March for Life - May 9, 2024 - Photos and Videos

Mass at Saint Patrick Basilica 

Videos

Homily Terrence Prendergast 

Bishop Emeritus

"Soul of my Savior" by the Saint Patrick Basilica Choir 

 ( so beautiful )

Doxology and Great Amen

Recessional -  Immaculate Mary

Photos 

Lunch 

 

Parliament Hill

Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Pilgrimage August 23, 2019 - Day 5

Sunday August 25th, 2019 

Around 7:45 AM after Barb and I packed our clothes and felt organized enough for our trip home, we headed down to the cafeteria for breakfast. It was really good: bacon and eggs, toast, fruit coffee, peanut butter.  As long as there is coffee, toast and peanut butter I'm good to go. I could live on those three items. 

Eileen and me 

 After breakfast we found a nice place to sit outside until the pilgrimage wrap up in the Basilica Hub. I have been on pilgrimages to the Cape Shrine many times before and never was the weather so perfect. I remember one time when I went to the Cape with the Legion of Mary, that it was raining buckets as we were leaving to attend mass Monday morning in the old Shrine. I dug into my archives to see what year this was and I found it. It was in 2007. Wow how time flies 

A little bit of trivia  below from Legion of Mary member, Jennifer Snell. If you happen to be a member of the Legion of Mary you might remember this 

" Monday brought thunderstorms; but this disturbance was no competition for pilgrims who spontaneously recited the rosary while Sister Marilyn and Brother Jean Pierre organized transportation to mass in the old chapel. Our Blessed Lady's presence was palpable as she protected us from harm’s way. The resonance of pilgrims reciting the rosary was one the most memorable sounds I recall, just like a chorus of angels. It is worth mentioning that the last pilgrims arrived at mass just as the consecration was beginning. " Jennifer Snell , August 2007

9:00 AM Pilgrimage wrap up in the Basilica HUB

and draw for the 3 foot statue of Mary 

11:30 Holy Mass in the " OLD Shrine, Celebrated by Bishop Tremblay 

Entrance Procession - Here I am Lord 

Closing Hymn - Immaculate Mary 

After singing the closing hymn we were asked to go up to the front of the Church for a group picture . Since I wasn't able to get a photo of the entire Group I took a couple of pictures as everybody was leaving so these are my  " Group Photos " 

 I don't know how we all were able to fit up on the altar, but we did  :-)

We left the Cape around 1:30PM and arrived in Ottawa around 6:00 Pm I believe but I forgot to check my watch so I'm not exactly sure. After collecting our luggage, Barb and I walked down to Bank Street and found a nice little restaurant called Feleena's which served very good Mexican food.  We shared some really yummy Nachos and either a Margarita or a coffee :-)

Then we both took a city bus home.

We thank everybody who worked so hard

to make this such a wonderful spiritual experience.

Jesus Mary and Saint Joseph, 

Thank you for everything!

Jesus we trust in You! 

Mama Mary we entrust ourselves to you!

March for Life, Ottawa Canada, May 10, 2018

Again this year we had counter protesters. If they want to protest the March so be it, but I don't believe they should be allowed to block our route which they have done for the last three years and the police do nothing about it. There seems to be as many police as those protesting the March.

If you use twitter let Mayor Jim Watson, the Ottawa Police, Charles Bordeleau and your councillor know your thoughts on this

@OttpoliceMedia @ChiefBordeleau @JimWatsonOttawa

And It’s obvious that they don’t have a clue of what it means to be pro life.  Pro life  means loving all persons: the unborn child and his or her mother and father, the elderly, the disabled, persons of all ages, Faiths and Creeds and Colour. It means ensuring the dignity of all human life because life is sacred.

 

They have a one track mind and it’s sad actually. “My body my choice"  is their main slogan but they have other nonsensical ones too like “this is what democracy looks like” yeah right, and of course the good anti Catholic one that we are all familiar with

“keep your rosaries off my ovaries” They get away with this one because it’s ok in Canada to be anti Catholic.

I wonder if these protesters know that that there is no legal recognition for a "woman’s choice" when she becomes the victim of a violent crime.

 

And I'll bet they are completely unaware that there is no Constitutional Right to Abortion in Canada

 

What a sad uninformed group of people and this is largely due to the lies that are fed to them by the majority of our politicians  and  the mainstream media and the Universities.  

I would take a guess that the majority of these protesters will have a change of heart someday especially if they loose a child to abortion or they see firsthand the grief suffered by someone they love who regrets their abortion . I can't lie, they do make me angry but what they need is our prayers

Birthright of Ottawa
http://birthright-ottawa.org/about/about.htm

Adoption Information
http://www.adoptionincanada.ca/

Counter Protesters

See also from
Run With Life Blog

March for life 2018 - the real reason the police do nothing
and

March for Life 2018

 

Excellent Article by  Jonathon Van Maren

click here

 

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My Photos and Videos

VIDEOS
Mass at St. Patrick Basilica
Homily by Cardinal Collins  


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Mass at Saint Patrick Basilica
Blessing and Dismissal

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Tanya Granic Allen
On Parliament Hill

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More Speeches

Felicia's Story and MP Harold Albrecht 

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Short scenes from the March

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PHOTOS

 Inside Saint Patrick Basilica

Some of the Youth outside the Church

 

 

Having Lunch