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JANUARY 2024 | |||||||||||||
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This newsletter is dedicated first and foremost to the leaders of the CRC's member religious congregations, to the members of our various committees and to our partners. Thank you for sharing with us what's happening in your community! At the beginning of this new year, we have a special message for these other readers: - Religious Sisters and Brothers who take part in any of our activities; - Anyone interested in our activities or news from Religious Congregations in Canada. We are happy to send you our monthly newsletter. We will keep your name and e-mail address on file for this purpose. You can unsubscribe from our mailing list at any time. Here's an automated link: Click here to unsubscribe |
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LAST REGIONAL MEETINGS | |||||||||||||
Last week, at the Manresa Centre in Pickering, we met up with our Ontario members for a great day of reflection and exchange. Our national tour will come to an end next week with an online meeting with our members in the Atlantic region. |
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CATHOLIC SISTERS IN CONFLICT AREAS | |||||||||||||
Throughout 2023, Global Sisters Report published a serie of articles highlighting the spiritual strength of Catholic nuns working in conflict zones around the world. Stories and chronicles about or by sisters in Sudan, Nigeria, Myanmar, South Sudan, Nicaragua, Haiti, Chad and Congo, among others. A conclusion-summary of the series has recently been published. Go to Global Sisters Report Website |
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MARY'S PILGRIM JOURNEY WITH THE SPIRIT | |||||||||||||
Throughout her journey, the Virgin Mary had a companion: the Holy Spirit, companion of her soul. In this essay, published in the latest bulletin of the International Union of Superiors General, the author invites us to a spiritual exercise of the heart.
Read the article |
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A LIFE DEDICATED TO HUMANIZING HEALTHCARE | |||||||||||||
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Religious Sister and doctor: Sr. Monique Bourget is a member of the Sisters of Ste-Marcelline. Over the past 30 years, from Brazil to Benin, from her studies at McGill to the management of a university hospital, and then back "in the field" with mothers and children, "she really wanted to touch poverty".
Interview in The Catholic Register |
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THE LAZY PERSON'S GUIDE TO SAVE THE WORLD | |||||||||||||
The Sustainable Development Goals are important, world-changing objectives that will require cooperation among governments, international organizations and world leaders. It seems impossible that the average person can make an impact. |
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2024 SUNDAY OF THE WORD OF GOD | |||||||||||||
Sunday of the Word of God 2024 will be held on January 21st. Pope Francis’ Apostolic Letter, “Aperuit Illis” published on September 30, 2019, established that, “the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time is to be devoted to the celebration, study and dissemination of the Word of God”. |
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FEBRUARY 2nd : WORLD DAY FOR CONSECRATED LIFE | |||||||||||||
The annual World Day for Consecrated Life will be held on Friday, February 2. An invitation to give thanks for the great gift of Consecrated Life, and an opportunity for Consecrated people to celebrate together and solemnly the wonders the Lord has accomplished in them. |
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