| Stan-e5 |
Summary of this Issue
40
Days for Life: important General Information meeting coming up on Feb
3rd.
Liturgical
Overview of the month of February (dedicated to the Holy Family).
More
Great Spiritual Reading by the late Fr. John Hardon ….article
on Spiritual and Psychological Value of Frequent Confession
was added
Some
sound advice on how to raise teenage boys
Prolife
Corner –
lots a new stuff ranging from actions by Obama to increase pro-abortion
funding, to a link to Dr.
Paul Ranalli’s talk on fetal pain.
Perpetual
Rosary for the Obama Administration
Youtube
Video of this issue: a powerful Pro-life video showing the double meaning
to the term “this is my body”
Fr.
Richard Neuhaus RIP...New links including some audio and video files as
well as an in-depth interview. Now that he’s passed away, many
are discovering the greatness of this man and his legacy.
Link
to audio file of Gary Mellor’s recent Men’s Breakfast
talk
Links
to Christopher West Theology of the Body videos
New
entry on the Lighter
Side………a little sarcasm about exercise
Upcoming
Events of Note:
January
30th to February 1st, annual Men’s
Weekend Retreat at Maison de La Providence. Fr. Terry Donahue
CC
is the retreat master
January
30-31 Conference of Dignity co-sponsored by the Laurentian
Leadership Centre and the Christian Labour Association of Canada.
Fr Raymond de Souza will be one of the speakers
Thursday
Feb 5th, 12th and 19th – compelling Adult Faith Education
series comes to St. Augustine
·
Tuesday
Feb 24th: Theology on Tap Lecture – “Lent Moses and You”
·
Tuesday
March 10th : Theology on Tap Lecture – Persecution: A Blessing
and Reason to Rejoice?!"
May
4th to May 16th – Spring trip to
Medjugore
November
27-28th, Fr. Benedict Groeschl from EWTN comes
to St. Pat’s Basilica
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| John |
People
of faith throughout Ottawa
are invited to take part in the International 40 Days
for Life Campaign
during
this Lent from February 25 to April 5 .
This massive
coordinated prolife mobilization will take place
in four Canadian cities (Ottawa,
Toronto,
Montreal and Winnipeg)
and numerous American locations. We will be praying that,
with God’s help, this effort will help bring
an end to the tragedy of abortion.
Click HERE for
more info including link to a short video
Learn
how you can “Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves”
and get involved with this campaign by attending the GENERAL INFORMATION
MEETING :
Tuesday February 3 – 7:00 to 9:00 pm
St. Patrick’s Basilica (in the Scavi (basement))
For more info, refer to: http://40daysforlife.com/ottawa/
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| Jeff
Mirus |
February
2009
Overview
of month including Papal intentions
The month of February is dedicated
to the Holy Family….for
details click HERE .
Jesus,
Mary and Joseph, I give you my heart and my soul. |
| Stan-e5 |
|
| Guy |
Some sound advice for raising teenage boys....
Seven
Things Teenage Boys Most Need: An Interview with a Spiritual
Director of
Adolescents
Interview With Spiritual Director of Adolescents
WASHINGTON, D.C., JAN. 13, 2009 (Zenit.org).-
Being the parent of an adolescent boy is legendary for its difficulty.
But according to one priest who acts as a spiritual director
and confessor for high school boys, just keeping in mind seven
points can make for a better relationship with adolescent sons.
Legionary of Christ Father Michael Sliney suggests the following
seven necessities for parents of adolescent boys:
1. Clear guidelines with reasonable consequences from a unified
front; cutting slack but also holding boys accountable for their
actions.
2. Reasonable explanations for the criteria, guidelines and
decisions made by parents.
3. Avoiding hyper-analysis of boys' emotions and states of mind:
avoiding "taking their temperature" too often.
4. Unconditional love with an emphasis on character and effort
more than outcome: Encourage boys to live up to their potential
while having reasonable expectations. To love them regardless
of whether they make it into Harvard or become a star quarterback.
5. Authenticity, faith and fidelity should be reflected in parent's
lifestyles.
6. Qualities of a dad: Manliness, temperance, making significant
time for family, putting aside work, and being a reliable source
of guidance.
7. Qualities of a mom: Emotional stability, selflessness, loving
service and extreme patience.
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| Barb |
Pro-life Corner
Pro-
life efforts after Obama victory : "Even if the anti-lifers
hold the reins of political power, we must not sit back and allow
moral anarchists to define all the terms of the cultural or social
agenda….. we cannot be neutral about the direction our American
culture is heading….we have to focus on winning the cultural battle,
the political victory will follow"…read the battle lines are drawn
.
Also
read:
- Pro-Life
Obama Stimulus Plan to Pour Millions of Taxpayer Funds into
Contraception, Abortion…..
Pelosi: "Contraception reduces cost to the state"
…click HERE
- See revealing
Pro-life Obama add (let’s hope the president
see’s it!)
- American
Leaders Protest Against President Obama’s Abortion “Aid”…click HERE
- click
on Prayer for Obama
- More
on Aboriginal
MP Rod Bruinooge’s respect for life stand….click HERE .
- Profound reflection by Robert P. George is McCormick
Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the James Madison
Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton
University…read
Our
Struggle for the Soul of our Nation
Listen
to Dr. Paul Ranalli’s talk on fetal pain. Go to: http://hmwn.net/audioarchive/ Select the “Culture
Watch” or “Tony Gosgnach” buttons in the left-hand column of the
media player and a list of available programs will come up in
the right-hand column.
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Best Website to stay up to date with latest
Pro-life/ Pro-family developments: http://www.lifesitenews.com/
Best Blog Sites:
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| Jeff Mirus |
Perpetual Rosary for Obama
Administration
CatholicCulture.org is sponsoring a perpetual
(around-the-clock) Rosary for the next 30 days, asking God to
bless the new administration with an authentic
perception of the Good, which will also lead it
to oppose intrinsic evils such as abortion, euthanasia, fetal
stem cell research, human cloning and gay marriage.
Why not consider signing
up for a time slot? Those outside the United States can help by taking slots
that are difficult in our time zones. You'll find the link to
the Rosary on our home page, or you can go to it directly here:
2nd
Obama Rosary. |
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Videos
of the Issue
This is a fabulous video about how the same words are used
by our Lord, to bring about our sanctification, and how the abortionists
use the same words to justify the destruction of innocent life….click
on This is my body. |
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Richard
John Neuhaus, 1936–2009
Many
are just discovering the impact of this leader and giant…
Numerous
great obituaries (including one by
Fr. Raymond de Souza ) indicating the impact
Fr Neuhaus had. Also, links to audio/ video files of
some of his talks as well as the books he wrote can be obtained
via the following link: http://www.firstthings.com/article.php3?id_article=5312
Recent in depth Ignatius Insight interview
with Fr Neuhaus: "I'm
Not Optimistic, But I'm Hopeful"
Fr.
Neuhaus who had been suffering from cancer for some time, wrote
an article on dying…click on Born Toward Dying
Don’t
miss
a compelling Youtube video (done by the CBC (incredible!!)) where Fr. Neuhaus voices his
opinion about Canadian politics and the Canadian Church…click HERE
. He was a priest who was not afraid to call
a spade a spade, and to dialogue with the secularist milieu
in its own territory. Despite the fact that he became American,
he always loved Canada and always spent
six weeks every summer in the Eastern Townships with his family.
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| Stan-e5 |
Listen
to latest Men’s Breakfast Talk
On
Saturday January 17th, Gary Mellor, a retired school teacher gave an inspirational
talk entitled "Retirement
in the Lord" at St. Augustine Parish. You
can access a voice file of Gary’s talk by clicking HERE
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| Jim Meuse |
Theology of the Body
A
few months ago we completed the 8 week series about Theology of the Body by Christopher West entitled
" Created
& Redeemed " at both Annunciation &
St. Augustine parishes.
Below
is a link to video # 7 of the series called, " A Living Morality ", which
we believe, pardon the pun, is where the rubber hits the road.
We
hope you will be blessed when you view this important teaching.
http://dev.annunciation-ottawa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=853&Itemid=154
This
video is 58 minutes in length (48 minutes if you exclude the Q's
and A's). IMHO, the teaching should be mandatory from Senior High
School onwards in order to be able to confront the prevailing
culture where narcissistic indulgence is the norm. Everyone regardless
of his or her age group can profit greatly from it.
The
whole series of eight DVD lectures is available for a limited
time on the following site: http://dev.annunciation-ottawa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=category§ionid=22&id=114&Itemid=154 |
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| Ed
O'Connell |
OTTAWA MEN’S WEEKEND RETREAT ASSOCIATION
(Jan30th
to Feb 1st)
Arrangements
have been completed for our next retreat on the weekend of January
30th to February 1st, 2009 at Our Lady of Providence House,
(Maison de la Providence), 1754 St. Joseph Blvd, (intersection
of Forest Valley Drive) Orleans, Ontario (Tel. 824-1610).
Our
Retreat Master will be Fr. Terry Donahue, CC. He is their
Director of Lay Formation and Chaplain to the Lay Associates
for the Companions of the Cross. He has worked in youth evangelization
and coordinated the Companions School of Evangelization. As
a graduate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Fr.
Terry also has a strong background in science and technology.
Calling
or emailing me, as soon as possible can confirm your attendance.
Would you also please contact me,
even if you are unable to attend, as this will save
me calling you, the week before the retreat, to check on your
attendance status?
For more info…click HERE.
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To register
If
you have e-mail,
please send me your response (coming or not coming) by e-mail,
so that I can also update my retreat
contact list.
My
email address is ed-oconnell@sympatico.ca
Otherwise
call me @ 613-521-6851
(Home)
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| Clement
Ng |
Dignity Conference
Below
is a notice for an upcoming conference on the meaning of human
dignity in an increasingly globalized world. It is co-sponsored
by the Laurentian Leadership Centre and the Christian Labour
Association of Canada and will feature the National Post columnist
Fr.
Raymond de Souza as a guest speaker.
The
event runs from January 30 to 31 and is free to attend.
Guests
are asked to register by January 19. The sessions details
are available at
http://www.clac.ca/dignity/DiginityConferenceSessions.pdf
and the registration form at http://www.clac.ca/dignity/registrationform.pdf.
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| Stan-e5 |
Adult Faith Education
at St. Augustine Parish
Thursday
February 5th, 12th & 19th: ADULT FAITH EDUCATION SERIES
at St. Augustine
Parish with Dr.
Lau : THE
GOD DELUSION and other errors in logic. 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? The answer to these questions and
many more will be discussed in a 3 week series each lasting
about one hour. These lectures will provide you with good tools
to respond to attacks from modern atheists.
For details including agenda, please click HERE …all are welcome.
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| Ray
Duplessis |
Theology on Tap
Tuesday, February 24, 2009 "Lent, Moses and You"
Speaker: Father Yvan Mathieu SM, PhD, St. Paul
University
The forty days of Lent are a time when the
Church reads the book of Exodus. How well do we know that book?
Most of us know the movie with Charlton Heston, or the Disney
Movie the Prince of Egypt. But have we ever read the biblical
book? Come join Fr. Yvan Mathieu give a short presentation of
Exodus, discuss Moses as a model for leadership, the question
of the plagues and the Sinai Covenant as we pass into the Lenten
period….click HERE for details.
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| Ray
Duplessis |
Theology on Tap
Tuesday, March 10, 2009 "Persecution: A Blessing and Reason to Rejoice?!"
Speaker: Father Michael Kwiatkowski J.C.O.D., Holy Spirit Seminary,
Ottawa
A look at the often-shocking persecution of
the Christian-Faithful under various regimes – especially in
the 20th century. What similarities link these times of persecution
and what are the impending signs and the consequences? Are these
signs visible today? Prior to the year 2000 the great contribution
of Christ’s Martyrs was recognized in various documents and
ceremonies. However, Pope John Paul II and now Benedict XVI
have also alluded to the extraordinary witnessing that would
mark the 3rd Millennium. Is this poetic language or a prophetic
observation? …….click HERE for details.
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| 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! |
| Fr.
Lindsay |
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