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Why Get to Know Mary?

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

May is the month in which we traditionally honor Mary, the mother of Jesus. She is the woman most recognized in our Church and many devotions such as the rosary are dedicated to her

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Back to Basics: Monday, May 20th

Tuesday, May 21, 2013
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St. Bernardine of Siena FRANCISCAN PREACHER AND MISSIONARY Unlike many of the other Saints we encounter, St Bernardine -besides having an intriguing name that could Information: Feast Day:May 20Born:1380, Massa Marittima, ItalyDied:1444, Aquila, ItalyCanonized:24 May 1450 by Pope Nicholas VPatron of:advertisers; advertising; Aquila, Italy; chest problems; Italy; gambling addicts; public relations personnel; public relations work; be feminine!!- is actually ‘mentioned’ in the calendar as an optional Saint for the day.

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Fire from Heaven: Feast of the Pentecost. March 19

Monday, May 20, 2013
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Yesterday, we celebrated the birth of the Church.

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Diversity in/and Unity: Thursday May 16th

Sunday, May 19, 2013
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I’ve been a little delayed since returning from Chicago, partly by my own desire to rest, partly by an effort to restore my laptop to full form which is an on going effort. I’ve been working on this blog for a longer period of time, because the theme is quite challenging.

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Living in trust: Readings of May 10th

Saturday, May 11, 2013
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My last entry for the next couple of days is an opportunity for me to rectify a mistake I did 6 months ago. Back then, I blogged ( for the Jesuit Scholastic and Brotohers blog “Ïbo et Non Ridibo” )about a Belgian St, Saint Damien of Molokai

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Readings for May 9th

Friday, May 10, 2013
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A late entry for yesterday’s readings.

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Journeying to the heart: Readings for May 8th

Thursday, May 9, 2013

Another Canadian Blessed, ignored by the American sites so the formatting is a little different!

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Good Christians, Cease your whining and rejoice: Readings for May 7th

Wednesday, May 8, 2013
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Another day, another Bishop…this time, a Saint -yesterday’s Canadian holy man was a blessed!- Fair warning, my entry for April 8th -today..I’m kinda late for my April 7th Blog!- is also a ‘homily.’( I’m not a priest, so it’s not a homily, but you get my drift!) This means that my reflections, and therefore, the blog will be a bit longer! Thanks for your patience, and thanks Melanie Jean for your regular words of encouragement

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Pointing us to the Holy Spirit: Readings for May 6th

Tuesday, May 7, 2013
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Let’s start with a holy person more ‘remembered’ in Canada, one who carries the name of my hometown in his name (Laval!). My data today comes from EWTN and Catholic.org/ wiki, with some of my own edits

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God’s light Springs in Hope! Readings for the 6th Sunday of Easter

Monday, May 6, 2013
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This saint was nobly born about the year 401,probably in Lorraine. He was brought up in amanner suitable to his birth, in the study of the lliberal arts, and of every branch of polite learning.But how little value we ought to set on all things thatappear great in the eyes of the world, he himself hastaught us.

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Feast of St. Joseph the Worker

Friday, May 3, 2013

The first of May is the feast of St. Joseph the Worker and International Worker’s Day

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Truth beyond a doubt!

Friday, May 3, 2013
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This is my penultimate entry for the week. Saturdays will be my Blogging Sabbath, unless it’s an especially nice day in terms of readings or saints!There’s a lot of lovely theology to wrestle with today, so I’d like to get down to it…but as it turns out, our Saint of the day helps us out in this thought process St

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The Complexity of simplicity!

Thursday, May 2, 2013
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Today’s holy guy’s story is a bit long, and having cut it, I hope I still did him honor, for he is an very important Doctor of the Church. And in case it wasn’t clear to you what makes a Saint, a Doctor of the Church, hopefully, his shortened bio will help you get it!

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Joseph, Humble worker

Wednesday, May 1, 2013
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MAY 1st. St Joseph the Worker (Optional Memorial)Today, we take a little break from the journey of the early Christians and of the book of John, to celebrate May Day!

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The Power of Love: Readings for April 29th

Tuesday, April 30, 2013
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St. Catherine of Siena – 25 March 1347 in Siena – 29 April 1380 in Rome Mystic Doctor of the Church Patron Saint of: Fire prevention and of Italy Born during the black plague, she was the 21st of 25 children.

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Can Judgement triumph over love? Readings for Sunday April 28th

Monday, April 29, 2013
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Our Saintly Guy of the day: Patron of Oceania.St Peter Chanel1803 – 1841 Entered a Diocesan priest in France, was able to revive a rundown community, but eventually had his mind on missionary work,so, in 1831, he joined the newly formed Society of Mary (Marists) which concentrated on missionary work at home and abroad.

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Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Thursday, April 25, 2013

This week, Montreal is hosting the Québec National Truth and Reconciliation event. From April 24 to 27 the public is invited to learn about and participate in part of the healing process of the aboriginal peoples traumatic experience of the residential schools.From about the 1870′s right until the 1970′s, the Canadian government installed a system of schooling for the aboriginal peoples whereby the children were taken away from their families and placed in boarding schools often very far from their families and villages.

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Overcoming Obstacles

Friday, April 19, 2013

Last week, our city had a surprise return of winter that covered the city with a substantial amount of snow, enough to feel like spring had left us for a few days. I had planned to go to a retreat centre in the countryside for the weekend and when the weather networks began to predict the snow fall with dire warnings of a storm, I was beginning to question whether it was wise to go.

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Plans for the summer?

Friday, April 12, 2013

Have you made any plans yet for your summer vacation? Have you ever thought of taking a vacation with God

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Taking Time for God – Summer Pilgrimage

Monday, April 8, 2013

As we move into the spring, many of us start planning our summer holidays. But, have you ever thought of planning some downtime with God?

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