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Visit of the Archbishop to Saint-Vincent Hospitalphoto credit : Robert Arsenault, February 8 2012
Visit of the Archbishop to Saint-Vincent Hospitalphoto credit : Robert Arsenault, February 8 2012
Pastoral visit to St. Margaret Mary ParishOttawa, February 4th and 5th, 2012
Pastoral visit to St. Margaret Mary ParishOttawa, February 4th and 5th, 2012
Celebration of the consecrated lifeNotre-Dame-de-Lourdes church, Ottawa, February 4, 2012
Celebration of the consecrated lifeNotre-Dame-de-Lourdes church, Ottawa, February 4, 2012
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Recent News
Lenten Reconciliation Services \ Confession Times in Parishes
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Pastoral Message in Support of the Share Lent Collection 2012
Lent is the period when catechumens traditionally prepare for the sacraments at Easter. It is also the season when the entire community of faith, and we individually, are renewed for our ongoing journey in conversion and faith. Jesus began his ministry by proclaiming “Repent and believe in the good news” (Mark 1.15). Lent renews us on the way of conversion and faith through prayer, fasting, and works of mercy. In his Lenten message this year, the Holy Father notes how we are also assisted on this journey by concern for one another and mutual encouragement.
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Benedict XVI Creates 22 New Cardinals
On Saturday, the Church received 22 new cardinals. During the ordinary public consistory, the Pope invested each of the new cardinals with a ring and with the scarlet biretta.. "May Christ's total gift of self on the Cross," the Pope said, be for you the foundation, stimulus and strength of a faith operative in charity." He continued "May your mission in the Church and in the world, always be 'in Christ' alone, responding to His logic and not that of the world, and may it be illumined by faith and animated by charity which comes to us from the glorious Cross of the Lord."
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Message of His Holiness Benedict XVI for Lent 2012
The Lenten season offers us once again an opportunity to reflect upon the very heart of Christian life: charity. This is a favourable time to renew our journey of faith, both as individuals and as a community, with the help of the word of God and the sacraments. This journey is one marked by prayer and sharing, silence and fasting, in anticipation of the joy of Easter.
Click here to read His Holiness's message on the Vatican website.
Archbishop’s Pastoral Letter for Lent 2012
May I invite you to join me in an inner journey of faith and memory this Lent? We begin soon on Ash Wednesday—February 22—and complete our spiritual renewal forty days later on Easter Sunday, April 8.
The Second Vatican Council’s decree on the renewal of the Sacred Liturgy pointed out two features of Lent. We are to recall our baptism—or prepare for it—and we are to do penance. By these ways, “the Church prepares the faithful for the celebration of Easter, while they hear God’s Word more frequently and devote more time to prayer.”
Click here to read Archbishop Prendergast's letter.
Click here to read Arshbishop Prendergast's Lectio Divina.
Share Lent 2012
Share Lent is the annual fundraising drive of the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace, the international solidarity organization of the Canadian Catholic Church.
Development and Peace is looking for new volunteers as Parish Representatives to support your parish in this year’s campaign. Click here for more information.
There is also a Share Lent Workshop at Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary church in Vanier on Saturday February 4, 2012 from 9 am - 12 pm. Click here for more information.
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News from Pastoral Services (Friday Fax)- February 17, 2012DIOCESAN CENTRE OFFICES CLOSED MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20: Please note that the Diocesan Centre will be closed on Monday, February 20 for ‘Family Day’, a recognized statutory holiday in Ontario.
SUGGESTED PRAYERS FOR VOCATIONS: Second Sunday of Lent - March 4. For all our priests, who bring us to the mountain of Christ at every Mass and feed us with His transforming love in the sacraments, we pray to the Lord.
ARCHDIOCESE SEEKING TEAM OF ACCOUNTANTS: The Archdiocese of Ottawa is looking for a team of accountants. These are part-time contract positions. Part of their mandate will be to visit parishes and help facilitate and monitor implementation of the Protocol on Parish Financial Administration. Incumbents should have an accounting designation (CA, CGA, CMA) or equivalent education and experience as well as a good knowledge of Microsoft Office and Simply Accounting. Info: Colette Legault (613-738-5025, ext. 234). Resume to (clegault@archottawa.ca).
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