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!

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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

Run With Life: Hate crime at Vancouver Crisis Pregnancy Centre

Run With Life: Hate crime at Vancouver Crisis Pregnancy Centre: This past Monday, the exterior of the Crisis Pregnancy Centre of Vancouver was vandalized. Red paint was thrown at all their windows, doors, signage, and the sidewalk entrance. Offensive language was scribbled in the red paint.
There were thousands of dollars in damage to the centre. The centre's signage is probably not salvageable so will have to be replaced.

Visiting Grandpa and Grandma

EMILEE

Emilee shows us the Shuffle

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EDEN 

Our youngest granddaughter Eden visiting grandpa and grandma 

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Eden doing a jigsaw puzzle

A day at the museum 

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Meet Our New Priests

• Fr. Rob Arsenault, Pastor
  

  
  

  

  I am from Summer Side, PEI, born into a military family so I have lived almost everywhere. My family final settled in Kingston. After high school I had been studying electrical engineering (poorly) when I began discerning the call to the priesthood. I was originally ordained for the Kingston Archdiocese in 1994, but I have been living with the Companions of the Cross Community since 2005. I made my final promises with the Companions on Sept 14th 2011. My personal interests are a bit varied; I have a sailboat and was involved in racing during my time in Halifax. I hope to get back to skiing now that I am living closer to the mountains and at one time was into white water canoeing. I do play golf, but primarily as a penance for past sins! I joined the Companions because I was interested in parish renewal and I was not so interested in the prospect of living and working alone for the remainder of my priesthood. I have served as a pastor for most of my priesthood in both the Archdiocese of Kingston and of Halifax. I was chaplain at Dalhousie and St. Mary's Universities and Director of Evangelization for Halifax prior to being appointed Vocations and Admissions Director for the Companions of the Cross. Two years ago was also elected to the Companions Executive Council and given the role of Secretary General. I look forward to getting to know you all as your priest at Annunciation and in serving you as best as I am able and as the Lord would have me.

  
  

  Pax, Fr. Rob
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  Fr. John Likozar, Associate Pastor

  
  

  I am originally from Toronto, having lived there for 27 years. Before joining the Companions of the Cross I was working at a food distribution company in Ottawa. I also have experience as an auto mechanic. While I was living and working in Ottawa I joined St. Mary’s Parish and became involved with the Young Adults community. After taking a Life in the Spirit seminar I began to hear God asking me to consider the priesthood. After months of prayer and personal discernment I approached Fr. Bob Bedard who encouraged me to explore this call further and to move into the Companions household. This I did the following September 1993. I spent the next 7 years studying and discerning the call and each year seemed to confirm my vocation to priesthood and to the Companions of the Cross. I was ordained to the priesthood June 10th, 2000 and spent some time ministering at St. Timothy’s in Toronto. I recently served as the associate pastor of St. Mary's Parish and before that at St Maurice’s in the West end. I like to do wood working, and although I am trying to keep this quiet, I can cook (man style)! I am very happy to be with all of you at Annunciation and look forward to getting to know you better.

  God bless, Fr. John

Catholics Need to Educate Catholics

I know Practicing Catholics who believe that there is a Constitutional Right to have an abortion in Canada .

What else are they unaware of?

Since most Catholic Parishes have a website what better way to educate one another in Pro Life and Pro Family Issues then by this means.

Below is a list of Sites that I am going to send to the Leadership Team of my Parish which hopefully they will add to our Parish website with a link from the Home Page for easy accessibility.  I am hoping that our priests will periodically encourage parishioners to have a look at this PRO LIfe  Page to check out the different excellent websites and articles.

Many Catholic Parishes it seems have very little information in this regard and I think it is time for all of us to step up to the plate and be more pro active in educating one another before it is too late:

The way Catholics and all People of Faith  have been discriminated against in Canada over the past few years is atrocious. We have been stripped of our rights right under our noses and I believe it is only going to get worse .

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The 1988 Morgentaler Decision

Contrary to what many Canadians think, the Supreme Court of Canada, in its landmark 1988 Morgentaler decision striking down Canada’s abortion law, did not recognize a constitutional right to abortion. Nor did the Court “settle” the abortion issue as is often claimed.

http://www.morgentalerdecision.ca/

A ‘RIGHT’ TO ABORTION? - ABORTION IN CANADIAN COURTS–Office of David Anderson, MP (July 2018)

 http://www.davidanderson.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018-07-12-A-Right-to-Abortion-Abortion-in-Canadian-Courts.pdf

Life Canada
https://lifecollective.io/lifeCanada/

Physicians for Life

https://www.physiciansforlife.ca/

The Bridgehead  - Jonathan Van Maren

https://thebridgehead.ca/blog/

Priests for Life Canada

http://priestsforlifecanada.com/

Run With Life Blog - Patricia Maloney
http://run-with-life.blogspot.com/

Canadians for Conscience

https://www.canadiansforconscience.ca/

Emerging Assault of Freedom of Conscience

http://www.cfp.ca/content/cfp/62/4/293.full.pdf

Euthanasia Prevention Coalition

http://www.epcc.ca/

Protecting People from Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide

http://www.epcc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/pamphletFORWEB.pdf


Very Important 
Below are links for  Women in Distress / You are not alone

Action Life

https://www.actionlife.org/

Abortion Pill Reversal
If you've taken the abortion pill it may not be too late
Call 877-558-0333

https://www.actionlife.org/images/pdf/AbortionPillReversalRackCardEnglish.pdf

  
Birthright Ottawa - Pregnant and Distressed? We are here to help you

http://www.birthright-ottawa.org/ 

Saint Mary's Home

www.stmaryshome.com

Miriam Centre -

Miriam Centre - Miriam Centre  Pregnant? Need Help? Pregnancy loss?  Help with your baby?

Rachel's Vineyard Ottawa - Healing the pain of abortion - one weekend at a time.

http://www.rachelsvineyardottawa.ca/

Croatia Honors Life to be Born

 

Pro-Choice or Anti-Difference: Why Is Offering Another Choice Seen as an Act of War?

Pro-Choice or Anti-Difference: Why Is Offering Another Choice Seen as an Act of War?: Across the world, peaceful pro-life prayer vigils that offer support to women seeking abortion have been legislated out in the argument that it is distressing women. The reality is that these vigils are there to support the women and offer her an alternative to ending her pregnancy.