May is Mary’s Month

May is the month of Mary. Several Pope’s have written on this topic, such as John Paul II in 2002: "Today we begin the month dedicated to Our Lady a favourite of popular devotion. In accord with a long-standing tradition of devotion, parishes and families continue to make the month of May a "Marian" month, celebrating it with many devout liturgical, catechetical and pastoral initiatives!"  Read more about this beautiful tradition by clicking HERE.

It is thus appropriate to introduce a new Web site dedicate to the Legion of Mary.  This site was developed by Maureen Ward from Annunciation of the Lord Parish who is also a strong Pro-life activist. It has many useful Marian links which should be put to good use during this month.

James 1:17

Brothers and Sisters in Jesus,
I just saw this great article today by Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa from the Zenit News Summary I receive weekly. This teaching clearly differentiates those who belong to Christian churches versus those who belong to sects and what our disposition should be towards them. I can truly understand why he is Papal Retreat Master!

God Bless!

http://www.zenit.org/article-22266?l=english

Stan Siok asked me if I would make the occasional contribution to Virtual Ministry and of course I am happy to do so. 

Item 1…Below is a link to Monsignor Latour's excellent Po-life homily on pro-life Sunday May, 4 (I put it on my personal website)

PRO LIFE HOMILY MAY 4 2008 Monsignor Robert J Latour, Pastor, Annunciation of the Lord Parish, Ottawa

"The greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion, because it is a war against the child - a direct killing of the innocent child

 - murder by the mother herself, and if we accept that a mother can kill even her own child, how can we tell other people not to kill one another?" Mother Teresa of Calcutta, speaking at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D. C. on Feb. 3^rd, 1994        

and FYI   THE GOSPEL OF LIFE ( Encyclical Evangelium Vitae) and briefly  QUOTES FROM THE GOSPEL OF LIFE Pope John Paul II

Item 2… Below are links to the Congregation for the Clergy: topic  "praying for priests"

May 30 2008, the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is the "World Day of Prayer for the Sanctification of priests"

http://www.clerus.org/clerus/dati/2008-04/22-13/Lettera_e_preghiera_EN.pdf

Pope Benedict XVI's prayer for priests

http://www.clerus.org/clerus/dati/2007-12/04-13/Freising_ing.html

EUCHARISTIC Adoration for THE SANCTIFICATION OF priests AND SPIRITUAL MATERNITY

http://www.clerus.org/clerus/dati/2008-01/25-13/Adoration.html DOCUMENT

http://www.clerus.org/clerus/dati/2008-01/25-13/Adoration.pdf PDF file

perpetual adoration in parishes http://www.clerus.org/clerus/dati/2007-12/06-13/Nota_esplicativa_en.html

God Bless, Maureen Ward

Here is my website link.

http://mycatholicchurch.googlepages.com/home . It is a kind of busy home pagewith three collumns, The left hand column is primarily upcoming events so I added Father's homily there for PRO LIFE WEEK (I have a section on the right hand side with all of Father’s Homilies (I have his permission to do this). The middle section is mainly Church teachings encyclicals etc. articles of interest and the right column is primarily other web sites Mary and the saints etc.

God bless!

Maureen

News from the Companions of the Cross

Greetings.

Hope you are having a blessed Easter Season! If you would like to view some recent community photos, please click on our Picture Trail web site link: http://www.PictureTrail.com/gid19487503. Also, please take note of the following upcoming events:

1) CC Foundation Day Mass - Come join the Companions of the Cross for this Mass of celebration marking the 23rd anniversary of their 'founding' as a new community in the church. Date: Fri. May 2nd.

Location: St. Mary's parish, Ottawa. Time: 7:30 p.m. Note: no reception to follow this year.

2) CC Ordinations to the Priesthood - Come join the Companions of the Cross as Archbishop Terrance Prendergast ordains John Paul Bolger & Bernard Messier to the priesthood. Date: Sat. May 10th.

Location: Notre Dame Basilica, Ottawa. Time: 10:00 a.m. Reception to follow in Basilica Hall.

Please lift these men up in your thoughts and prayers as they take this awesome step in the service of Christ and his church! All are welcome.

God Bless - Fr. John Vandenakker

Just received this from Paul and Sue Schieman. Seems to be related to this Web site: http://www.4mycanada.ca/

I pass on the message below from Faytene Kryskow regarding the passage of Bill C-484, the Unborn Victims of Crime Bill now being studied by a parliamentary committee. I believe Faytene may be onto something in the spiritual realm, I share this for your own consideration.

FROM OUR DIRECTOR: URGENT CALL TO PRAYER/FASTING

Dear Fellow Canadian Pro-Life Group,

Surrey-Delta Pro-Life (British Columbia) is teaming up with Life Decisions International, the publishers of The Boycott List, for an organized effort across Canada. With 103,000 abortions in Canada in 2003, that is 103,000 children who will never take their first steps, learn to read, and be the next generation of great thinkers. WE MUST DO SOMETHING!

Planned Parenthood is the driving force behind this extermination. They educate for early sexualization of children, promote birth control, and deem abortion as a moral right. They are the leading promoter and provider of abortion in the world and their business is killing our children and scandalizing our youth. Let us work to minimize their efforts by informing corporations, who support Planned Parenthood financially, that we will not support them until they change the recipients of their donations.

Our goal is to have thousands of Canadians across Canada joining together in an organized letter writing campaign. This campaign will continue month-to-month, with the target corporation changing every month.

Please forward the attached letter to your pro-life contacts and members. The more people that commit to this campaign, the more money we will be able to divert away from Planned Parenthood's extermination.

As well, we have included a graphic, which can be printed and handed out or inserted in newsletters. Please forward this to churches in your area and encourage the local pastors to promote this effort.

If you have any questions or concerns, please call us at 604-574-0225 or email us at: monthlytarget@gmail.com.

Yours for Life,

Jayme-Dawn
Surrey-Delta Pro-Life Society

FYI - In Canada, Planned Parenthood is called: Federation for Sexual Health AND OPTions for Sexual Health.