The Rosary with Dana and Father Kevin Scanlon all Mysteries

Joyful Mysteries 

Luminous Mysteries

 

Sorrowful Mysteries

Glorious Mysteries

Hymn to Saint Joseph with Lyrics by Dana

 

Hymn to Saint Joseph - Dana, Rosemary Scanlon

from the Our Lady of Knock Collection 1...Did you wonder where He'd lead you? Were you afraid of what the world might say? I feel you understand my fears today. I feel you standing by my side. You taught the child to be a man. A man whose life my freedom won. Yours was the shoulder that he rested on. You held my saviour in your arms Saint Joseph, pray for me That I may live my life with Jesus as you did. Saint Joseph, pray for me, That at the hour of my death He may hold me. Saint Joseph, pray for me That I may follow where the Spirit leads me. Chaste husband of a virgin wife. Wise guardian of the Bread of Life Who humbly held the Son of God Saint Joseph, pray for me 2. The little hands that played with wood The little boy that you called Son You always knew He was the chosen one Would one day hang upon a cross. Yet, you lived to do the Father's will Fearlessly followed His command. You were the loving and the gentle man He chose to guide His precious Son. Saint Joseph, pray for me That I may live my life with Jesus as you did. Saint Joseph, pray for me, That at the hour of my death He may hold me. Saint Joseph, pray for me That I may follow where the Spirit leads me. Chaste husband of a virgin wife. Wise guardian of the Bread of Life Who humbly held the Son of God Saint Joseph, pray for me ( musical interlude ) Chaste husband of a virgin wife. Wise guardian of the Bread of Life Who humbly held the Son of God Saint Joseph, pray for me

Pilgrimage to Saint Joseph Oratory, August 22, 2026 with the St. Monica Prayer Group, Annunciation of the Lord Parish, Ottawa, ON Canada

 Gathering at the Grotto of the Church

 ( More Photos below the videos )

Videos

Jeruzalema, before leaving the Church 

( with a cameo appearance by two of the pilgrims later on at the Oratory) 

Ave Maria

My Soul Doth Magnify the Lord - Dana

I've got the Joy Joy Joy Down in my Heart

Original Little Brother Andre Chapel 

with Ubi Caritas - Taize

Fr. Sebastian Talk at the Saint Andre Chapel

 in the Basilica

Saint Joseph, pray for us - Dana

St. Joseph's Song · Dana

Lady of Knock Collection ℗ 2007 Dana R Scallon Released on: 2007-05-01

The Rosary with Dana and Father Scanlon all Mysteries

Photos 

on Arrival 

Father Sebastian at Brother Andre Chapel

Mass in the Crypt 

Little Chapel on the Hill

Restaurant Time

with an emphasis on coffee and ice cream

Prayer Time

Stations of the Cross

Pat's Photos

Back in Ottawa

at the Church 

Flora and friends

Thank you, God!

Thank you, Mama Mary, Saint Joseph, Saint Andre Bessette, Saint Monica, and our Gyardian Angels !

💗

40 Days for Life Fall Campaign, 2026, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - Praying for and end to abortion and Euthanasia

 

The 40 Days for Life campaign, to pray and fast for an end to abortion, will be taking place in Ottawa this year, starting on Wednesday, September 23 and ending on Sunday, November 1, 2026.

 

The Opening Rally, to kick off the campaign, will take place on Sunday, September 20, from 6 to 7 pm. More details will be following later. Mark your calendar with the date.

 

After I had a stroke last year, I had to step back as the leader of Ottawa 40 Days for Life. I still wanted to be part of the campaign, so I was assigned to help at the Closing Rally reception. I’m coming along – thanks to the many prayers that have been said for me – and I’ve taken on a few jobs this year that I can do from home. I’m not yet up to the challenge of driving outside my community into Ottawa and I can’t stand for very long, but I can help from home. One of the jobs I’ll be doing is communication to everyone through regular updates by email.

 

The 40 Days for Life campaign must be covered in prayer and a good way to start is with a 40-day novena to Saint Michael from August 20 to the feast day of the archangels: Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, on September 29. Please join me in praying this novena:

 

“Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our defence against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray, and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly hosts, by the power of God, thrust into hell, Satan and all evil spirits, who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen”

 

Yours for Life,

Wanda Hartlin

40 Days for Life Ottawa Team
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In Ottawa we have been participating in this campaign since the Fall 2009

 2008 Diary of Ground Zero- 2008 Fall 2009   I kept a record of the comments of participants

On one of the days when I went Father Simon Lobo was there along with a few of the Sisters of the Queenship of Mary

Ground Zero Report - Day 10 (Part 3) - [10.03]

I arrived around 1:00 on Friday October 3 and stayed for a little over two and a half hours. During that time I prayed of course for an end to abortion in general but my heart went out to a young couple who I saw rush into the lobby of 65 Bank street while ignoring the counselor who kindly tried to give the young woman a pamphlet. I felt such a heavy heart knowing what was most probably taking place during the next two hours.

As I prayed I glanced up at the third floor and wondered where she was. Was she going through with the abortion? Maybe she would change her mind. I hoped and I prayed. I thought of the little baby whose life was about to be ended and prayed for her angel to take her to heaven and that she wouldn't feel any pain.

When they left the abortuary about 2 hours later, the young woman was very pale. They walked slowly to the MacDonald's restaurant next door and it all seemed surreal.

I have so much difficulty comprehending this ugliness that is taking place in our city. Just a short walk from Parliament Hill and amidst the hustle and bustle of the downtown tourist area, is a place where women go to have their babies killed.

There were about 8 others praying during that time. Among them were two very humble and kind sisters Teresa and Sara, from the Religious Order the Queenship of Mary and Simon Lobo a Deacon with the Companions of the Cross. Simon is currently at Saint Maurice Parish and will be ordained in May 2009. He gathered us all together for a blessing before he left the site and for this we were all truly grateful. He asked God to bestow His blessing on all of us and for all those in the place across the street . He prayed for the little souls who would die that day and for all those hurt by abortion and asked God to be with them and be merciful. I truly felt Mary and her Son's presence amidst the sorrow. Please pray for Teresa, Sara and Simon. Their presence was a Grace from God. And please never stop praying for an end to abortion. (Source) - Maureen

Two Homilies: Saint Maximilian Kolbe - Assumption of Mary August 2026 - Fr. Daniel Ramos C.C.

Saint Maximilian Kolbe, pray for us

Photo taken in the Basilica in Marytown during our Pilgrimage to Poland in 2014 

 

Assumption of Mary homily

Photo taken at the Shrine of Maximilian Kolbe  

in Marytown, in front of our hotel during ourPilgrimage to Poland in 2014 

Father Mark Goring Teaching on the Demonic -

Armed Forces prayer ban - Father Tim Nelligan Responds - Spiritual Neutrality is Void of Soul

 FR. TIM IN THE NEWS! The Canadian Armed Forces issued the following directive on July 29th: CANFORGEN 141/26 (Canadian Armed Forces Military Personnel Instructions 03/26 — Spiritual reflections in military settings) directing chaplains delivering public remarks to avoid using faith-specific words, rituals or symbols, including prayer. 

The National Post’s article https://nationalpost.com/news/directives-to-military-chaplains-urge-expunging-god-religion-from-remembrance-day-public-ceremonies Directives to military chaplains urge expunging God, religion from Remembrance Day, public ceremonies notes the “directive urges chaplains to 'adopt a sensitive and inclusive approach' during public addresses.” 

Fr. Tim immediately sprung into action defending the Faith and the freedom to practice it, especially for military chaplains. His article entitled: Armed forces prayer ban: Spiritual neutrality is void of soul appeared here in the Catholic Register and subsequently covered by the Toronto Sun.

https://www.catholicregister.org/item/4233-spiritual-neutrality-is-void-of-soul

Homily - Father Mark Gaudet St. Ignatius of Antioch Parish Ottawa - August 7, 2026

Caught on Camera: Ultrasound Captures Unborn Baby Smiling as Her Father Speaks - National Catholic Register

 https://www.ncregister.com/blog/baby-smiles-on-ultrasound-fathers-voice

Across the monitor, the baby girl’s features softened, and a distinct, heartwarming smile stretched across her face.

Alyssa Murphy BlogsJuly 31, 2026

A beautiful moment exposing the truth of life in the womb is going viral on the internet today. 

The setting was a routine prenatal checkup for two parents anxious to meet their little bundle of joy. The quiet hum of the clinic room provided a steady rhythm to an otherwise routine appointment in Ontario, Canada. Lia Oliveira lay back as the ultrasound probe glided over her baby bump, bringing black-and-white contours to life on the nearby monitor. It was July 25, and gathered inside the room were the expectant parents, family and medical staff — all focused on the small screen.

Holding her mobile phone steady, Lia’s sister began recording, intent on capturing the adorable glimpse of her unborn niece for the family archive.

Then the baby’s father stepped closer to Lia’s side. Leaning down, he gently kissed Lia’s belly and spoke soft words directly to their unborn daughter.

“Good morning. Happy Saturday,” he whispered softly, leaning in again. “Are you hungry?”

As his voice echoed into the room, the image on the ultrasound screen suddenly shifted. Across the monitor, the baby girl’s features softened, and a distinct, heartwarming smile stretched across her face.

The reaction inside the room was instantaneous in a video first shared on Storyful. A wave of delight swept over the family and medical staff, who burst into cheers as they urged the amazed father to keep talking to his daughter. Lia, right beside him, looked at the monitor as the scene unfolded, instantly overcome.

“I was completely overwhelmed with emotion and immediately started crying happy tears,” Lia recalled.

Catholics and the pro-life community flooded social media with comments about the sweet reaction to this precious life in the womb. March for Life posted, “The existence of this precious life can’t be denied.”

Lila Rose of Live Action also contributed, writing how research shows babies “in the womb can hear familiar sounds, respond to their parents’ voices, and begin learning to recognize them before birth,” adding: 

As Lia watched her baby girl react so vividly to the sound of her father’s voice, a routine scan transformed into a profound message for the world to see: Life in the womb is sacred and deserves protection. Those little ears inside can truly hear the world around them — a beautiful reminder that the unborn are truly delicate, living gifts.

Fulton Sheen - Quotes on Mary

 

https://journeytotheeternalcity.com/archbishop-fulton-sheen-quotes/#on-mary

• “God, Who made the sun, also made the moon. The moon does not take away from the brilliance of the sun. All its light is reflected from the sun. So Mary reflects her Divine Son; without Him, she is nothing. With Him, she is the Mother of men.”
• “Mary receives praise as a mirror receives light: She stores it not, nor even acknowledged it, but makes it pass from her to God to whom is due all praise, all honor and thanksgiving.”
• “Let those who think that the Church pays too much attention to Mary give heed to the fact that our Blessed Lord Himself gave ten times as much of His life to her as He gave to His Apostles.”

https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/7317-the-world-s-first-love-mary-mother-of-god

“The mark of man is initiative, but the mark of woman is cooperation. Man talks about freedom; woman about sympathy, love, sacrifice. Man cooperates with nature; woman cooperates with God. Man was called to till the earth, to "rule over the earth"; woman to be the bearer of a life that comes from God.”
― Fulton J. Sheen, The World's First Love: Mary, Mother of God

“as the mother knows the needs better than the babe, so the Blessed Mother understands our cries and worries and knows them better than we know ourselves.”
― Fulton J. Sheen, World’s First Love, The

“She existed in the Divine Mind as an Eternal Thought before there were any mothers. She is the Mother of mothers—she is the world’s first love.”
― Fulton J. Sheen, The World's First Love: Mary, Mother of God

“The Gospels did not start the Church; the Church started the Gospels. The Church did not come out of the Gospels; the Gospels came out of the Church.”
― Fulton J. Sheen, The World's First Love: Mary, Mother of God

“The Church was spread throughout the entire Roman Empire before a single book of the New Testament was written.”
― Fulton J. Sheen, The World's First Love: Mary, Mother of God

“If it be true that the world has lost its respect for authority, it is only because it lost it first in the home. By a peculiar paradox, as the home loses its authority, the authority of the state becomes tyrannical.”
― Fulton J. Sheen, The World's First Love: Mary, Mother of God

“The melody of her life is played just as it was written. Mary was thought, conceived, and planned as the equal sign between ideal and history, thought and reality, hope and realization.”
― Fulton J. Sheen, The World's First Love: Mary, Mother of God

“A tiny architect works inside the human heart drawing sketches of the ideal love from the people it sees, from the books it reads, from its hopes and daydreams, in the fond hope that the eye may one day see the ideal and the hand touch it. Life becomes satisfying the moment the dream is seen walking, and the person appears as the incarnation of all that one loved. The”
― Fulton J. Sheen, The World's First Love: Mary, Mother of God

“He has mercy on those who fear Him, from generation to generation.” Fear is here understood as filial, that is, a shrinking from hurting one who is loved. Such is the fear a son has for a devoted father and the fear a Christian has of Christ. Fear is here related to love.”
― Fulton J. Sheen, The World's First Love: Mary, Mother of God

“Our Lord was born not just of her flesh but also by her consent.”
― Fulton J. Sheen, The World's First Love: Mary, Mother of God

“As our love does not start with Mary, so neither does it stop with Mary. Mary is a window through which our humanity first catches a glimpse of Divinity on earth. Or perhaps she is more like a magnifying glass; she intensifies our love of her Son and makes our prayers more bright and burning.”
― Fulton J. Sheen, The World's First Love: Mary, Mother of God

“As the “no” of Eve proves that the creature was made by love and is therefore free, so thy Fiat proves that the Creature was made for love as well.”
― Fulton J. Sheen, The World's First Love: Mary, Mother of God

“The mystery of the Incarnation is very simply that of God’s asking a woman freely to give Him a human nature.”
― Fulton J. Sheen, The World's First Love: Mary, Mother of God

“Real love uses freedom to attach itself unchangeably to another.”
― Fulton J. Sheen, The World's First Love: Mary, Mother of God

“When Whistler was complimented on the portrait of his mother, he said, “You know how it is; one tries to make one’s Mummy just as nice as he can.” When God became Man, He too, I believe, would make His Mother as nice as He could—and that would make her a perfect Mother.”
― Fulton J. Sheen, The World's First Love: Mary, Mother of God