Showing posts with label Dennis Girard. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dennis Girard. Show all posts

Sunday, June 2, 2019

Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Pilgrimage 2019

The Inaugural "Cape - Capital Pilgrim Experience"
August 21st - 25th, 2019





Come and join 

Dennis & Angelina Girard - Pilgrimage Hosts,
Dan & Lynn Potvin - Blessed Sacrament Parish,
Keith and Peggy Doucette - from the JP 2 Centre
Chris Keyes - Blessed Sacrament Parish,
Archbishop Terrence Prendergast
Mother Mary Bernadette and the Sisters of the Queenship of Mary Community,
Bishop Pierre-Olivier Tremblay
Fr. Timothy Nelligan: Pastor of Blessed Sacrament
Fr. Roger Vandenakker, CC:
and all the pilgrims


for ( all or part of) 

Capital Pilgrim Experience - Ottawa
Wednesday August 21st, 2019 to Sunday August 25th 2019


This 5 Day Pilgrimage begins at 8:00 am, Blessed Sacrament Parish in Ottawa Wednesday August 21, 2019 with adoration, the Holy Rosary and the Holy Mass and comes to a close in Cap de la Madeleine Sunday August 25th, 2019 with the wrap up in the Basilica Basement hub at 9;30 and Holy Mass in the Old Shrine at 1130

For the Complete itinerary click here

Register here

Confessions will be available at various times throughout the pilgrimage.

Bus/Hotel Packages:
From Toronto - Contact Mary - 416.497.7059 or Marg - 416.226.1449
From Ottawa - Contact Carol Ann Parlato - cparlato@tpi.ca - for Registration Form - Click "HERE"
From Halifax - Contact Jaunita - juanitabates1987@gmail.com

If you making your own way to the Cape a limited number of rooms are available at the Hotel Maison de la Madone located across the street from the Shrine – call 819.375.4997.


I hope to see you there!

Wednesday, August 15, 2018

August 15, 2018, beginning with Mass



Photo below by Maryke Vos



 




What a beautiful day !!!


Mass was beautiful this morning. It always is of course but  how beautiful to be able to attend mass, concelebrated by our three priests, Father Rob Arsenault, Father John Likozar, and Father Dennis Hayes on this glorious Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. 

Father Rob was the main Celebrant and he gave a wonderful homily. Mary's roll in the birth of the Church and in History can't be overstated he said. The Feast of the Assumption is one of the greatest Feasts of the Church. 



Father Rob also spoke of Mary's love for each one of us that she is praying for each of us and He spoke of how the Grace and Blessings we receive during the Mass will go with us so that we will be a source of Grace to those we meet during the day.



After Mass Pat drove me to Laurier Manor where I spent a short time visiting with a few of the Residents. They really appreciate these visits and I recommend to anyone who has some extra time during the week to consider visiting someone in a long term care facility. There is an enormous need for this and it is very rewarding.  



After leaving Laurier Manor I took a bus to Blessed Sacrament Church in the Glebe to attend DnA Live from the Kiosk 



Fr. Tim Nelligan said an opening prayer. Guest speakers were Father Dan Dubroy and Cynthia Bredfeldt. Father Nelligan spoke again before the final prayer and Consecration to Mary .


Entire Presentation 




Fr Dan Dubroy and Dennis Girard 




Cynthia Bredfeldt and Angelina Girard
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Father Tim Nelligan and Dennis 







  Relic of Brother Andre 




Cynthia and daughter 

Cynthia's beautiful rosaries 
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After the Kiosk 
Home for a barbecue and chocolate sundaes! Yummy!


My newly embroidered hat  by my sister Pat 
Thank's Pat!


God is good all the time and Jesus, I DO trust in You!!!





Wednesday, August 8, 2018

August 8, 2018 - at the Kiosk

For about a year and a half now I have had the privilege of making rosaries for Blessed Sacrament parish. Last week Angelina mentioned to me that  the rosary basket was empty and so I got busy and made a few dozen this past weekend

Most Wednesday afternoons  Dennis and Angelina Girard have a program DnA live from the Kiosk so I thought it would be a good day to drop by with the rosaries and stay for the presentations. 

Today there were two awesome guests: Sebastian Muggeridge and  Dominic Crouzat. They both gave very powerful testimonies.  Sebastian Muggeridge is a seminarian with the Companions of the Cross. 

After their talks, Fr. Tim Nelligan spoke a little about St. Dominic and closed with a beautiful prayer.  

Thank you Mama Mary for the wonderful afternoon!

For more about the Kiosk and the Pilgrim Statue of Our Lady of the Cape 
click here



Sebastian, Fr. Tim Nelligan, Dominic, Dennis, Angelina


The Feast of St. Dominic is celebrated on August 8th.

ST. DOMINIC was born in Spain, in 1170. As a student, he sold his books to feed the poor in a famine, and offered himself in ransom for a slave. At the age of twenty-five he became superior of the Canons Regular of Osma, and accompanied his Bishop to France. There his heart was well-nigh broken by the ravages of the Albigenian heresy, and his life was henceforth devoted to the conversion of heretics and the defence of the Faith. For this end he established his threefold religious Order. The convent for nuns was founded first, to rescue young girls from heresy and crime. Then a company of apostolic men gathered around him, and became the Order of Friar Preachers. Lastly came the Tertiaries, persons of both sexes living in the world. God blessed the new Order, and France, Italy, Spain, and England welcomed the Preaching Friars. Our Lady took them under her special protection, and whispered to St. Dominic as he preached. It was in 1208, while St. Dominic knelt in the little chapel of Notre Dame de la Prouille, and implored the great Mother of God to save the Church, that Our Lady appeared to him, gave him the Rosary, and bade him go forth and preach. Beads in hand, he revived the courage of the Catholic troops, led them to victory against overwhelming numbers, and finally crushed the heresy. His nights were spent in prayer; and, though pure as a virgin, thrice before morning broke he scourged himself to blood. His words rescued countless souls, and three times raised the dead to life. At length, on August 6, 1221, at the age of fifty-one, he gave up his soul to God.
Reflection.—”God has never,” said St. Dominic, “refused me what I have asked;” and he has left us the Rosary, that we may learn, with Mary’s help, to pray easily and simply in the same holy trust.
Lives of the Saints, by Alban Butler, Benziger Bros. ed. [1894]



DnA Live from the SHRINE

Thursday, August 23rd 

at 1:30 PM 

Special Guest: Bishop Pierre-Olivier Tremblay


Saturday, May 19, 2018

DnA Live from the KIOSK EP18 Sr. Philomena, Sr. Teresa & guest priest, Fr. Dennis Hayes, CC

From Left to Right:
Fr. Dennis Hayes C.C., Sr.. Philomena, Angelina Girard, Dennis Girard, Sr. Teresa Catherine

Dennis and Angelina Girard have a program every Wednesday Live from  the Marian Kiosk at Blessed Sacrament Parish in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
 
Their  guests on Wednesday May 16, 2018 were two Sisters from  the Queenship of May Community and Father Dennis Hayes C.C.

You can  Listen to their Wonderful and Inspiring testimonies below
 
 
 

Saturday, November 19, 2016

Marian Congress, Canada, 70th Anniversary in June 2017


Visit http://CatholicinCanada.com for details and resources to celebrate the 70th Anniversary in June, 2017.

1947 Marian Congress, Ottawa Canada, English Documentary

English Documentary
Historic "Canadian Marian Milestone" held in Ottawa, Canada
captured by Quebec"s pioneer documentary
filmmaker, Fr. Maurice Proulx.
Visit
http://CatholicinCanada.com for details and resources
to celebrate the 70th Anniversary in June, 2017.
Original version -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lt_h...

 
Transcript
The provincial promotional office Ciné-Québec presents Marian Congress in Ottawa,
June 1947
Tribute to His Excellency Archbishop Alexandre Vachon Archbishop of Ottawa
A film by Fr. Maurice Proulx –
Transcribed, translated and narrated
by Robert Du Broy in 2016.
Hail Mary!
Ottawa, 16 June 1947  
In this capital, where beats the heart of the Dominion of Canada, mighty arms projected over the world the triumph of the Virgin over souls and hearts. From the Shrine of Cap-de-la-Madeleine, towns and villages in five dioceses have made the ascent to this summit. The seven hundred mile journey of the Virgin was prepared by a foundation of preaching, and paved by penances and offerings, lined with prayers and devotions.
 
O sing out, night of joy! Ring out to the four winds immense joy with bells and hallelujahs!
Here is the protector of day and night, and here is the chapel of peace where for 127 continuous hours,
Mass will be celebrated and Christ given to Man 150,000 times.
Princes of the Church have come to guide the throng of faithful believers. .His Eminence, Cardinal McGuigan, Archbishop of Toronto, Papal Legate, accompanies His Excellency, the Apostolic Delegate, Antonio Bagnoli.
There is a clear sky over the dawn of Marian Thursday.
Archbishop Vachon greets the morning as it breaks over the centenary of the Ottawa diocese.
This eve of the jubilee prepares the pilgrims for the sublime days to come.
Cardinals, archbishops, and bishops, extraordinary ambassadors of the only truth, have come to celebrate your triumph, O Virgin. They come to lay at your feet the pain over which dominates faith, the misery that is made tolerable by hope, and the sacrifice that is called forth by charity.
 
Civil authority joins religious authority and the splendour of its receptions befits the occasion.
Viscount Alexander, Governor General of Canada, receives the leaders of the Church, spiritual governors of the Catholic world. Among them, on the right, is Cardinal Mindszenty, who will suffer persecution.
 
Night-time renews the fervour of the day.
O Star whose rays reach us with forbearance, we glorify you in our humble light shows.
Friday morning consists of offerings and reparations.
Bishop Vladimir Ladyka, apostolic eparch to Ukrainians in Canada, celebrates a pontifical in dull white robes. The Christian East and West find at the feet of Mary a united expression of prayer. Cardinal Tisserant, of the Sacred Congregation for the Oriental Churches. His Eminence Betancourt, Archbishop of Havana. Cardinal Frings, Archbishop of Cologne. Cardinal Mindszenty, martyr for the Hungarian church that will one day be free. From India comes Archbishop Ivanios, who along with all his church converted to Catholicism.
In the afternoon, the eloquence of religious speakers attracts crowds and dignitaries. In the evening, the great film Our Lady of Fair Love which chronicles the life of the Blessed Virgin with a sincerity of expression that makes it a work of faith.
From Quebec, the Catholic province, comes Premier Duplessis. Cardinal Gerlier brings with him the presence of France, eldest daughter of the Church. The deep religious convictions that are rooted in Quebec in her priests and French school system qualifies Mr.Duplessis for the honour of introducing the eloquent prelate.
The Marian celebrations in Ottawa would be incomplete without a religious exhibition. The universality of the reign of Mary is the most beautiful and true of stories. An international fresco of one hundred and six kiosks is a witness to that.
Half a million visitors have walked through this incomparable book of apologetics. Most interested and perhaps the most notable of the pilgrims were the Dionne quintuplets and their families.
 
 Saturday, fourth chapter of the Congress and a day of worship.
With all the vigour of their devotion, young Canadian schoolchildren sing in participative Mass. Bishop Langlois of Valleyfield speaks to them about religious vocations. Before their eyes are the most worthy sons of the Church. Archbishop Roy of Quebec. Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York. Bishop Cody, apostolic missionary eparch. And the cornerstone faith of the children, which is the highest tribute that the Blessed Virgin will receive, in this spiritual treasure they give to Archbishop Vachon. They have asked for only one touching favour: good weather for the Congress. In the Marian procession, the most beautiful symbols and the most vibrant colours glorify Our Lady. The vast ribbon of people and floats have spread over three weeks the glory of the Queen of Heaven and Earth.
To Jesus through Mary.
Our Mother of Perpetual Help, we pray that you open the heart of your Son to us.
 
Our Lady of the Snows, Queen of great expanses, protect our land.
 
Without knowing the glorious destiny of their daughter, Joachim and Anne dedicated Mary to the service of God.
The archangel Gabriel said, “Hail O full of grace. The Lord is with you.
You are blessed among all women. And Jesus, the fruit of your womb, is blessed.
”Fearing a newborn said to be God, Herod slaughtered the innocents. The Holy Family fled to Egypt.
Sorrowful Mother, hope of those who weep, here you give us the Son who desires to be our brother.
Comforter of the afflicted, lower your gaze on those who suffer.
Morningstar to mariners and Queen of the elements, shine in my lonely night.
Queen of the Apostles and Mother of wisdom, give your Church many labourers for God's harvest.
Queen of Peace, grant that our children never know the futile atrocity of battlefields.
Mystical Rose, who poured out the perfume of blessings, allow our temples to flourish.
Immaculate Mother, distance from hearts defiling corruption.
O spotless lily, guardian of every virtue, let us rejoice in His glorious Ascension.
The Mother of God thrones above the choirs of angels. And the Eternal Father receives her as his beloved daughter.
He made her the most glorious of queens and her reign will never end.
Look with love on the banks of the great river, where live a still young people who desire to grow in faith.
 Grant us your favours. Preside over our destinies. O Mary, Our Lady of Canada.
O you, from whom the day receives the day without end, light of the world, give to Man, from the well of your loving and fraternal sorrows, Mother of the infinite and Mother of the humble, give eternal love.
 Sunday, summit of the Congress, day of consecration.
On this last day of these pious manifestations, in one gathering will assemble all the crowds, all the princely processions, all the pageantry, and all the devotion that the first days had witnessed.
 
Once again, before us pass the noblest personages of the Congress.
His Excellency Alexandre Vachon, Archbishop of Ottawa, and organizer of the Congress. Cardinals Frings and Mindszenty, who are leaders in their countries tormented by communism. Cardinal Betancourt, who will preside over the consecration ceremony. Cardinal Spellman of New York, spiritual director of a stronger Catholic minority than the massed population that surrounds it. Cardinal Mooney, Archbishop of Detroit. Cardinal Gerlier, Archbishop of Lyon, who will confer upon Archbishop Vachon the Officer of the Legion of Honour Medal.and Cardinal Tisserant. Cardinal McGuigan, Archbishop of Toronto, Papal Legate.
 
 The great serenity instilled within countless faithful by preaching and prayer will never be known. The anonymous face of this throng will never reveal the individual exaltations of consciences, the hidden, intimate shared joy. Transcending the divisions of languages and borders, the universal Catholic Church here offers the comfort of true faith and many are they who come to draw from it. The Heads of State whose daily task is the life of a nation. The great and the humble, the weak who no longer feel tired, the sick who smile in the blazing sun, the pious and the reluctant who ask for strength, the strong who seek prudence, the unbelievers who are surprised at being shaken, the skeptics who look on astonished and cannot avert their eyes, the curious or the sincere, they all wanted to go to the Virgin, and grace lined their way.
 
Of the committees that surround Archbishop Vachon, the most noble is that of good weather.
The tireless Archbishop finds a rare moment of leisure to receive his family and, among those with whom he stops for a moment, is a very proud father of five daughters. With the greatest stage artists of merit, the Dionne quintuplets sing praise to the Virgin at the solemn consecration of the Blessed Sacrament.
At the altar is a living Mother over which passes a great breath of joy.
This last religious ceremony of the afternoon is the consecration of Canada to Our Lady.
Night falls and the Marian Congress comes to a close. For five days and five nights, one and a half million pilgrims have come to kneel at the foot of the altar in Ottawa. For five days and five nights, the Mother of men poured out her grace throughout the earth. Light in the darkness, Mother of the Son of God, our Mother, may the praises of your people be sweet.
Ottawa, 22 June 1947
Hail Mary!