The Kids Had a Great Time!
One of our goals at CMIC is to create awareness around the country about the missions. Drilling down further, we want to introduce our Canadian youth to what life in the church is like all around this great big land. When I first came to CMIC, Msgr. Reilander told me of a project whereby students […]
Seven Eagles: Change is Coming!
Last summer, I had the joy of reconnecting with Msgr. Reilander at the Jesuit Provincial Dinner. My eyes must have been shining with hope as we spoke about the future—building new relationships, imagining how we could grow alongside our friends at CMIC. But soon after that uplifting evening, came the devastating news: the Jesuits had […]
2025 Catholic Media Association (CMA) Awards
In The Catholic Journalist, Gretchen Crowe, President of CMA, writes, “Being the recipient of a CMA award means something. It’s a recognition of the time, effort, creativity and care that go into the content that is produced day in and day out by all of us in Catholic media. Looking at all these winners, it […]
CMIC President Interviews Bishop-Elect Duval
Co-adjutor Archbishop Charles Duval, CSsR, will probably be the Ordinary of the Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan by the time you read this. I attended his episcopal ordination in May. Just before his ordination dinner, he said he had a moment if I wanted to talk and was agreeable to being recorded. He was surprising relaxed for […]
“It was tough.”
The title is my favourite line from Fr. Peter Van Dai Nguyen. I met Fr. Peter at the airport in Yellowknife, NWT, where Joe Gennaro and I had traveled with a small group of students from Ontario. Yellowknife is the territory capital and location of the diocesan offices and the cathedra or chair for the […]
Qu’Appelle: Who Calls?
Qu’Appelle, the name of the river that flows across south-eastern Saskatchewan, offers a fitting motto for the ministry of Sr. Bernadette Feist, OSU. She’s spent 45 years in the Qu’Appelle Valley, responding to a wide variety of calls in service among the First Nations and Metis peoples and is the 2025 recipient of CMIC’s St. […]
Habemus Papam!
Pope Francis wanted us to be “missionary disciples of Jesus Christ.” His successor says let’s get out and do it, but do it all the time. Pope Leo’s first words upon his election were, “We must look for ways to be a missionary Church, a Church that builds bridges and encourages dialogue, a Church ever […]
Mitre and Mission
Broken Record
I must be sounding like a broken record regarding Charitable Gift Annuities with CMIC, but I feel obliged to give you an update on interest rates. As mentioned earlier, our rates went up over the past couple of years. It was one of the few good things that rose over this inflationary period. Annuity interest […]
CMIC Endowment – The Gift That Gives Forever
In 2022, we featured the following article in our Mission Highlights Newsletter. We thought that it was such a nice piece that we should reprint it here. Thank you to Eric & Edith DeSouza and their family for sharing their story. They were inspired by their families to carry on the tradition of helping in their communities […]