| Stan-e5 |
Summary of this Issue
More
Easter material: lest we forget Easter Season lasts 50 days. Hence several
homilies and articles dealing with this glorious season have
been submitted including the following:
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Text
and voice file of the Exultet – the powerful and very
ancient hymn chanted over the Easter Vigil candle
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Two
beautiful homilies by His Holiness, Benedict XVI
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A
powerful homily on Divine Mercy delivered by John-Paul
II
The
Catholic Underground came up with a Triduum Special
Podcast on the Seven Last Words of Our Lord
The
latest great new articles and links on Stem Cell Research
are provided.
Shocking
and well documented revelations have been reported regarding
Development and Peace, this time with a Nicaraguan partner.
This
issues posts on the Pro-life file deal with euthanasia,
specifically with the Swiss assisted-suicide group, Dignitas.
Info
on an upcoming tele movie coming up regarding a remarkably courageous
woman
On
the LightSide
this week we have posted two incredible Youtube videos:
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A
performance danced to a an excerpt of the musical, The Sound
of Music at the Antwerp Central train station in
Belgium.
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A
remarkable song by a 47 year old woman who sings for the first
time in front of a large audience.
Upcoming Events of Note:
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Special
Divine Mercy Novena & Procession on Parliament Hill continues
until the morning of Divine Mercy Sunday – April 19th
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April
18th- : Annual Lift Jesus Higher Rally in Toronto
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April
18th-: Chants of the Liturgy Workshop at St. Mary’s
Parish
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April
23rd: CCO Dinner and Talk at th Lord Elgin Hotel
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May
9th : Annual Nejee Association Mother’s Day Social
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May
15th to 17th : Retreat directed by Fr.
Frances McEvoy on Our Lady of The Rosary based on JPII’s Encyclical.
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May 4th to May
16th – Spring trip to Medjugorje
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June
13th: Next Men’s Breakfast at St. Augustine Parish
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November 27-28th,
Fr. Benedict Groeschl from EWTN comes to St. Pat’s Basilica
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Christ is Risen!
Alleluia!
The Easter Proclamation, known as the
"Exultet
" from its opening word in the Latin version, is an ancient
hymn chanted by the deacon over the Easter candle which is lit
at the start of the Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday evening.
It appears to have been in use in the Roman liturgy from between
the 5th and 7th centuries. To read text
of this very ancient hymn, CLICK
HERE.
To hear it as chanted by Deacon Marc Gauthier at this Easter
Vigil, CLICK HERE. |
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Easter Homilies
& Reflections
- Jesus rose [from the dead] so that we, though
destined to die, should not despair, worrying that with death
life is completely finished; Christ is risen to give us hope….
To read more of Pope Benedict’s Easter
homily, click on The Resurrection, Our Hope
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Read also, Pope Benedict’s Easter Vigil homily
by clicking on: Light,
Water, and the New Song
Oh
Ye of Little Faith – Doubting Thomas
April
19th is Divine Mercy Sunday. It couldn’t have
come on a better day. The gospel tells us the most famous
apostle story after Peter’s denial—Thomas’ sceptical and outrageous
statement that he won’t believe it till he sees it. He finds
compassion, not stern judgment, when Jesus gives him what he asks
for. To find out why there is great hope for people like him who
are weak in faith, visit the following link: http://www.crossroadsinitiative.com/pics/Doubting_Thomas_Mercy_for_Doubters.pdf
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Divine Mercy: the Gift of Easter
To read powerful homily on
Divine Mercy Sunday delivered by Pope John-Paul II, click HERE. |
| Jim
Backs |
April 16th:
Pope celebrated his 82nd birthday.
Click HERE
and THERE
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As
a response to the deluge of criticism levelled against Pope
Benedict XVI for his statement about the ineffectiveness of
condom promotion in stopping the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Africa,
four prominent international pro-life organizations have gathered
40,000 signatures so far in support of the Holy Father....To read
more, click on:
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/apr/09041602.html |
| CU |
Seven Last words
of Christ
Catholic Underground came up with a Triduum
Special Podcast on the Seven Last Words of Christ. Click
HERE. |
| Scott
M |
Stem Cell Research
The
following link provides regular updates on stem cell news as well
as links on this webpage to facts and information: http://www.stemcellresearch.org/news/index.html
Human induced pluripotent
stem cells or iPS cells
To learn the truth about Stem Cell Research, click on the
following link: http://www.stagustinemp3.org/files/Stem_Cell_Research.pdf |
| Scott
M |
Barack Obama’s
Presidency so far?
Catholic
Insight Magazine
has traced the first 50 days of Barack Obama’s presidency,
with regard to both policies and appointments. The following link
reveals a very worrisome trend: http://catholicinsight.com/online/features/article_885.shtml
Are
all of the Ottawa Catholic School Board activities in line
with its stated missions and goals as a Catholic institution?
Here is my attempt to arrive at an answer, visit the following
site: http://www.stagustinemp3.org/files/Ottawa_Catholic_School_Board_Activities.pdf
The Wayback Machine: This is a powerful search engine that allows one to
browse through 85 billion web pages archived from 1996 to a few
months ago in very short order. Click on the following site for
instructions and the links:
http://www.stagustinemp3.org/waybackmachine.html |
| Stan
e5 |
From Catholic
Spiritual Direction Blog
Mission in Life (MT5:
13-16)
“Of all divine things, the most godlike is to cooperate
with God in the conversion of sinners.” To
read more, click on Mission
in Life |
| John
Pacheco |
Development and Peace
Latest
shocking revelation of the situation in Nicaragua, where D&P
is Funding a Feminist Group Who Seeks to Loosen Nicaragua’s Abortion
Laws.
Poster reads: VIOLENCE
IS:
Forcing
a girl to carry a pregnancy.
We demand the return
of therapeutic abortion.
Follow
ongoing all of the stories here: http://www.socon.ca/or_bust/?p=1567 |
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Priests for Life Canada Press
Release
Priests
for Life Canada recently came up with some
suggestions regarding the D & P fiasco in a Press Release.
To read it, click HERE |
| Barb |
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| BJ |
WHY DID JESUS
FOLD THE NAPKIN?
This is one I can honestly say I have never seen circulating in
the emails so, if it touches you, you may want to forward it.
Why did Jesus fold the linen burial cloth after His resurrection?
The Gospel of John (20:7) tells us that the napkin, which was placed
over the face of Jesus, was not just thrown aside like the grave
clothes.
The Bible takes an entire verse to tell us that the napkin was
neatly folded, and was placed separate from the grave clothes.
Early Sunday morning, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came
to the tomb and found that the stone had been rolled away from
the entrance.
She ran and found Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom
Jesus loved. She said, 'They have taken the Lord's body out
of the tomb, and I don't know where they have put him!' Peter
and the other disciple ran to the tomb to see. The other disciple
outran Peter and got there first. He stooped and looked in and
saw the linen cloth lying there, but he didn't go in. Then Simon
Peter arrived and went inside... He also noticed the linen wrappings
lying there, while the cloth that had covered Jesus' head was
folded up and lying to the side.
Was that important? Absolutely!
Is it really significant? Yes!
In order to understand the significance of the folded napkin, you
have to understand a little bit about Hebrew tradition of that
day. The folded napkin had to do with the Master and Servant,
and every Jewish boy knew this tradition. When the servant set
the dinner table for the master, he made sure that it was exactly
the way the master wanted it.. The table was furnished perfectly,
and then the servant would wait, just out of sight, until the
master had finished eating, and the servant would not dare touch
that table, until the master was finished.
Now if the master were done eating, he would rise from the table,
wipe his fingers, his mouth, and clean his beard, and would
wad up that napkin and toss it onto the table.
The servant would then know to clear the table. For in those days,
the wadded napkin meant,” I’m done".
But if the master got up from the table, and folded his napkin,
and laid it beside his plate, the servant would not dare touch
the table, because..........
The folded napkin meant, "I'm coming back!"
He is Coming Back!
For those of us who still read the bible, we know of this. However, I
thought we should share this with those, who may have forgotten
the significance of the folded napkin. Please share this with
all of your contacts. They would enjoy reading this. Have a
blessed day!
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| John
Pacheco |
Summary of Lenten
Campaign – February 25th to April 5th
Picture of Closing
Rally, April 5th 2009
The
Lenten 40 Days campaign is now over. On behalf of the organizing
committee, we want to thank all of you who showed up at Ground
Zero and witnessed for the unborn during this Lent.
Stats of the Campaign:
Number of Participants:
750
Groups: 15
Hours: 3000
Time Slots Covered: 90% coverage
Possible Babies Saved: 5
To read more, click HERE.
To see pictures from this campaign,
click on: http://www.40daysforlife.com/ottawa/index.cfm?load=photoalbum&album=2 |
| Hanne
Kepka |
Sunday, April 19th, 2009 at 9:00
PM,
CBS Television
Network presents the television premier of:
"The Courageous Heart
of Irena Sendler"
The Hallmark Hall of Fame film by renowned TV director
and producer John Kent Harrison is based on the true story of
2007 Nobel Peace Prize nominee Irena Sendler,
a Polish Catholic social worker, who was part of the Polish underground
during World War II and was arrested and brutally tortured by
the Nazi's for saving the lives of nearly 2,500 Jewish children
by smuggling them out of the Warsaw ghetto. On the day of her
scheduled execution she was rescued by "Zegota”, the
underground network with which she worked to save the Jewish children.
She lived in Poland to the age of 98.
Canadian-born
actress Anna Paquin, who plays Irena Sendler won an Oscar
as a child for her work in "The Piano" and more recently
a Golden Globe Award. To read more on this movie, click HERE. |
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Modern Atheism
Dr.
Christopher
Kaczor
wrote an excellent article on Richard Dawkins in a recent issue
of This Rock magazine.
Click on Who's Deluded? An Atheist Just Doesn't Get Aquinas.
ADULT FAITH EDUCATION SERIES: THE GOD DELUSION
and other errors in logic.
By Dr. Tim Lau
These ADULT FAITH EDUCATION lectures were
given at St. Augustine Parish on Thursday
February 5th, 12th & 19th: The series investigates the following questions:
Is the belief in God a delusion? Is religion the reason
we go to war or the root of all evil? Does evolution exclude
God? Is God a ‘blind’ watchmaker? Are we nothing
more than cells in the service of some ’selfish’ genes? What
does it mean to be human?
View slides and listen to voice file
of all three sessions by
clicking HERE
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| Stan
e-5 |
Listen to and Read Text of the Latest Men’s
Breakfast Talks:
On
SATURDAY, MARCH 21ST – Tim Kennedy gave an excellent,
inspiring and very passionate talk regarding Catholic
education of our youth entitled “ Our Living Sacrifice: The Transformation of our World by the Renewal
of Our Minds.” It dealt with the crisis facing
our Christian and Catholic education. In the current high-school
system (unfortunately, also including the Catholic Board), our
youth are conditioned to be “conformed to the world”, and, thus,
are ill-equipped to defend their faith “with their minds”. Tim
not only has an excellent grasp of the causes of this crisis,
but more importantly, a clear and realistic vision of the hard
work and sacrifice it will take to renew a failing school system
that is endangering the souls of our youth. To listen to voice
file, and read the text of Tim’s talk, click HERE.
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| John
Zwicker |
Special
Divine Mercy Novena
The Special
Mercy Novena celebrated on Parliament Hill continues
on Parliament Hill until Divine Mercy Sunday, April 19th.
As the Divine Mercy icon is carried in procession around Parliament
Hill, the Divine Mercy chaplet is chanted. In addition to
the Novena intentions, prayers are also said for the intentions
of the Pope, our Archbishop, and for our country. This is the
17th such annual Novena organized by the friends of St. Joseph.
We meet at the Centennial Flame (near the corner of Wellington and Metcalfe) at 6:15 AM,
and the Novena lasts about 30 minutes. There is plenty of free
parking available at that time. (Contact Paul Lauzon 613-565-2325,
Michael Brady 613-823- 8618 and John Zwicker 613-725-3820 for
more info). |
| Graham
C |
Saturday
April 18th : The
following is a link to information on the annual Lift Jesus
Higher Rally presented in Toronto by Catholic Renewal Ministries.
This year's event will be held on Saturday
April 18, 2009 at
the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. Speakers will
include Ralph Martina, Sr. Ann Shields and Tim Staples.
Archbishop Thomas Collins will preside at the mass
at the end of the day.
http://www.lift-jesus-higher-rally.org/ |
| Tim
Kennedy |
Saturday
April 18th at 7:00 PM: Chants of the Liturgy at St. Mary’s Church.
Just a reminder that we will be having another Chant workshop
at St. Mary's this Saturday at 7:00 pm. We will be learning the Gloria, and possibly a basic
chanted version of the "Credo." For May, we will move
onto learning the responsories for the English sung Mass. For
those of you not familiar, this is a group that meets once/month
at St. Mary's Church to learn or re-learn the basic chants (Latin
to date) of the Mass, beginning with the ordinaries. All are welcome. |
| Jim
Meuse |
Thursday,
April 23rd: Catholic Christian Outreach (CCO) invites
you to dinner and a speech by Fr.
Raymond De Souza entitled “Shaping a New Generation
of Leaders, For Canada and For the Church”. The dinner will
be held on Thursday April 23 in the Pearson Room of the Lord
Elgin Hotel (100
Elgin St.,
Ottawa) commencing at 6:15 pm. Doors open at 6:15
pm, Dinner and talk at 7:00pm. Individual: $75 with
$50 tax receipt. Couple: $130 with $80 tax receipt. Table (seats
8): $525 with $325 tax receipt. Cash bar available. RSVP by April
15 with meetthemovement@cco.ca . To order tickets please
send e-mail to: rebeccameuse@rogers.com
or you can call CCO directly at 613-736-1999. |
| Natasha
Gajraj |
Saturday
May 9th at 1:15PM to 4:00 PM. Neeje Association Mother’s Day Tea Social:
an
afternoon celebration of motherhood with Patricia Dupuis.
The title of her talk is “Authority, Respect &Friendship:
Parenting Pre-Teens and Teens”. Venue:
Valrideau University Residence, 453 Daly Ave., Ottawa. Tickets: $20
(Refreshments and Door Prizes!)
Contact:
Natasha Gajraj: 613-224-1179 (please leave a message).
Click HERE
for more info. |
| Maureen |
Friday
May 15th until Sunday May 17th. A RETREAT
will take place open to all men and women, directed by Fr.
Francis McEvoy. The Theme is 'Our Lady of the Rosary' a
look at the apostolic Letter of Pope John Paul II, Rosarium Virginis
Mariae….It will start Friday, May 15,
2009, 7:30 pm and end Sunday,
May 17, 2009, 1:00 pm and will be held at Notre Dame de la Providence Retreat House Orleans ON. Reserve by calling-
Suzanne at 613-828-9455. Sponsored by the
Legion of Mary. http://sites.google.com/site/legionofmarysenatusofontario/ |
| Tim Dooling |
Spring 2009
Trip to Medjugorje:
May 4th to May 16th
Tim Dooling, Pilgrimage co-ordinator
Our Pilgrimage
to Medjugorje this May, includes Mother's Day,
For more information please contact Tim at:
613-722-9594, or timdooling@rogers.com
Thank you and God
bless you! |
| Tom Gleason |
Saturday
June 13th , next Men’s Breakfast at St. Augustine
Parish. The speaker will be Matt Farnand a full time
Missionary with Catholic Christian Outreach (CCO). Details to
follow. |
| Fr.
Lindsay |
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