Hail, favoured one! – A Reflection on the Hail Mary

Monday, November 28, 2016

Vivian Cabrera

*Update: My reflection is done! Check it out below: We are three days into our pilgrimage in the Holy Land. It’s been an absolutely incredible experience so far, walking in the footsteps of our Lord. We’ve had the chance to visit Nazareth and the house where Jesus was raised, Cana, where Jesus preformed his first […]

Nazareth Village – #SLPilgrimage

Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Noel Ocol

On Saturday, February 27, 2016, we drove to Nazareth from our residence on the Mount of Beatitudes to visit the site of Mary’s home and where Jesus lived as a child. But first we stopped off at Nazareth Village, a complete replica of what the small Nazarene village would have been looked like over two thousand years ago. We […]

Pope Francis Homily: Prayer Vigil for Synod of Bishops on the Family

Saturday, October 3, 2015

Salt + Light Media

On Saturday evening, October 3, 2015, Pope Francis led a prayer vigil prior to the opening of the 14th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the Vocation and Mission of the Family in the Church and the Contemporary World. Below you will find the full text of the Holy Father’s prepared homily. […]

Notes from the Holy Land: Nazareth

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Salt + Light Media

By The Rev. Dr. Karen Hamilton General Secretary, The Canadian Council of Churches Leaving our Kibbutz hotel, The Path of Abraham bus rolled towards Nazareth and the Church of the Annunciation. This traditional place of the Annunciation to Mary that she would bear the Son of God, Jesus, is decorated with large mosiacs […]

A May Marian reflection on a March Marian celebration

Saturday, May 7, 2011

Deacon Pedro

May is the month of Mary. That got me thinking about a Marian feast which we celebrate not in May, but in March — the Solemnity of the Annunciation. Those who’ve been to Israel, know that in Nazareth, in the Church of the Annunciation, the place where reportedly the Angel Gabriel appeared to Mary, in […]

The music of Within Your Gates: Joe Zambon

Friday, November 26, 2010

Kris Dmytrenko

The tone of S+L’s latest documentary is set by a lone organ. Playing the instrument is Joe Zambon, a folk singer-songwriter originally from the rural town of Iroquois, Ontario, but now residing in Toronto. A guitar joins the organ moments later, and then the hushed lyrics, “In the darkest night of my soul, God Himself […]

November 13, 2010

Saturday, November 13, 2010

Salt + Light Media

[singlepic id=90 w=150 h=163 float=right] This week, we return to the Holy Land for a featured conversation with Archbishop Elias Chacour, the Archbishop of Akko, Haifa, Nazareth and Galilee of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church He is the author of the best-selling book BLOOD BROTHERS, which tells the story of his childhood as a Palestinian, […]