Past Announcements
Ordination of the new Bishop of Mackenzie-Fort Smith
Friday, March 09 2018
The episcopal ordination of the Most Reverend Jon Paul Christian Hansen, C.Ss.R., as Bishop of the Diocese of Mackenzie-Fort Smith will take place on Friday, 16 March 2018, at 7:00 p.m., in the gymnasium of St. Patrick's School, Yellowknife. The Most Reverend Gérard Pettipas, C.Ss.R., Archbishop of Grouard-McLennan and Metropolitan of the Ecclesiastical Province of Grouard-McLennan, will preside as the principal ordaining Bishop, along with…
New President and Governing Committee for International Catholic Migration Commission
Thursday, March 08 2018
The Council of the International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC) has elected Dr. Anne Therese Gallagher as the new ICMC President. The Council also appointed the members of its Governing Committee which include as before His Eminence Thomas Cardinal Collins, Archbishop of Toronto. The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops is a member of ICMC and is represented on its Governing Committee by Cardinal Collins and on…
2018 Meeting of the Bishops of the Church in America
Thursday, March 01 2018
The 41st meeting of the Bishops of the Church in America took place in Tampa, Florida, 26 February to 1 March 2018, bringing together members of the Executive Committees and other representatives of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) and the Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM). The Canadian delegation was led by the Most Reverend Lionel…
Life and family suggestions for homilies and prayers of the faithful during March 2018
Wednesday, February 28 2018
With the upcoming major celebrations of Holy Week and the Easter Triduum, the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) again posts possible homily ideas and prayers of the faithful to help link the Sunday liturgy with the national pastoral initiative for life and family. The proposed texts for the month of March 2018 include suggestions from the 3RD Sunday of Lent, 4 March, to the…