Thursday, February 22, 2024

Ontario school union warns teachers against saying ‘boys and girls,’ supporting parental rights

 https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/ontario-school-union-warns-teachers-against-saying-boys-and-girls-supporting-parental-rights/?utm_source=featured_news&utm_campaign=canada


KINGSTON, Ontario (LifeSiteNews) — A Kingston school union has warned teachers that they can be disciplined for “right-wing” views such as supporting parental rights, according to a leaked email. 

In a leaked December email obtained by independent media outlet True North, the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation local for the Kingston-area Limestone District School Board (LDSB) told staff that they could be disciplined for expressing a series of opinions, ranging from contradicting the LGBT narrative to disciplining their students.  

“There are some speech/actions that members may not know could result in discipline in Limestone District School Board (LDSB) worksites,” negotiator for Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation district 27 John Vince wrote.

“In other jurisdictions, such as the U.S.A or the U.K. (who’s media many consume) some of this speech is allowed whereas some is not allowed in Ontario, and members may not know this,” he continued. 

“We have asked the Board to inform staff of what speech cannot be said in Ontario and/or the LDSB and they have indicated they are working on this. In the absence of this training, below are some examples of speech and/or actions that if uttered/performed in a worksite could result in discipline,” Vince said. 

According to the email, teachers are not allowed to defend basic biology, such as the fact that there are two genders or only women should compete in women’s sports. It also forbids the opinion that allowing men into women’s bathrooms could make women uncomfortable. It even deters teachers from referring to students as “boys and girls.”  

The board also directed teachers not to support a “right wing” political view such as “Parental rights.” In addition to not being allowed to support parental rights, teachers were told to undermine parents by “keeping secrets” from them. 

Furthermore, the email forbids teachers from exercising basic discipline over their students such as saying, “get off your phone,” “pull your hoody down,” or “why are you thirty (30) minutes late.” 

According to the board, teachers are not even permitted to ask their students: “what is the answer to this question.” 

Additionally, teachers were instructed not to use “labels.” Examples given were “don’t’ label someone as ‘deaf’ but rather as ‘a person who is experiencing hearing impairment,’ don’t label someone a ‘murderer’ but rather ‘a person who experienced ending another person’s life.'” 

Teachers are also forbidden from saying “that certain cultural practices are superior to others (examples: The Scientific Method is superior to other ways of knowing, Western Law is superior to Sharia Law, etc…).” 

The school board apparently encourages students to report their teachers if they contradict this “code” as staff and students are able to file a human rights complaint about a teacher on the front-page of the school board’s website.  

While schools and school boards have becoming increasingly hostile to pro-family values, parents and students are fighting back against the LGBT agenda.   

Understanding the Mental Health Crisis - Bishop Robert Barron

Thank you, Bishop Barron



My comments below on this crisis

It's no wonder our children are depressed We are living in an amoral era, the likes of which I have never seen in my lifetime. The bullies are everywhere and they revel in degrading anyone who doesn't buy into the lies that permeate practically every institution on the planet including unfortunately the early education of our children during their formative years. These are the years crucial to the physical, spiritual, and emotional, development and maturity of our children 

The lies begin as early as junior kindergarten in our schools. Gosh, I would love to see more of our Catholic Clergy confront the abuse and the overwhelming negative impact it is having on a little girl who is told by her supposedly trustworthy teacher that she can be a "he" a "she" a "him" a "her" a "they" or an "it" and all the rest of it. The same goes for little boys of course. The teachers are coerced into complying with the threats over their heads

Wednesday, February 7, 2024

Conservatives voted unanimously with the Libs for Bill C-4,

 https://twitter.com/MaximeBernier/status/1754581077664870509

Conservatives voted unanimously with the Libs for C-4, which criminalizes parents and counselors trying to help confused children who are being encouraged by woke teachers to identify as another sex.

Tuesday, February 6, 2024

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith comes to the Aid of our Children

 Speaking in the nation’s capital, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said that her recently announced transgender policies partly stem from detrans horror stories where vulnerable youth were led to make highly regrettable and irreversible decisions to their bodies. 

Smith says detrans horror stories inspired new policies

The Premier told reporters she was influenced by the UK’s Tavistock Centre saga, a gender clinic that was forced to shut down after a review found it was reckless in prescribing puberty blockers to vulnerable teenagers. Smith said she was moved by the story of Kiera Bell, a detransitioned woman who later sued the clinic for not protecting her while conducting experimental treatment with life-altering outcomes. 

Between 2010 and 2020, 382 children aged six and under were referred to Britain’s infamous transgender services, some of whom were as young as three years old.

No word from Poilievre

Addressing inquiries about discussions with federal counterparts and other premiers regarding the policies, Smith clarified that no such conversations had occurred.

However, she expressed hope that Alberta’s initiatives might inspire similar reflections and actions elsewhere.

Smith also addressed criticism and concerns surrounding the policies, particularly regarding their potential impact on youth. She underscored the importance of family support and comprehensive counseling to ensure well-considered decisions by young individuals contemplating gender transition. 

“I want to make sure that young people are not closing off options to themselves prematurely,” Smith said.

The debate on parental involvement in their children’s pronouns been reignited after Smith released a video on X where she introduced new policies surrounding gender ideology, trans people, or those who think they are trans.

Alberta’s trans policies meant to protect vulnerable kids, parental rights, women’s sports

L:ast week, the Alberta Premier announced two pronoun policies: for students 15 and under, parents must consent to pronoun changes; for 16-17-year-olds, parents must be informed of the changes.

Another related policy announcement was a ban on hormone therapy / puberty blockers for youth 15 and under (other than those who have already started).

Smith further said that parental notification and an opt-in requirement by parents is required if teachers intend to give formal instruction on gender identity, sexual orientation or human sexuality.

Moreover, the Premier said that ministry approval is needed for all third-party resource materials that woke teachers and school boards have infiltrated into K-12 schools.

Finally, Smith said the UCP will work with sporting organizations to ensure women and girls are able to participate in a women’s only division.

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Sunday, January 14, 2024

The Vatican is Preparing a Document on Human Dignity that contains “a strong criticism” of immoral trends in contemporary society.

This is good news

 https://www.ncregister.com/news/vatican-s-doctrinal-office-preparing-very-important-document-on-human-dignity-cardinal-fernandez-says


The Vatican’s doctrinal chief has revealed that his dicastery is writing “a very important document on human dignity” that contains “a strong criticism” of immoral trends in contemporary society.

Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, the Vatican’s prefect at the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF), told the Spanish news agency EFE on Friday that the new document will include “not only social issues but also a strong criticism of moral questions such as sex-change surgery, surrogacy, and gender ideology.”

The news comes days after Pope Francis spoke out against surrogate motherhood, calling it “deplorable” and advocating a global ban. Francis has also often criticized gender theory, referring to it as “dangerous” and “one of the most dangerous ideological colonizations” that blur the differences and value of men and women.

In November 2022, Dutch Cardinal Willem Eijk, a former physician, called for a papal encyclical to combat the false anthropology at the heart of gender ideology. “Gender theory is being pushed in all kinds of organizations and we as a Church have not said that much about it,” he said in an interview.

Saturday, January 13, 2024

FILL the ARK to transport prayer intentions and Marian Consecrations to the Eucharistic Congress INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA July 17–21, 2024


This is so cool!
The "Ark of the Covenant" being processed to the  National Eucharistic Congress  is the same Ark that has supported the Pilgrim Statue of Our Lady of the Cape to countless cities and towns including  the historic 1947 Marian Congress


More information below
In a nutshell ðŸ¥œ ) It's easy peasy

On the MDM website, there are PDF Files that one can print up 
  On one side is the Marian Consecration, and on the other side is a place for prayer intentions


Below is the text of the Consecration 
print it up or write it out and sign your name
Put your Prayer intentions on the back 
Place in a stamped sealed envelope 
and Mail to The Marian Devotional Movement 
 99 First Avenue, Ottawa, ON, K1S 2G3)
to be placed in Mary's Ark 


More information below

ARE YOU A HERETIC? Same -Sex Blessings - Jason Evert


 Thank you Jason Evert for this

I have read the document and I agree that it doesn't seem to change Church Teaching but that being said it sort of undermines it. Why was it necessary in the first place then? I see so many problems with this especially in this post-Christian world of ours. Immediately after the document was released Father James Martin caused scandal by jumping on the bandwagon with reporters and cameras and the whole kit and caboodle so the whole world could see it The document made it clear that any blessings must not cause scandal. And Father Martin is one of Pope Frances's favourite priests it seems so what the heck is that All about? If that's not scandalous then what is? Just saying Here in Canada, we have pornographic material in elementary schools as part of sex education and I am talking about all the schools. Our Catholic schools don’t even teach the children the Truths of our Catholic Faith anymore. The harm that is being caused to our children is so sad to see. We have girls being told they can be boys and vice versa. Puberty blockers and surgery to change one's sex is promoted everywhere. I haven’t heard our pope condemn any of this abuse. I have written to our Bishops. There is never a response. I have heard hardly a word from most of priests.

So why not a document from the Vatican addressing this problem Those with same-sex attractions are suffering and not grandstanders like what you see with the likes of “The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence” sacrilegious performances. The physical moral and psychological abuse in the schools with this indoctrination is criminal. And if parents try to help their kids? Lord have Mercy! Another thing is that LGBTQ+ is far more sinister than men and women struggling with same-sex attraction. There are parades every year, everywhere with the most depraved demonstrations of sexual behavior in front of little children. Men dressing as clownish women are celebrated now everywhere. Drag shows in children’s libraries. It is so insulting to women as well. Can people not see the harm? Unfortunately we seem to have a generation of very stupid parents who find the whole thing amusing I would like to add that priests like James Martin's grandstanding as he did with the LGBTQ Flag is not helping those struggling with same-sex attraction at all. All it does is make all the REAL atrocities going on right under our noses that I mentioned OK, and they are NOT OK

Well just as I was saying that the pope hasn't addressed this issue. Now he says he will address this issue. I Praise Jesus
from the National Catholic RegisterJanuary 13, 2004
a portion of the article

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican’s doctrinal chief has revealed that his dicastery is writing “a very important document on human dignity” that contains “a strong criticism” of immoral trends in contemporary society.

Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, the Vatican’s prefect at the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF), told the Spanish news agency EFE on Friday that the new document will include “not only social issues but also a strong criticism of moral questions such as sex-change surgery, surrogacy, and gender ideology.”

The news comes days after Pope Francis spoke out against surrogate motherhood, calling it “deplorable” and advocating a global ban. Francis has also often criticized gender theory, referring to it as “dangerous” and “one of the most dangerous ideological colonizations” that blur the differences and value of men and women.

In November 2022,  Dutch Cardinal Willem Eijk, a former physician, called for a papal encyclical to combat the false anthropology at the heart of gender ideology. “Gender theory is being pushed in all kinds of organizations and we as a Church have not said that much about it,” he said in an interview. 

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Sunday, January 7, 2024

Saint André Bessette

 https://mycatholic.life/saints/saints-of-the-liturgical-year/january-6-blessed-andr-bessette-religious-usa-optional-memorial/ 


Celebrated as a Memorial in Canada on January 7

1845–1937
Patron saint of family caregivers in Canada
Canonized by Pope Benedict XVI on October 17, 2010
Liturgical Color: White
Version: Full – Short

Quote:
God is good! How beautiful and powerful he is! He must be beautiful, because the human soul, which is a reflection of God’s beauty, is so beautiful! ~Spoken on his deathbed

Saturday, January 6, 2024

Holy Face Devotion Presentation, January 6, 2024, Saint Maurice Parish, Ottawa

This is wonderful. 
I just realized that the mass 
and Presentation were videotaped 

Praise Jesus!


Saint Joseph's Missionaries of the Holy Face
Mass in honor of the Holy Face of Jesus
Saint Maurice Parish, 
Ottawa, ON
January 6th, 2024 / 9:00AM
in Commemoration of the 175th Anniversary of the 
Miracle of the Veil of Veronica at Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome

Itinerary

Mass, Ad Orientem
Celebrant Fr. Lawrence
Cantor Tim Kennedy
Pianist Thomas Nicholson




Prayer to Saint Michael the Archangel


Closing Hymn 



First Saturday Devotion

Veneration of the Holy Face


Holy Face Devotion Presentation

Reception in the Atrium



( a few more photos below following the Holy Face timeline presented by Ted and Joanne Sabourin )

When and Where? ( a timeline )

  • Jesus' Birth in the Stable in Bethlehem
  • After Mary and Joseph the Shepherd and the Magi were the next ones to see the beautiful Face of Jesus
  • Simeon and the Prophetess Anna, the Presentation in the Temple ( Blessed are the Pure of heart for they shall see God.
  • The Apostles and Disciples of Jesus at the Transfiguration
  • 33AD. Saint Veronica at the Sixth Station of the Cross, as a sign of her love and compassion offered our Saviour her veil to wipe the blood and sweat from His face as He carried the cross. For her charity and compassion, Jesus left an impression of His Holy Face upon the veil. The meeting of our Lord and St. Veronica is forever memorialized in the Stations of the Cross
  • First to the fourth Century A.D  According to tradition, Saint Veronica later entrusted the veil to Saint Clement a Disciple of Saint Peter who became the third bishop of Rome. For the next few centuries, the Holy Veil was kept in the catacombs of Rome during the early persecutions of the Church. Eventually, the Holy Veil was placed in the Basilica of Saint Peter and kept there until the present Day
  • 1843 - 1848 Revelations to Sister Marie de Saint Pierre. Our Lord reveals  Blueprint for reparation

November 15, 1843 - Our Lord Inspired Sister Marie to Compose the Chaplet of the Holy Face, shortly afterward rewarding her, showing her an actual complimentary chaplet of precious stones strung on a fine gold chain

Mar. 14th, 1847 - Jesus revealed to Sister Marie the society known as Communists had so far only one outbreak but they were working secretly to advance their schemes. Oh, if you only knew their secrets and diabolical plots and their anti-Christian principles. To obtain mercy, ask therefore that this work of reparation be established by addressing yourself to Him who through the bounden duty of his office can establish it.

Holy Thursday, 1847 - Our Lord said to her " Well my daughter, it is the Communists who have dragged me from My Tabernacles. profaned and despoiled My Sanctuaries and have even dared to raise their hands against the anointed of the Lord, but their designs shall be frustrated"

The Communist Manifesto written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, was first published in 1848

  • 1849 Venerable Leo Dupont: Holy Man of Tours


  • Miracle of 1849 in Rome and the connection to Venerable Leo Dupont
  • 1849: Soon after the death of Sister Marie, a revolution erupted in the Papal States. Pope Pius IX ordered public prayers to be offered in Rome to implore God’s mercy, and Veronica’s Veil was put on display for public veneration for three days. On the third day the sacred features of Our Lord, normally faded, became distinctly seen and surrounded by a soft halo of light. This lasted for three hours and was documented by Vatican officials. The miracle took place on the 6th of January Feast of the Epiphany from 12 noon to 3:00PM    Read about the miracle  https://holyfacemiracle.com/the-year-1849/ 
  • 1849-1876: After the miracle of the Holy Veil, it was customary to have copies of the Holy Face made. These copies would then be touched to the original Veil, making them objects of devotion. A holy man named Leo Dupont hung one of these copies in his home, accompanied by an oil lamp. Those who would say the devotional prayers and anoint themselves with oil from his lamp would receive healing. For the next 30 years, miracles of healing occurred in his home through adoration of the Holy Face 
  • 1885: Because of the miracles credited to the Holy Face, Pope Leo XIII established the devotion as an Archconfraternity for the entire world. Saint Therese of Lisieux and her family were members of this Archconfraternity of the Holy Face. She was so faithful to this devotion that she took as her religious name, "St. Therese holding an image of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face, both of which she took for her religious name. The Archconfraternity was founded, on October 1, 1885, and was formally approved by Pope Leo 13 not just for France but for the whole world in perpetuity
  • Sainte Therese of the Child Jesus of the Holy Face

  • Quotes and Notes on Sainte Therese

“Jesus, Your ineffable image is the star that guides my steps. Ah, You know, Your sweet Face is for me Heaven on earth. My love discovers the charms of Your Face adorned with tears. I smile through my own tears when I contemplate Your sorrows.” – St. Therese  

  • Saint Therese - Devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus
Saint Therese was introduced to the devotion by Sister Agnes of Jesus. She studied it in a personal way, using the texts of Isaiah. She did this principally at the time of her father’s illness.

She signed her name for the first time as "Sister Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face” the day she received the habit on January 10, 1889.

Before her death on September 30, 1897, after she was taken to her infirmary bed, she “pinned her favorite holy pictures on the brown curtains surrounding her bed… The Holy Face of Jesus, the Blessed Virgin, her `dear’ Theophane Venard…”


  • 1. Requirements of Archconfraternity of the Holy Face
Enroll in the Archconfraternity of the Holy Face

2. Recite every day for the intentions of the Archconfraternity  Members one our Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be.... and say 
"Lord, show us Thy Face and we shall be saved."

3. Members should wear an effigy of the Holy Face, either a cross, medal or scapular.

4. Avoid Blasphemy and profanity of Sundays and repair those evils by interior acts of reparation

5.  To attend as often as possible a monthly meeting

6..To extend and promote as much as one can the devotion to the Holy Face of our Savior

  • 1958: On April 17th, 1958, His Holiness Pope Pius XII approved the observance of a Feast of the Holy Face of Jesus on Shrove Tuesday (the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday).
  • Picture of the original oratory of the Holy Face in Tours France, 
the home and office of venerable Leo Dupont until his passing in March 1876 
The Oratory has since been relocated within Tours 


The Saints and Doctors of the Church



What the Engravers Captured
Reception in the Atrium


I think there were about 80 in attendance, maybe more. 
Many joined the Confraternity of the Holy Face. Praise Jesus again!

The Holy Face of little Baby Jesus 











Thank you Jesus!

💖

Wednesday, December 27, 2023

Mass at Saint Patrick Basilica Ottawa ON., December 27, 2023 ( Saint John the Apostle )

 


I lit a candle for the intentions of Pat, Jackie, Joanne, and me


Baby Jesus on the Altar



Anita and her daughter Lucille from Manitoba

















Left side of Church


Monday, December 18, 2023

Run With Life: The Christian church and abortion

Run With Life: The Christian church and abortion: "First, people may disagree with Judeo-Christian ethics on abortion. But Christian thinking, historically and theologically, is unabash...