Past Announcements
Life and family suggestions for homilies and prayers of the faithful during August 2018
Wednesday, August 01 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 August 2018 include suggestions from the 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time, 5 August, to the 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time, 26 August. As usual, the…
CCCB publishes two new English-language liturgical resources
Tuesday, July 31 2018
CCCB Publications has released two new English-language liturgical publications: Order of Christian Funerals: Supplement for Celebrations with Cremated Remains Excerpts from the Roman Missal Order of Christian Funerals: Supplement for Celebrations with Cremated Remains is intended to meet current pastoral and liturgical needs in view of the frequency of cremation in Canada. The new publication includes texts, rubrics and notes for funeral liturgies when the…
Episcopal ordination and enthronement of Bishop-elect Marián Andrej Paćak, C.Ss.R.
Tuesday, July 31 2018
The episcopal ordination of the Most Reverend Marián Andrej Paćak, C.Ss.R., will take place 2 September 2018 in Slovakia. His enthronement as Eparchial Bishop of the sui iuris Slovak Catholic Eparchy of Saints Cyril and Methodius of the Byzantine Rite in Canada willfollow 15 September 2018, at the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Mother of God in Toronto, Ontario. On 5 July 2018, Pope…
The Roman Catholic / United Church of Canada Dialogue has released a report on climate change entitled: The Hope within Us
Wednesday, July 18 2018
The Roman Catholic / United Church of Canada Dialogue has released a report on climate change entitled: The Hope within Us. Since October 2012, the Roman Catholic / United Church of Canada Dialogue has met eight times to explore our Churches’ responses to the ecological crisis, with particular attention to climate change. The report explores the spiritual resources of our common tradition for addressing climate…