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NEWS FROM THE DIOCESAN SERVICES - April 12, 2022
EASTER MESSAGE FROM MGR PAUL-ANDRE DUROCHER
Video message (click on the photo):
A sixth wave of COVID, the crisis of climate change, renewed inflation, the war in Ukraine: we have so many reasons to feel discouraged. When will we finally get out of this?
We experience this kind of painful feeling every time it seems our life or our world is caught in a vicious circle. We repeat past mistakes, we return to unhealthy habits, we sink into renewed depression. We believed in peace, but here comes war again. We hoped for joy, but sadness overwhelms us. We expected healing, but the wound once again has been opened.
To believe in the resurrection of Jesus is to affirm that our perpetual restarts will not remain forever without a solution. It means finding hope in the heart of the vicious circles that surround us and committing ourselves to breaking out of them. It means refusing to be overwhelmed by discouragement and choosing to live fully, despite the limitations of the present moment.
Believing in the risen Jesus is to open ourselves to a living relationship, a source of courage and hope. We never walk alone, for he who conquered death walks beside us. Out of our curves and detours, he draws straight lines. With him, vicious circles become spirals that purify, transform and elevate us. Through him, forgiveness and reconciliation become possible, we can walk together despite our differences.
Let us therefore celebrate Easter with hearts inflamed by this conviction: in his Son Jesus, God opens a future for us. Christ is truly risen. Hallelujah!
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CANADIAN CHRISTIAN MEDITATION COMMUNITY
PRESENTS
UNIFIED CONSCIOUSNESS: ONE MIND, ONE HEART
WITH
DOM LAURENCE FREEMAN, OSB DIRECTOR OF THE WORLD COMMUNITY FOR CHRISTIAN MEDITATION
The journey of meditation is a quest for this unified consciousness, our home, our true self, our original nature. It is one with our journey into God.
We don't have to go anywhere but life provides the necessary conditions for us to awaken.
Saint Paul University Amphitheatre, 110 Hazel Street, Ottawa, Ontario Friday 10 June 2022 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm
– All are welcome –
WOULD YOU LIKE TO FIND OUT ABOUT RETREATS AND ACTIVITIES IN FRENCH?
In this English version of the diocesan bulletin, we share information relevant to our English-speaking parishioners. If you want to find out about retreats and resources available in French only, you might want to also subscribe to the French Infolettre. You can sign up here.
DIOCESAN RATES: CHANGE FOR TRAVEL EXPENSES
Considering the increase in the price of gas in recent weeks, the Episcopal Council of the diocese decided at its last meeting to set the reimbursement rate for travel expenses at $0.50/km instead of $0.45/km. This change is retroactive to April 1, 2022. Parishes are invited to take into account this new rate for travel expenses of their pastoral personnel: priests and pastoral agents, including priests for occasional replacement (casual). The provincial average for dioceses in Quebec was already $447/km and several dioceses have already announced an increase in their rate. Thank you for this!
THE FONDATION NOVATIO WILL HOLD AN INFORMATION SESSION ON ITS MISSION
The Novatio Foundation will offer four information sessions in the pastoral regions of the diocese in April and May. Founded by the Archdiocese of Gatineau, the Novatio Foundation's mission is to support innovative pastoral projects with an evangelical perspective for the excluded, the poor and the disadvantaged in our communities, isolated seniors, Aboriginals, immigrants, families and youth. The funds will allow for the enhancement of activities, projects and renewed services for the pastoral and missionary impulse emanating from the movements, parishes and the diocesan team.
Session in the English-speaking pastoral area: Saturday, May 7, 2022, from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. - Our Lady of the Annunciation
PARISH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR 2021
Thank you to those parishes that have already sent in their financial statements for the year 2021, as required by the Fabrique Act. Parishes are invited to send in their documents as soon as possible. This document is of great importance in assessing the full extent of the impact of the Covid-19 health crisis on the finances of the parishes and the diocese. The 2021 financial statement submission form is available in Word, PDF and Excel formats at Extranet section.
ANNOUNCEMENTS/INVITATIONS TO SHARE
This section is for the sharing of announcements/invitations from parishes and movements in the diocese. If you have an activity to share or advertise, please send a note to Bozica Domitrovic on Friday before the newsletter release.
CONTACT
BOZICA DOMITROVIC, Communication technician
domitrovicb@diocesegatineau.org / Telephone: 819 771-8391, ext. 308
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