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Advent is Here

The Advent season is here… It focuses on expectation and it serves as an anticipation of Jesus Christ’s birth in our hearts at Christmas. The word advent is derived from

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Christ is our King

On this Solemnity of Christ the King, it is good to ponder the origin of  this celebration.  It is quite recent in the Church liturgical calendar.  Consider the world in

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Remembrance Day

Remembrance Day is celebrated in Canada on November 11th.  The Canadian Bishops offer us three aspects to this special day to ponder and to act on: First, we pause and

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Veneration of Relics

On All Saints Day, it is customary for churches to place their relics of the saints on public view in the sanctuary or at the altar. Relics are the physical

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World Mission Sunday

World Mission Sunday is celebrated on Sunday October 21 this year. Because of our baptism into the life and love of Jesus, each of us shares in the mission of

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Devotion to the Cross

With September unfolding now we have many wonderful events in the Liturgical calendar. Two of these are the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross on September 14 and the

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