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Summary of this Issue
O
Sacred Head Now Wounded: a favourite passion hymn with images on Youtube
Links
to recordings of the Lenten Mission held at Saint Patrick’s Basilica
are provided
The
Divine Mercy Novena on Parliament Hill starts on Good
Friday (April 2nd). Other links related to Divine
Mercy are given.
A Passion
Play performed by Ottawa Lifeteen members will be performed
at two Parishes.
The
Lenten Prayer Initiative in
front of the abortion mill will continue until Wednesday March
31st.
Links
to powerful testimonies dealing with the 40 Days for Life Campaign
are provided.
Canadian
Pro-life victory:
a Liberal Party motion that would provide funding for abortion
services in 3rd world countries was defeated.
Information and videos on Chalice, a great Canadian charity
is available.
A captivating
journal of reflections on a week spent with the poor in Central America. This is another Lenten charity
initiative.
A
link is available allowing the download of audio recordings and
Power-point slides of the Recapturing
Reason sessions given by Dr. Tim Lau at Saint Patrick’s Basilica.
A
link to the audio recordings of the captivating talk Dr. Ian Hunter gave at
Saint Patrick’s Basilica is provided.
Link
to “The Scandal of Natural Law”, a powerful interview with
J. Budziszewski is
available.
A captivating
book review of Canadian Converts is available.
Upcoming Events
of Note:
- Friday March 26th: Augustine College Weston
Public Lecture takes place at St.
Paul University.
- Friday, March 26, 2010
Passion Play at Annunciation of
the Lord Parish.
- Good Friday,
Apr. 2, 2010: Passion Play
at St. Mary’s Parish.
- Tuesday
April 6th: The Price of Sugar – a documentary film illustrating
the plight of sugar-cane workers in the Dominican Republic at Annunciation of
the Lord Parish.
- Wednesday
April 7th: Recapturing Reason Adult Faith session continue
at Saint Patrick’s Basilica.
- April
10th:
a MAP training session, on caring for inmates and ex-offenders
in Ottawa.
- July
16th -18th Journey to the Father - recommended activities
for those with High- School children or grand-children.
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O Sacred Head Now Wounded
This a favourite passion hymn (attributable to St. Bernard
of Clairvaux) with images from The Passion of the Christ. Click
HERE
Lyrics
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Lenten
Mission
at Saint Patrick's Basilica
Father
Martin Hilbert,
a priest of the Oratory
of St. Philip Neri in Toronto,
preached three days of powerful Lenten
exercises here on Sunday (March 7th); Monday
(March 8th); and Tuesday (March 9th).
Click HERE to download or listen to these sermons.
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| John Zwicker |
DIVINE MERCY NOVENA ON PARLIAMENT HILL
The
Special
Divine Mercy Novena prayed on Parliament Hill starts
Good Friday (April 2nd) and ends on Divine Mercy
Sunday, April 11th. As the Divine Mercy icon
is carried in procession around Parliament Hill, the Divine Mercy chaplet
and Divine
Mercy Litany are recited. In addition to the Novena intentions, prayers are also said for the Pope,
our Archbishop, and for our country. This is the 18th such
annual Novena organized by the Friends of St. Joseph.
We meet at the Centennial Flame (near the corner of Wellington
and Metcalfe) at 6:15 AM, and the Novena lasts about
30 minutes. (There is plenty of free parking available at that
time on Metcalfe, O’Connor or Queen Streets).
Contact
John Zwicker 613-725-382, Paul Lauzon 613-565-2325 or Michael
Brady 613-823- 8618 for more info)
Click HERE to learn more
about the Divine Mercy Devotion
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The Divine Mercy Chaplet & Divine
Mercy Litany Chants
Divine Mercy is one of the fastest growing movements in the Church
today. There are over 22 Divine Mercy Cenacles in Ottawa. The
Divine Mercy Chaplet is said every day at the Holy Hour (03:00
pm) at Saint Patrick’s Basilica.
The links below allow you to download some Divine Mercy chants produced
by the Diocese of Cairns, Australia:
(From http://mp3pray.com/divinemercy/)
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Passion Play
The youth groups of Annunciation of the
Lord Parish and Divine Infant Parish jointly produced The Passion
Play this year. The portrayal of Christ's Passion with the selection
of music will move anyone, young and old, in a remarkable way.
Don't miss them.
There will be two showings:
·
Friday, March 26, 2010, 8 P.M.
at Annunciation
of the Lord Parish at 2414 Ogilvie Rd.
·
Good Friday, Apr. 2, 2010, 8 P.M. at
St.
Mary's Parish on Bayswater (100 Young Street).
For more information,
please call Jim Meuse @ 613-744-3026
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| Doris Gagnon |
Lenten Prayer Vigil Initiative
to
Defend Life - Save the Unborn
Come pray with us
The Helpers of God's Precious Infants,
a new pro-life ministry in Ottawa
is dedicated to maintaining a prayerful presence in front of
abortion sites. During Lent, a prayer vigil is being held
in front of the abortuary at 65
Bank Street,
three days a week, during the hours when the abortions take
place. The prayer vigils will take place
from 7:00
am to 5:00
pm, on Wednesdays, Thursdays
and Fridays,
During
those periods, people will be there, praying for the unborn,
their mothers and fathers, abortion workers and those who pass
by - often indifferent to this great injustice. Such public
witnessing has been instrumental in changing the hearts of some
women seeking abortions, thereby saving babies. Also workers
in the abortion industry have quit there jobs because of these
actions. - What better Lenten prayer initiative?
To
see the powerful effect this witnessing can accomplish, click
on the Blog site:
http://helpersottawa.blogspot.com/
You can register for the prayer vigil or find
out more about the Helpers of God's Precious Infants
at www.helpersottawa.org or by calling Campaign
Life Coalition, 613-729-0379.
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"Praying
in front of Planned Parenthood has drawn me closer to the cross
than I've ever been before in my life," wrote Julie. "Twenty
years ago, I had an abortion. I never knew the power of prayer
until now."
Click HERE to read
powerful testimony
Read also other 40 Days for Life Blog
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Canadian
Pro-Life Victory: Liberal Abortion Motion Defeated
During
a nail-biting session in Canadian parliament Tuesday, the Liberal
motion which sought to force Prime Minister Stephen Harper to
include abortion in the Canadian plan to
address maternal and child health at the G8 summit was defeated
in a narrow 144-138 vote. To read more, click on
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| Gary Knight |
This
is a great Canadian based charity doing wonderful work. Visit:
http://www.chalice.ca/
Here are a few videos explaining some of their initiatives:
This
is a great Canadian based charity doing wonderful work. Below
are Web sites summarizing some of their initiatives.
KENCAN
(Kenya – Canada) Medical Mission: clihttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSdVOXT3mGA
The
Sponsorship Program: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vxsuT3TOi0
This lent and easter (spring), Chalice wants to establish 33 youth
participation groups in Canada (see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFb6gwMa-Yw )
A great charity well worth
supporting particularly during this Lenten season. |
| Stan- e5 |
Reflections on the poor of
Central America
Last
November, Dick & Louse Fiala (Annunciation of the Lord
Parish) spent a spirit-filled week in a medical mission with the
poorest of the poor in the Dominican Republic…..what a way to spend a holiday
in the Carribean!!
Dick
wrote a journal of his one week adventure. To read this captivating
report, click HERE (it takes about 10seconds seconds to download the
PDF).
The
Pembroke-based medical mission in which the Fiala’s became involved
is called Friends for Life. It has almost no overhead All
the work is done by volunteers who fund their own airfare and
other travel expenses. The work they do in the bateyes of the
Dominican
Republic
is indispensable as illustrated in the above report.
If
you wish to support this cause your tax receiptable donations
can be sent to:
Friends for Life
c/o Celine Britton
402 Centre Street
Pembroke, ON K8A 1J6
For
more information yous can contact Dick at dickfiala@rogers.com
This
is another great charity worth supporting particularly this Lenten. |
| Gary Knight |
RECAPTURING REASON
Clarity in A Confused World
by Dr. Tim Lau
Have you ever pondered whether a person is really just a clever,
evolved animal? Do you have misgivings about genetic screening
of pre-born persons to engender the “best babies possible”? How
about putting suffering persons out of their misery with an assisted
“dignified death”? Or public policies that leave themselves no
option but to procure abortions as stop-gaps having committed
to contraception? Consider the logic of compassion saying it's
okay for marriage to be redefined outside the natural scope of
two sexes. Or that a plural society must enjoin a pluralist
ideology which deplores the proselytizing features of religion.
For the secular mind, all these examples carry a compelling rationalism;
yet they are profoundly contrary to reason and directly at odds
with Christianity.
Below, seven engaging seminars tackle the deceptions at the
root of secular thinking. One of them, social Darwinism, is a
de-humanized ideology of 'survival of the fittest’ and an outgrowth
of atheistic rationalism and nihilism. With such roots now in
full maturity in a milieu that denies God and radically severs
church from state, Pope Benedict XVI has called on Christians
to reclaim the only antidote: the full scope of reason together
with holiness. Responding generously to that call, Dr. Timothy
Lau has assembled these seven penetrating surveys of thought.
Starting from sound principles of knowledge, moving through belief, and
personally embracing a God who reveals both himself and
the sanctity of all persons, this journey enkindles a zeal for
truth, beauty, and goodness: all the great attributes of full
personhood in God.
Click HERE to view
Power-Point slides, and to listen the records of Dr. Lau’s insightful
lectures |
Deacon James
Scheer |
IAN HUNTER TALK AT SAINT PATRICK’S BASILICA
On
Saturday,
March 13, 2010,
at Saint Patrick’s Basilica, Dr. Ian Hunter, Professor emeritus,
University of Western Ontario and President, Hunter Arbitration/Mediation
Services, spoke to a gathering of about 112 listeners. His topic
was UPON THIS ROCK: Reflections of a Recent Convert.
In
an engaging manner, Dr. Hunter offered his personal observations.
He himself came from an evangelical Protestantism that considered
Catholicism an abomination. Dr. Hunter passed from this through
Anglicanism to an acceptance, at age 61, of the Catholic Faith.
As
with every person entering into full communion with the Catholic
Church, culture shock awaited Dr. Hunter. In this talk, he gives
his listeners an opportunity to hear something of what faced him
as he made the transition into the life of his local parish.
Click HERE to download mp3 of this
captivating talk, or to listen to it online. |
| Richard
Bastien |
After
flirting with atheism for a good part of his life, Budziszewski
converted to Catholicism and has become one of the staunchest defenders
of the concept of natural law.
He
is both rigorous and clear - and well worth reading.
Click HERE
to read this captivating interview. |
| John Gay |
Book Review of “Canadian Converts”
Click
HERE
to read an insightful review of this captivating book by Herman
Goodden, from Catholic Insight Magazine.
Canadian
Converts is
one of the first books published by Justin Press, a new
Ottawa-based Canadian Catholic printing house. Click HERE for details of this and other books.
These books can also be purchased at St. Patrick's Gift
Shop. |
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UPCOMING
EVENTS |
| Graham C |
Friday March 26th:
Augustine College Weston Public Lecture
Clothing
our Moral Nakedness: Education for Christian Virtue. The, a free public lecture
given this year by Dr. Ralph C. Wood, University Professor
of Theology and Literature in the Department of Religion at Baylor
University in Waco, Texas. Friday, March 26th at 7:30 pm at the Saint Paul
University Amphitheatre, 223 Main St. Free parking is available
on site. For more information, click HERE.
See also THIS
POSTER. |
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Friday, March 26, 2010, @
8 P.M.: Passion Play at Annunciation of the Lord Parish at 2414
Ogilvie Rd. Click HERE for details. |
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Good Friday,
Apr. 2, 2010 @ 8
P.M. : Passion Play at St. Mary's Parish on Bayswater (100
Young Street). Click HERE for details. |
| Dick Fiala |
The Price of Sugar On
Tuesday April 6th at 7:00 PM at Annunciation of the Lord Parish, 2414 Ogilvie
Rd,
a film documenting the plight of Haitian sugar cane workers in
the Dominican Republic
will be shown as a follow-up to Dick & Louise Fiala’s presentation
Reflections on the Poor of Central America. Please join
us in the parish hall Tuesday evening April 6th at 7:00. Click
on BIG SUGAR. |
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Wednesday Adult Faith Series at
Saint Patrick’s Basilica
Continues on April
7th
WEDNESDAY ADULT FAITH SERIES
We live in a secular culture. The attitude of many towards
Christianity is scepticism if not outright rejection. Surveys
indicate that atheism is a growing concern.
Question:
What are you doing to address the issue?
We all receive the
following
admonition in 1 Peter 3: “Should anyone ask you for the reason for this
hope of yours, be
ever
ready to reply, but speak gently and respectfully”.
Are you ready to explain
and defend the
basic tenets of our faith?
Are you equipped to articulate our faith?
Dr. Tim Lau will be offering seven
Wednesday sessions beginning on February 24th and ending April
7th 2010. These sessions will provide you with a foundation to conform
to St. Peter’s admonition.
Each session will be held in the Saint Patrick Basilica Scavi (basement), from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. All are welcome.
Click
HERE
for more info. |
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M.A.P. Training Session in Ottawa
Go and Do the Same (Luke 10:37)":
Caring for inmates and ex-offenders in Ottawa Saturday April 10,
2010
“Now
God and Do the Same (Luke 10:37)”: Caring for inmates and ex-offenders
in Ottawa, a training day for individuals and churches delivering
or discerning whether to be delivering prison ministries and ex-offender
re-integration services. Training program runs 9 to 4 pm. Training
Day Fee: $25 per person, $40 per couple registered by April 5.
Later registration higher. The cost includes a light lunch, coffee/tea/snacks,
and a delegate pack.
Click HERE for details.
For more info call 613-749-2415 or email mapottawa@on.aibn.com
Website: www.mapottawa.com |
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JOURNEY TO
THE FATHER
This is an excellent summer event for
families and youth...mainly High School teenagers. It is very
affordable and it is less than two hours from Ottawa, St. Raphael’s,
Ontario (near Cornwall)….so plan your family holiday early…..
What is this conference about? You!
Enjoy amazing live music that uplifts your spirit.
Hear speakers who understand your hopes and your fears. They speak
straight from their hearts.
Make peace with the Father and feel that peace in your life.
Experience your faith in an exciting new way.
Meet other teens just like you
When, where?
July
16-18, 2010
St.
Raphael's,
Ontario (between Ottawa and Montreal)
Adults (age 21+) Thinking of bringing a group?
Email us at signmeup@journeytothefather.ca
and we'll send you a great promo dvd and info package.
Watch our 2008 promo video online
Click here to view the Photodex video now!
Watch our 2007 promo video online
Click
here to view the video now!
Listen to/download audio of talks from some past conferences
Click
here to listen to the audio now!
Proudly supported by:
The Catholic Diocese of Alexandria - Cornwall
The Conference
This is the tenth annual Journey to the Father Conference. This
exciting adventure in the Catholic faith is modelled closely on
the Franciscan University of Steubenville High School Aged Conferences.
Two main differences are the smaller size ( 500) which does create
a more intimate atmosphere to the conference and our Canadian
speakers. After relying on American speakers the first few years,
we have made a conscious decision to use our own talented and
spirit-filled speakers and we have been delighted with the response.
Our teachings are faithful
to the Magisterium ( as are those from Franciscan University Conferences)
and we try to present the beautiful teachings of the Catholic
Church in ways that our youth can understand and be drawn to.
The program is a mix of dynamic
talks, beautiful liturgies, great music, with enough social time
and opportunity for sports to allow the youth to meet new friends
and relax. We have several young speakers and we invite other
youth, especially our Disciple Team, to witness during the weekend.
We set up a book store with a variety of Catholic merchandise
for sale. We also invite a number of organizations and groups
to exhibit at the Conference. These are groups which offer "
a next step" for young people finishing high school and have
included in the past, the National Evangelization Team, Catholic
Christian Outreach, Regnum Christie, religious orders, St. Francis
Xavier University, and Youth Blaze among others.
All our food is prepared on site with a good variety of meals
and options for people with special food requirements.
We lay ground sheets to accommodate about 200 males or females
each in their respective large tent. Chaperones sleep with their
groups and we have 24 hour security in these tents. The site is
also well supervised throughout the weekend.
Over 400 volunteers are involved each year in staging this conference
for our youth. We are very proud of the support we receive from
people of all ages in our Diocese. They in turn, enjoy meeting
the wonderful young people who attend these conferences and their
Chaperones.
We ask for your prayers as we prepare for this wonderful event.
http://www.journeytothefather.ca/conference.html |
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