Please join us on Sat. March 6 from 9 am. till noon at the Agora Centre, 301 McConnell Ave., Cornwall.

Knox St. Paul’s United Church, Cornwall, ON is hosting this year’s World Day of Prayer. Please join us for the World Day of Prayer, a prayer movement that invites us to enrich our faith experience of Christians from other countries and cultures and to bring hope to women touched by injustice

The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) is pleased to introduce Journey Through Lent, a new video series that offers reflections on Gospel readings for each Sunday in Lent. As Canadian Catholic faithful continue to experience the pandemic’s challenging realities, this series is meant to be a source of deep spiritual solace and insightful pastoral preparation for Easter. The videos will feature the Most Reverend Gerard Bergie, Bishop of St. Catharines and the Most Reverend Marcel Damphousse, Archbishop of Ottawa-Cornwall, who provide meaningful spiritual and pastoral reflections for individuals, families and communities as they prepare to celebrate the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

The 2021 Message of Pope Francis for Lent is titled “ ‘Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem’ (Mt 20:18), Lent: a Time for Renewing Faith, Hope and Love”. In his message, the Holy Father writes: “In our Lenten journey towards Easter, let us remember the One who ‘humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even death on a cross’ (Phil 2:8). During this season of conversion, let us renew our faith, draw from the ‘living water’ of hope, and receive with open hearts the love of God, who makes us brothers and sisters in Christ.”

For several weeks now, I have been receiving requests for clarification on the subject of vaccination. I have taken my time to answer these questions because it is a complex reality and it is important, in my position, to offer the faithful of our Diocesan Church statements that are truthful and clear. It is important to note that there is a lot of information circulating in social networks on this subject. Experts in the field of health seem to contradict each other on different aspects of the question. In addition, there are positions based on conspiracies, both political and religious. There is enough material in the media to confuse even the most learned.