Past Announcements
Life and family suggestions for homilies and prayers of the faithful during May 2018
Wednesday, May 02 2018
The sixth National Week for Life and the Family will take place 13 to 20 May 2018. As Catholic dioceses and eparchies together with family life groups across Canada prepare to celebrate this National Week on the theme "Love: Encountering the Other", the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) again posts possible homily ideas and prayers of the faithful to help link the liturgy each…
Pope Francis’ Apostolic Exhortation on the call to holiness in today’s world
Monday, April 30 2018
The Holy See has recently published the Apostolic Exhortation Gaudete et Exsultate of Pope Francis "On the call to holiness in today's world". In the introduction of his Apostolic Exhortation, the Holy Father writes that the goal "is to re-propose the call to holiness in a practical way for our own time, with all its risks, challenges and opportunities. For the Lord has chosen each…
COLF Message for the 2018 National Week for Life and the Family
Monday, April 23 2018
To mark the National Week for Life and the Family, 13 to 20 May 2018, the Catholic Organization for Life and Family (COLF) has released its annual message on the theme "Love: Encountering the Other". COLF ends its Message by asking "the Lord to transform us and our families, making us channels of his love and peace in our world." The Week for Life and…
Installation of the new Bishop of Nelson
Monday, April 23 2018
The Most Reverend Gregory Bittman will be installed as Bishop of the Diocese of Nelson at the Immaculate Conception Church, Kelowna, on 25 April 2018 at 7:00 p.m. The Most Reverend Michael J. Miller, C.S.B., Archbishop of Vancouver, will preside. The Most Reverend Richard Gagnon, Archbishop of Winnipeg and Vice President of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) will be present on behalf of…