SEARCH Retreat 2018: Youth offered a paradigm shift
By Kiply Lukan Yaworski [SASKATOON] – While a Synod on Youth was underway at the Vatican, in the diocese of Saskatoon, a group of young people was also being challenged to take up their Catholic…
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Stewardship is a way of life, not a dreaded word
By Jocelyne Hamoline, Diocese of Saskatoon Catholic Foundation [SASKATOON] – Stewardship seems to be a word that many Catholic Christians dread. We experience fear, panic, frustration, and are often turned off when we hear this dreaded word….
Bishops update national guidelines for preventing and dealing with abuse
By Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News Bishop Mark Hagemoen of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saskatoon has welcomed the updated and expanded national guidelines for the protection of minors and vulnerable persons, which were…
Elders acknowledged and welcomed at Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish
By Kiply Lukan Yaworski [Saskatoon, Sept. 30, 2018]. – Three new Elders were recently acknowledged and welcomed by Our Lady of Guadalupe parish in Saskatoon. Sharon Genaille, Dianne Anderson and Irene Sharp were called…
Keewatin-Le Pas – Experiencing a northern pilgrimage
By Tim Yaworski [SANDY ISLAND, Saskatchewan] – In August 2018 I was privileged to spend a few days travelling with Archbishop Murray Chatlain as he visited and celebrated with the faithful of the Archdiocese of…
Administration Day 2018: safe environment for children and vulnerable emphasized
By Kiply Lukan Yaworski [Saskatoon] – Addressing the issue of protecting minors and vulnerable persons in Catholic parishes was a large part of an annual Administration Day in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saskatoon…
Marriages are saved “because of Retrouvaille”
By Kiply Lukan Yaworski [SASKATOON, September 2018] – A presentation at a diocesan Administration Day about the work of Retrouvaille to save marriages in difficulty began with a litany of video testimony from couples describing…
Vocations night held in Bruno
By Kiply Lukan Yaworski [SASKATOON, Sept. 13, 2018] – Fr. Colin Roy opened a recent Priest/Religious Vocations Discernment Night at St. Therese Institute in Bruno, SK by reflecting on the universal call to holiness as…
Spiritual care continues to be offered in Saskatoon hospitals in spite of cuts
By Kiply Lukan Yaworski [SASKATOON] – If a patient at a Saskatoon hospital wishes to have a pastoral visit, wants to receive holy communion, wishes to see a priest, or longs to have someone to…
SaskETHICS
Discernment needed to know when to cooperate By Dr. Mary (Deutscher) Heilman, PhD Bioethicist, Catholic Health Association of Saskatchewan (CHAS): We’ve all been there. Maybe you were a kid and your older brother put you…