Letter to faith community leaders from Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer
Dear Faith Community Leaders, I am reaching out to you today to thank you for your efforts to date in helping Canada delay the spread of COVID-19 in our communities.
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Take off your boxing gloves!
To advance, to grow in holiness, to “possess God” as St. John the Evangelist says, we must fight to earn the reward that the Lamb will give to the victor
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Hope, Gratitude, and Solidarity
A Message to Canadians from Religious Leaders in Canada in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Continue readingA virus that spreads in the head, in the heart and on the lips!
You’d think COVID-19 would only infiltrate the lungs. But obviously it’s spreading far beyond that vital organ! First, in the head: it makes us extremely fearful and afraid of death
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Norms for the Celebration of the Sacraments, Spring 2020
We must balance the common good of the people regarding their health and possible exposure to the Covid-19 Coronavirus and their spiritual needs at this time.
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Pastoral Letter – March 22, 2020
I am writing to you on the Fourth Sunday of Lent. Across each of our dioceses, the provinces, the country and the continent, Sunday Mass has been celebrated in private
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COVID-19 – All Masses Cancelled
Pastoral Centre, Kingston March 17, 2020 My dear Priests, Deacons, Religious and Faithful, The civil authorities in Ontario have announced that the Province is under a state of emergency effective
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Archbishop’s Lenten Message 2020
Chancery Office, Pembroke Ash Wednesday, February 26, 2020 My dear Faithful of the Archdiocese of Kingston and the Diocese of Pembroke, My greetings in the Lord Jesus. Our observance of
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Guidelines on Protecting Minors From Sexual Abuse
November 15, 2019. In light of questions recently raised regarding the efforts of the Catholic Church in Canada to respond to the legacy of clergy sexual abuse, for example by
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