This reminder notice is sent to you as a courtesy encouraging you to arrive early. We would like to inform you that we have preregistered 160 men. We have an additional 40 spots available. If you know anyone else who may like to attend please have them contact me as it would be a shame not to sell out this breakfast given the notoriety of our speaker, Archbishop Luigi Ventura (The Apostolic Nuncio).

Here are the details (once again):
Date:             May 28, 2005
Time:             8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.  (Doors Open at 8:00 a.m.)
Where:         Annunciation of Our Lord Parish
Address:       2414 Ogilvie Rd.
Phone:          613-744-3026

Directions:    

From Hwy 174 /17:   take the Montreal Rd exit.  Head West on Montreal Rd to Ogilvie.  Turn Right (North) on Ogilvie through one traffic light and through two stop signs.  Annunciation is on the right hand side.  Parking and entrance is at the rear of the building.

Cost:               $10 per adult
                       $ 5 for students (under 18yrs)

Arrive early:  Doors Open at 8:00 a.m. (It is strongly recommended that you arrive early to get a good seat) Attendees will have preferential access to reserve a seat at any future breakfast events.

We're looking forward to seeing you there.

Organizing Committee
Jim Meuse
Home Number - 744-3026
Cell Number - 795-4424

National Day Care Protest - Calling all stay-at-home parents, concerned Grandparents and home daycare workers. 
 
Ken Dryden (Minister of Social Development) will be in Nepean next week. 

This Minister's Liberal government day care bureaucracy is going to cost (according to its OWN supporters) $6 billion a year.

It will bankrupt taxpayers. It is not affordable. It takes choices away from families.
 
We will oppose it. Help oppose this government day care by protesting on:
 
Monday, May 30, 2005
5:30pm to 7:00pm

Nepean Sailing Club
3259 Carling Avenue
Nepean, ON K2H 1A6
 
*Important:  please meet at 5:30pm in front of the entrance of the Sailing Club (on the sidewalk)
 
You can make your own signs.  We also will be providing a few signs. 

For more information, please contact Debbie Jodin at 744-4363

defendMARRIAGE.ca News

dM ACTION UPDATE:  LOSS OF NON-CONFIDENCE VOTE

Thurs., May 19, 2005

Dear Friends of Marriage:

Just moments ago, we witnessed another non-confidence vote in Parliament that would have brought down the government and killed Bill C-38. Unfortunately, the Paul Martin government managed to squeak through this non-confidence vote by a hair's breadth, with independent MP Chuck Cadman casting the deciding vote. 

Paul Martin has had to use every trick and every resource entrusted to him in order to cling to power: he's spent $25 billion of your taxdollars doing so.

We are witnessing the actions of a desperate and corrupt government. As Senator Anne Cools said, we are up against a Prime Minister who will use the public treasury against the very people to whom it belongs.

Consider this: had it not been for the efforts of the Defend Marriage Coalition and people like you, Bill C-38 would have already become law.

The defeat of the Martin government would have been the most convenient way to kill Bill C-38, but it is not the only way. The best defence of marriage is a good offence. Other non-confidence votes are on the horizon and there is every indication, the specifics of which I am not free to share, that there will be enough votes to bring down the government in the future;

We can defeat the bill in the House by convincing more MPs to support marriage.

The Official Opposition and some pro-marriage Liberals have been working very creatively to extend the C-38 Special Committee hearings by fighting for fair and full public hearings and also by committing to introduce a number of amendments.

We can be thankful for two opponents of C-38: Vic Toews of the Conservative Party, who is leading the debate in committee on the pro-marriage side, and Pat O'Brien, who is working hard on the Liberal side to find a way to kill Bil C-38.

We can be confident, that ultimately, we will win this fight to defend our faith, families, culture and country.

Sincerely,

Roy Beyer

Defend Marriage Trust

Subject: Ordination, Reception, & First Mass Photos

Greetings.

This past weekend was a busy but joyous one for the Companions of the Cross as three of our men were ordained to the priesthood. Congratulations Fr. Brian Christie, Fr. Francis Ching, and Fr. Michael Minifie! A fourth man, Fr. Anthony Hannon, was also ordained at the same time for the Archdiocese of Ottawa. Another new CC priest, Fr. Michael Scherrey, was ordained on April 30th, in Houston, Texas (congratulations to you too Fr. Mike!).

I have posted photos of their ordination, reception, and first Masses on our PictureTrail web site for your viewing pleasure. The links are indicated below. I do not yet have photos of Fr. Michael Scherrey's ordination & reception to share with you, but I will so when I get them (note to Fr. Mike - send me the CD!). Same thing goes for Fr. Brian Christie's 'official' first Mass, which will take place this Sunday in Sarnia. Also, Fr. Francis Ching has posted some photos of his own on another site that you may want to check out as well (link below).

Most of the photos were taken by Richard Donnelly (613) 797-2005. Well done! If you need a photographer, give him a call.

Enjoy! Let us give thanks to God! - Fr. John Vandenakker

Ordination Mass: http://www.PictureTrail.com/gid7429887

Ordination Reception: http://www.PictureTrail.com/gid7430028

Fr. Michael Minifie's First Mass: http://www.PictureTrail.com/gid7430031

Fr. Francis Ching's First Mass: http://www.PictureTrail.com/gid7430034

More Photos of Fr. Francis Ching: http://photos.chak.ca/Clara_and_Heison/Year2005/200505-YOW-Ordination/

Subject: Some recent photos of Companions in Halifax

Greetings.

Richard Donnelly, our community photographer, was in Halifax recently for a visit. He dropped in on a couple of Masses one day at St. John the Baptist parish. Fr. Tim Devine and Fr. Ben St. Croix were presiding on this day. If you would like to view some photos of them and the parish click on our PictureTrail web site: http://www.PictureTrail.com/gid7481092.

Enjoy! - Fr. John V.

SITE OF THE WEEK

Doors Open Ottawa will be held on Saturday, June 4 and Sunday, June 5, 2005. It is a weekend celebration of our architectural heritage when historic and architecturally significant buildings (including a number of churches) open their doors to the public, free of charge. Most participating buildings are not normally opened to the public. Many buildings are open from 10:00 am to 4 p.m., but please check with each participating building for specific dates & times at each site Program is subject to change.

See links below for further information on this event and for a list of the participating buildings. The list of participating buildings will also be published in the Ottawa Citizen and Le Droit newspapers on Thursday June 2nd.  

Further information about Doors Open:

http://ottawa.ca/city_services/culture/doorsopen/about_en.shtml

List of participating buildings:

http://ottawa.ca/city_services/culture/doorsopen/buildings_ls_en.shtml

(Editor’s note: Many of the buildings in this event are churches – that’s why we included this notice here. It’s a great opportunity to go to places of worship in a spirit of ecumenism.)

Hello all Members and friends of Maryvale Academy.

Starting a new independent Catholic school is no easy feat.  Apart from the physical effort needed, a great spiritual effort is also required.  A spiritual battle exists when any project tries to come together with it's sole purpose to build up the Kingdom of Heaven.  The battle is strong and heating up these days as we move closer and closer to our September opening. 

With that in mind we have devised a counter attack; which is to solicit as many people as possible to provide a "Prayer Cover" for this great and wonderful project.  We ask that you not only pray for our protection but also register with one of the programs that we have made available that is convenient for you.  As a prayerful people, this should not in anyway put extra burden on you or your family.   We do however want some form of commitment by registering your name in one of our programs and ask that you continue to meet that obligation of prayer.   Please see our www.holyfamilyinstitute website under Maryvale Academy header "Prayer Cover" link for more information.

I would like to introduce Patricia (Patty) Klambauer as our prayer cover coordinator.  Please contact Patty @ mailto:prayer@holyfamilyinstitute.ca for more information.

Thanks and God Bless your effort and support.

Cyril Dowling
Holy Family Institute
http://www.holyfamilyinstitute.ca/

Subject: MoralParty.com

Dear citizens,
 
...Realizing that Canada is a confluence of a lot of faiths, races, economies and cultures, let us start by taking the commonalities by which we can feel comfortable uniting without disowning our own GOD to correct a wrong. Examine the Truths and there in lies God. The TRUTH shall set us free for the Truth IS GOD.

So why not identify all the issues that are UNTRUTHS also UNgodly.
Prioritize them according to your responses and build on them.
By GOD's grace we shall have identified and prioritized our Love for God and Neighbor.

1 I now ask you (the people of GOD/Faith) to Identify your concerns and send them to us by email
2 We will then tabulate and return them back to you.
3 Let us then build SOLIDARITY with one another and
4 Present them to our politicians with a clear message; Join us or we will disown you and your party.
5 Let the politicians & those aspiring measure up to our standards, if they wish us to vote for them.

Then we can VOTE with an INFORMED CONSCIENCE and have the right people in place; who then I am certain with God's grace will make our job of policing the government easier and theirs easier with running the country with opposing rallies but faithful allies.

Look up: http://www.MoralParty.com that is in the making and awaits your input to become a reality.
It is your chance to recover what we have lost and give our children a better future in Canada.
We do this NOT only for ourselves but also for others; our neighbors.
GOD SAVE CANADA and HELP us UNITE under God.

We thank you for taking time off to understand this enormous task at hand. We need you now to move ahead.

Send us back an email; list (as many as you want) your moral concerns BUT prioritize them, based on moral values. We will tabulate them and let you have the results. The more that respond the better.

 

Mention if you wish your name identified with your comments or above concerns

 

Thanks and God bless!

Victor Carvalho
Victor@MoralParty.com
May 10, 2005

(Editor’s note: The preceding is a portion of a lengthy email that was forwarded to me. What has been included here is the “action”plan. For more information regarding this, visit Victor’s site.)

Hello from Toronto, Ontario.

We are the McConkey family... creators of the Arma Dei Catholic Family Apostolate. We are dedicated to the creation of joyous, solid, carefully-crafted products that help parents, teachers, and parishes to teach our wonderful Catholic Faith. You'll see that each product is quite innovative, designed to make the learning process quite fun.

We are pleased to announce that our products can now be previewed online on this great new Catholic website. Please check it out!

  http://livingmyfaith.irun.com/s_80.asp

Just in time for summer!

Thank you for for your time.
In Christ,
Bill and Monica McConkey and family