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Ottawa Archbishop's 2016 Charity Dinner: « Preparing for and experiencing a...
Archbishop’s Remarks at the 9th Archbishop’s Benefit DinnerOttawa Conference and Event Centre—October 20, 2016Your Excellencies, reverend Fathers, dear Sisters, dear members and friends of the...
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Death of Bishop Jean Gagnon / Décès Mgr Jean Gagnon de Gaspé
Gaspé Bishop Gaetan Proulx, OSM announced today, December 23, the death of his predecessor after a short illness and commending him to our prayers.. Funeral details will be forthcoming. Requiescat in...
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Commended to our prayers: Fr Ernst Schoenhammer, OMI, pastor of Ottawa's St...
Ottawa's German-speaking St Albertus Parish is in mourning following the death overnight December 29-30 of their beloved priest who served them for a half-century.From the Catholic Ottawa list of...
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Bishop McGrattan Named Bishop of Calgary, Succeeds Bishop Henry
Mgr William Terrence McGrattanAujourd'hui, Sa Sainteté le Pape François a accepté la renonciation de S.E. MgrFrederick B. Henry, conformément au canon 401, et a nommé S.E. Mgr William T. McGrattan,...
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Death of Father André FORTIN Décès de M. l’abbé André FORTIN
C’est avec regret que nous vous faisons part du décès de M. l’abbé André FORTIN décédé a l’Hopital Montfort le lundi 9 janvier 2017 à l’âge de 84 ans. Né le 5 juin 1932 à Cobalt, Ontario, il a été...
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Making Plans for Living Lent 2017
The Church traditionally announces the important dates of the year on Epiphany Sunday. The key one is the solemnity of the Resurrection of Jesus, Easter Day—on April 16 this year.Closely tied to that...
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Pour Vivre le Carême en 2017
Selon la coutume, c’est le dimanche de l’Épiphanie que l’Église fait l’annonce des dates importantes à venir durant l’année qui débute. Cette année, la grande fête de Pâques – le dimanche de la...
View ArticleNouvel évêque de Saint-Hyacinthe/New Bishop of St Hyacinthe Diocese
Sa Sainteté le pape François a aujourd'hui accepté la renonciation de Son Excellence Monseigneur François Lapierre, P.M.É., comme évêque de Saint-Hyacinthe, conformément au canon 401 §1; et a nommé le...
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DÉCÈS L’ABBÉ CÔME CHÉNIER
L’abbé Côme Chénier est décédé le jeudi 20 juillet 2017 à l’âge de 85 ans. Il est né à Plantagenet, Ontario le 21 juillet 1931. Il était le fils de feu Albert et de feu Georgine Chénier. Il fut le...
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New Chaldean Eparchial Bishop in Canada * * * * * Nouvel évêque éparchial de...
Today it was announced in Rome that theMost Reverend Bawai Soro, auxiliary Eparch of the Chaldean Catholic Church of the Eparchy of Saint Peter the Apostle of San Diego has been appointed as new...
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Father Frederick J. Power S.J. was a Promoter of Devotion to the Sacred Heart...
Father Frederick Joseph Power, S.J. died peacefully on November 2, 2017 at René Goupil House, Pickering, ON. He was in his 94th year and in religious life for 75 years and a priest for 62 years....
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Monseigneur Jacques Landriault Évêque émérite de Timmins (1921 – 2017)
C’est avec une profonde tristesse que nous annonçons le décès de Monseigneur Jacques Landriault, Évêque du diocèse de Timmins de 1971 à 1990. Mgr Jacques Landriault est né à Alfred, Ontario le 23...
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Fr. "Gates" Deschamps (1931-2017) Décès du Père Gaëtan Deschamps
Father Gaëtan [Gates] Deschamps died peacefully on November 2, 2017 at the Glen Stor Dun Lodge; aged 86 years. He was the loving brother of Odette Benoit (late Ivan), Colombe Deschamps and Bernice...
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Fr. René Latourelle, SJ (1918-2017)
I got to know Father Latourelle in his old age though I had come to know of his theological brilliance in reading his works during my theological studies. In recent years we would have delightful...
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Redemptorist Named Bishop of MacKenzie-Fort Smith Mgr Hansen nouvel Évêque à...
Today, His Holiness Pope Francis appointed the Reverend Father Jon Hansen, C.Ss.R., currently pastor of the Our Lady of Victory Parish in Inuvik, NT, as Bishop of Mackenzie-Fort Smith.Ad multos...
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Plenary Indulgence for Pilgrimage Relic of St Francis Xavier 2017-18
Please see below the English translation of a Latin Decree from Cardinal Piacenza granting the possibility of obtaining a Plenary Indulgence to those participating in the Veneration of the Relic of St....
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Papal Blessing for Participants in Pilgrimage Relic St Francis Xavier
The Apostolic Penitentiary, by the faculties most specially accorded to it by Francis, by divine providence Pope, our holy Father in Christ and Lord, to the Most Excellent Reverend Terrence...
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Father Alexis Frederick Kirsten served Jesuits as an Administrator
Father Alexis Kirsten, Jesuit priest, died on January 17, 2018 at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, Ontario. He was 70 years of age and had been in the Society of Jesus, the Jesuits for 47 years.Alex...
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Décès : Animatrice générale Sœurs de la Charité d’Ottawa (1992-2004)
SOEUR CLAIRE MALETTE (Dominique-du-Rosaire) Sœur de la Charité d’Ottawa, est décédée à Ottawa, le 15 janvier 2018, à l’âge de 87 ans, dont 65 de profession religieuse. Née à Buckingham, Québec, elle...
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Reverend Reginal MacNeil dies at 95, in this his 70th year as a priest
Father Reginald Mac Neil died on January 31, 2018 at the age of 95 years. Born in Glace Bay, N.S., on March 24, 1922, he was the son of late Michael J. Mac Neil and Mary Margaret O'Keefe.Surviving is...
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Edmonton Auxiliary Gregory Bittman named Bishop of Nelson Mgr Bittman Evêque...
It was announced today in Rome that Pope Francis has appointed the Most Reverend Gregory Bittman, currently Auxiliary Bishop of Edmonton (Alberta), as the new Bishop of the Diocese of Nelson (British...
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Msgr Jose Bettencourt Named Apostolic Nuncio to Georgia
This morning in Rome it was announced in Rome that Pope Francis had named Msgr. Jose Bettencourt, a priest of the Archdiocese of Ottawa Titular Bishop of Cittanova, an ancient see in Calabria and...
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Msgr. Msgr. Gérald Joseph LeBlanc (1935-2018)
Saddened to learn of the death of Msgr. Gérald LeBlanc, whom I got to know during my years as Administrator of the Diocese of Yarmouth (2002-2007). He was a fine human being, a devoted and zealous...
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Archbishop-elect Jose Bettencourt's Arms and Motto Interpreted
Coat of Arms of Archbishop José Avelino BettencourtDESCRIPTIONAt the focal point of the arms is a triple, inlaid eight-pointed star in the shape of a Greek cross, which recalls the words of Saint Paul...
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Reverend Robert Jenkins, Ottawa Archdiocesan Educator-Priest
(January 8, 1941-March 31, 2018)Father Robert Jenkins, a priest of the Ottawa Archdiocese died at the John Paul II Residence in Ottawa on March 31, 2018 at the age of 77.Robert Jenkins was born in...
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