Category: Parish Bulletin
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A Pastoral Letter from our Bishop
Pastoral letter from Archbishop Mulhall Fourth Sunday of of March 22, 2020 My dear faithful from the Archdiocese of Kingston and the diocese of Pembroke, I’m writing to you on the fourth Sunday of Lent. In each of our dioceses, provinces, countries and continent, Sunday Mass was celebrated privately by our priests. This Sunday was…
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R.I.P. Edmond Mainville
It is with great sadness that we announce the peaceful passing of our father with love ones by his side at the Montfort Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario on Saturday, March 21st, 2020 at the age of 74. Edmond Mainville of Allumette Island, Québec was the beloved husband of Pierrette Mainville (nee Chaput). Loved and cherished father…
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Editorial: Doing our duty
School closures, business disruptions, stock market panic, grocery hoarding and widespread cancellations of Sunday Masses. Few if any of us have seen anything like this. But the extraordinary measures implemented by governments and many bishops — including Mass suspensions — are prudent. Source: Editorial: Doing our duty
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Cupcakes, podcasts and Instagram: How churches are navigating the pandemic | CBC News
Churches of all denominations are trying to maintain the spiritual connection with their members and support their communities, while also protecting the health of religious leaders and congregations during this tumultuous period. Source: Cupcakes, podcasts and Instagram: How churches are navigating the pandemic | CBC News
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Nurses All Over Are Asking People to Sew Masks. Here’s How You Can Help.
While finding food and supplies at the grocery store has gotten a little better as this week goes on, there are some very important items that are still in short supply… necessary items for those on the front line of this virus crisis. Perhaps you’d be interested in reading this article and putting your sewing…
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Strange times call for strange solutions
G’Day one and all: Since it’s becoming more and more apparent that this period of ‘social distancing’ is going to be with us longer than we might have expected, (Première Legault just issued an edict restricting groups to nothing larger than 2 people!) I am beginning to implement some unusual practices to try and serve…
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This Spiritual Communion prayer is the easiest to memorize
Spiritual Communion is becoming more and more habitual as we grow accustomed to the lack of publicly celebrated Masses. We can more easily make this practice a frequent habit by memorizing a Spiritual Communion prayer. I wish, my Lord, to receive you with the purity, humility, and devotion with which your most holy Mother received…
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Charles Lewis: Imagine a Lent lasting the whole year
As you read this we will be in the last few weeks of our Lenten promises. If you are like me you have probably slipped once or twice. To me, it does not really matter whether we slip. The thing is we are aware that these promises are important and have not shrugged off any…
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Charitable Canadians unite under “caremongering” movement
Source: Charitable Canadians unite under “caremongering” movement
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Upper Pontiac Parishes 