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1 dead, part of Hwy 17 closed after truck loses load of logs - Ottawa - CBC News

Alas, the victim of this tragedy is a parishioner here on Allumettes Island. I had the honour of officiating at the wedding of his daughter just this past summer. Please pray for the consolation of his family and friends in this time of great grief and sadness. 1 dead, part of Hwy 17 closed after truck loses load of logs - Ottawa - CBC News
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Merry Hallowthanksmass!!

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6 Things to Never Say to a Bereaved Parent - Still Standing Magazine

6 Things to Never Say to a Bereaved Parent - Still Standing Magazine
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A little philosophical humour to start your day!

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Nathan Cirillo's dogs patiently waiting for his return | CTV News

Nathan Cirillo's dogs patiently waiting for his return | CTV News
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A new song and dance for the Catholic Church? | Crux

Bravo to Sr. Christina! She took something intended to demean the Church and transformed it into a pion of love that lifts up virginity as something wonderful... a gift to be offered to a covenanted partner within the loving relationship of marriage. Bravo to the Dancing priests! They demonstrate the joy and enthusiasm that fires the hearts of believers. Bravo all round for demonstrating that faith and fun, pop culture and music are mediums through which we can encounter and experience God in such a way that our joy overflows. Thank you too to Michael O'Loughlin for this insightful piece. Much appreciated on a Friday morning too full of sad and frightful news. A new song and dance for the Catholic Church? | Crux
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The Greatest Disease in the West | All That Catholic Jazz

“The greatest disease in the West today is not TB or leprosy; it is being unwanted, unloved, and uncared for. We can cure physical diseases with medicine, but the only cure for loneliness, despair, and hopelessness is love. There are many in the world who are dying for a piece of bread but there are many more dying for a little love. The poverty in the West is a different kind of poverty — it is not only a poverty of loneliness but also of spirituality. There’s a hunger for love, as there is a hunger for God.” Click on the link below to read the entire article... it's worth it! The Greatest Disease in the West | All That Catholic Jazz
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Chaput: clergy might stop signing marriage licenses as “principled resistance”

I've been saying this ever since gay marriages were recognized by the Canadian government. +Chaput is the first bishop I've read who is counselling the same approach. I am not saying that we should renounce our civic licences as a protest against same sex marriages. Rather I see it as the only way that we Catholic clergy can preserve our freedom to celebrate marriage as a sacramental union. Put another way, by separating the religious from the civil aspects of marriage we would make clear that we will not cooperate with any effort that confuses our Catholic understanding of the sacrament from the legal redefinition of the civil definition that the State uses. It would be akin to drawing a distinction between 'matrimony' (the proper Catholic sacramental term) and 'marriage', a word which the state has now co-opted and redefined to suit its own legal needs. All that this would mean is that any couple who confected the sacrament of matrimony in a Catholic ch
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Francis's Firestorm - a reflection on the Synod from Fr. Dwight Longenecker

"In a few weeks, the firestorm over the Synod on the Family will die down, but as the process continues for another twelve months, Pope Francis will need to be aware of the increasing criticisms of his papacy. While all Catholics of goodwill want to love the pope and support the proper kind of renewal and reform, the Pope will have to tread carefully, listen to all points of view, communicate carefully and walk the tightrope between proper reform and defending the faith once delivered to the saints." In other words, Pope Francis will have to do what popes have done throughout history. I agree entirely with Fr. Longenecker in his summation, although I believe that he has perhaps been a little light in his conviction that the Holy Spirit was right in calling forth this good man as Pontiff - and in the way that the Synod has been conducted. Still, at least he ended on the right note. Click on the link below to read the entire article: Francis's Firestorm - Aleteia
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Pope Francis’s Family Synod: Not an Earthquake, But a Big Tremor - The Daily Beast

Pope Francis is certainly a breath of fresh air, and I, for one, rejoice in his style, tone and early pronouncements. I pray for him every day. His is a decidedly different persona from his immediate predecessors. His tone is deeply pastoral, kind, and merciful. But that is all it is: tone. Nothing has changed in terms of the teaching and policies of his Church. There is much in this document to be lauded. I love his notion that the family is a “school of humanity,” within which we learn what it means to love our neighbor as ourselves. I couldn’t agree more. This working paper begins with an introductory description of the family returning home each evening to share a common meal, even a glass of wine, as everyone rejoices in the presence of one another and collectively learns from the experiences of the day—a 1950’s idyllic notion that may have never been true, and an ideal only a group of elderly, celibate men who have never been part of such a family in their adult lives could posit
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