Our Lady of Guadalupe: through a Bishop’s eyes

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Alicia Ambrosio

Hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of Catholics across the North and South America consider Our Lady of Guadalupe their own and celebrate her every year. Among them is one seemingly unlikely devotee, a Ukrainian bishop from Saskatoon. Bishop Bryan Bayda is the Ukrainian Eparch of Saskatoon. He remembers exactly when the seeds of his […]

Forgive and forget?

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Deacon Pedro

I vividly remember one homily I heard many, many years ago, where the priest very clearly said that to forgive and forget made no sense. “We must forgive,” he said, “but we mustn’t ever forget!” It was very liberating to hear that. And it’s so true. There are so many questions about forgiveness: does forgiving […]

Salt + Light Radio celebrates milestone 100th episode

Friday, February 25, 2011

Salt + Light Media

Salt + Light Radio will broadcast its 100th episode on Saturday, February 26. The program, which first aired in January 2009, is part of the media ministry of Salt and Light Catholic Media Foundation and is available on the Catholic Channel, Sirius Satellite Radio 159 and XM Radio 117. With host Pedro Guevara Mann, Salt […]

Concert in Aid to Women

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Deacon Pedro

I remember when my wife was pregnant the first time: the excitement of this new life growing inside of her, the first time we heard the heartbeat. We spoke to the baby, we sang to him, played music… Unfortunately for many women (and men) this is not the case. Some women feel scared to be pregnant. […]

Catholic Music Awards coming to Calgary

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Deacon Pedro

We are all familiar with award ceremonies –the Oscars, the Junos, the Grammys, the Genies and Geminis – there are also Catholic film and TV awards, the Gabriels – for the last two years S+L TV has won the award for TV station of the year – but have you heard of Catholic music awards? […]

Let Your Life Speak… Vocation Alive!

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Mary Rose Bacani Valenti

From Sunday to Wednesday, March 14-17th, Toronto will be hosting the national vocation and formation conference at the Courtyard Marriott in downtown Toronto. It is an event organized by the National Association of Vocation and Formation Directors (or NAVFD), and they expect close to 200 religious and lay participants from Canada and the US. The […]