FAQ

Download and/or read Guide For Planning Catholic Funerals.

Please contact the Parish Office.

Please contact the Parish Office 5-6 months before your wedding date, to start your marriage preparation course.

See Marriage.

Please see the Baptism page.

Please see Becoming Catholic.

Other denominations have Membership Classes; Catholics have RCIA.

You can join RCIA to learn about Catholicism, with no commitments required.

See Becoming Catholic.

To obtain a copy of a Sacramental record, you will need to contact the parish where you were baptized.

If your church has been merged into a new parish, the parish office should have all the baptism records. For instance, the Holy Name parish office has the baptism records for St Columba and St Joseph churches.

If the church were you were baptized is closed down and is not merged to another parish or does not exist anymore, contact the diocese of the former parish. The contact information for the dioceses of Canada can be found here on the CCCB website.

Or, you can always start by contacting the office at Holy Name parish.

To obtain a papal blessing to highlight a 50^th wedding anniversary, you need to contact your parish office.

If you or someone in your family is seriously ill or will be entering hospital for surgery and you wish to receive the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick, please contact the Parish office to arrange visits by Fr. Joy.

Many hospitals in Edmonton and in some rural communities have Chaplains on staff. If you are in hospital or going to be in hospital and would like to receive a visit from a Chaplain or Pastor, please speak with the staff on the hospital unit. Information regarding your religious affiliation is not always noted on admission; therefore it may not be on your chart. If you want to receive a visit from a Catholic Priest, then again, please ask the staff on your unit and they will arrange for a visit to take place.

The first thing you should know is that you never left the Church. Through your baptism, you always remained Catholic.

However, if you’ve been away from the Church for several years, it would be good to take a refresher course. For example, there is a course called Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA). Although you are not preparing for sacraments of initiation, it would be a good place to become re-acquainted with the Church.

Also, if your parish offers a bible study, this would also be a good place to start.

See Catholics Come Home.

Contact the Volunteer Coordinator.

See the Pastor & Staff page.

During office hours, please call the office number.

Otherwise, call the emergency number.

See phone numbers in the Contact page.

See Anointing of the sick / Last Rites.

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Please register at the Parish Office.

The Chancellor acts as a custodian and notary of the activities of the curia, the offices of the diocese.

Josée Marr is currently the Chancellor of the Archdiocese of Edmonton.

More information at https://caedm.ca/PastoralScene/entryid/710/asking-for-a-friend-whats-a-chancellor

“The Judicial Vicar is one of the offices that is mandated in Canon Law (1420 §1) to be in every diocese. In general, he is a priest with specialized legal training who has oversight over all canonical affairs.”

Father Philip Creurer is the current Judicial Vicar of the Archdiocese of Edmonton.

“While the Vicar General is empowered to act on behalf of the Archbishop in his executive functions, the Judicial Vicar is the one who helps him exercise his judicial functions”, Father Philip explains.

More information at https://caedm.ca/PastoralScene/entryid/705/asking-for-a-friend-whats-a-judicial-vicar.

“The Vicar General is a priest who assists the bishop in governing the diocese and has the power to act on his behalf as required.”

Father Jim Carrigan is the Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Edmonton.

More information:
https://caedm.ca/PastoralScene/entryid/701/asking-for-a-friend-whats-a-vicar-general
https://caedm.ca/PastoralScene/entryid/676/archdiocesan-appointments-announced

See this page from the Archdiocese of Edmonton

See this video from the Archdiocese of Edmonton

A Transitional Deacon is one of the final steps before priestly ordination.

Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults.

It’s the process for adults to become Catholic.

See Becoming Catholic.

Visit How Do I Become Catholic at the Archdiocese.

Parish Financial Council – A consultative group to assist the pastor in the administration of parish temporal matters.

Parish Pastoral Council – Eight to twelve parishioners selected by the pastor to assist and advise the pastor, and to facilitate communication with the parish.

See this page at the archdiocese.

The annual Archdiocese of Edmonton appeal to support our charitable partners.

See About Together We Serve.

See Donations to donate.

Visit Together We Serve at the Archdiocese of Edmonton.

The Bible approved for use in Canada is the New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) – Catholic Edition.

The Catholic Edition contains the Deuterocanonical books, which are not included in the Protestant editions.

Visit This informative page.
Read This article.
See Anointing of the sick / Last Rites.

The Catechism of the Catholic Church is the official reference for Catholic doctrine, encompassing questions of faith and morals.

See Catechism of the Catholic Church.

Inquire at the Parish Office.