Join Archbishop Smith for a conversation with Dr. Lauren Girard, a palliative care and family medicine doctor from Edmonton, Alberta as they discuss why palliative care is an answer to the rise in euthanasia and assisted suicide, the sophistication of modern pain management, experiences with accompanying people in the last moments of their life, how to accompany someone who is suffering from dementia, including Archbishop Smith’s experience with his father’s dementia, and much more.https://hopeanddignity.caedm.ca/Dr. Lauren Girard did his medical school and Family Medicine Residency program at the University of Alberta. He worked in general family practice in the Edmonton area for five years, and has been providing primary palliative care in the community since 2021. He cares for people experiencing terminal illness both at home and in the hospice setting. Outside of medicine he is married and keeps busy caring for his two young daughters.Watch us on YouTube here!Subscribe to our email list: Upfront UpdatesUpfront with the Archbishop is a weekly podcast where our goal is to strengthen the relationship between the hierarchy and the faithful through informal conversations about our Catholic faith. Featuring Archbishop Richard Smith (Archdiocese of Edmonton, AB) and our host Jenny Connelly. Produced by Matthew Bodnarek.Subscribe to our weekly newsletter, so you don't miss new episodes https://caedm.ca/window/ Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/

As we near her feast day (April 17), join Archbishop Smith for a discussion about St. Kateri Tekakwitha and lesser-known facts about her life, including her Catholic formation in a Mohawk women’s community, her relationship with radical forms of penance, her vow of perpetual virginity, her love of the Eucharist and how her story can give hope to those who are being persecuted or dismissed for their commitment to following Jesus.Indigenous Reconciliation Fund:https://irfund.ca/en/welcome/Watch us on YouTube here!Subscribe to our email list: Upfront UpdatesUpfront with the Archbishop is a weekly podcast where our goal is to strengthen the relationship between the hierarchy and the faithful through informal conversations about our Catholic faith. Featuring Archbishop Richard Smith (Archdiocese of Edmonton, AB) and our host Jenny Connelly. Produced by Matthew Bodnarek.Subscribe to our weekly newsletter, so you don't miss new episodes https://caedm.ca/window/ Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/

Are we striving to be “good” people? Or virtuous people?Join Archbishop Smith and host Jenny Connelly for a discussion about virtue ethics, the virtues that Archbishop Smith learned from his parents, the cardinal virtues and what it means to be a “good person.”Watch us on YouTube here!Subscribe to our email list: Upfront UpdatesUpfront with the Archbishop is a weekly podcast where our goal is to strengthen the relationship between the hierarchy and the faithful through informal conversations about our Catholic faith. Featuring Archbishop Richard Smith (Archdiocese of Edmonton, AB) and our host Jenny Connelly. Produced by Matthew Bodnarek.Subscribe to our weekly newsletter, so you don't miss new episodes https://caedm.ca/window/ Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/

Will our bodies rise again?Join Archbishop Smith and host Jenny Connelly for our Easter episode on evidence for Christ’s Resurrection, the theology of the resurrection of our bodies, the relationship between wisdom and doubt, and why Catholics venerate relics.Watch us on YouTube here!Subscribe to our email list: Upfront UpdatesUpfront with the Archbishop is a weekly podcast where our goal is to strengthen the relationship between the hierarchy and the faithful through informal conversations about our Catholic faith. Featuring Archbishop Richard Smith (Archdiocese of Edmonton, AB) and our host Jenny Connelly. Produced by Matthew Bodnarek.Subscribe to our weekly newsletter, so you don't miss new episodes https://caedm.ca/window/ Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/

What is happening in our nation? Join Archbishop Richard Smith, Deacon Larry Worthen and host Jenny Connelly for a discussion about the expansion of Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada, how Christi calls us to respond to this culture of death, practical ways that people of good will can fight the expansion, and legality, of assisted suicide and euthanasia in Canada and stories of both tragedy and hope that shed light on the state of Canada’s moral compass.Write a letter to your local Member of Parliament, at No Options, No Choice: https://www.nooptionsnochoice.com/english/take-actionVisit Hope and Dignity, our Archdiocesan response to assisted suicide and euthanasia: https://hopeanddignity.caedm.ca/To learn more about Canadian statistics on euthanasia and assisted suicide and Deacon Worthen’s visit to our Archdiocese: https://caedm.ca/local-catholics-rally-against-culture-of-death/Christian Medical and Dental Association: https://cmda.org/Watch us on YouTube here!Subscribe to our email list: Upfront UpdatesUpfront with the Archbishop is a weekly podcast where our goal is to strengthen the relationship between the hierarchy and the faithful through informal conversations about our Catholic faith. Featuring Archbishop Richard Smith (Archdiocese of Edmonton, AB) and our host Jenny Connelly. Produced by Matthew Bodnarek.Subscribe to our weekly newsletter, so you don't miss new episodes https://caedm.ca/window/ Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/

Join Archbishop Smith for his annual Lent episode! We discuss why we fast on Wednesdays and Fridays, the theology of sacrifice, why young men are committing to the Exodus 90 program, and why asceticism is part of our Catholic tradition.Shownotes Exodus 90Watch us on YouTube here!Subscribe to our email list: Upfront UpdatesUpfront with the Archbishop is a weekly podcast where our goal is to strengthen the relationship between the hierarchy and the faithful through informal conversations about our Catholic faith. Featuring Archbishop Richard Smith (Archdiocese of Edmonton, AB) and our host Jenny Connelly. Produced by Matthew Bodnarek.Subscribe to our weekly newsletter, so you don't miss new episodes https://caedm.ca/window/ Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/

Join Archbishop Richard Smith for a discussion about what it means to be in crisis as a Church, why we must respond to crisis with obedience and repentance, the call to defend our family, the Church, and what it means that the Church has “lost her visibility.”Watch the trailer for Be Not Afraid:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FPBgrrOP10Benedict XVI Institute of Newman Theological College, co-hosts of our Archdiocesan Vocations Rally: https://bxvi.newman.edu/Pope Benedict XVI 1969 radio broadcast on a smaller Church:https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/250979/benedict-xvi-was-a-prophet-of-church-s-future-pope-francis-tells-malta-s-jesuitsWatch us on YouTube here!Subscribe to our email list: Upfront UpdatesUpfront with the Archbishop is a weekly podcast where our goal is to strengthen the relationship between the hierarchy and the faithful through informal conversations about our Catholic faith. Featuring Archbishop Richard Smith (Archdiocese of Edmonton, AB) and our host Jenny Connelly. Produced by Matthew Bodnarek.Subscribe to our weekly newsletter, so you don't miss new episodes https://caedm.ca/window/ Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/

Join Archbishop Richard Smith for a discussion about private versus public revelation, Marion apparitions, how to discern whether a prophecy is legitimate or not, the origins of the Rosary and how Tradition relates to Revelation. Show NotesThe Church's Current Position on MedjugorjeVatican principles for discerning “resumed apparitions or revelations”Watch us on YouTube here!Subscribe to our email list: Upfront UpdatesUpfront with the Archbishop is a weekly podcast where our goal is to strengthen the relationship between the hierarchy and the faithful through informal conversations about our Catholic faith. Featuring Archbishop Richard Smith (Archdiocese of Edmonton, AB) and our host Jenny Connelly. Produced by Matthew Bodnarek.Subscribe to our weekly newsletter, so you don't miss new episodes https://caedm.ca/window/ Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/

Join Archbishop Smith for a discussion about why the Catholic Church canonizes saints, the heroic story of St. Josephine Bakhita, how the grace of God can transform trauma and abuse into healing and forgiveness, and how we can bring heroic forgiveness into our own lives. Show NotesBook: Bakhita, From Slave to Saint https://www.amazon.ca/Bakhita-Slave-Roberto-Italo-Zanini/dp/1586176897Spe Salvia, Encyclical from Pope Benedict XVI https://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_ben-xvi_enc_20071130_spe-salvi.htmlEdmonton Catholic School Division to open St. Josephine Bakhita School:https://www.ecsd.net/news/site-blessing-for-st-josephine-bakhita-catholic-elementaryjunior-high-school-1681421276483Watch us on YouTube here!Subscribe to our email list: Upfront UpdatesUpfront with the Archbishop is a weekly podcast where our goal is to strengthen the relationship between the hierarchy and the faithful through informal conversations about our Catholic faith. Featuring Archbishop Richard Smith (Archdiocese of Edmonton, AB) and our host Jenny Connelly. Produced by Matthew Bodnarek.Subscribe to our weekly newsletter, so you don't miss new episodes https://caedm.ca/window/ Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/

Join Archbishop Smith for our Christmas episode where we discuss the virtue of joy, the Christmas liturgies and the prophet Isaiah as the “5th Gospel,” Christmas-only Catholics and the ancient promises of God that he keeps to every one of us through the arrival of Jesus.Show notes:Christmas Mass times for the Archdiocese of Edmontonhttps://sites.google.com/view/liturgies/christmas-massesDonate to No Room in the Innhttps://caedm.ca/nrii/Watch us on YouTube here!Subscribe to our email list: Upfront UpdatesUpfront with the Archbishop is a weekly podcast where our goal is to strengthen the relationship between the hierarchy and the faithful through informal conversations about our Catholic faith. Featuring Archbishop Richard Smith (Archdiocese of Edmonton, AB) and our host Jenny Connelly. Produced by Matthew Bodnarek.Subscribe to our weekly newsletter, so you don't miss new episodes https://caedm.ca/window/ Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/

How many priests does Canada need? Join Archbishop Smith and Dr. Ryan Topping (Benedict XVI Institute, Newman Theological College) for a discussion about the priestly “vocations crisis” in the Catholic Church, the brand-new study that Dr. Topping has published after surveying young priests from across Canada that explores the main reasons why young men choose to be priests today, the impact of altar serving on young boys, parents as the “first vocation directors” and much more. Get tickets for the Vocations Rally, “All Hands On Deck:”https://caedm.ca/vocations/Read “Meet Our New Priests:”https://bxvi.newman.edu/Connect with our Archdiocesan Vocations Director, Fr. Kris Schmidt:https://caedm.ca/vocations/ Donate to support vocations in Canada: https://caedm.ca/get-involved/ways-to-give/donations/Watch us on YouTube here!Subscribe to our email list: Upfront UpdatesUpfront with the Archbishop is a weekly podcast where our goal is to strengthen the relationship between the hierarchy and the faithful through informal conversations about our Catholic faith. Featuring Archbishop Richard Smith (Archdiocese of Edmonton, AB) and our host Jenny Connelly. Produced by Matthew Bodnarek.Subscribe to our weekly newsletter, so you don't miss new episodes https://caedm.ca/window/ Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/

As we near the feasts of the Immaculate Conception (December 8) and Our Lady of Guadalupe (December 12), join Archbishop Smith for a discussion about his own Marian devotion, his trips to Mexico in honor of our Lady of Guadalupe, the significance of Guadalupe to Indigenous Truth and Reconciliation and the theology of the Immaculate Conception.Shownotes:Archbishop Smith will be celebrating Mass Tuesday, on the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe at St. Joseph Basilica, Edmonton AB at 7:00 pmOur Lady of Guadalupe Parish, Archdiocese of Edmontonhttps://olguadalupe.caedm.ca/Resources for Truth and Reconciliation:https://caedm.ca/indigenous-relations/catholic-truth-and-reconciliation-resources/Watch us on YouTube here!Subscribe to our email list: Upfront UpdatesUpfront with the Archbishop is a weekly podcast where our goal is to strengthen the relationship between the hierarchy and the faithful through informal conversations about our Catholic faith. Featuring Archbishop Richard Smith (Archdiocese of Edmonton, AB) and our host Jenny Connelly. Produced by Matthew Bodnarek.Subscribe to our weekly newsletter, so you don't miss new episodes https://caedm.ca/window/ Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/

As November – the Month of Souls – comes to a close, Archbishop Smith speaks about the Church’s teaching on praying for the dead, indulgences, purgatory and the importance of the ministry that our Catholic cemeteries offer. On last week’s episode, Archbishop Smith spoke about Advent as a season of repentance, and this week we discuss how we can offer up our penance for those who have died before us. Shownotes:Our Catholic Cemeteries, Archdiocese of Edmonton The Catechism of the Catholic Church on purgatory Watch us on YouTube here!Subscribe to our email list: Upfront UpdatesUpfront with the Archbishop is a weekly podcast where our goal is to strengthen the relationship between the hierarchy and the faithful through informal conversations about our Catholic faith. Featuring Archbishop Richard Smith (Archdiocese of Edmonton, AB) and our host Jenny Connelly. Produced by Matthew Bodnarek.Subscribe to our weekly newsletter, so you don't miss new episodes https://caedm.ca/window/ Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/

What have we forgotten about Advent?Join Archbishop Smith as he shares about Advent as a season of penitence, the purpose of the liturgical year vs. the secular year, Advent as a season of being shook out of our apathy and the irregularity of the fourth Sunday of Advent being the same day as Christmas Eve this year.Shownotes:Gospel for First Sunday in Advent, Year B:Watch us on YouTube here!Subscribe to our email list: Upfront UpdatesUpfront with the Archbishop is a weekly podcast where our goal is to strengthen the relationship between the hierarchy and the faithful through informal conversations about our Catholic faith. Featuring Archbishop Richard Smith (Archdiocese of Edmonton, AB) and our host Jenny Connelly. Produced by Matthew Bodnarek.Subscribe to our weekly newsletter, so you don't miss new episodes https://caedm.ca/window/ Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/

“A great river of poverty is traversing our cities."Join Archbishop Smith as he talks about why Pope Francis instituted the annual World Day of the Poor, the (strange) Book of Tobit that Pope Francis wants us to reflect upon for this year’s World Day of the Poor, and what it means when Catholic social teaching talks about the “preferential option for the poor.”Links:Pope Francis letter for World Day of the Poor 2023: https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/messages/poveri/documents/20230613-messaggio-vii-giornatamondiale-poveri-2023.htmlDonate to your organization of choice: https://caedm.ca/togetherweserve/Donate to the Society of the St. Vincent de Paul through Together We Serve, our Archdiocesan annual appeal: caedm.ca/togetherweserve/Donate to Catholic Social Services: https://www.cssalberta.ca/Watch us on YouTube here!Subscribe to our email list: Upfront UpdatesUpfront with the Archbishop is a weekly podcast where our goal is to strengthen the relationship between the hierarchy and the faithful through informal conversations about our Catholic faith. Featuring Archbishop Richard Smith (Archdiocese of Edmonton, AB) and our host Jenny Connelly. Produced by Matthew Bodnarek.Subscribe to our weekly newsletter, so you don't miss new episodes https://caedm.ca/window/ Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/

How does smudging and Indigenous culture integrate with the Mass?Join Archbishop Smith and Fr. Cristino Bouvette from the Diocese of Calgary as they discuss cultural appropriation and integration in the Mass, how much human culture is supposed to be seen in any liturgy, the Indigenous ritual of smudging, paganism vs. Christianity, the virtue of patriotism and much more.Fr. Cristino Bouvette is a born and raised Albertan of mixed Cree-Métis and Italian heritage, ordained in the Diocese of Calgary in 2012. Fr. Cristino was the Liturgical Coordinator for the 2022 Papal Visit to Canada. He currently serves as Vicar for Vocations and Young Adults for the Diocese of Calgary and he is the chaplain for the St. Francis Xavier Chaplaincy for young adults.In partnership with First Nations, Metis and Inuit Peoples from across Treaty Six, the Archdiocese of Edmonton supports Indigenous-led healing and reconciliation initiatives to guide our next steps. The Archdiocese of Edmonton has established a $3.2-million Indigenous Reconciliation Fund and convened an indigenous-led Discernment Circle to help frame our efforts. Further announcements will be made on the IRF soon. Read moreWatch us on YouTube here!Subscribe to our email list: Upfront UpdatesUpfront with the Archbishop is a weekly podcast where our goal is to strengthen the relationship between the hierarchy and the faithful through informal conversations about our Catholic faith. Featuring Archbishop Richard Smith (Archdiocese of Edmonton, AB) and our host Jenny Connelly. Produced by Matthew Bodnarek.Subscribe to our weekly newsletter, so you don't miss new episodes https://caedm.ca/window/ Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/

Join Archbishop Smith and Catholic school teacher Brett Fawcett (Elk Island Catholic School District, Chesterton Academy) for a discussion around defending our Catholic school system, what would be the repercussions if Alberta got rid of its publicly-funded Catholic school system, the vital role of teachers in proclaiming the Gospel, the role of parents as primary educators and much more.Show Notes:Catholic Education Sunday2023 Catholic Education Letter from Alberta-NWT BishopsCan. 798 Parents are to entrust their children to those schools which provide a Catholic education. If they are unable to do this, they are obliged to take care that suitable Catholic education is provided for their children outside the schools.St. Joseph's College Panel Discussion on Catholic EducationWatch us on YouTube here!Subscribe to our email list: Upfront UpdatesUpfront with the Archbishop is a weekly podcast where our goal is to strengthen the relationship between the hierarchy and the faithful through informal conversations about our Catholic faith. Featuring Archbishop Richard Smith (Archdiocese of Edmonton, AB) and our host Jenny Connelly. Produced by Matthew Bodnarek.Subscribe to our weekly newsletter, so you don't miss new episodes https://caedm.ca/window/ Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/

Today, Archbishop Smith directly answers questions from YOU, our listeners! We talk about low Synod participation rates, whether or not the Archdiocese will restore the original order of the Sacraments of Initiation, whether all monotheistic religions worship the same God and whether preaching the Gospel with your actions is enough.Watch us on YouTube here!Subscribe to our email list: Upfront UpdatesUpfront with the Archbishop is a weekly podcast where our goal is to strengthen the relationship between the hierarchy and the faithful through informal conversations about our Catholic faith. Featuring Archbishop Richard Smith (Archdiocese of Edmonton, AB) and our host Jenny Connelly. Produced by Matthew Bodnarek.Subscribe to our weekly newsletter, so you don't miss new episodes https://caedm.ca/window/ Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/

Join Justice Kevin Feehan (Alberta Court of Appeal) and Archbishop Smith as they discuss whether human rights are man-made or God-given, collective versus individual rights, the history of religious freedom in Canada, the experience of being a Catholic judge in the Canadian judicial system and the difference between American and Canadian approaches to the Church-State relationship.  LinksThe Alberta Court of AppealThe Red Mass Watch us on YouTube here!Subscribe to our email list: Upfront UpdatesUpfront with the Archbishop is a weekly podcast where our goal is to strengthen the relationship between the hierarchy and the faithful through informal conversations about our Catholic faith. Featuring Archbishop Richard Smith (Archdiocese of Edmonton, AB) and our host Jenny Connelly. Produced by Matthew Bodnarek.Subscribe to our weekly newsletter, so you don't miss new episodes https://caedm.ca/window/ Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/

Join Archbishop Smith as he directly addresses the concerns that many parishioners have brought up about the Synod, skepticism about the intentions of Pope Francis, the history of Synodality, the media's interpretation of the Synod and his personal experience as a delegate for the 2015 Synod on the Family. Archbishop Smith is also joined by Dr. Eugenia Pagnotta-Kowalzyck to discuss the key connections between the local Synod and the current Synod of Bishops unfolding this month in the Vatican. Watch us on YouTube here!Subscribe to our email list: Upfront UpdatesUpfront with the Archbishop is a weekly podcast where our goal is to strengthen the relationship between the hierarchy and the faithful through informal conversations about our Catholic faith. Featuring Archbishop Richard Smith (Archdiocese of Edmonton, AB) and our host Jenny Connelly. Produced by Matthew Bodnarek.Subscribe to our weekly newsletter, so you don't miss new episodes https://caedm.ca/window/ Follow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/