Past Announcements
2018 National Day of Prayer in Solidarity with Indigenous Peoples
Thursday, December 06 2018
On 12 December, the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the Church in Canada celebrates the National Day of Prayer in Solidarity with Indigenous Peoples. This project, with the approval of the Bishops of Canada, has been coordinated since 2002 by the Canadian Catholic Indigenous Council (formerly the Canadian Catholic Aboriginal Council). This year, the reflection by the Council draws on the theme explored during…
Life and family suggestions for homilies and prayers of the faithful during December 2018
Thursday, November 29 2018
The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) continues to post 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 December 2018 include suggestions from the 1st Sunday in Advent, 2 December, to the Solemnity of Mary, The Holy Mother of God, 1 January 2019.…
Resources for 2019 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
Thursday, November 22 2018
The annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity will be celebrated 18 to 25 January 2019 on the theme "Justice and only justice you shall pursue" (Deuteronomy 16:18-20). The resources in English and in French can be freely downloaded from the Canadian website for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. The theme and biblical texts for this annual Week of Prayer are jointly prepared…
New English-language ritual for the “Order of the Dedication of a Church and an Altar”
Thursday, November 01 2018
CCCB Publications announced that the Order of the Dedication of a Church and an Altar is now available for purchase. Having received confirmatio from the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, this publication contains the newly translated English-language texts (2018) for the dedication of a church and an altar. Information for purchasing the publication is found at https://esubmitit.sjpg.com/cccb/index.aspx?component=ProductDetails&id=182-436, by email (publi@cccb.ca),…