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...
View ArticleFr. "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...
View ArticleFr. 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...
View ArticleRedemptorist 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...
View ArticlePlenary 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....
View ArticlePapal 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...
View ArticleFather 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...
View ArticleDécès : 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...
View ArticleReverend 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...
View ArticleEdmonton 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...
View ArticleMsgr 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...
View ArticleMsgr. 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...
View ArticleArchbishop-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...
View ArticleReverend 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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