As we cannot gather this year for a dinner, we are launching a social media campaign, ‘Everyday Heroes,’ to share the positive stories of everyday works of service by Catholics.
Over the last several weeks, we have been assembling a collection of videos and stories. These inspirational stories will run on Archdiocese Facebook and Twitter accounts during the first three weeks of November. The three-week campaign will culminate with a Mass with Archbishop Richard Smith on November 21st.
We need your help to spread the word about the Everyday Heroes campaign. Please actively “like” our posts on Facebook and Twitter, share them, and comment on them. Perhaps also share your own story (or the story of someone you know who was of service) in the “comments” section. If you’re not on social media, talk to each other. Share your stories about something you did, that someone you know someone did to be of service. Let’s share our acts of service with each other and lift each other up.
Lastly, please accept our deepest gratitude for all that you have done and continue to do to serve and support our community in so many ways. Thank you!
Read the stories of our Everyday Heroes
Everyday Heroes: Touching the lives of students and staff
Denine Kalita is an everyday hero who has touched the lives of many students and staff in the Alternative Education…
Everyday Heroes: Fostering the culture of care
The Catholic Women’s League at Assumption/Resurrection parish began a relationship with its new next-door neighbour,…
Everyday Heroes: Building collaboration
Kim and Jason Street have been pillars of the Edmonton Catholic Schools Division for many years. In addition to securing…
Everyday Heroes: Helping beyond Canada
Annet Maitwe, originally from Uganda, is an active member of the Catholic Women’s League at St. Charles parish. As a…
Everyday Heroes: Bag lunch program at Sacred Heart Church of the First People
Sacred Heart Church of the First Peoples has a history of providing food for the needy, primarily through banquets at…
Everyday Heroes: Delivering exceptional quality despite personal hardships
In March of 2020 with the onset of COVID-19, classes at St. Joseph’s College were quickly shifted online and all…
Everyday Heroes: Better together
Physical therapist Ciaran O’Flynn never imagined he would be providing respiratory care to patients at the Misericordia Community Hospital. But when…
Everyday Heroes: A video thank-you to clergy and religious
Today we want to say a big “Thank you” to our priests, deacons and religious brothers and sisters. Once COVID-19 emerged, they had to figure out how to provide pastoral care when they could not be with them in person…
Everyday Heroes: Getting through the blizzard to get it done
Last November, during the second wave of COVID-19, Javier Martinez drove…
Everyday Heroes: Volunteers make others’ lives easier
Volunteers in our churches, schools, hospitals and other organizations…
Everyday Heroes: We are all in this together
During the shutdown of schools, teachers, school staff and parents took…
Everyday Heroes: Knights of Columbus – Leaving No Neighbour Behind
In the midst of the pandemic, the Knights of Columbus established the…
Everyday Heroes: Service to the vulnerable
COVID -19 made no distinction among those it infected. Seniors, people…
Everyday Heroes: Another category of first responders
COVID-19 has shown us that custodians, housekeeping or environmental services…
Everyday Heroes: Parish and Pastoral staff ever adjusting to new measures
Parish staff like Rosemary Lee, pastoral assistant at Good Shepherd Parish…
Everyday Heroes: Catholic Social Services award presented to 1,900 staff
2020 was a year like no other, so the Archbishop J.H. MacDonald Distinguished…
Welcome to our Everyday Heroes!
Welcome to our Everyday Heroes! We’re celebrating Catholics in action by…