The Advent season is here!
November 30, 2021 Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, In Latin, the word ‘Advent’ is written “Adventus”. It literally translates as “arrival, advent”, hence Christian Latin translates it as “coming
Continue readingMessage from Bishop Guy Desrochers concerning the resignation of Fr. Justin Bertrand
November 26, 2021 Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, It is with sadness that I recently announced the resignation of Fr. Justin Bertrand from priestly ministry. Fr. Justin decided
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2021 Message for the National Day of Prayer in Solidarity with Indigenous Peoples
We are called to Healing, Forgiveness, Reconciliation We, the Body of Christ, are called to live in friendship and harmony with all peoples. We are brothers and sisters of our
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Pastoral Appointments – November 20, 2021
Chancery Office, Pembroke November 20, 2021 – Vigil of the Solemnity of Christ the King The Most Reverend Guy Desrochers, C.Ss.R., announces the following pastoral appointments: Reverend Steven BALLARD has
Continue readingOfficial Opening of the Diocesan Synod
October 19, 2021 Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, All the diocesan Churches of the world have now entered into a great process called “synod” since this past weekend. Pope
Continue readingThe Holy Father has accepted the invitation to visit the Church in Canada
It is my honour to inform you that the Holy Father has accepted the invitation of the Bishops of Canada to visit the Church in Canada in the context of
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Truth And Reconciliation
The news of the discovered unmarked graves this spring at the Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia has jarred our Catholic conscience into grappling with a Canadian reality and
Continue readingNew Online Evangelization Prayer Group
Prayer as a means of drawing people to Christ is a primary and essential task. Benedict XVI explains that “people who pray are not wasting their time, even though the
Continue readingStatement of Apology by the Catholic Bishops of Canada to the Indigenous Peoples of This Land
24 September 2021 We, the Catholic Bishops of Canada, gathered in Plenary this week, take this opportunity to affirm to you, the Indigenous Peoples of this land, that we acknowledge
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