Friday, March 22, 2013

Run With Life: Gestational Legislation: a morally sound strategy

Run With Life: Gestational Legislation: a morally sound strategy: In the most recent issue of the Guelph and Area Right to Life newsletter, there is an (unsigned) front page article on gestational legislat...

Monday, March 4, 2013

Lenten Mission; Annunciation of the Lord Parish: March 3 - 5 from 7:30 tp 9:00 PM

Parish Lenten Mission; Annunciation of the Lord Parish, Ottawa, ON, Canada
March 3 - 5  from 7:30 tp 9:00 PM
 
During this Year of Faith, Pope Benedict XVI has called for the whole Church to have an encounter with Christ. Encounter Jesus, our Eucharistic Lord, who strengthens and transforms us as we offer our lives to Him. Through a rediscovery of the gift of faith the Lord wants to grant each one of us renewed joy and enthusiasm for communicating the faith to others.
Schedule 7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.,
Sunday -  Reasons to Believe:  Why it is reasonable to believe in Jesus
Monday -  Offering your life to God:  the Eucharist as Sacrifice
Tuesday -  Drawing new life from Jesus: the Eucharist as a Sacred Banquet
                   Followed by Adoration...
 
Speaker
 Fr. Terry Donahue, CC is the Director of Lay Formation and Chaplain to the Lay Associates for the Companions of the Cross. Ordained to the priesthood in 2000, Fr. Terry has since taught 15 lay formation courses on topics in apologetics, spirituality, Ignatian discernment and evangelization. He also teaches high school Religion at Maryvale Academy, an independent Catholic school in Ottawa. He is also a presenter on the Food for Life television program and the weekly Reasons to Believe program on Radio Maria. Fr. Terry has a strong background in science and technology, having received a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and having worked for five years as a computer graphics programmer.
Below is the link to Father Terry's Sunday homily from the parish website
Encountering Jesus through the Eucharist
 
 
 

First Evening
Session 1 - Sunday March 3, 2013, 7:30 - 9:00 -
Reasons to Believe: Why it is reasonable to believe in Jesus

Session 1- Questions and Answers

 Session 1 - Praise and Worship


Second Evening
Choir leads the hymn
 Only This I Want by Dan Schutte

Choir leads the hymn
No Greater Love by Michael Joncas

Session 2 - Monday March 4th 2013. 7:30 - 9:00PM

Conclusion of Second session and closing Hymn
Lord You Have Come to the Seashore

Third Evening
Third Session Monday March 5, 2013


Song led by the choir
I Surrender it all to Jesus

Song led by the choir
All who are Thirsty
 

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Bishop Fred Henry endorses WeNeedALaw campaign!

Bishop Fred Henry endorses campaign!
Bishop Frederick Henry of the Catholic Diocese of Calgary has joined Archbishop J. Michael Miller in endorsing the WeNeedaLAW.ca campaign.
Bishop HenryCampaign director, Mike Schouten received this statement from Bishop Henry:
"Since the 1988 ruling in Regina v. Morgentaler, Canada has had no abortion law. Canadian history has shown that we make the law (or seek justice) in our image and likeness where there is no external standard, and worse still, the rationale for having an abortion multiplies. This is intolerable. It is time for everyone to support the campaign and goals of WeNeedaLAW.ca.”
“We are grateful to Bishop Henry for his support. He clearly understands that if we are to effect change in Canada we need to do so incrementally,” said Schouten.
“The goal of WeNeedaLAW.ca is to restrict abortion to the greatest extent possible, and it is very encouraging that Bishop Henry believes we can be successful in limiting the harm of abortion by implementing gestational laws,” continued Schouten.
Bishop Frederick Henry is the third high level Roman Catholic official to endorse the political strategy of WeNeedaLAW.ca. Last August, Archbishop J. Michael Miller of the Vancouver Archdiocese issued a statement outlining reasons as to why Roman Catholics could support gestational legislation. Archbishop Miller’s statement was affirmed by Thomas Cardinal Collins, Archbishop of Toronto a week later.
“On behalf of the WeNeedaLAW.ca campaign, I thank these religious leaders for their understanding of prudential politics and their passion for the protection of the lives of pre-born children in our country,” concluded Schouten.