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Summary of this Issue
Liturgical
overview of the month of March is available.
The
history of Lent.
A
Lenten Prayer Vigil Initiative is proposed across from the
abortion mill. We are looking for prayer warriors to get involved.
A Blog shows the effect of this prayerful witness.
For
Latin lovers, there will be a Mass in Latin every Sunday
at 4:30
pm at Saint Patrick’s Basilica
during Lent.
Oprah
Winfrey was impressed by some real
Catholic nuns she had on her show.
Information and videos on Chalice, a great Canadian charity
is available.
A captivating
journal of reflections on a week spent with the poor in Central America.
Videos
links in this issue: three short musical videos, and an informative
EWTN interview dealing with the vibrant and growing Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter.
The
Vancouver Olympics provided an opportunity for a better
perspective on Canada by the Americans.
A captivating
book review of Canadian Converts is available.
A
group of Ottawa Pro-life General Practitioners would like
to expand their membership. Prayers are requested for this initiative.
Upcoming Events
of Note:
- February
27th: meeting with Phil Lees, Head of the
Family Coalition Party of Ontario.
- March
3rd: Recapturing Reason: Adult Faith lecture
series at St. Patrick’s Basilica.
- March
7th to 9th: Lenten Mission at St.
Patrick’s Basilica.
- March
8th: CCO welcomes Cardinal Leveda to Ottawa.
- March
9th: Reflections on the Poor in Central America at Annunciation of the
Lord Parish
- March
13th: Dr. Ian Hunter talks on his conversion
experience at St. Patrick’s Basilica.
- March
13th: The Resting Place – teaching on prayer
& spiritual life at St. Mary’s.
- March
20th: Men’s Breakfast at St. Augustine Parish
featuring Marcel Dion.
- July
16th -18th Journey to the Father
- recommended activities for those with High School children
or grand-children.
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March 2010 - Overview for
the Month

The month of February is dedicated to St.
Joseph, whose feast-day falls on March 19th.
A faithful man shall be greatly praised; and he that is
the keeper of his Lord shall be glorified.
For overview of month including
Papal Intentions, click HERE.
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Brief History of Lent

It seems certain that a Lenten season preceding Easter
goes back to the time of the Apostles.
Click HERE to read article by Fr. John Hardon
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| Doris Gagnon |
Lenten Prayer Vigil Initiative
to
Defend Life - Save the Unborn
Come pray with us
The Helpers of God's Precious Infants,
a new pro-life ministry in Ottawa
is dedicated to maintaining a prayerful presence in front of
abortion sites. During Lent, a prayer vigil is being held
in front of the abortuary at 65
Bank Street,
three days a week, during the hours when the abortions take
place. The prayer vigils will take place
from 7:00
am to 5:00
pm, on Wednesdays, Thursdays
and Fridays,
During
those periods, people will be there, praying for the unborn,
their mothers and fathers, abortion workers and those who pass
by - often indifferent to this great injustice. Such public
witnessing has been instrumental in changing the hearts of some
women seeking abortions, thereby saving babies. Also workers
in the abortion industry have quit there jobs because of these
actions. - What better Lenten prayer initiative?
To
see the powerful effect this witnessing can accomplish, click
on the Blog site:
http://helpersottawa.blogspot.com/
You can register for the prayer vigil or find
out more about the Helpers of God's Precious Infants
at www.helpersottawa.org or by calling Campaign
Life Coalition, 613-729-0379.
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EVERY SUNDAY AT 4:30
PM DURING LENT
MASS IN LATIN AT SAINT
PATRICK’S BASILICA

Every Sunday afternoon throughout
Lent (including Palm Sunday) at 4:30 pm there will be a recited
Mass, celebrated in Latin, at the Basilica. Msgr. Luca Lorusso
of the Apostolic Nunciature will offer the first Mass on Feb.
21st .
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Oprah meets some real Catholic nuns
Oprah
Winfrey recently lined up a series on alternative communities
and wanted Catholic nuns to be a part of the mix. Dominican Sisters
of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist in Ann
Arbor
Michigan (median age twenty-six, with
approximately 100 members) decided to accept Oprah's invitation.
Click HERE
to read article and see videos. |
| Gary Knight |

This
is a great Canadian based charity doing wonderful work. Visit:
http://www.chalice.ca/
Here are a few videos explaining some of their initiatives:
This
is a great Canadian based charity doing wonderful work. Below
are Web sites summarizing some of their initiatives.
KENCAN
(Kenya – Canada) Medical Mission: clihttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSdVOXT3mGA
The
Sponsorship Program: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vxsuT3TOi0
This lent and easter (spring), Chalice wants to establish 33 youth
participation groups in Canada (see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFb6gwMa-Yw )
A great charity well worth
supporting particularly during this Lenten season. |
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Reflections on the poor of
Central America

Last
November, Dick & Louse Fiala (Annunciation of the Lord
Parish) spent a spirit-filled week in a medical mission with the
poorest of the poor in the Dominican Republic…..what a way to spend a holiday
in the Carribean!!
Dick
wrote a journal of his one week adventure. To read this captivating
report, click HERE (it takes about 10seconds seconds to download the
PDF).
The
Pembroke-based medical mission in which the Fiala’s became involved
is called Friends for Life. It has almost no overhead All
the work is done by volunteers who fund their own airfare and
other travel expenses. The work they do in the bateyes of the
Dominican
Republic
is indispensable as illustrated in the above report.
If
you wish to support this cause your tax receiptable donations
can be sent to:
Friends for Life
c/o Celine Britton
402 Centre Street
Pembroke, ON K8A 1J6
For
more information yous can contact Dick at dickfiala@rogers.com
This
is another great charity worth supporting particularly this Lenten. |
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Videos of the
Issue
This Time of Forty
Days
You Are Always
There (Canadian
Tenors)
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Longer
Video (28 minutes): Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter
Below
is a link to an Interesting interview with the vibrant and growing
Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter. EWTN (Fr. Mitch Pacwa)
interviews two members from the community who speak briefly about
the Traditional and Novus Ordo Mass, Art, architecture, etc….informative
and good food for thought: http://www.gloria.tv/?media=54821 |
| Nora Torres |

A
side benefit of the Vancouver Olympics is that it fostered a Canada/US perspective
you won’t see every day. Enjoy!
For
years we have complained that the majority Americans don't know
nearly enough about Canada. While I suspect this will
still be true after the Olympic Games, this piece (see link below)
by Tom Brokaw on NBC puts our relationship in perspective. The
images are beautiful, the writing is outstanding and the feeling
you are left with is uplifting. I hope you enjoy it as much as
I did.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYoTJItSPt0 |
| John Gay |
Book Review of “Canadian Converts”

Click
HERE
to read an insightful review of this captivating book by Herman
Goodden, from Catholic Insight Magazine.
Canadian
Converts is
one of the first books published by Justin Press, a new
Ottawa-based Canadian Catholic printing house. Click HERE for details of this and other books.
These books can also be purchased at St. Patrick's Gift
Shop. |
| Dr.
Clarke |
Pro-life General Practitioners
Needed
Ottawa Pro-life doctors would like
to expand their membership in order to provide better coordinated
services to our community. Pro-life GP’s are therefore invited
to join this association.
For more info, please contact
Dr. Joseph Clarke at:
Email: joseph_clarke3@sympatico.ca
Phone: 613-563-0343 (private line
at office)
Fax at office: 613-563-2211.
All are invited to pray for
this important initiative. Please pass this on. |
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UPCOMING
EVENTS |
| Suzanne Fortin |
INVITATION Family Coalition Party Meeting

The Family Coalition Party (FCP) will be
meeting on
WHEN: Saturday, February
27th at 1 pm
WHERE: Laroche Room
of the Hintonburg Community Centre 1064 Wellington West.
Phil
Lees
(leader of the FCP) will speak. We will discuss organizing riding
associations, choosing our areas of activism.
Please
come and show your support! |
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Wednesday Adult Faith Series at
Saint Patrick’s Basilica
Continues on March
3rd

WEDNESDAY ADULT FAITH SERIES
We live in a secular culture. The attitude of many towards
Christianity is scepticism if not outright rejection. Surveys
indicate that atheism is a growing concern.
Question:
What are you doing to address the issue?
We all receive the
following
admonition in 1 Peter 3: “Should anyone ask you for the reason for this
hope of yours, be
ever
ready to reply, but speak gently and respectfully”.
Are you ready to explain
and defend the
basic tenets of our faith?
Are you equipped to articulate our faith?
Dr. Tim Lau will be offering seven
Wednesday sessions beginning on February 24th and ending April
7th 2010. These sessions will provide you with a foundation to conform
to St. Peter’s admonition.
Each session will be held in the Saint Patrick Basilica Scavi (basement), from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. All are welcome.
Click
HERE
for more info. |
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Saint Patrick Basilica Lent
Exercises

March 7th to March
9th
Father
Martin Hilbert,
a priest of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri in Toronto, will preach
three days of Lenten exercises here on Sunday (March 7th);
Monday (March 8th); and Tuesday (March 9th).
On Sunday, March 7th, Father will
preach at the 9:30 a.m., 11 am, and 12:15 pm Masses. The weekday
evening exercises will take place beginning at 7 pm in the church
on Monday and Tuesday at the Basilica.
Click HERE for more info. |
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Reflections on the poor of
Central America
Last
November, Dick & Louse Fiala (Annunciation of the Lord
Parish) spent a spirit-filled week in a medical mission with the
poorest of the poor in the Dominican Republic. They will give a presentation
on their contribution to this mission on Tuesday evening, March
9th at 7:30
PM
at Annunciation of the Lord Parish, 2414 Ogilvie Rd. |
| Graham
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The Resting Place
Talks on prayer by Marcel
Dion -- Feb. 13th & March 13th at St.
Mary’s Parish
An ongoing teaching series on prayer and the spiritual
life called "The Resting Place" is being given
by Marcel Dion, Director of Spritiual Formation at St.Mary's
parish in Ottawa (see below for details).
It is being held once a month in the parish hall on Saturdays
from 9:45
am
to 12
noon. Future sessions will
be held on Feb. 13 and March 13, 2010.
Archived
audio of the past talks is available on-line by going to
the St. Mary's Parish website (link below) and clicking
on "Spritual Formation" on the menu (in
red) in the upper right corner:
http://www.stmarysottawa.ca/index.htm
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Each
session will include a time of praise and worship, two presentations
on prayer and the improvement of our prayer life, as well as time
for questions and answers. Anyone interested in learning
about and deepening their experience of prayer is encouraged to
join us.
Join
us for this ongoing teaching series on prayer. Among the many
graces available to us during this Jubilee year is the grace to
“put out into the deep” in our spiritual lives. Marcel Dion –
our Director of Spiritual Formation – draws from the wisdom of
John Paul II, Doctors of the Church, as well as Catholic Mystical
theology to help us understand why pursuing growth in the interior
life is not only our chief obligation and our greatest privilege
but an exciting adventure as well!
As
John Paul II taught “...it is prayer that roots us in this truth
[that without Christ we can do nothing] and constantly reminds
us of the primacy of Christ and, in union with Him, the primacy
of the interior life and of holiness.”
"It
would be wrong to think that ordinary Christians can be content
with a shallow prayer that is unable to fill their whole life.
Especially in the face of the many trials to which today's world
subject faith, they would be not only mediocre Christians but
'Christians at risk”
John
Paul II Novo Millennio Ineunte |
| Guy Dacquay |
CCO Welcomes Cardinal Levada
to Ottawa

CCO
presents their second annual fundraising gala on Monday,
March 8th, 2010 in Ottawa with His Eminence William
Joseph Levada, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of
the Faith.
Holy Mass with Cardinal Levada - Notre Dame Cathedral at 4:30 on
March 8th with Gala Evening at The Westin Hotel - Cash
bar at 5:45, Dinner at 6:45
125$
per ticket with 60$ tax receipt. For Tickets or information contact:
CCO Headquarters: 613 736 1999 ottawamtm@cco.ca
For
more information please see event poster
Cardinal
Levada serves as
Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
in the Roman Curia. On May 13, 2005, Pope Benedict
XVI elected Levada to be his successor
in this highly important post. |
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Basilica Adult
Faith Series

Saturday, March 13th,
at 7 p.m. in the Scavi of Saint Patrick’s
Basilica:
Upon This
Rock:
Reflections of a Recent Convert
Ian Hunter
Professor Emeritus,
University of Western Ontario
President, Hunter Arbitration/Mediation Services
London, Ontario
Why would someone, at age 61, leave
his church to become a Roman Catholic? ….especially someone like
author, professor, and lawyer Ian Hunter, whose upbringing was
in an evangelical Protestantism that considered Catholicism an
abomination and the Pope likely the Antichrist?
What culture shock awaits the recent
Protestant convert? Come and hear Ian Hunter speak to these questions
and more.
Click HERE for details. |
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Men's Breakfast St Augustine
Parish

Saturday
March 20th,
8
am to 10 am: Men's Breakfast Men’s
at St.
Augustine Parish (1060 Baseline Rd …use East side-entrance). The speaker will be Marcel
Dion, Director of Spiritual Formation at St. Mary’s Parish.
An inspiring, informative
talk and a nutritious continental breakfast preceded by Praise
& Worship music, all for the modest cost of $4.00 (at the
door).
Please
confirm by calling Denis at (613) 228-7646 or e-mail breakfastformen@gmail.com.
Click HERE
for details.
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THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RINGS
7:00 - 9:00 p.m., St. Mary's
hall, 100
Young St.
Fellowship
and discussions for newly-married Catholic couples will take place
over several Saturday sessions. These will deal with how
to grow from anger to intimacy. Please bring your favourite veggies,
fruits or desserts.
Sat., Mar. 13, Personal Responsibility and Emotions;
Sat., Apr. 17, The Perfect Apology;
Sat., Jun. 12, Roadblocks to Forgiveness.
RSVP: André & MaryBeth
Pion (613-723-0150). |
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JOURNEY TO
THE FATHER
This is an excellent summer event for
families and youth...mainly High School teenagers. It is very
affordable and it is less than two hours from Ottawa, St. Raphael’s,
Ontario (near Cornwall)….so plan your family holiday early…..
What is this conference about? You!
Enjoy amazing live music that uplifts your spirit.
Hear speakers who understand your hopes and your fears. They speak
straight from their hearts.
Make peace with the Father and feel that peace in your life.
Experience your faith in an exciting new way.
Meet other teens just like you
When, where?
July
16-18, 2010
St.
Raphael's,
Ontario (between Ottawa and Montreal)
Adults (age 21+) Thinking of bringing a group?
Email us at signmeup@journeytothefather.ca
and we'll send you a great promo dvd and info package.
Watch our 2008 promo video online
Click here to view the Photodex video now!
Watch our 2007 promo video online
Click
here to view the video now!
Listen to/download audio of talks from some past conferences
Click
here to listen to the audio now!
Proudly supported by:
The Catholic Diocese of Alexandria - Cornwall
The Conference
This is the tenth annual Journey to the Father Conference. This
exciting adventure in the Catholic faith is modelled closely on
the Franciscan University of Steubenville High School Aged Conferences.
Two main differences are the smaller size ( 500) which does create
a more intimate atmosphere to the conference and our Canadian
speakers. After relying on American speakers the first few years,
we have made a conscious decision to use our own talented and
spirit-filled speakers and we have been delighted with the response.
Our teachings are faithful
to the Magisterium ( as are those from Franciscan University Conferences)
and we try to present the beautiful teachings of the Catholic
Church in ways that our youth can understand and be drawn to.
The program is a mix of dynamic
talks, beautiful liturgies, great music, with enough social time
and opportunity for sports to allow the youth to meet new friends
and relax. We have several young speakers and we invite other
youth, especially our Disciple Team, to witness during the weekend.
We set up a book store with a variety of Catholic merchandise
for sale. We also invite a number of organizations and groups
to exhibit at the Conference. These are groups which offer "
a next step" for young people finishing high school and have
included in the past, the National Evangelization Team, Catholic
Christian Outreach, Regnum Christie, religious orders, St. Francis
Xavier University, and Youth Blaze among others.
All our food is prepared on site with a good variety of meals
and options for people with special food requirements.
We lay ground sheets to accommodate about 200 males or females
each in their respective large tent. Chaperones sleep with their
groups and we have 24 hour security in these tents. The site is
also well supervised throughout the weekend.
Over 400 volunteers are involved each year in staging this conference
for our youth. We are very proud of the support we receive from
people of all ages in our Diocese. They in turn, enjoy meeting
the wonderful young people who attend these conferences and their
Chaperones.
We ask for your prayers as we prepare for this wonderful event.
http://www.journeytothefather.ca/conference.html |
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