Decrees, Statements, Letters, Briefs
The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) releases numerous official documents every year. Some are under the form of decrees, while others are public statements, pastoral letters, or briefs. Only a few documents published before 1996 are available online.
Message for Christmas 2004 and New Year's 2005
Tuesday, December 14 2004
My thoughts for Christmas and New Year’s are influenced by the theme for World Youth Day 2005, “We have come to worship him” (Matthew 2.2). With this phrase, the Holy Father invites young people and all of us to reflect on those words of the Magi and to come to…
Statement by the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops on the Decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in the Reference on Marriage
Wednesday, December 08 2004
1. The members of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) welcome the strong affirmation by the Supreme Court of Canada today in its decision on the marriage reference in which it indicates that “The protection of freedom of religion afforded by s. 2(a) of the Charter is broad and…
Crisis in the Ukraine: CCCB President Asks Prime Minister Paul Martin to Intervene
Monday, November 29 2004
The Right Honourable Paul Martin, P.C., M.P. Prime Minister of Canada Langevin Bldg. 80 Wellington Street Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A2 Dear Mr. Prime Minister: On behalf of the Roman and Eastern Catholic Bishops of Canada, among them Most Reverend Michael Bzdel, C.Ss.R., Ukrainian Archeparch of Winnipeg and Metropolitan of Ukrainian…
World Mission Sunday: The Pontifical Society for the Propagation of the Faith
Sunday, October 17 2004
The Society for the Propagation of the Faith is an organization of the universal Church. It was founded in 1822 by a French laywoman, Pauline Marie Jaricot. At that time a spiritual renewal began in France and immediately assumed a missionary thrust in response to Jesus’ command, “Go therefore and…
Letter to Federal Finance Minister Ralph Goodale Concerning the Elimination of Third World Debt
Wednesday, September 29 2004
The Honourable Ralph Goodale, MP Minister of Finance House of Commons Ottawa ON K1A 0A6 Dear Mr. Goodale: On behalf of the Social Affairs Commission of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, I write to you today to encourage you to do all in your power to bring Canada’s firm…
400th Anniversary of Francophone Presence in Canada: CCCB Letter to the Archbishop of Halifax on the Occasion of the Third Acadian World Congress
Tuesday, July 27 2004
(Translation) Most Reverend Terrence Prendergast, S.J. Archbishop of Halifax P. O. Box 1527 Halifax, NS B3J 2Y3 Dear Archbishop Prendergast: From July 31 to August 15, Nova Scotia will host the Third Acadian World Congress in the very places where — exactly 400 years ago — the first French colonists…