Maureen's Thoughts

The Cry Hollywood

2012-01-27T13:22:00.002-05:00

TheCRY Hollywood - Vision from TheCRY Hollywood on Vimeo.

Pope Benedict XVI Elevates Archbishop Thomas Collins to College of Cardinals

2012-01-06T11:53:00.001-05:00

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

POPE BENEDICT XVI ELEVATES ARCHBISHOP THOMAS COLLINS
TO THE COLLEGE OF CARDINALS
TORONTO (January 6, 2012) – This morning following Mass at the Vatican, the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, announced that His Grace, Thomas Collins, Archbishop of Toronto, will be elevated to the College of Cardinals, an international group of principal advisors to the Pontiff.

Archbishop Collins commented on his appointment:

“I am deeply honoured that the Holy Father has called me to be a member of the College of Cardinals. I am grateful for the trust he has placed in me, and recognize this honour as a sign of his esteem for the role of Canada and of the Archdiocese of Toronto in the universal Church. I ask the people of the Archdiocese, whom I am privileged to serve as bishop, and all people in the community, to pray for me and for all who serve Our Lord through ministry in the Church."
for more information please visit the Archbishop's blog http://archdioceseoftoronto.blogspot.com/2012/01/pope-elevates-archbishop-thomas-collins.html

Ave Maria - in honour of Mary on the Solemnity of Mary the Mother of God photos from Ottawa and area Catholic ...

2012-01-02T09:46:00.003-05:00

Run With Life: Pro-life experts need not apply

2011-12-17T16:56:00.000-05:00

Run With Life: Pro-life experts need not apply: The government agency Echo, has decided Ontario women need more access to abortions in a report called: Recommendations to Improve Abortion ...

Run With Life: Ontario abortion doctors very busy in 2010

2011-12-06T16:00:00.000-05:00

Run With Life: Ontario abortion doctors very busy in 2010: I recently submitted a Freedom of Information request to the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-term care for 2010 abortion OHIP billing in...

Preparing for the Second Coming

2011-11-26T07:31:00.000-05:00

Taizé - Wait for the Lord

2011-11-24T06:31:00.000-05:00

University of Ottawa - Abortion debate, November 11, 2011

2011-11-14T10:48:00.003-05:00

University of Ottawa - abortion debate Nov 11, 2011 from Jeannie on Vimeo.

40 Days for Life Fall 2011 Campaign Closing Rally

2011-11-04T10:08:00.003-04:00

Closing Rally

Location: St. Patrick's Basilica

Date: Sunday, November 6, 2011

Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

40 Days for Life campaign ends with a closing rally on Sunday November 6. Join us, beginning with Vespers at St. Patrick?s Basilica, 220 Kent Street at 7:00 pm., presided by Archbishop Prendergast. Afterwards, we will walk in a candlelight procession to Ground Zero (Bank and Sparks Sts.) for the wrap up. For more information call Campaign Life Coalition, 613-729-0379 or visit website www.40daysforlife.com/ottawa. All are welcomed to attend.

Eventually the Media Wlll Get It

2011-10-26T15:24:00.001-04:00

Taizé - Nada teTurbe- Nothing disturb you

2011-10-24T06:49:00.001-04:00

Mr. Harper, we want the debate.

2011-10-17T08:28:00.008-04:00

Mr. Harper we want the debate

Fr Bob Bedard - In Memoriam by Fred Schubert

2011-10-15T16:01:00.001-04:00

In Loving memory of Fr. Bob Bedard, Founder (Slideshow)

2011-10-13T15:16:00.002-04:00

Fr Bob Bedard Funeral Mass Oct.12th 2011

2011-10-13T09:49:00.002-04:00

Father Bob Bedard Has Passed Away

2011-10-11T06:40:00.001-04:00

From the Companions of the Cross website, http://www.companionscross.org/

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Our Beloved Founder, Fr. Bob Bedard has passed away

Remembering Fr. Bob Bedard

We mourn the loss of our beloved founder, Fr. Bob Bedard. He passed away peacefully on October 6, 2011.

Schedule of Events

We will be commemorating our founder in the following ways:

Wake - Tuesday, October 11

10:45am - Wake begins in St Mary's Church, 100 Young St., Ottawa.

A reception will be held downstairs in the parish hall throughout the day, concurrently with the wake. All are welcome.

12:00pm - Rosary

3:00pm - Divine Mercy devotions

3:30pm - Church closes to public

5:30pm - Church reopens; wake resumes

7:30pm - Vigil liturgy

9:00pm - Wake ends

Funeral Mass - Wednesday, October 12

2:00 pm - Funeral Mass at Notre Dame Cathedral, 385 Sussex Dr., presided by Archbishop Terrence Prendergast, SJ.

4:00 pm (approx) - Rite of Committal at Hope Cemetery, 4660 Bank St.

"180" Movie

2011-10-03T14:36:00.000-04:00

Suffering by Father Bob Bedard

2011-10-01T11:22:00.001-04:00

Parishioners from ANNUNCIATION OF THE LORD PARISH, Ottawa ON Praying at 65 Banks St. September 29th 2011

2011-09-29T09:21:00.006-04:00

40 Days for Life, Fall Campaign 2011, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

2011-09-16T08:35:00.001-04:00

40 Days for Life Fall 2011

September 28th to November 6th 2011

Key Dates
September 25th, 2011 at 7:00PM: Kick off Rally on Parliament Hill. Evening Prayer led by Marcel Dion followed by a candlelight procession to abortion facility at 65 Bank Street. ( Ground Zero)

October 16th 2011 at 7:00PM: Mid Point Rally at Ground Zero

November 6th 2011 at 7:00PM: Closing Rally - Vespers at Saint Patrick Basilica by candlelight procession to Ground Zero ( 65 Bank Street)

Marian Shrines of the World # 10: Our Lady of Sorrows of Kibeho

2011-09-02T14:39:00.000-04:00

Servants of the Cross

2011-08-18T08:47:00.000-04:00

The arrest of Linda Gibbons August 4 2011

2011-08-07T17:05:00.000-04:00

Hold Truth in Holy Respect

2011-07-25T07:56:00.000-04:00

“Hold truth in holy respect; fear to offend it, to betray it. Impose upon yourself the discipline of silence, of moderation, of patience. Truth seeks only to be proclaimed in its entirety.”

Blessed Pope John XXIII (1881-1963AD)
Mini-Bio: pope: (1958-1963) Italian; He advanced cooperation with other faiths and traditions including Protestant and Greek Orthodox. Doubled the number of cardinals, making the college the largest in history and convened Vatican II, on 11 October 1962.

A Gaelic Blessing for our Family - sung by THE PRIESTS

2011-07-18T10:16:00.000-04:00

Vigil hour at the abortion site

2011-06-21T07:37:00.002-04:00

Vigil hour at the abortion site

With Msgr. Latour's approval, Melanie Strittmatter has arranged for Annunciation of the Lord Parish
to have a vigil hour at the abortion site at 65 Bank Street while the sidewalk councillors are present.

The date is Friday 24 June and our time slot is from 12 noon to 1:00pm.
We are asked to quietly pray the Rosary during this time.

There is metered onstreet parking along Queen,Albert and Slater or people can take the bus downtown.
There is usually some parking available at the adult school next to St. Pats.

The sign-up sheet and poster will be on the main parish bulletin board under the ProLife Section.

Happy Birthday Mommy!

2011-06-13T08:09:00.001-04:00

Case for Incrementalism: round deux by Father Steven E. Clark

2011-05-27T09:10:00.001-04:00

Another terrific article on incrementailsm by Father Steven E. Clarke.
http://gerardnadal.com/2011/05/26/case-for-incrementalism-round-deux/

Outlawing Abortion: Making the Case for an Incremental Approach

2011-05-24T16:54:00.007-04:00

from lifenews

http://www.lifenews.com/2011/05/23/outlawing-abortion-making-the-case-for-an-incremental-approach/

Outlawing Abortion: Making the Case for an Incremental Approach

by Gerard Nadal, Ph.D.
Washington, DC
LifeNews.com
5/23/11 12:00 PM

There is a discussion on FB about Texas passing a sonogram bill that does not protect certain groups of preborn babies, such as those conceived in rape, incest, or those with fetal anomalies. My friend Juda Myers is a pro-life warrior who was conceived in rape, and is understandably let down by these exceptions. This has reignited the ongoing debate within the pro-life community regarding incrementalism vs. unconditional surrender. I believe that we can all get to the finish line together. What follows are modified comments I left on FB this morning:

One abortion is one too many. On this all pro-lifers agree. I’ve been party to this discussion with several pro-lifers from around the country, so let me explain the incrementalist’s position and its internal logic. For more click here

I just found out that Dr. Nadal has a terrific blog. If you go to the link below you can join in on a very interesting discussion on the topic.
http://gerardnadal.com/2011/05/23/outlawing-abortion-making-the-case-for-an-incremental-approach/

March For Life, Ottawa Canada, May 12, 2011

2011-05-14T09:48:00.003-04:00

I made a slide show of some of the photos I took and uploaded it to you tube, complete with music from the Saint Louis Jesuits in the background.
Maureen

The New Face of the Pro Life Movement - from Faith Today

2011-05-09T17:34:00.003-04:00

http://www.evangelicalfellowship.ca/page.aspx?pid=7614

"Young, Female – and Pro-life By Alex Newman

The Canadian movement advocating for the sanctity of life from conception until natural death has a refreshing – and some may find surprising – face today."

You can read a digital version of the cover-story at this link:
http://digital.faithtoday.ca/faithtoday/20110506/m2/Page.action?pg=18&pm=2&u1=friend

Pro-Life Mass & Rosary Procession

2011-04-04T08:13:00.001-04:00

Helpers of God's Precious Infants (Ottawa-Gatineau)

Pro-Life Mass & Rosary Procession

From St. Patrick's Basilica to
abortion facility at 65 Bank St.
Lead by Fr. Daryl Kennedy (associate Rector Saint Patrick's Basilica)
Saturday April 9th, 2011
Times (approx.) are as follows:
8:00 am Holy Sacrifice of the Mass
Offered by Fr. Daryl Kennedy at St. Patrick's Basilica (corner of Kent and Nepean Streets)
8:30 am Holy Rosary Procession
Prayerful and peaceful procession to abortion facility at 65 Bank St.
Holy Rosary, Prayers and Hymns (Total walking approx. 12 blocks)
10:00 am Eucharistic Benediction
Return to St. Patrick's for Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament

Refreshments and social to follow.
Please join us - you really do make all the difference. Bring a friend. Those who are unable to join the procession may remain in the church for Eucharistic Adoration.

For further information contact:
The Helpers of God's Precious Infants (Ottawa-Gatineau)
info@helpersottawa.org
http://www.helpersottawa.org/
by phone - contact Campaign Life Coalition (613) 729-0379

EWTN Live - Eucharistic Congress - Fr Mitch Pacwa, SJ with Fr Kevin Dora...

2011-03-30T09:37:00.000-04:00

The Cost of Abortion

2011-03-16T09:38:00.000-04:00

Run With Life: If abortion is not wrong, nothing is wrong

2011-03-11T08:51:00.001-05:00

Run With Life: If abortion is not wrong, nothing is wrong:

Congressman Chris Smith's speech in support of the Peace Amendment to defund Planned Parenthood

2011-03-01T07:49:00.002-05:00

www.catholic.org)

Chris Smith quotes from Abby Johnson's book "Unplanned" (she's a former PP employee and assisted in abortions; she is now pro-life). It is difficult to read some of this stuff, but so important.....
...
http://www.catholic.org/national/national_story.php?id=40442&wf=rsscol

Congressman Chris Smith: 332,278 Babies Exterminated in Planned Parenthood's Abortion Clinics in 2009 Alone

Mr. Chairman, it's time Americans, especially policymakers, health officials, the media, and law enforcement, took a second and critical look at Planned Parenthood.

Not only does Planned Parenthood vigorously lobby and litigate against parental notification and parental consent laws, thus enabling secret abortions for very, very young girls to be procured in their clinics, but now we've learned from recent undercover taped investigations at several of its clinics that Planned Parenthood employees were found to be more than eager to assist people posing as sex traffickers to procure abortions for underaged girls.

As a prime sponsor of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, I found it appalling to watch Planned Parenthood personnel again and again and again offer to provide and facilitate abortions for hypothetical sex trafficking victims as young as 13. In light of a recent comprehensive study suggesting that 100,000 American girls, mostly runaways, are forced into prostitution each year, average age 13, the videotapes of Live Action, the NGO headed by a courageous young woman, Lila Rose, that did the undercover work, is an engraved invitation for serious investigation by the Attorney General of the United States and law enforcement everywhere.

It further begs the question: Why are taxpayers giving hundreds of millions of dollars each and every year to Planned Parenthood?

Despite the best and slickest market branding money can buy, the stubborn fact remains that Planned Parenthood clinics are among the most dangerous places on Earth for a child. Planned Parenthood's own personnel are now taking a second look--many of them--and, thanks to ultrasound, are clearly seeing what is being done to millions of children in the womb, like the 332,278 babies exterminated in Planned Parenthood's abortion clinics in 2009.

One of those abortion providers who took a second look and walked away is Abby Johnson, a former Planned Parenthood abortion clinic director. In her book ``Unplanned,'' Abby Johnson exposes the duplicity and cruelty of what really goes on behind closed doors at a

Planned Parenthood clinic. In it she writes how she witnessed and assisted in an abortion of a 13-week-old baby by holding the ultrasound probe, and as she pointed out in the book, it was the first ultrasound-guided abortion at that facility.

She writes in the book: ``The details startled me. At 13 weeks you could clearly see the profile of the head, both arms, legs, and even tiny fingers and toes. With my eyes glued to the image of this perfectly formed baby, I watched as a new image emerged on the video screen. The cannula, a straw-shaped instrument attached to the end of the suction tube, had been inserted into the uterus and was nearing the baby's side. It looked like an invader on the screen: out of place, wrong. It just looked wrong.''

She goes on to write: ``My heart sped up; time slowed. I didn't want to look, but I didn't want to stop looking either. At first, the baby didn't seem aware of the cannula. It gently probed the baby's side, and for a quick second I felt relief. But I couldn't shake an inner disquiet that was quickly mounting to horror as I watched the screen.'' Remember, this is an abortion clinic director saying this.

``The next movement was a sudden jerk of a tiny foot of the baby as he started kicking, as if trying to move away from the probing invader.''

``As the cannula pressed in, the baby began struggling to turn and twist away. It seemed clear to me that the fetus could feel the cannula, and it did not like the feeling. And then the doctor's voice broke through, startling me: `Beam me up, Scotty,' the abortionist said lightheartedly to the nurse. He was telling her to turn on the suction, in an abortion the suction isn't turned on until the doctor feels he has the cannula in exactly the right place.

This abortion clinic director went on to write: ``I had a sudden urge to yell, Stop; to shake the woman and say, Look at what's happening to your baby. Wake up; hurry. Stop them. But even as I was thinking those words, I thought of my own hand and saw my own hand holding the probe. I was one of them performing this act'' of abortion.

``My eyes shot back to the screen. The cannula was already being rotated by the doctor and now I could see the tiny body violently twisting with it. For the briefest moment it looked as if the baby was being wrung like a dishcloth, twirled and squeezed. And then the little body crumpled and began disappearing into the cannula before my eyes. The last thing I saw was the tiny perfectly formed backbone sucked into the tube. And then everything was gone. The image of that tiny dead baby mangled and sucked away kept replaying in my mind. What was in this woman's womb just a moment ago was alive. It wasn't tissue. It wasn't cells. This was a human baby, fighting for life. A battle was lost in the blink of an eye.

``What I have told people for years''--8 years as a clinic director at a Planned Parenthood clinic--``what I have told people for years,'' Abby Johnson continues, ``What I believed and taught and defended is a lie.''

I ask Members to read this book, ``Unplanned,'' and realize the scandal of the killing of these unborn children and calling it choice.

Mr. Chairman, there is nothing whatsoever benign or caring or generous or just or compassionate or nurturing about abortion. Earlier one of our colleagues called abortion healthy for the child. Abortion dismembers children piece by piece. Planned Parenthood's own fact sheet talks about D&E abortions done during the second trimester period. Have you ever seen what a D&E is? The doctor goes in with forceps and this device and literally hacks that baby to death. Planned Parenthood itself says it takes 10 to 20 minutes to literally dismember that child.

Then there's the shots in the heart. There's a doctor right here in this area, that on perfectly healthy babies gives them cardiac sticks with either feticide poison or a burst of air which kills the unborn child. So it is not healthy for children and we know for a fact it is not healthy for women, either.

Mr. Chairman, the Pence amendment simply seeks to end U.S. taxpayer complicity with this massive violence against children. Who we back, who we subsidize does matter. Not just what but who.

Planned Parenthood does more than 332,000 abortions each and every year. They are the largest provider; about a fourth of all the abortions in the United States. It is child abuse. It is time to take a second look at Planned Parenthood, Child Abuse, Incorporated.

Support the Pence amendment!

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Historic amendment to defund Planned Parenthood passes overwhelmingly in House

by Kathleen Gilbert

• Fri Feb 18, 2011 14:13 EST

February 18, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) - In a historic vote Friday afternoon, the US House voted to strike all federal funding for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. Every year the abortion giant receives hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer funding.

The congressional body voted 240-185 in favor of the amendment, introduced by Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN), to the 2011 Federal Spending Bill.

Immediately after the vote Rep. Pence released a statement saying: “This afternoon’s vote is a victory for taxpayers and a victory for life. By banning federal funding to Planned Parenthood, Congress has taken a stand for millions of Americans who believe their tax dollars should not be used to subsidize the largest abortion provider in America.

“I commend my colleagues in both parties for taking a stand for taxpayers and a stand for life.”

The amendment will now go before the Senate.

The vote came after a heated debate in the House. It also comes in the wake of an explosive series of videos released over the last two weeks by the pro-life organization Live Action, which showed Planned Parenthood staff repeatedly willing to aid and abet the trafficking of underage “sex workers” by offering advice to an undercover investigator posing as a “pimp” on how to obtain secret abortions, contraception, and STD tests.

In a web page released right after the vote, Planned Parenthood called the legislation “the most dangerous legislative assault in our history, and it cannot go unanswered.” In an open letter to Congress that the organization is asking supporters to sign, the abortion giant says: “To every member of Congress, know that we stand together today against this outrageous assault, and together we will not lose.”

Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, blasted the vote.

“The new anti-choice House leadership promised a jobs agenda and is now waging a war on contraception,” Keenan said. “These lawmakers are out of control, and we will hold them accountable for their actions.”

In a statement Tony Perkins of Family Research Council congratulated the House and Rep. Pence: “Planned Parenthood, a scandal-plagued abortion organization, must be held accountable for abusing innocent young victims while receiving hundreds of millions in federal dollars each year.”

“The fact that Planned Parenthood not only left minor girls trapped in prostitution, but encouraged it, shows an incredible lack of humanity on their part. What goes on behind the windowless offices of Planned Parenthood, as Live Action’s videos show, is both saddening and shocking, but the fact that it has often been done with taxpayer dollars is indefensible.”

Lila Rose, the President of Live Action, issued a statement turning the attention of pro-life advocates to the coming battle in the Senate. “The case to cease funding is crystal clear,” she said. “But for any Senator who remains unsure, imagine explaining to your constituents that you voted to keep sending $350 million of their tax dollars to an ‘non-profit’ that puts young girls in harm’s way and made $63 million in profits by performing over 300,000 abortions last year. It’s time once and for all to stop financing these activities.”

At some times poignant, at others openly bitter, House lawmakers on Thursday night went head-to-head over the momentous amendment.

Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), a top pro-life leader in the House, described the conversion of former Planned Parenthood director Abby Johnson when she was confronted with the reality of how an abortion kills a child.

“Despite the best and slickest market branding money can buy, the stubborn fact remains that Planned Parenthood clinics are among the most dangerous places on earth for a child,” said Smith. “Not only does Planned Parenthood vigorously lobby and litigate against parental notification and consent laws—thus enabling secret abortions for very, very young girls—but now we‘ve learned from recent undercover taped investigations at several of its clinics ... that Planned Parenthood employees were found to be more than eager to assist people posing as sex traffickers to procure abortions for underage girls.”

In an emotional rebuttal, Democrat Rep. Jackie Speier of California said that she “lost a baby” to “that procedure that you just talked about,” and that “to suggest as you have that somehow this is a procedure that is either welcomed, or done cavalierly, or done without any thought, is preposterous.”

“Planned Parenthood has a right to offer abortions. Last time I checked, abortions were legal in this country,” she said in a speech that won applause.

A number of other pro-abortion Democrat House lawmakers defended the abortion giant, saying that stopping its taxpayer funding “will risk the lives and safetly of millions of American women.” Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-CA) argued that stripping family planning funds was actually detrimental to taxpayers.

“For every dollar invested in family planning services, taxpayers save four dollars,” said Slaughter, presumably following the same logic as PPFA president Cecile Richards and former Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who have argued that allowing fewer people to be born means less cost to the government to support them.

The amendment’s future remains uncertain: while the majority of the U.S. Senate remains in Democrat hands, some moderate members may be persuaded to side with the funding cut. Following the amendment’s success in the House, Rep. Pence called on members of the upper chamber to finish the job. “I encourage my colleagues in the Senate to support this legislation and end federal funding of Planned Parenthood once and for all,” he said in a statement.

This Day God GIves Me

2011-02-22T09:56:00.000-05:00

This Day God Gives Me - L'Angelus.wmv

2011-02-20T16:58:00.000-05:00

Choose Life

2011-02-14T08:52:00.002-05:00

This was the first reading for last Sunday Mass. I love this reading
Maureen

If you will, you can keep the commandments,
and to act faithfully is a matter of your own choice.
He has placed before you fire and water;
stretch out your hand for whichever you wish.
Before a man are life and death,
and whichever he chooses will be given to him.
For great is the wisdom of the Lord;
he is mighty in power and sees everything;
his eyes are on those who fear him,
and he knows every deed of man.
He has not commanded anyone to be ungodly,
and he has not given anyone permission to sin.
Sirach 15. 15-20

Vigil for Victims February 14, 2011 at 12 Noon

2011-02-13T08:48:00.001-05:00

Just received this message from Dave Bereit, 40 Days for Life

Maureen

I just shot a very important 2-minute video for you outside the Washington, D.C. Planned Parenthood with
Lila Rose -- whose organization brought to light the institution-wide scandal that is rocking the entire Planned Parenthood abortion chain..

The video was just posted online minutes ago, and you can be the first to watch it at: http://exposeplannedparenthood.com/vigil

Please spread the word, and forward this message to everyone you possibly can. We have a narrow window of opportunity to strip Planned Parenthood of its $363 million in annual taxpayer funds -- but we need to act this Monday!

For Life,
David Bereit
National Director
40 Days for Life

P.S.- On the same page as the new video is more information about the vital project I'm asking you to
participate in -- if at all possible. Watch the video and learn more at:
http://exposeplannedparenthood.com/vigil

World Day of the Sick - Mother Mary Pray for us

2011-02-11T09:43:00.000-05:00

Mass for the Healing of the Nation of Canada

2011-02-10T15:54:00.001-05:00

Mass for the Healing of Canada

"If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land."
2 Chronicles 7:14

We invite you to join in the celebration of
-A MASS OF REPENTANCE-
FOR THE HEALING OF THE NATION OF CANADA
on Saturday, March 19th, 2011
At – Saint George's Church – 10:00 a.m.
Celebrant: Father Bob Poole
415 Piccadilly Ave., Ottawa
Our Speakers for the Day will be Dr. Carlos Muira and Mr. Marcel Dion

The recitation of the Divine Mercy Chaplet will follow the Mass.
“Mankind will not have peace until it turns with trust to my Mercy.”
Diary of Saint Faustina #300

The Celebrant for the Mass will offer prayers for the
Healing of the Family Tree, as it is our families who comprise the Nation.

Please join us in praying a Novena to St. Joseph beginning on March 10th, for the Healing of Canada, and a Novena of Thanksgiving, from March 19th.

CANADA NEEDS OUR PRAYERS!!!
St. Joseph, Patron of Canada and Protector of Families, pray for us.

Three More Videos Show Planned Parenthood Helping Sex Traffickers | LifeNews.com

2011-02-05T17:20:00.003-05:00

from Steve Ertelt
http://www.lifenews.com/

Live Action released today three more videos from the undercover investigations it conducted earlier this month of Planned Parenthood abortion centers helping alleged sex traffickers obtain abortions for underage girls.
The three new videos, covering Planned Parenthood centers in Virginia, join the two other videos the group has released of a Perth Amboy, New Jersey abortion business and a Planned Parenthood center in Richmond, Virginia — both of which had staffers helping the alleged sex traffickers find information on how to obtain abortions without facing scrutiny and get STD testing for the girls. To continue click here

Planned Parenthood Aids Pimp's Underage Sex Ring

2011-02-01T08:43:00.000-05:00

Ronald Reagan Endorses Personhood

2011-01-29T11:40:00.000-05:00

Ask Them What They Mean When They Say "CHOICE"

2011-01-21T08:03:00.005-05:00

Ask them what they mean when they say "Choice"

Beatification of Servant of God John Paul II

2011-01-18T17:52:00.008-05:00

from the Congregation for the Causes of Saints (January 14, 2011)
http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?recnum=9518

An original pencil rendering of Pope John Paul II
by Paula Maloney of Osgoode Ontario
Used with Permission
http://www.dabndoodle.com/

Pope John Paul II Beatification

2011-01-16T18:02:00.002-05:00

Excerpt of Decree for John Paul II's Beatification

"Sign of the Depth of Faith and Invitation to a Fully Christian Life"

VATICAN CITY, JAN. 14, 2011 (Zenit.org).- Here is an excerpt of the decree written by the Congregation for Saints' Causes regarding the beatification of Servant of God John Paul II, published today by Vatican Radio. The prefect of the saints' causes dicastery is Cardinal Angelo Amato.

The full text can be found on ZENIT's Web page: www.zenit.org/article-31459?l=english

* * *
Beatification: Sign of the depth of faith and invitation to a fully Christian life

The proclamation of a Saint or of a Blessed by the Church is the fruit of putting together various aspects regarding a specific Person. First, it is an act which says something important in the life of the Church herself. It is linked to a "cult," i.e. to the memory of the person, to his full acknowledgment of him in the awareness of the ecclesial community, of the country, of the Universal Church in various countries, continents and cultures. Another aspect is the awareness that the "presentation on the altars" will be an important sign of the depth of the faith, of the diffusion of faith in the path of life of that person, and that this sign will become an invitation, a stimulus for us all towards a Christian life ever more profound and full. Finally, thesine qua non condition is the holiness of the person's life, verified during the precise and formal canonical proceedings. All this provides the material for the decision of the Successor of Peter, of the Pope in view of the proclamation of a Blessed or of a Saint, of the cult in the context of the ecclesial community and of its liturgy.
John Paul II's pontificate was an eloquent and clear sign, not only for Catholics, but also for world public opinion, for people of all color and creed. The world's reaction to his lifestyle, to the development of his apostolic mission, to the way he bore his suffering, to the decision to continue his Petrine mission to the end as willed by divine Providence, and finally, the reaction to his death, the popularity of the acclamation "Saint right now!" which someone made on the day of his funerals, all this has its solid foundation in the experience of having met with the person who was the Pope. The faithful have felt, have experienced that he is "God's man," who really sees the concrete steps and the mechanisms of contemporary world "in God," in God's perspective, with the eyes of a mystic who looks up to God only. He was clearly a man of prayer: so much so that it is from the dynamism of his personal union with God, from the permanent listening to what God wants to say in a concrete situation, that the whole of "Pope John Paul II's activity" flowed. Those who were closest to him have been able to see that, prior to his meetings with his guests, with Heads of State, with Church high officials or ordinary citizens, John Paul II would recollect himself in prayer according to the intentions of the guests and of the meeting that was to come.

1. Karol Wojtyla's contribution to Vatican II Council

After Vatican II, during the pontificates of Paul VI and of John Paul II, the manner of presentation, and thus of self-presentation of the papacy, has become quite expressive. On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the pontificate of John Paul II, the Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs published in 2004 a book entitled "Go Forth in the Whole World." Giancarlo Zizola, a "vaticanist," remarked on the fact that "the papacy has conquered its citizenship in the realm of public visibility, breaking away from the siege of worship marginalisation where it had been kept by decree of secular society, in the name of a militant vision of the liberal tenet of Separation of Church and State" (p. 17). A German historian, Jesuit Klaus Schatz, speaking of Paul VI and of John Paul II, underlined the meaning of the "papacy on the way" -- thus in conformity with Vatican II -- more in the manner of a missionary movement than as a static pole of unity. Schatz refers to the manner of interpreting the papal mission as a challenge to "confirm the brothers in the faith" (Luke 22:32), in a way tied to structural authority, but with a strong spiritual and charismatic hint, in link with the personal credibility and rooted in God himself.

Let us pause a moment to consider Vatican II. The young archbishop of Cracow was one of the most active Council Fathers. He made a significant contribution to the "Scheme XIII" which was to become the Pastoral Constitution of the Council "Gaudium et Spes" on the Church in the Modern World, and to the Dogmatic Constitution "Lumen Gentium." Thanks to his studies abroad, bishop Wojtyla had a concrete experience of evangelisation and of the mission of the Church, in Western Europe or in other continents, but above all of totalitarian atheism in Poland and in the other countries of the "Soviet Block." He brought all this experience to the Council debates, which were certainly not like drawing-room conversations, extremely courteous but void of contents. Here was a substantial and decisive effort to insert the Gospel's dynamism into the conciliar enthusiasm rooted on the conviction that Christianity is capable of furnishing a "soul" to the development of modernity and to the reality of the social and cultural world.

All this was to be of use in preparing for the future responsibilities of the Successor of Peter. As John Paul II said, he already had in his mind his first encyclical, "Redemptor Hominis," and brought it to Rome from Cracow. All he had to do in Rome was to write down all these ideas. In this encyclical, there is a wide invitation to humankind to rediscover the reality of Redemption in Christ: "Man (…) remains a being that is incomprehensible for himself, his life is senseless, if love is not revealed to him, if he does not encounter love, if he does not experience it and make it his own, if he does not participate intimately in it. This, as has already been said, is why Christ the Redeemer 'fully reveals man to himself.' [...] man finds again the greatness, dignity and value that belong to his humanity. In the mystery of the Redemption man becomes newly 'expressed' and, in a way, is newly created. [...] The man who wishes to understand himself thoroughly -- and not just in accordance with immediate, partial, often superficial, and even illusory standards and measures of his being -- he must with his unrest, uncertainty and even his weakness and sinfulness, with his life and death, draw near to Christ. He must, so to speak, enter into him with all his own self, he must 'appropriate' and assimilate the whole of the reality of the Incarnation and Redemption in order to find himself (No. 10). [...]

"This union of Christ with man is in itself a mystery. From the mystery is born 'the new man,' called to become a partaker of God's life, and newly created in Christ for the fullness of grace and truth. [...] Man is transformed inwardly by this power as the source of a new life that does not disappear and pass away but lasts to eternal life. [...] This life, which the Father has promised and offered to each man in Jesus Christ (…) is in a way the fulfilment of the 'destiny' that God has prepared for him from eternity. This 'divine destiny' is advancing, in spite of all the enigmas, the unsolved riddles, the twists and turns of 'human destiny' in the world of time. Indeed, while all this, in spite of all the riches of life in time, necessarily and inevitably leads to the frontier of death and the goal of the destruction of the human body, beyond that goal we see Christ. 'I am the resurrection and the life, he who believes in me ... shall never die'" (No. 18).
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On ZENIT's Web page:

Full text of decree: www.zenit.org/article-31459?l=english

Homily by Fr. Tony Van Hee, Pro Life Mass, Assumption Parish, January 8, 2011

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The Pilgrimage of Masses, January 8, 2011, 10 a.m., Assumption Parish

Homily by Fr. Tony Van Hee

As I see it, worldwide abortion, is the greatest single evil, in all of human history, apart from the death of Christ. Not this abortion, or that abortion, or many abortions, but worldwide abortion. And the greatest external force we are fighting against in this struggle, on the human level, in my opinion, is the mainstream media, which forms public opinion, for good or ill.

In regard to worldwide Christianity, and Western Civilization, the greatest threat seems to be, a lack of faith, a lack of belief in God, atheism in all its forms. But neither the mainstream media, with its lies and propaganda, nor atheists with their unbelief, and their hatred of the God they say does not exist, are the real enemy. The real enemy is Satan, “a murderer from the beginning …[a deceiver] … a liar and the father of lies” (8:44), and with him a whole host of fallen angels.

“For”, as St Paul says, “we are not contending against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places” (Eph 6:12).

The mainstream media, the unbelievers, and all others who are fighting against us, are not the enemy. They are only misguided and deceived pawns, in the hands of Satan and his fallen angels.

So we have to use discernment. We want to encourage and cooperate with all that is good in the mainstream media, and in unbelievers, but firmly oppose and reject all that is not good.

Because this is a cosmic struggle far beyond our very limited capacities, we must remember the greatness of our God, who only allows evil, in order to bring about a greater good. We don’t always see the greater good, so we have to have faith and trust. In order to encourage this faith and trust in God, we must keep in mind the greatness of our God, who created the whole universe, which I am told, has a hundred billion galaxies, such as our Milky Way Galaxy, and in each of these galaxies, a hundred billion stars.

In each of our bodies, I am told, we have a hundred trillion cells, and the Bible tells us, that this great God of ours has numbered the hairs on our head, and the sands on the sea shore.

Yet, God is greater than all of His creation, the whole of the universe, angels and mankind included, so we have nothing to fear, if we have faith and trust in Him. It is His household, so to speak, that is all messed up, and as head of His household, He is not losing sleep over it. He has it all in hand.

He grieves because of our suffering, and our stupidity, and our sinfulness, but He is bringing good out of it all. He has it all in hand. If He can keep an ever expanding universe, a hundred billion galaxies, each with a hundred billion stars, swirling around in space, in mathematical precision, and number the hairs on our head and the sands on the seashore, He can surely bring about good in all that is happening to us here and now, to us, the Mystical Body and Beloved Bride of His Son.

If He allowed the crucifixion of His own Son, the greatest evil in all of human history,in order to bring about the greatest good in all of human history, our redemption and our salvation, He can surely bring good out of “this present darkness”.

And what is our part in all of this? Well, pretty small, but absolutely essential. We, ourselves, are pawns in this cosmic struggle between Satan and his fallen angels, and St Michael and his good angels, including each of our guardian angels. Our part in this cosmic struggle is, as it were, merely to show up for work each day, whatever that work may be, trusting that God will use us and our works, keeping in mind that each and every one of our least thoughts, words and actions, when united with His Son’s, is of infinite value, and will live on eternally, whether it be gathered up in an eternal symphony of love and praise, or whether it be included and preserved insome other magnificent way, eternally.

Nothing is lost to God. Nothing is wasted. And nothing can alter the victory that has already been won for us, over all these evil forces,

Saint Brother Andre, Mass of Thanksgiving, Notre Dame Cathedral January 6 2011

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Well like I said I was so looking forward to taking lots of pictures but unfortunately one of the ushers asked me not to take any pictures during the mass . Since I didn't get very many pictures I included one of my sister at the Restaurant before mass and the last two are a couple of photos I took on my way home of the Christmas Lights on our street.

January 6th: Feast of the Epiphany and of Saint Brother Andre

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Diocesan Celebration of thanksgiving

The Archbishop invites all to attend the diocesan Eucharistic celebration which will be held on the first feast day of St. Brother Andre, on Jan 6, at 7:30 pm at Notre Dame Cathedral.
I am surely going and will take loads of pictures.

Vigil for Nascent Human Life at Notre Dame Cathedral in Ottawa 2010 (Eng...

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Though We Are Many - Official Congress Hymn- Eucharistic Congress 2012 in Dublin Ireland

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Happy New Year - Auld Lang Syne by Sissel

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Happy New Year!

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In the Church Calendar, January 1st marks the Feast Day of Mary the Mother of God. May the words that Mary spoke to Saint Juan Diego give you comfort and hope during this new year.

"Let not your heart be disturbed. Do not fear that sickness, nor any other sickness or anguish. Am I not here, who is your Mother? Are you not under my protection? Am I not your health? Are you not happily within my fold? What else do you wish? Do not grieve nor be disturbed by anything."
(Words of Our Lady to Juan Diego)

GIANNA JESSEN SOBREVIVIENTE AL ABORTO/ ABORTION SURVIVOR GIANNA JESSEN

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How a Bill Becomes Law- from ARPA

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Benedict XVI's Christmas Message - Verbum caro factum est" – "The Word became flesh" (Jn 1:14).

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ZE10122502 - 2010-12-25

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Benedict XVI's Christmas Message
"May the Birth of the Savior Open Horizons of Lasting Peace"

VATICAN CITY, DEC. 25, 2010 (Zenit.org).- Here is a Vatican translation of Benedict XVI's Christmas message, which he gave today at noon from the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, and before he imparted his traditional blessing "urbi et orbi" (to the city of Rome and the world).
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Verbum caro factum est" – "The Word became flesh" (Jn 1:14).
Dear brothers and sisters listening to me here in Rome and throughout the world, I joyfully proclaim the message of Christmas: God became man; he came to dwell among us. God is not distant: he is "Emmanuel", God-with-us. He is no stranger: he has a face, the face of Jesus.

This message is ever new, ever surprising, for it surpasses even our most daring hope. First of all, because it is not merely a proclamation: it is an event, a happening, which credible witnesses saw, heard and touched in the person of Jesus of Nazareth! Being in his presence, observing his works and hearing his words, they recognized in Jesus the Messiah; and seeing him risen, after his crucifixion, they were certain that he was true man and true God, the only-begotten Son come from the Father, full of grace and truth (cf. Jn 1:14).

"The Word became flesh". Before this revelation we once more wonder: how can this be? The Word and the flesh are mutually opposed realities; how can the eternal and almighty Word become a frail and mortal man? There is only one answer: Love. Those who love desire to share with the beloved, they want to be one with the beloved, and Sacred Scripture shows us the great love story of God for his people which culminated in Jesus Christ.
God in fact does not change: he is faithful to himself. He who created the world is the same one who called Abraham and revealed his name to Moses: "I am who I am … the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob … a God merciful and gracious, abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness (cf. Ex 3:14-15; 34:6). God does not change; he is Love, ever and always. In himself he is communion, unity in Trinity, and all his words and works are directed to communion. The Incarnation is the culmination of creation. When Jesus, the Son of God incarnate, was formed in the womb of Mary by the will of the Father and the working of the Holy Spirit, creation reached its high point. The ordering principle of the universe, the Logos, began to exist in the world, in a certain time and space.
"The Word became flesh". The light of this truth is revealed to those who receive it in faith, for it is a mystery of love. Only those who are open to love are enveloped in the light of Christmas. So it was on that night in Bethlehem, and so it is today. The Incarnation of the Son of God is an event which occurred within history, while at the same time transcending history. In the night of the world a new light was kindled, one which lets itself be seen by the simple eyes of faith, by the meek and humble hearts of those who await the Saviour. If the truth were a mere mathematical formula, in some sense it would impose itself by its own power. But if Truth is Love, it calls for faith, for the "yes" of our hearts.

And what do our hearts, in effect, seek, if not a Truth which is also Love? Children seek it with their questions, so disarming and stimulating; young people seek it in their eagerness to discover the deepest meaning of their life; adults seek it in order to guide and sustain their commitments in the family and the workplace; the elderly seek it in order to grant completion to their earthly existence.

"The Word became flesh". The proclamation of Christmas is also a light for all peoples, for the collective journey of humanity. "Emmanuel", God-with-us, has come as King of justice and peace. We know that his Kingdom is not of this world, and yet it is more important than all the kingdoms of this world. It is like the leaven of humanity: were it lacking, the energy to work for true development would flag: the impulse to work together for the common good, in the disinterested service of our neighbour, in the peaceful struggle for justice. Belief in the God who desired to share in our history constantly encourages us in our own commitment to that history, for all its contradictions. It is a source of hope for everyone whose dignity is offended and violated, since the one born in Bethlehem came to set every man and woman free from the source of all enslavement.

May the light of Christmas shine forth anew in the Land where Jesus was born, and inspire Israelis and Palestinians to strive for a just and peaceful coexistence. May the comforting message of the coming of Emmanuel ease the pain and bring consolation amid their trials to the beloved Christian communities in Iraq and throughout the Middle East; may it bring them comfort and hope for the future and bring the leaders of nations to show them effective solidarity. May it also be so for those in Haiti who still suffer in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake and the recent cholera epidemic. May the same hold true not only for those in Colombia and Venezuela, but also in Guatemala and Costa Rica, who recently suffered natural disasters.

May the birth of the Savior open horizons of lasting peace and authentic progress for the peoples of Somalia, Darfur and Côte d’Ivoire; may it promote political and social stability in Madagascar; may it bring security and respect for human rights in Afghanistan and in Pakistan; may it encourage dialogue between Nicaragua and Costa Rica; and may it advance reconciliation on the Korean peninsula.

May the birth of the Savior strengthen the spirit of faith, patience and courage of the faithful of the Church in mainland China, that they may not lose heart through the limitations imposed on their freedom of religion and conscience but, persevering in fidelity to Christ and his Church, may keep alive the flame of hope. May the love of "God-with-us" grant perseverance to all those Christian communities enduring discrimination and persecution, and inspire political and religious leaders to be committed to full respect for the religious freedom of all.

Dear brothers and sisters, "the Word became flesh"; he came to dwell among us; he is Emmanuel, the God who became close to us. Together let us contemplate this great mystery of love; let our hearts be filled with the light which shines in the stable of Bethlehem! To everyone, a Merry Christmas!

© Copyright 2010 -- Libreria Editrice Vaticana

And the Word was made flesh,

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The Annunciation...and Us

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The Annunciation...and Us

http://www.americamagazine.org/blog/entry.cfm?blog_id=2&entry_id=3689

Posted at: Monday, December 20, 2010 10:26:30 AM

Author: James Martin, S.J.

Bill C-510 (Roxanne's Law) Review by Faye Sonier

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Archbishop Terrence Prendergast's Christmas Message 2010

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For the text of the Archbishop's message please click here

Thank you Rod Bruinooge.

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Thank you Rod Bruinooge for introducing Roxanne's Law and for all the work that it entailed. Thank you to all those who worked with you on this and all who helped promote it especially the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, Priests for Life Canada , 4 MY CANADA, Arpa Canada I know there are other groups and individuals as well but the above are the groups and people who come to my mind that I know worked very hard during the past months promoting bill C-510. And thank you to all our MP's who voted in favour of Roxanne's law.

The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada launched a stellar campaign over the past few weeks promoting Bill C-510 with their Video Campaign. ARPA Canada and 4MYCanada were extremely active in promoting Roxanne's Law as well. 4MYCanada sent out e-mails with access to all the e-mail addresses of our MP's and set up their website so that one could easily contact one or all MP's in an instant. I used their system and have to say I was extremely impressed. And of Course Priests for Life Canada promoted Roxanne's law for months and Father Tom Lynch gave a strong Endorsement in an Interview with Rod Bruinooge on december 7th. . See Priests for Life's endorsement on my blog Strong Endorsement of Roxanne's Law from Catholic Church Leaders . Thank you too Archbishop Collins for your support.

Disappointing to me was that LifesiteNews failed to report on Priests for Life Canada's interview with Rod Bruinooge on December 7th . I contacted LifesiteNews last week and am still waiting for an explanation. I'm just saying it seems strange.

Roxanne's Law: How our MPs voted

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The Vote for Roxanne's Law Bill C510

http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Language=E&Mode=1&Parl=40&Ses=3&DocId=4896153#Int-3688545

YEAS

Members

Abbott

Albrecht

Allen (Tobique—Mactaquac)

Allison

Anders

Anderson

Ashfield

Benoit

Bezan

Block

Boughen

Breitkreuz

Brown (Leeds—Grenville)

Brown (Newmarket—Aurora)

Brown (Barrie)

Bruinooge

Calandra

Calkins

Cannan (Kelowna—Lake Country)

Carrie

Casson

Clarke

Cummins

Davidson

Day

Del Mastro

Devolin

Dhalla

Fast

Galipeau

Gallant

Glover

Goldring

Grewal

Guarnieri

Harris (Cariboo—Prince George)

Hiebert

Hoback

Hoeppner

Jean

Kamp (Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission)

Karygiannis

Kenney (Calgary Southeast)

Komarnicki

Kramp (Prince Edward—Hastings)

Lake

Lamoureux

Lauzon

Lemieux

Lobb

Lukiwski

Lunney

MacAulay

Malhi

Mayes

McColeman

McKay (Scarborough—Guildwood)

McTeague

Merrifield

Miller

Moore (Fundy Royal)

Norlock

O'Neill-Gordon

Payne

Poilievre

Preston

Rajotte

Reid

Richards

Ritz

Scheer

Shea

Shipley

Shory

Smith

Sorenson

Storseth

Strahl

Sweet

Szabo

Toews

Tonks

Trost

Tweed

Uppal

Van Kesteren

Van Loan

Vellacott

Warawa

Warkentin

Watson

Weston (West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country)

Weston (Saint John)

Wong

Woodworth

Yelich

Young

Total: -- 97

NAYS

Members

Ablonczy

Allen (Welland)

André

Andrews

Angus

Armstrong

Arthur

Ashton

Asselin

Atamanenko

Bachand

Bagnell

Bains

Baird

Beaudin

Bélanger

Bellavance

Bennett

Bernier

Bevington

Bigras

Blackburn

Blais

Blaney

Bonsant

Bouchard

Boucher

Bourgeois

Braid

Brison

Brunelle

Byrne

Cadman

Cannon (Pontiac)

Carrier

Chong

Chow

Christopherson

Clement

Coady

Coderre

Comartin

Cotler

Crombie

Crowder

Cullen

Cuzner

D'Amours

Davies (Vancouver Kingsway)

Davies (Vancouver East)

DeBellefeuille

Dechert

Demers

Deschamps

Desnoyers

Dewar

Dhaliwal

Dion

Donnelly

Dorion

Dosanjh

Dreeshen

Dryden

Duceppe

Duncan (Etobicoke North)

Duncan (Edmonton—Strathcona)

Dykstra

Easter

Eyking

Faille

Fantino

Finley

Flaherty

Fletcher

Foote

Fry

Gagnon

Garneau

Gaudet

Généreux

Godin

Goodale

Goodyear

Gourde

Gravelle

Guay

Guimond (Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques)

Guimond (Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord)

Hall Findlay

Harper

Harris (St. John's East)

Hawn

Holder

Holland

Hughes

Julian

Keddy (South Shore—St. Margaret's)

Kennedy

Kent

Kerr

Laforest

Laframboise

Lavallée

Layton

Lebel

LeBlanc

Lee

Lemay

Leslie

Lessard

Lévesque

MacKay (Central Nova)

MacKenzie

Malo

Maloway

Marston

Martin (Sault Ste. Marie)

Mathyssen

McCallum

McGuinty

McLeod

Ménard

Mendes

Menzies

Moore (Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam)

Mourani

Mulcair

Murphy (Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe)

Murphy (Charlottetown)

Murray

Nadeau

Neville

Nicholson

O'Connor

Obhrai

Oda

Oliphant

Ouellet

Pacetti

Paillé (Hochelaga)

Paquette

Paradis

Patry

Pearson

Petit

Plamondon

Pomerleau

Proulx

Rae

Rafferty

Ratansi

Rathgeber

Regan

Richardson

Rickford

Rodriguez

Rota

Russell

Savage

Savoie

Scarpaleggia

Schellenberger

Sgro

Siksay

Silva

Simson

Sopuck

St-Cyr

Stanton

Stoffer

Thi Lac

Thibeault

Tilson

Trudeau

Valeriote

Verner

Wallace

Zarac

Total: -- 178

The Debate on Roxanne's Law Dec. 13 and the Vote Dec. 15

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Vote: December 15th 2010

STEPHEN HARPER VOTES “NO” TO PROTECTING WOMEN FROM FORCED ABORTION

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Prime minister Stephen Harper joined 177 other Members of Parliament today and voted against a bill that would protect pregnant women from being coerced into an abortion they did not want.

“This is a scandal of the highest proportion” said John Hof, president of Campaign Life Coalition BC. “"This was common sense legislation that would have protected a vulnerable, pregnant woman's CHOICE to give her baby life." To see the leader of our nation stoop so low as to deny this protection simply to avoid talking about the abortion issue, is atrocious” Hof added.

Bill C-510 placed women first in the decision making process. Their wishes would have been paramount and the free vote in the House has now denied them that legal protection. “this places women at risk of being forced into abortions and not even the most radical of feminist groups came to their defence” said Hof.

This vote, of 178 to 97, will show clearly where dedicated pro-lifers and feminists should direct their support in the next election. This was not about abortion at all. It was about ensuring women were making the decision without pressure. Canada is the only nation with absolutely no laws regarding the termination of pregnancy before birth. The absence of any law, is what prompted this proposed Bill.

Examples of pregnant women being brutalized and killed, like Roxanne Fernando for whom the Bill was named, abound in our nation. “This vote today leaves the survivors of this brutality with no recourse under our law. Stephen Harper has abandoned them and their children yet again, all in the interests of not wanting to raise an uncomfortable issue” concluded Hof.

For more information of this and other pro-life issues please contact:

John Hof

Campaign Life Coalition British Columbia

Box 12045 Murrayville RPO

Langley, BC V3A 9J5

Phone: 604-534-4828 jhof@telus.net

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"Canada supposedly loves the middle way, compromise and the "big tent" but when it comes to rights issues, other minorities -- First Nations, gays, people of colour -- mill around sipping tea in cozy comfort under a protective canvas, while the unborn are always left outside, heaped forlornly in the rain."

Columnist Barbara Kay, National Post, March 23, 2005

Debate On Tuesday December 14th 2010

From Someone who attended the debate
Yesterday's debate on Bill C-510 (Roxanne's Law) was unbelievable! I've never seen anything like it. See full debate here: http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Language=E&Mode=1&Parl=40&Ses=3&DocId=4881391

(See LifeSite News coverage in article copied below.)

The Liberals put up no speakers at all, the NDP and Bloc put up only one speaker each, so the Conservatives had a chance to put up 5 speakers in total (4 of whom were in favour).

In all my time observing debates on issues related to pregnant women (one hour of debate on Leon Benoit's Bill C-291, two hours of debate on Ken Epp's bill C-484, and last months debate on C-510), I've never seen such reluctance (fear?) by opponents to debate. Could it be they realize it can only look bad for them to oppose a bill that protects women from coerced abortions?

Of course, the Conservative government put up a speaker (to represent the government's position), Brent Rathgeber, and he was the only Conservative Member to speak against the bill. And since the other parties didn't put up any more speakers, it cycled around to the Conservatives again, and Bev Shipley got a chance to address Rathgeber's legal arguments against the bill, which were basically the same arguments made during the first hour of debate last month.

So that was 3 speeches against the bill: the usual "back door attempt to criminalize abortion" rhetoric by the Bloc and NDP; and the government's rep who opposed it on legal grounds which were nicely refuted by Shipley and Bruinooge; and 4 speeches in favour: Kelly Block (finishing up her speech from last month's debate--each MP gets 10 minutes, and she used up 5 last time), Bev Shipley, David Anderson, and Rod Bruinooge's final 5-minute "right of reply."

It was truly a wonder to behold! A great day in our House of Commons -- where honourable Members bore witness to the plight of pregnant women who are coerced into aborting their unborn children by third parties who consider them a burden. And it's now all on the public record. See full debate at:
http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Language=E&Mode=1&Parl=40&Ses=3&DocId=4881391

The crucial Second Reading vote will be on Wednesday, Dec. 15. If it passes, the bill will go to the Justice Committee for further study, where witnesses will get the chance to testify. If it fails, the bill will die and will no longer by on Parliament's agenda--and a powerful vehicle for educating the public and raising the social and moral consciousness about the injustice of coercing women into unwanted abortions will be gone. There's no way to know how long it will be before we are given another opportunity like this.

If you haven't contacted your MP in support of this bill, there's still time. You can find contact info for your MP at:
http://webinfo.parl.gc.ca/MembersOfParliament/MainMPsCompleteList.aspx?TimePeriod=Current&Language=E

Several MPs still have not yet made up their minds on how they will vote tomorrow. There is still a chance to make a difference.
http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/abortion-coercion-law-debated-in-parliament-vote-on-wed

Let us pray that our Members of Parliament vote in favour of Roxanne's Law on December 15, 2010

2010-12-14T17:36:00.002-05:00

Let us pray that on Dec. 15, our Members of Parliament will act with justice and compassion and vote in favour of Roxanne’s Law, a bill that would help to protect vulnerable pregnant women so that they can safely choose life for their unborn children…..we pray to the Lord

Roxanne's Law: There is still time to contact your MP

2010-12-14T10:10:00.001-05:00

If you have not yet contacted your MP it is not too late to do so.
If you go to this link http://www.4mycanada.ca/ParliamentaryContacts.html you will find the e-mail addresses of all Canadian MP’s. You can easily Copy and paste all of them into your bcc and in an instant send e-mails to all of them asking them to support Roxanne’s Law. The vote is tomorrow, December 15th.
This is the first abortion-related bill to be voted on in Parliament in 20 years. And it would protect pregnant women who don't want abortions, thereby saving some unborn babies' lives! Catholics must become engaged in this! See Priests for Life ringing endorsement of Bill C-510 at their website p://www.priestsforlifecanada.com/English/index.php

The Pope: "Confidence and patience awaiting the good to come

2010-12-13T09:02:00.002-05:00

Before the Angelus yesterday Pope Benedict said
"Saint James wrote about the value of perseverance and patience. They are virtues of our fathers that our now less popular in the world that exhorts change. Advent calls us instead to increase tenacity, that inner strength in the soul that enables us not to despair waiting for good that is slow to come. Saint James gives the example of the farmer." For more please watch the video

ANGELUS 2010-12-12

2010-12-13T09:00:00.000-05:00

Pro Life Mass December 11, 2010, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish

2010-12-11T19:10:00.009-05:00

Fourth in a series of Pro Life Masses

( the Pilgrimage of Masses)

to pray for the opening of a Pro Life Medical Centre in Ottawa Ontario Canada. The proposed Centre would be staffed with pro life medical professionals. The main celebrant was His Grace Archbishop Terrence Prendergast

The Mount Carmel Choir directed by organist Irene Dooling led the music. And it was fabulous!

There was a beautiful reception following the mass which was held in the Parish Hall and was hosted by the Sisters of the Queenship of Mary.

During the reception Jennifer and Anastasia gave a wonderful presentation of the Adoption in Canada Campaign. For More Information on the adoption campaign please go to this link
http://adoptionincanada.ca/

As well, approximately another 30 people signed the Roxanne's Law Petition which was made available.
There has been a strong endorsement of Roxanne's law, from Catholic Church leaders
Fr. Tom Lynch and Fr. John Lemire of Priests for Life Canada (PFLC), conducted a one-hour interview with Rod Bruinooge about Roxanne's Law, which aired on Tuesday, Dec. 7. PFLC gave a ringing endorsement of Roxanne's Law (Bill C-510) and referenced Toronto Archbishop Thomas Collins' strong support for the bill. They urged all Catholics to support this bill. Priests for Life Canada is calling upon all Catholics to encourage MPs to vote in favour of the bill on Dec. 15. Roxanne's Law is the first bill related to abortion that has come to a vote in our Canadian Parliament in two decades and is probably the biggest pro Life News Story of the Year.

For more on the Pilgrimage of Masses go to this link on my website
http://sites.google.com/site/faithfulcatholics/Home/monthly-pro-life-mass-in-ottawa

Urgent: Priests for Life Canada urges all Catholics to contact MPs to vote for Roxanne's law

2010-12-10T09:16:00.000-05:00

Please contact your MP and ask them to vote for Roxanne's Law. The vote will take place on December 15, 2010. Find your MP here.

From LifeNews.com - Canadian Pro-Lifers: Prime Minister Should OK Free Vote on Abortion Bill

2010-12-10T07:55:00.003-05:00

by Steven Ertelt
from http://www.lifenews.com/

In advance of a debate in parliament over a bill that would stop coerced and forced abortions on women, a pro-life group says Prime Minister Stephen Harper should reconsider his position.

Harper has said he will never reopen the abortion debate nor will he support this bill, but Peter Ryan, Executive Director of New Brunswick Right to Life, hopes he will change his mind as he did before.

“Right now the Prime Minister is saying his government – all the cabinet members, around 40 MPs I think – will oppose Roxanne’s Law even though many of them are pro-life, even though the prime minister should know better,” he said. “Why does he oppose it? Because he’s said he does not want the abortion issue to come up in Parliament.”

Ryan says he hopes Harper “has a change of heart as he did last April when he voted against a pro-abortion motion after initially indicating to his caucus that he would support it.”

The pro-life advocate says Harper doesn’t necessarily need to mount a public campaign for the bill.

“All he has to do is allow all his MPs – including cabinet members – a free vote, i.e. to vote according to their conscience. Is that too much to ask?” he said in an email. “Otherwise the bill will likely be defeated.”

Pat Maloney, writing at the National Post, agreed.
“In 1988, the Supreme Court of Canada struck down the country’s abortion law. But the court did say that Parliament has the right to legislate protection of the unborn,” Maloney writes. “Even though Mr. Harper would not support such a bill, he doesn’t have to. Bill C-510 is a private member’s bill, not a government bill. The purpose of such bills is to give backbench MPs from all parties the opportunity to bring forward legislation they believe in, independent of what’s on the government’s agenda.”

“Mr. Harper would get one vote — just like any MP — and he could vote as his conscience dictates,” Maloney added. for more on this article from LifeNews click here

Strong Endorsement of Roxanne's Law from Catholic Church Leaders

2010-12-09T08:59:00.009-05:00

Fr. Tom Lynch and Fr. John Lemire of Priests for Life Canada (PFLC), conducted a one-hour interview with Rod Bruinooge about Roxanne's Law, which aired on Tuesday, Dec. 7. You can listen to the full interview online at this link:

http://www.priestsforlifecanada.com/Media/Pro_Life_Hour/the_prolife_hour_dec7_2010.mp3

PFLC gave a ringing endorsement of Roxanne's Law (Bill C-510) and referenced Toronto Archbishop Thomas Collins' strong support for the bill. They urged all Catholics to support this bill. Attached is a transcript of that portion of the interview, which is towards the end of the hour (around 44 minutes into the interview).

This is great news but I am baffled why I haven't seen anything on LifeSiteNews about this yet.

Excerpts from Priests for Life Canada radio interview with MP Rod Bruinooge on Roxanne’s Law

Aired December 7, 2010

……
44:18 Fr. Tom Lynch - One of the things we need to look at is, there has been some controversy within some of the prolife movement in terms of whether pro-lifers, and in terms of our own audience today, Catholics, can be able to support this bill. Speaking as a moral theologian, I would say that this bill makes very good sense. We have the situation where de facto there is a law that allows abortion in Canada even though of course there is no law, but that’s what’s happened with the Supreme Court again and again restricting any possibility of bringing in a law to directly and counter and criminalize abortion.

44:57 And so I would say categorically, as a professor of moral theology, that it is a good and right thing to be able to support this proposal, Roxanne’s Law, because it seeks to be able, in a small way, to restrict the evil that is being done in our society by allowing the killing of the preborn. We are not able at this juncture to be having a law that would criminalize abortion. And so therefore, as John Paul II said in 1995, in the Gospel of Life, it is not only legitimate, and prudent, but it is a necessary and good thing to restrict abortion or any laws that would allow abortion in any way we can, to try to be able to restrict that evil.

45:42 And he especially and particularly commended legislators to be able to try to put forward initiatives that would in any way try to restrict abortion. I think there are some mistaken commentators that have said about this, and other private members bills in the past, that because they didn’t tackle abortion head-on, they were illegitimate. And I would say categorically that’s wrong. I can’t find any, any Catholic theologian that would back up that view.

46:13 And I’m happy to be able to tell our listeners that the Archbishop of Toronto, Archbishop Tom Collins, spoke to the Parliamentary Pro-Life Caucus I think just last night or the night before and categorically said that Catholics could support this bill. And as a major teacher of the Church, and as I think an incredibly articulate and informed spokesperson for the Catholic Church, I think we would be wise to follow that direction and to say that this is something that we can prudently, morally, and conscientiously support and encourage. And I think that’s important to put out there because sometimes there is confusion in that regard. But we have to be very clear about it and very direct and say that anything that can work to be able to bring about a discussion on behalf of the preborn, to bring about a discussion on the situation of abortion in our country, and hopefully, God willing, to be able to bring about even a limited protection for the preborn, and especially, in this instance, particular instance, for mothers who are facing distressed pregnancies, is a good and laudable initiative.

47:22 So I think we need to be very clear on that, and it’s good to see that the key spokesperson for the English Church, the English Canadian Church, has said that pretty loud and clearly. So I think that is a very necessary thing to be able to lay there.

47:38 Fr. John Lemire - And I think in addition to that, Fr. Tom, I certainly agree with everything that you say about the understanding of Evangelium Vitae and how our late Holy Father Pope John Paul the Great certainly has given us great wisdom and guidance in this. And not only do we see support in Catholic circles for this bill with the support of Priests for Life Canada who came on very early on, the Archbishop as you said recently to the pro-life caucus. But we’ve also seen support that’s been coming from the Catholic Organization for Life and the Family (the arm of the Bishops), as well as even outside of Catholic circles from the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada. So there certainly is very strong support and recognition that this is an important piece of pro-life legislation that all pro-lifers need to support and to work to see that it gets enacted into law.

….

49:03 Rod Bruinooge - I just really appreciate all of the voices in the Roman Catholic Church of Canada that have been supportive of Roxanne’s Law. It was a real pleasure not only meeting yourself, Fr. Tom, but also just meeting with Archbishop Tom Collins over the years, but more recently this week and having him say that not only can Catholics support this bill but that they should. It’s just a really nice support that we received from him. And I’m hoping that people from all viewpoints, all political backgrounds in Canada can begin to understand how important it is to empower pregnant women in our country because our mothers are really the key to our future in Canada. And being a parent I know that it’s just such an important thing to be able to not only love your children, but see them grow up. And I know that the mothers that want to see through their pregnancy deserve to have this additional protection.

50:16 Fr. Tom – Now I’d like to thank you very much, Rod, for taking this initiative, to be able to put forward this bill. Having worked with Parliamentarians and having actually worked in Parliament for a short time many years ago, I’d like to impress upon our listeners what it means to be able to take this opportunity, as you said early on in the program, to put forward a private members bill.

50:40 - And we want you to know that we stand squarely behind you in this effort, and we’ll do whatever we can in the short time that’s left to encourage not just our listeners, but everyone we can to contact their MP and to ask where their MP stands on this bill, and to ask that they support it. We see no reason for anyone to oppose this bill which has as its only and definite intention to empower women against being coerced into having an abortion.

51:06 As Catholics we feel that we can support it in good conscience, and to echo Archbishop Collins which is always a good thing, that we have a moral imperative to support it as well. We’d like to encourage all pastors across Canada to speak to their congregations in the weekend that’s left to encourage them to contact their MP. We can’t express how important this legislation is. I know we are only dealing in a small way with the issue of abortion, but it is one more way that we can be able to bring about that culture of life, and it’s incredibly important to take those opportunities as they are brought before us. It’s not often we have them. So you know, carpe diem, you know. Let us seize the day.

51:45 Thank you very much for that Rod. I know you’re busy and I appreciate very much that you’ve taken the time to speak to our listeners today to really explain to them why it is so important it is that Roxanne’s Law be able to be supported. And you know, we hope and pray, God, that it will be put into legislative action as well.

52:05 Rod – thank you so much Fr. Tom for giving me this opportunity to speak to your listeners.

52:08 Fr. Tom – God bless.

…..

Immaculate Conception of Mary

2010-12-08T13:19:00.001-05:00

Today we Catholics celebrate the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. Father Boyd gave a beautiful homily today. In his homily he said that to confront the evil in society and in ourselves we just have to list to Mary's . words at the Wedding Feast at Cana " Do whatever my Son Jesus tells you to do"

I found this prayer on Archbishop Terrence Prendergast's facebook page
For our celebration of the Blessed Mother's Immaculate Conception: a prayer, a poem and a reflection:

O God, who by the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin prepared a worthy dwelling for your Son, grant, we pray, that, as you preserved her from every stain by virtue of the Death of your Son, which you foresaw, so, through her intercession, we, too, may be cleansed and admitted to your presence. Through our Lord.

Why Catholics can, in good conscience, support Roxanne's Law

2010-12-05T17:38:00.000-05:00

Please see important letter below from Priests for Life Canada (PFLC).

Especially note that PFLC's one-hour radio and internet program this month features Rod Bruinooge discussing Roxanne's Law, his private members bill C-510 which will be voted on in our House of Commons on Dec. 15.

The show is entitled: "Why Catholics can, in good conscience, support Roxanne's Law".

The program will air in the Toronto area on AM530 Multicultural Radio and on the Priests for Life Canada website on Tuesday, December 7th at 1 p.m. The program will also be available on PFLC's website following the initial broadcast, http://www.priestsforlifecanada.com/

Priests for Life Canada is strongly endorsing this bill. As PFLC said in a November 1 letter to supporters, "By obtaining the full cooperation of Catholics across Canada, we can ensure that this bill will pass."

So please, contact your MP this week and urge them to vote in favour of Roxanne's Law on Wednesday, Dec. 15!

Thanks for your support of this very important piece of legislation to protect pregnant women from being coerced into having unwanted abortions.

For more information on Bill C-510, visit http://www.roxanneslaw.ca/

Proposals on how you can promote passage of Roxanne's Law (Bill C-510)

2010-12-04T17:17:00.001-05:00

The second reading of Roxanne's Law (Bill C-510) has been moved to Monday, December 13th with the crucial vote to take place on Wednesday, December 15th. Here are some proposals on how you can promote passage of the Bill:

4mycanada http://www.4mycanada.ca/Emails/20101203.html
The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada http://www.evangelicalfellowship.ca/Roxanne
From Priests for Life Canada http://www.priestsforlifecanada.com/English/News_Events/Roxannes_Law/index.php

Bless Our God

2010-12-04T14:21:00.005-05:00

O the Depths of the Riches and Wisdom and knowledge of God. How unsearchable His judgements. How inscrutable His ways. For who has known the mind of the Lord or who has been His counselor or who has given a gift to God to receive a gift in return. From Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen. (Romans 11:33-36)

EFC has released a second video of Canadian women who support Roxanne's Law!

2010-12-03T14:38:00.002-05:00

Text of Roxanne's Law

EFC has released a second video of Canadian women who support Roxanne's Law!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2lX4D7k2IE

If you are a Canadian woman, or a man who cares about Canadian women, please submit your own video in support of Roxanne's Law. Full instructions on how to do this are posted on EFC's website: http://www.evangelicalfellowship.ca/Roxanne Just scroll down the page and you'll find everything you need.

And check out some of the men who care about Canadian women:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuTs9vsUdx4&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbeb4-xCN1U&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egWb2wbyZXk&NR=1

....and some Canadian women:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsKzIViAqT8&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bo6fPTFOLZo&feature=related

....and last but not least, some of the honourable men and women who sit in our House of Commons who care about Canadian women (Is your MP shown here?):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ83yRRO14E&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

What triggered this campaign? As Faye Sonier says on EFC's blog, it is " partly in response to female Members of Parliament having suggested in the House of Commons that the bill lacked support from Canadian women.....While some may argue the contrary, many Canadian women do support Roxanne’s Law, and one of the main purposes of this campaign is to draw attention to the voices of women who want to see the bill passed.

"MP Nicole Demers (Laval, BQ) is one female MP who expressed in the House that the women of Quebec and Canada “are not fools” and that through this bill, “men are trying to decide what is good for us.”

"I sincerely hope that Ms. Demers didn’t believe that her position reflected that of all Canadian women. She didn’t speak for all Canadian women that morning, and she certainly did not speak for me."

For EFC's full press release see: http://activatecfpl.theefc.ca/journal/2010/12/1/women-support-roxannes-law-against-coerced-abortion.html

Canadian Women Support Roxanne's Law

2010-12-01T09:26:00.001-05:00

GET ACTIVE! JOIN THE EFC’S CAMPAIGN ON ROXANNE’S LAW (COERCED ABORTION)

The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada's (EFC) Centre for Faith and Public Life is launching a two-week campaign In support of Bill C-510, Roxanne’s Law’s, against coerced abortion. C-510 is scheduled to be voted on in the House of Commons on Dec.15. The CFPL has created a new webpage with information about the bill, how you can get involved and guidelines on submitting a video to this social media campaign. Visit www.theEFC.ca/roxanne.

Christmas Food Court Flash Mob, Hallelujah Chorus - Must See!

2010-11-26T20:04:00.002-05:00

Performed by Chorus Niagara at the Seaway Mall in Welland, Ontario

SOLEMN VIGIL FOR ALL NASCENT HUMAN LIFE:

2010-11-26T08:16:00.002-05:00

SOLEMN VIGIL FOR ALL NASCENT HUMAN LIFE: To mark the beginning of Advent and preparations for Christmas, the Holy Father has invited all dioceses, parishes, religious communities, movements and associations throughout the world to join him in a Solemn Vigil for All Nascent Human Life. This will be celebrated on first vespers for the First Sunday of Advent. The vigil is to thank God for the Incarnation of his Son and for the gift of Life, and to ask for the Lord's protection over every human being called into existence. In the Archdiocese of Ottawa, this prayer service will be held at Notre Dame Cathedral Basilica on Saturday evening, November 27, 7:00 p.m. Archbishop Terrence Prendergast, S.J. will preside at this Vespers Liturgy. All are encouraged to attend.

Mass to Celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe

2010-11-24T09:21:00.018-05:00

Our Lady of Guadalupe.
Pray for us

Mass to Celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe 

As we continue on our PIlgrimage of Masses to pray for the opening of a Pro Life Medical Centre in Ottawa and for an end to abortion, we invite you to join us for the next mass on our journey which also coincides with the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

Date: Dec.11, 2010

Chief Celebrant: His Grace, Archbishop Terrence Prendergast
Location; Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church
400 St. Laurent Blvd
Time 9:00 AM
Refreshments to follow the mass

For more information on the pilgrimage of masses see the page on my blog at this link
http://teresa-httpsitesgooglecomsitefaithful.blogspot.com/p/pilgrimage-of-masses.html

There is a new book titled 'Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mother of The Civilization of Love' It is co-authored by Carl Anderson, Supreme Knight of The Knights of Columbus, and Mgr. Eduardo Chavez, Postulator of the Cause of St. Juan Diego.
On Pages 47 and 48 they discuss the four-petaled Jasmine flower on the gown of Our Lady of Guadalupe. To the tribe of Indians to which St. Juan Diego belonged, this four-petaled Jasmine flower represented the 'unknown deity'. Some of the titles attributed to this 'unknown deity' were: 'Him for whom one lives', 'Creator of people', 'Owner of the near and close' and 'Lord of heaven and earth'.
The authors remark that "in a special way this harks back to St. Paul's address at the Areopagus, where he spoke to the Athenians about their worship of the 'unknown God', whom they detected but did not understand".There is only ONE four-petaled Jasmine flower on the gown of Our Lady of Guadalupe and this is situated over her pregnant womb. So Our Lady through this flower, strategically placed on her gown by The Great Creator, may be said to paraphrase both St. Paul and the Gospel of St. John by indicating in a poignant way "My son, The Word, is The True God”; He has come to dwell among you; He IS with you".

Truly, the Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe is pregnant with meaning. Or we can say 'pregnant with Meaning'. That is, she is pregnant with Him who means everything!

Directions to Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church
By car:
Go North on St. Laurent Blvd. and cross over Montreal Road. You will pass Notre Dame Cemetery on your left. Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church is is less than one km. away on the left side of the Boulevard.

By Bus:
For information re Bus from your Home to the St. Laurent Bus Station, kindly call 613-741-4390.

From upstairs at the St. Laurent Station take either a #5 or a #7 bus from bus stop 3A

I thirst for you (Fr. Larry Richards)

2010-11-17T10:06:00.001-05:00

A great meditation given by Fr. Larry Richards. Perfect for Advent.

Endorsements of Bill C-510, Roxanne's law

2010-11-12T18:51:00.000-05:00

http://www.roxanneslaw.ca/CommunityEndorsements.html

Pescador de Hombres/Lord You Have Come

2010-11-11T18:37:00.001-05:00

Vigil for All Nascent Human Life – Saturday, November 27, 2010

2010-11-08T17:48:00.000-05:00

On Saturday, November 27th at St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope Benedict XVI will celebrate a “Vigil for All Nascent Human Life” coinciding with first vespers of the First Sunday of Advent. The Holy Father has also requested that “all Diocesan Bishops (and their equivalent) of every particular church preside in analogous celebrations involving the faithful in their respective parishes, religious communities, associations and movements.” for more information http://www.usccb.org/prolife/papalvigil/

Monthly Pro Life Masses to be held to pray for the opening of a Pro-Life Centre in Ottawa

2010-11-03T09:01:00.003-04:00

The next Mass will be celebrated on

Saturday, November 6th, 2010
at Holy Cross Parish
685 Walkley Road
Ottawa
Time: 10;00 a.m.
Confessions will be available from 9:15 - 10:00 a.m.

for more information go to this link http://liftjesushigher.wordpress.com/2010/11/03/pro-life-mass-28-1-doc/

First Hour of Debate on "Roxanne's Law" Takes Place in Canadian Parliament

2010-11-02T07:56:00.015-04:00

40th PARLIAMENT, 3rd SESSION
EDITED HANSARD • NUMBER 091
Monday, November 1, 2010
See full debate at http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Language=E&Mode=1&Parl=40&Ses=3&DocId=4746353

During the parliamentary debate yesterday on Bill C-510, Conservative MP Kelly Block was the only Member to support Rod Bruinooge's attempt to bring about legal protection for those women who don't want the abortions others are trying to impose on them.
As someone correctly pointed out, Conservative MP David Anderson also supported Bill C-510 during debate (he asked a question after Rod's speech, just before Nicole Demers' speech). He is to be commended as well
from Priests for Life Canada
"By obtaining the full cooperation of Catholics across Canada, we can ensure that this bill will pass." "This is a bill we can all support in good conscience." Fr. Tom Lynch, National Director, Priests for Life Canada

(Note that the vote at Second Reading is expected to take place on December 8. If it passes, then Bill C-510 will be referred to the Justice Committee to be studied. If it fails, then C-510--the only abortion-related bill that has come to a vote in Parliament in 20 years, as far as I know--will die. )

See an Abortion Bill we can all support by Andrea Mrozek http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/abortion+choose+support/3762270/story.html

See Story from Lifesite news below
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/nov/10110113.html

Roxanne’s law — first hour of debate

Published: Tuesday, November 2, 2010, 1:00 pm
Author: Paul Tuns
http://www.theinterim.com/soconvivium/roxannes-law-first-hour-of-debate/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheInterim+%28The+Interim%29

From the IMFC: 10 Questions about Bill C-510

National Campus ...

By admin

The Institute of Marriage and Family Canada has put out the below Q & A sheet to help people understand Roxanne's Law, or Bill C-510. Ten questions about Bill C-510. Life is busy. A cheat sheet to understand the basics about one bill ... This bill was brought forward by Conservative Member of Parliament for Winnipeg South, Rod Bruinooge. He is also chair of the parliamentary pro-life caucus. Mr. Bruinooge does not have the support of Prime Minister Stephen Harper for Bill ...

http://www.ncln.ca/blog/from-the-imfc-10-questions-about-bill-c-510/

National Campus Life Network...

Roxanne's Law Debated Today

2010-11-01T07:54:00.001-04:00

On Monday November 1st at 11:00 AM Roxannes Law, Bill C-510, will go through its first hour of debate in the in House of Commons
PLease Pray and Fast
http://www.roxanneslaw.ca/

Saint Andre Celebrations at Saint Joseph’s Oratory of Mount Royal, October 31 2010

2010-10-31T17:37:00.020-04:00

Below are photos of our trip to Montreal for the Mass of Thanksgiving on Sunday, October 31, 2010 at Saint Joseph’s Oratory of Mount Royal.

But first, here is a beautiful prayer composed for this Mass which was offered upon the Extended Family of Saint Andre Bessette. I was so moved by this prayer that I want to share it with you and I pray for this blessing on you too!

God of the living,
although Saint Andre was a man with a vow of chastity,
nonetheless a great family now claims him as their own.
May the members of his family
cherish his memory,
and keep alive the flame of his story.
May they be inspired by his example,
to welcome the stranger with open hands;
attend to the sick with comforting words;
and be a light of hope to those
whom life has beaten down.
And one day, when they have received God's summons,
may they find Brother Andre, heaven’s doorkeeper,
waiting for them with open arms,
welcoming them into the courts of the King of Heaven,
where they will meet Jesus Christ, their Lord and Savior,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit
one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
by Father Charles Corso, CSC

Following the mass the relatives of Saint Andre were invited to a wonderful Reception. What a joyful day it was!!! Thank you God and thank you to all the friends of Saint Andre at the Oratory!

First here are a few photos of our drive to the Oratory.

We have just arrived and Mike is standing outside of our car

Numerous Photos of the family of Saint Andre in the Crypt Church plus a few at the beginning of Mass

At the Reception

After the Reception

National Pro Life Conference October 28-30

2010-10-30T23:36:00.004-04:00

Photos of the three day conference

Saturday Afternoon at 65 Bank Street

2010-10-24T14:08:00.008-04:00

I had a few things to do downtown yesterday ( among them was to buy a new bus pass for November) so I decided to drop by the abortion facility at 65 Bank Street . There were two people in silent witness and prayer when I arrived so I joined them for about an hour. Sometimes there are only a couple of people at the site praying but so far this campaign I haven't seen the spot empty anytime I go by on the bus which seems to be quite often. Thank you God!

Texas Parents Stopped From Forcing Teenage Daughter to Have Abortion from LifeNews.com

2010-10-23T09:48:00.005-04:00

Austin, TX (LifeNews.com) -- With the help of pro-life attorneys from the Alliance Defense Fund, a 16-year-old Texas girl has secured a temporary restraining order preventing her parents from forcing her to have an abortion.

On two occasions, the teenager’s mother literally dragged her to local abortion facilities, including International Healthcare Solutions and Planned Parenthood of the Texas Capital Region, demanding that her daughter take the live of her unborn child.

Though she refused and the child’s father also does not want the baby killed, her parents continued to insist that they will force her to have the abortion. The court’s order prevents that from happening.

“No one should be allowed to decide that an innocent life--especially one that belongs to someone else--is worthless," says Stephen Casey of Round Rock, one of the allied attorneys ADF works with in Texas.

He told LifeNews.com in a statement, "The right not to have an abortion is protected by law, and this right isn't relinquished just because someone else considers the child to be an unwanted burden."

The 16-year-old high school student, who is 13 weeks pregnant, was even more confirmed in her decision against having an abortion after receiving information from a pro-life prayer worker outside one of the abortion facilities to which her mother took her. Full story at http://www.lifenews.com/state5596.html

Annunciation of the Lord Parish - Archbishop Prendergast’s Pastoral Visit

2010-10-22T15:21:00.049-04:00

The highlight of the Archbishop's visit will be at the Sat Oct. 23, 5 pm Mass during which he will consecrate our Church by anointing the walls and the altar with holy chrism. He will also insert two relics in the base of the altar, one of St. Bro. Andre Bessette, and one of St. Marguerite d’Youville, both born in Canada. Archbishop Prendergast will also bless our wooden sculptures by Fr. Herman Falke.

As an important part of the parish visit, the Archbishop, accompanied by Pastor Monsignor Robert Latour, Assistant Pastor Father Jonathan Blake and Episcopal Vicar, Father Joe Muldoon visited our two Senior Residences today: Laurier Manor this morning and Elmsmere Residence at 2:00 this afternoon.. Below are some photos I took of the Bishop greeting the folks who live at Elmsmere Residence.. As you can see they were just so delighted by this visit. The Archbishop also visited Brother Andre and Thomas D'Arcy Catholic Schools on Thursday. On Sunday will add some additional photos.

For more information and photos of the pastoral visit please visit our Archbishop's blog at these two links http://archbishopterry.blogspot.com/2010/10/synod-2012-on-new-evangelization.html and http://archbishopterry.blogspot.com/2010/10/dedication-of-church-annunciation-of.html

Sunday 8:30 AM Mass

Bill C-510, Roxanne's Law, Support from Campaign Life Coalition

2010-10-22T08:17:00.000-04:00

http://www.campaignlifecoalition.com/index.php?p=Presidents_Message&id=16

A Rosary for Life - the Joyful Mysteries - Annunciation of the Lord Parish- October 20, 2010

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Organized by the Knights of Columbus and attended by approximately 100 people, mostly parishioners. Members of various parish groups led the decades and Choir Director Connie Duff led the music. It was a beautiful evening. Thank you Gord and Lois Duncan for organizing these special prayers.

North American Martyrs

2010-10-20T09:05:00.004-04:00

The USA and the Universal Church observed the Feast of the North American Martyrs yesterday October 19th. Most of us are not called to die for Jesus and to suffer the horrible physical sufffering these holy men were called to do but just the same we are called to make sacrifices and to sometimes leave our comfort zone when we do. We celebrate people like these Martyrs because they are the heroes of our faith. Their courage should inspire us.

Pro Life Students on Michael Coren show, CTS-TV, Thursday, Oct. 21

2010-10-20T08:50:00.000-04:00

Tomorrow's Michael Coren Show on CTS-TV, Thursday, Oct. 21, will be all about the pro-life students who protest and get arrested on Canadian campuses. Michael will feature several of the Carleton students who got arrested earlier this month, two reps. from NCLN and Alanna Campbell from U of Calgary who's been part of the GAP displays there and Jojo Ruba of the Canadian Centre for Bioethical Reform. The show airs at 6 pm and will be posted a day or two later on CTS-TV's website where it can be viewed at www.ctstv.com.

Project Truth : A Youth Defence Project

2010-10-19T08:22:00.004-04:00

This pro-life advertizement was previously banned by the Irish government who said it was too 'political' for the airwaves. Now Project Truth, first produced by Youth Defence in 1996, has been set to some amazing footage of the unborn child in the womb. It's challenging, thought-provoking, beautiful and sad

Miracle in the Mine: A Story of Survival

2010-10-19T07:43:00.004-04:00

A portion of the FOX News Special hosted by Geraldo Rivera
http://www.foxnews.com/geraldo/index.html