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

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

 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

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

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

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

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

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