Nothing More Beautiful

In this presentation,  best-selling author Carl Anderson (Civilization of Love: What Every Catholic Can Do to Transform the World) offers some reflections on the topic "Jesus Christ:  Revelation of the Trinity" and speaks of Christ as "the beauty that saves the world."

In this presentation, Cardinal Marc Ouellet, Archbishop of  Quebec and Primate of Canada, offers some theological reflections on the topic "Jesus Christ:  Revelation of the Trinity" and asks: Why complicate life with the doctrine of the Trinity, over which intellectuals stumble?

In this presentation, Most Rev. J. Michael Miller, Archbishop of Vancouver, offers some theological reflections on the topic "Jesus Christ: Crucified and Risen Lord," relying largely on the teaching of Pope Benedict XVI on the various dimensions of the Paschal Mystery. "As we know, our faith as Christians is not born from the acceptance of a doctrine but from an encounter with a Person, with Jesus Christ, Crucified and Risen," says Archbishop Miller. "His death and resurrection fully reveal the depth of God's Trinitarian love." The talk was given on April 15, 2010, at St.

In this presentation, author and theologian George Weigel, Senior Fellow, Ethics and Public Policy Center, Washington, DC, asks the question: How do we meet Jesus Christ, the Crucified and Risen Lord? And he tells us of his encounters with Christ in his own life: sacramentally in baptism, through his friendship with Pope John Paul  II, and through the loving examples of family members. The talk was given on April 15, 2010, at St. Joseph's Basilica in Edmonton,  as part of a series called Nothing More Beautiful, sponsored by the Catholic Archdiocese of Edmonton.

In this presentation, Sister Annata Brockman, SC, a much loved teacher and pastoral minister in Edmonton, Alberta, speaks about her own life, her call to vocation and how she came to understand the mystery of Jesus Christ working through her words and deeds. The talk was given on February 4, 2010, at St. Joseph's Basilica in Edmonton,  as part of a series called Nothing More Beautiful, sponsored by the Catholic Archdiocese of Edmonton.

In this presentation, the second of two parts, Most Reverend Gary Gordon, Bishop of Whitehorse, uses vignettes from his own life and experiences to explain two images of Jesus Christ that are central to Catholic understanding: Lamb of God and Bread of Life. The talk was given on February 4, 2010, at St. Joseph's Basilica in Edmonton, Alberta,  as part of a series called Nothing More Beautiful, sponsored by the Archdiocese of Edmonton.

In this presentation, the first of two parts, Most Reverend Gary Gordon, Bishop of Whitehorse, uses vignettes from his own life and experiences to explain two images of Jesus Christ that are central to Catholic understanding: Lamb of God and Bread of Life. The talk was given on February 4, 2010, at St. Joseph's Basilica in Edmonton, Alberta,  as part of a series called Nothing More Beautiful, sponsored by the Archdiocese of Edmonton.

MIn this presentation in the Nothing More Beautiful series at St. Joseph's Basilica in Edmonton, Mother Agnes Mary Donovan, Superior General of the New York-based Sisters of Life speaks about how her community of sisters came to be and how she discovered her own place in the sacred duty to defend and protect the most vulnerable of human lives.

In this presentation from the Nothing More Beautiful series at St. Joseph's Basilica in Edmonton, Archbishop Thomas Collins of Toronto speaks of what it really means to be a Christian.
"The basic thing about being a Christian, is that a person has encountered Jesus Christ, and that it shows," he says. "It is not knowledge of Christian doctrine, but total allegiance to the Lord Jesus that marks each of us as a Christian."

In this opening presentation for the second year of the Nothing More Beautiful series, Archbishop Richard Smith of Edmonton speaks of opening our hearts and minds, indeed our entire lives, to the beauty and mystery of Jesus Christ.  "Who is he? What has he accomplished? Why does the Church announce with such boldness that he, and only he, is the answer to the question that is every human life? What difference does Jesus make to me? Indeed, what difference does he make to all of humanity and to human history?