: Celebrating our Jubilarians!
• Oct 21: Dr. Bonnie Annichiarico & Pastoral Renewal 
• Oct 14: Happy Thanksgiving! 
• Oct 8: A message from Bishop McGrattan: Cast into the deep (Year II of Pastoral Renewal)

September 2024

• Sep 30: A tribute to Rob Rubben: Rooted in Christ, Rooted in Love
• Sep 23: 8 Permanent Diaconate Candidates instituted as Lectors
• Sep 16: A message from Bishop McGrattan re: Installation of Pastors
• Sep 9: Fr. Cristino shares a special video: 3 Months Since Church Dedication 
• Sep 2: A new school year in Catholic Education
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August 2024

• Aug 26: Happy 103rd Birthday, Rozi!
• Aug 19: Friar Aldin's vocation - thanks to One Rock! 
• Aug 12: My father, the Deacon
• Aug 5: A message from Bishop McGrattan: Servants of Hope
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July 2024

• July 29: Becoming a confident speaker with Deacon Dan Deck
• July 22: Meet our newest deacon: Deacon Marc O'Loughlin
• July 15: Congratulations Sr. Eve-Mary & St. Bonaventure Parish!
• July 8: 3 Lessons from the mountaintop
• July 1: Happy Canada Day!
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June 2024

• June 24: Renewal in St. Mary's Parish, Banff
• June 17: Sacred Heart Parish: Congratulations on your new church!
• June 10: Where God leads, God provides
• June 3: Photos from our historic weekend! #YouMatter
  
  

May 2024

• May 27: This Saturday - Mary's Festival!
• May 20: Pastoral Renewal Survey
• May 13: Love hopes all things
• May 7: A strugle with Joy
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April 2024

• Apr 29: Saints Alive! Renewal unity in East Lethbridge
• Apr 22: Worthy & Made New
• Apr 15: Fr. Tim's stories from the North
• Apr 8: See the Impact Report 2023
• Apr 1: Christ is Risen! Alleluia!

March 2024

• Mar 25: Have a Blessed Holy Week
• Mar 18: Fast from Busy
• Mar 11: 40 Hour Vocations for Devotion in the Diocese
• Mar 4: Congratulations Br. John Paul, Br. Paul Andrew, and Sr. Clarisse!
  
  

February 2024

• Feb 26: The flavour of God, Rite of Election, Fr. John's good news
• Feb 19: Parish Renewal Teams: Blessed Beginnings
• Feb 14: The holy season of Lent
• Feb 5: Bishop McGrattan: Social Media & Lent
  
  

January 2024

• Jan 29: SFXC celebrates their fifth year anniversary
• Jan 22: Pray for 13 seminarians in our Diocese
• Jan 15: Fr. Troy, 80 youths, and the Ablazing' Night last Friday
• ​Jan 8: Fr. Cristino & his parish transformation project in Strathmore
• Jan 1: Happy New Year - A message from Bishop McGrattan

December 2023

• Dec 25: Merry Christmas! 
• Dec 18: Parish Mass Schedule
• Dec 11: Welcoming your brothers and sisters this Christmas in your parish family
• Dec 4: Bishop McGrattan: Focus on Christ

November 2023

• Nov 28: Welcome Home: How to make our parishes more inviting
• Nov 20: From Texas to Alberta
• Nov 13: 12 Deacon Candidates - 12 Stories
• Nov 9: Photos from the #RenewalGathering and... the Bishop is back
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October 2023

• Oct 30: Just saw Bishop McGrattan on the Pope's Instagram
• Oct 23: Sr. Carmelita's 60 years of service
• Oct 16: Voice your concern today
• Oct 9: Rooted in Jesus Christ
• Oct 4: You are called. You matter. You belong.

September 2023

• Sep 25: Bishop McGratan on vocations and 5 new seminarians
• Sep 18: WYD pilgrims tell their stories
• Sep 11: Don't euthanize me
• Sep 4: Read the amazing stories of our jubilarians
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August 2023

• Aug 28: 12 Deacon Candidates to be ordained in November
• Aug 21: When someone you love has an addiction
• Aug 14: The miracle of Healing
• Aug 7: Groundbreaking - Sacred Heart of Strathmore

July 2023

• July 31: World Youth Day 2023
• July 24: Introducing Deacon Carlos Lozano from Argentina
• July 17: Combat human trafficking together
• July 10: Toward a Eucharistic Life
• July 3: Express our religious freedom
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June 2023

• June 26: From Diocesan Priest to Military Chaplain
• June 18: Congratulations Fr. Santiago Torres!
• June 11: Pray for Sanctification of Priests
• June 5: It's the Month of Sacred Heart of Jesus!

May 2023

• May 29: Finding our home
• May 21: Happy Feast Day of St. Rita of Cascia!
• May 14: The Bishop's Message & Metis Moochigan
• May 7: A week dedicated to those who matter most
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 April 2023

• April 30: Fr. Ephrem Kardouh - exciting update from Rhode Island
• April 24: What if religious life is for me?
• April 17: Fr. Tim's Holy Week in Gemeti
• April 10: Happy Easter!
• April 3: Blessed Holy Week & Triduum

March 2023

• March 27: Profession of Vows
• March 20: Food Loss & Waste
• March 13: Happy Anniversary, Pope Francis
• March 6: Recognizing the work of God in the parishes

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February 2023

• February 27: Chosen by God
• February 21: I'm worth it now
• February 14: The Beaver Tale
• February 6: We can, and must do much better
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January 2023

• January 29: The vowed life
• January 24: For the love of Scripture...
• January 16: Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
• January 9: Make today your Day 1 (Catechism in a year)
  
  

December 2022

• December 31: In memoriam: Pope Benedict XVI
• December 26: St. Stephen, pray for us
• December 18: Horizon of Hope
• December 12: One more reason to be thankful
• December 5: An Advent Message from Bishop McGrattan
  
  

November 2022

• November 28: We love because He first loved us
• November 21: A visit from the seminarians
• November 14: The art of accompaniment
• November 7: Bishop McGrattan reports from Rome

October 2022

• October 31: Living the faith as Catholic francophones in our Diocese
• October 24: Dear October, from Sara
• October 17: A long-awaited Dinner (Feed the Hungry)
• October 10: A peek inside the Priests Study Days
• October 3: Pastoral outreach for receiving the Sacraments
  
  

September 2022

• September 26: For Pope Francis from Annie Wesley, Calgary
• September 19: A moment of prayer for Queen Elizabeth II
• September 12: Painting St. Paul's Church
• September 5: 25th anniversary of the death of Mother Teresa

August 2022

• August 29: Jubilee of Priestly Vocations
• August 22: Faithful Companions of Jesus
• August 15: Happy Feast of the Assumption of Mary
• August 8: A transfigured heart
• August 1: We are the Church #walkingtogether
  
  

July 2022

• July 25: Papal Visit update
• July 18: Pope in Canada next week
• July 11: Custodians of Beauty
• July 4: Love changes everything
  
  

June 2022

• June 27: No longer strangers
• June 21: Twenty years ago...
• June 13: Happy feast of St. Anthony (Padua)
• ​June 6: Sacred heart-to-heart

May 2022

• May 30: Celebrate the Holy Spirit
• May 23: Our Lady of the Cape is here
• May 16: Faith-filled young people
• May 9: Under the mantle of Our Lady (Elizabeth House)
• May 2: Fr. Tim & Fr. Wilbert's pilgrimage to the North

April 2022

• April 25: Faithfully fumbling forward
• April 18: Chris is risen! Happy Easter!
• ​April 11: Holy Week. One day at a time.
• April 4: An apology from our Holy Father

March 2022

• March 28: Merciful like the Father
• March 21: Entrusted to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
• March 14: If you hear church bells ringing this Friday
• March 7: Listening to all the baptized

February 2022

• Feb 28: Praying for peace in Ukraine
• Feb 21: We are his people, the flock he shepherds
• Feb 14: All you need is love
• Feb 7:  Praying for the Sick
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​January 2022 

• Jan 31: Radiating Christ
• Jan 24: Let's talk Synodality
• Jan 17: St. Anthony, pray for us
• Jan 10: Finding joy in the bleak winter months
• Jan. 3: Happy New Year!

​December 2021

• Dec. 27: Merry Christmas!
• Dec. 20: Did you know that Sr. Bridget is from Vauxhall, AB?
• Dec. 13: The Art of Listening
• Dec. 6:  Happy St. Nicholas Day

​November 2021

• ​Nov. 29: Starting Advent well
• Nov. 22: Share your music
• Nov. 15: Wear red on Wednesday
• Nov. 8: Our Lady of Lavang, pray for us​
• Nov. 1: Of the living and the dead

October 2021

• Oct. 25: 6 priests celebrate 60 years
• Oct 18: Start your week with St. John Paul the Great!​

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