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Sunday Eucharist with the St. Rene Goupil Catholic-Deaf Community
Pastoral Visitation to St. Rene Goupil Catholic-Deaf Community of Ottawa-GatineauHoly Canadian Martyrs Church, 3rd Sunday Advent, Gaudete (“B”)-December 14, 2014Introduction to the MassIn preparation...
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CHRIST'S PEACE AMONG US—LA PAIX DU CHRIST PARMI NOUS
NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL BASILICA—OTTAWA, ONCHRISTMAS MIDNIGHT MASS—DECEMBER 25, 2014[Texts: Isaiah 9.2-7 [Psalm 96 (95)]; Titus 2.11-14; Luke 2.1-14]Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, chers frères et...
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My Thanks - Sincères remercîments
Je tiensà exprimer ma sincère gratitude à ceux et celles qui m'ont envoyé des vœux de Noël, cadeaux et messages, et je souhaite à toutes et à tous,spécialement leclergé, les religieux et religieuseset...
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Feast Day of the Holy Innocents
December 28 is the memorial of the Holy Innocents, except this year when it falls on a Sunday (the Feast of the Holy Family).Many years ago when my peers and I were in the Jesuit Novitiate, we were...
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RIP Archbishop Giuseppe Pittau, SJ
Pope Francis has expressed his sorrow and sent his condolences to his Jesuit brothers for the death of Archbishop Giuseppe Pittau, SJ, who passed away on the night of December 26 in Kamishakujii,...
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APPELÉS À SERVIR… POUSSÉ PAR L’ESPRIT—A DEACON SAYS “YES” TO GOD’S CALL
A longer post than usual: three recent Ottawa ordinations to the diaconate: two candidates for the Priesthood and one Permanent Deacon. Ce blogue est un peut long: deux ordinations diaconales de...
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L'Eglise de Rimouski en deuil
Mgr Pierre-André Fournier a perdu conscience soudainement à l’archevêché, peu après avoir béni une assemblée d’une vingtaine de personnes hier, samedi 10 janvier. Il a été transporté d’urgence à...
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Cent ans de la Naissance de Mgr Plourde - Centennial of the Birth of...
Archbishop Plourde died a week short of his 98th birthday on January 5, 2013. Today marks the centennial of his birth. To commemorate this milestone, the homily at his funeral is reproduced below:Nous...
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New Chaldean Eparch for Canada
Today, His Holiness Pope Francis appointed Reverend Chorbishop Emmanuel Challita, currently Parish Priest of the Chaldean Parish of St. George in Michigan as Eparchial Bishop of the Chaldean Eparchy of...
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Beloved Jesuit Pastor Passes Away
Father Michael O’Donnell, S.J., died on August 5, 2014 in the 77th year of his life and the 56th year of religious life in Pickering, Ontario; he had been a priest for 35 years. Michael O’Donnell was...
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Hungarian-Canadian Brother Feigl
Brother Rudolf Feigl S.J. died on Thursday, January 8, 2015. He was 93 years old and in his 71styear of religious life in the Society of Jesus. Rudolf Feigl was born on November 23, 1921 and entered...
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Jesuit Father Lawrence Brennan Served in Northern Ontario
Father Lawrence Edward Brennan died peacefully in the Lord on January 15th at the Ajax-Pickering Hospital. He was in his 88th year, a priest close to 55 years and in religious life for nearly 70...
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Knights of Columbus Pioneer Council 485—115 Anniversary Mass
St. Basil’s Church, Ottawa, 3rd Sunday Ord.Time (“B”) January 25, 2015GOD’S TRANSFORMING CALL [Jonah 3.1–5, 10 [Psalm 25]; 1 Corinthians 7.29–31; Mark 1.14–20]Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,I am...
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Michaelite Named London Bishop
Today, His Holiness Pope Francis appointed Reverend Father Józef Dabrowski, C.S.M.A., 50, currently Superior of the North American Vice-Province of “St. Kateri Tekakwitha” of the Congregation of St....
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Hommes et femmes consacrés appelés à « Réveiller le monde » - A Celebration...
“WAKE UP THE WORLD”: THE ROLE OF CONSECRATED WOMEN & MENDe Mazenod Chapel, St. Paul’s University—Ottawa, OntarioYear of Consecrated Life—January 31, 2015En ce début de célébration je tiens d'abord...
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Journée mondiale contre la traite des êtres humains - St Josephine Bakhita at...
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS—MOT D’ACCUEILLa Messe multiculturelle de l’archidiocèse d’OttawaTroisième dimanche du temps ordinaire, (Année « B ») – le 25 janvier 2015Bienvenue à cette célébration eucharistique...
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Homélie pour la Messe Rouge– Homily for the 2014 Red Mass
Société juridique Saint-Thomas-MoreNotre Dame Cathedral Basilica, Ottawa, ON—October 16, 2014Fostering the Common Good[Texts: 1 Corinthians 12.12–26; Luke 22.24–30]PROMOUVOIR LE BIEN COMMUN[Textes: 1...
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Cinquante ans Drapeau canadien/ Fifty Years of Canada’s Flag
One of the memorable events during my early Jesuit formation took place 50 years ago today at Ignatius College, Guelph. It was on Monday, February 15, 1965 when the members of the Juniorate program...
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Lettre pour Carême-Lenten Letter
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ: For years Catholics have been asking each other as Lent approaches: What are you doing for Lent? What are you giving up? This year, don’t ask what you can...
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OUR CHRISTIAN LENTEN JOURNEY: PRAYER, PENITENCE AND CHRISTIAN ASCETICISM
Ash Wednesday Homily—Saint Patrick BasilicaOttawa, ON—February 18, 2015[Texts: Joel 2.12–18 (Psalm 51 [50]); 2 Corinthians 5.20–6.2; Matthew 6.1–6, 16–18]My dear brothers and sisters in Christ:Living...
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