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JANUARY 2024

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- Religious Sisters and Brothers who take part in any of our activities;
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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.


Pickering, January 11, 2024


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

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 

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
 

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.
Should you just give up?  No! Change starts with you. Seriously. Every human on earth—even the most indifferent, laziest person among us—is part of the solution. 
To make things easier for you, the United Nations has created a list of some of the many habits you can adopt to make a difference.

Visit the United Nations website 

Thanks to @CNDSisters for the suggestion


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”.

On its website, the Canadian Bible Society offers some resources.


Visit their website


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.

Look out for our special publication on this occasion.

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