The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) will hold its annual Plenary Assembly, 26-30 September 2016, at the Nav Canada Centre, Cornwall, Ontario, in the Diocese of Alexandria-Cornwall. The meeting will be chaired by the Most Reverend Douglas Crosby, O.M.I., Bishop of Hamilton and CCCB President. Part of the 2016 Plenary agenda is dedicated to a reflection on the impact of Bill C-14 which legalized assisted suicide and euthanasia in Canada. The guest speaker for this reflection will be His Eminence Willem Cardinal Eijk, Archbishop of Utrecht, Holland, a moral theologian, medical ethicist and physician who will share on Holland's experiences with legalized assisted suicide and euthanasia. Later in the week, to mark the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy, the Bishops will gather at Sainte-Croix Church in Cornwall for a pilgrimage to the Holy Door of Mercy and Vespers on September 28 at 7:00 p.m.
The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) will hold its annual Plenary Assembly, 26-30 September 2016, at the Nav Canada Centre, Cornwall, Ontario, in the Diocese of Alexandria-Cornwall. The meeting will be chaired by the Most Reverend Douglas Crosby, O.M.I., Bishop of Hamilton and CCCB President. Part of the 2016 Plenary agenda is dedicated to a reflection on the impact of Bill C-14 which legalized assisted suicide and euthanasia in Canada. The guest speaker for this reflection will be His Eminence Willem Cardinal Eijk, Archbishop of Utrecht, Holland, a moral theologian, medical ethicist and physician who will share on Holland's experiences with legalized assisted suicide and euthanasia. Later in the week, to mark the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy, the Bishops will gather at Sainte-Croix Church in Cornwall for a pilgrimage to the Holy Door of Mercy and Vespers on September 28 at 7:00 p.m.
