Posted on 6/30/2021 5:35 PM By Alan
Archbishop Smith addresses the faithful in a response video to church fires amid efforts for truth and reconciliation. On the morning of June 30, 2021 St. Jean Baptiste Church in Morinville (located within St. Paul Diocese) was destroyed in a fire.
Posted on 5/26/2021 5:32 PM By Alan
The provincial government has announced their open for summer plan that documents the various stages of easing COVID-19 restrictions.
In summary, here are the key highlights and relevant updates for places of worship:
Beginning Friday, May 28, 2021
- The capacity limit for worship services goes back to the 15% of the fire code occupancy.
- There will be no change on funerals, weddings, and baptisms.
- Masks remain mandatory.
Beginning Tuesday, June 1, 2021
- Wedding ceremonies may have up to 10 people, including the officiant, bride/groom, witnesses and any photographers/videographers. Receptions remain prohibited. NOTE: The government has now included photographers and videographers to the 10 people allowed. The Archdiocese does not consider the soloist and the instrumentalist included in the 10 people allowed.
- Funerals: Funeral ceremonies may have up to 20 people, not including facility staff, funeral clergy or organizers not considered guests. Receptions remain prohibited.
- Baptisms: The Archdiocese continues to limit the attendees to 10 people for Baptisms.
- House Blessings: We continue to recommend that house blessings (inside gatherings) happen only after stage 2 begins.
Posted on 5/6/2021 3:07 PM By Alan
We look forward to the time when we can all worship together, in person. Respecting these restrictions will get our community to that point sooner rather than later. To promote consistency and hopefully avoid as much confusion as possible, the following restrictions will be in effect in all parishes of the Catholic Archdiocese of Edmonton regardless of regions and number of cases in regions.
Posted on 5/6/2021 2:15 PM By Alan
There are new worship restrictions province-wide effective immediately.
Stay-tuned for information from His Grace later this week on updated measures.
From the Alberta government website for places of worship:
Mandatory, additional restrictions for hot spot regions – Effective May 5
- Faith services are limited to 15 in-person attendees.
- Physical distancing between households must be maintained at all times.
- Virtual or online services are strongly recommended.
- Drive-in services where people do not leave their vehicles and adhere to guidance are allowed.
For funerals:
- 10-people maximum for funerals, including participants and guests.
- Funeral receptions are not permitted.
https://www.alberta.ca/enhanced-public-health-measures.aspx
Posted on 12/10/2020 2:59 PM By Alan
The Archdiocese of Edmonton has updated guidelines for liturgical celebrations and the use of parish space following the Government of Alberta’s December 8 announcement of stronger public health measures to keep everyone safe, protect the health system, and slow the spread of COVID-19.
These new measures should be followed by all parishes, regardless of the municipality in which they are located: Indoor and outdoor social gatherings, public and private, are prohibited; Effective December 13, masses are limited to 15% of fire code occupancy for in-person attendance. Virtual or online services are recommended. Funerals and weddings continue to have a maximum allowable attendance of 10 people including the officiant, bride/groom and witnesses.
Services must be held at their normal location, and parishes with a hall as normal location for liturgies can use both the church and their overflow space as long as they limit attendance in each to 15% of fire code occupancy, or less if required for distancing. In-person faith group meetings are still permitted at a place of worship as long as physical distancing and public health measures are followed. The maximum allowable attendance is 10 people total.
Effective December 8, masks are mandatory. The celebrant and others speaking in front of a congregation are permitted to remove their masks while speaking provided they maintain 2 metre distance from others while doing so. Once finished speaking, the speaker must put on their mask again.
We ask for online or phone registrations for Christmas masses to avoid line-ups or physical contact with parish staff.
Questions or concerns should be directed to the Office of Divine Worship which be reached at divineworship@caedm.ca.
Download the full guidelines (PDF, 1 page)
Posted on 3/16/2020 4:56 PM By Alan
Archbishop Smith's Letter on Coronavirus Response
Posted on 3/13/2020 8:24 PM By Archdiocese Communications
Churches remain open for Mass in Archdiocese of Edmonton.
Posted on 3/12/2020 7:26 AM By Archdiocese Communications
Refrain from handshakes; empty holy water fonts; no distribution from chalice.
Posted on 10/26/2017 5:16 PM By Alan
“I think if people read and process the document, they’ll get a deeper understanding of what we’re trying to articulate,” Germann said. “We’re not in any way judging anybody else’s beliefs.”
Posted on 8/9/2017 10:16 AM By Archdiocese Communications
“The fact that such a pill would be marketed and available to Canadian women, when in the trial a Canadian woman died from taking it, is deplorable in my opinion,” said Bouchard.
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