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Half a million young people from all over the world praying the Our Father together with Pope Francis here in Lisbon. #WorldYouthDay

Dr. Jill Gowdie, “Stirring the Soul of Catholic Education: Formation for Mission” calls us to be people of the way, needed exactly as we are. Dr. Anne Walsh asks us to become fluent speakers of mercy so we can hear. Part of @ICEontario Adult Faith Formation Symposium. @CDSBEO

Two Vatican Dicasteries issue a joint statement formally repudiating "those concepts that fail to recognize the inherent human rights of indigenous peoples, including what has become known as the legal and political ‘doctrine of discovery’." vaticannews.va/en/vatican-cit…

Cardinal Czerny: The Church rejects all words and actions that do not recognise human dignity - Vatican News ⁦@JesuitsofCanada⁩ ⁦@OttawaCornwall⁩ vaticannews.va/en/vatican-cit…

“Let the Church always be a place of mercy and hope, where everyone is welcomed, loved and forgiven.” Happy Anniversary, Pope Francis! #TenYearsPopeFrancis

Help celebrate the 10th anniversary of Pope Francis’ pontificate.

Thank you CDSBEO schools for your support of the people of Syria and Turkey! @CDSBEO

Street artist Mauro Pallotti has created the cover of February’s edition of L’Osservatore di Strada (a newspaper for the poor and voiceless) dedicated to the theme of love. The title of his work is “Beyond the Wall of Hate.” osservatoreromano.va/it/osservatore…

Celebrating #blackhistorymonth2023 here at St. Mary! @CDSBEO

St Finnans Catholic School beautiful rendition of @CDSBEO “We Belong Here”

Beautiful New Years Mass celebrated at St. Finnans Basilica with students and staff from St. Finnans Catholic School @CDSBEO. Thank you @jsblake Fr. Jonathan Blake and CDSBEO Faith Animator Fr. John Whyte. And students and staff for their beautiful rendition of We Belong Here!

Dec. 27 is the feast day of St John the Apostle. The “beloved disciple” was an impetuous fisherman who became a disciple of Jesus. Tradition holds him to be the author not only of the fourth Gospel, but of the Epistles of John and the Book of Revelation   vaticannews.va/en/saints/12/2…

Merry Christmas everyone!

Pope Francis met with children assisted by the Vatican’s “Santa Marta” Pediatric Dispensary on Sunday morning and reminded us to think of and pray for those suffering this Christmas season.

That’s the spirit at Holy Cross elementary in Kemptville!

Happy 4th Sunday of Advent everyone!

On this day in 1969, Pope Francis was ordained to the priesthood! #AMDG

O Holy Night. We continued with our Advent theme this evening, Let There Be Light, as we had our Candlelight Christmas concert, and became light to others as a community. Thanks to everyone for sharing their gifts of song and music!

In 1531 a "Lady from Heaven" appeared to Saint Juan Diego, a poor Indian from Tepeyac, a hill northwest of Mexico City. She identified herself as the Mother of the True God and instructed him to have the bishop build a church on the site. bit.ly/3h8N5xq