Worship
How St. Oscar Romero changed my life
During the pandemic, I found myself quarantining alone with my two dogs. I was working full-time from home and only stepped outside my apartment to get groceries. I found myself with a lot of time on my hands — more time than I ever had — and my mind would drift. One of the pressures that kept...
Hope is a verb
What do we do when life becomes difficult? Perhaps the constant stream of negative headlines has you down. Maybe you’ve heard someone utter, “I hope things will get better.” We toss around the word “hope” all the time, but have you ever stopped to consider what it is? Hope can often feel like...
Six daily habits for spiritual resiliency
I encountered my own deconstruction a few years ago. I grew up in an exciting, charismatic, evangelistic environment full of mountaintop moments and so when I found myself for the first time deprived of those experiences, I became less and less certain that the Gospel had much to offer to people...
The small group that changed my life
I was not planning on being friends with her. In fact, at one point when we had met years before, we later admitted to one another that we both thought, “She’s great, but I probably won’t be friends with this girl.” And then I was living with five other girls in a house after university. While I...
Homily: Eucharist is a Verb
The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. Father Dave connects today’s Solemnity to the Greek word for ‘thanksgi...
Why Be Catholic?
Fr. Mike wants everyone to be Catholic, but why? Isn't Catholicism just a list of rules?Fr. Mike Schmitz explains why the Catho...
Church as a Third Space
Recently, I remembered sitting around at a round table with other leaders from parishes having a delightfully tingly conversation. We were discussing topics related to how we can change as a Church moving forward. We were specifically thinking of creating more intentional spaces of hospitality and...
The Rest I Thought I’d Never Find
During pregnancy, I had been told many times of the tiredness that would come with being a new mother. Many well meaning women would tell me, “sleep while you can!” or “make sure you take quiet time now—you won’t get any once the baby is born.” As an introvert, I found that these words caused...
When God Kept Calling Me To Step In Without A Plan
I can be a little bit of a control freak. I like to know the plan. I like to know I will be successful in what lies before me. I am a creature of habit and being drawn out of my comfort zone into the unknown is definitely unnerving. Since grade 11, I had a life plan where I would get my undergrad...