Exactly one week ago today I had a chance to give a conference presentation on stewardship. The conference was held here in Montreal, and 300 people attended. It was the first conference of its kind.
So as to not lose the momentum, a special static page has been created here on Adventus.org. You can access the [...]

I’ve begun teaching a course this term entitled the Christian Understanding of God (THEO 331). I’ve created a course web page for it, and those interested can find the course outline and related downloads on that site. I’ve also uploaded the first audio lectures from the course:

Presentation of the course
Course lecture, part 1
Course lecture, part [...]

One of the ways that the province of Quebec is rather unique in the world is that its civil law includes a special statute on the governance of Roman Catholic parishes. It is a throwback to the old French colonial regime, when the king of France had a special responsibility for the protection and promotion [...]

Find out by listening to this homily, offered on the feast of All Souls.

Dear Adventus reader,
I could not help but notice that many of you feel somewhat befuddled by the financial crisis that is going on.
You are not alone, of course. Reading other internet blogs, for example, I can sense the rising tide of confusion and anger.
As for myself, before I went into the priesthood I got [...]

A recent move to a new server had a few hiccups, but it seems the Adventus blogs are back on track! Thanks for your patience!

A new page has been added to the list of available pages in our right-hand sidebar: it contains a set of audio files derived from a talk I gave on the sacrament of confession some time ago. I hope it will be useful!

Just what does the Catholic Church think of the theory of evolution? To be honest, it depends on which theory of evolution we mean. More than that, it depends on what we believe about the explanatory power of the theory. There are some who seem to treat the “theory of evolution” more [...]

Click on the image to be taken to the website of the National Catholic Bioethics Centre, where you can find a lot of resources regarding the position of the Church on bioethics issues.

A reader wrote in to let us know of the following:

Father Tom, would you be able to put a link on Adventus and 2000 Stories to the Alpha Canada Website ?
An important Quebec-wide Alpha bilingual conference will be offered at Becket (and the adjoining school) Friday August 15 and Saturday August 16, 2008. Monseigneur Gilles [...]