Website of the Week: Dietrich Bonhoeffer on ‘cheap grace’ and ‘costly grace’.
August 18, 2024
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German Lutheran pastor who was executed by the Nazis for resisting Hitler’s totalitarian regime, left a rich theological legacy. One of his books, The Cost of Discipleship, … Read More
Diocesan Communiqué – August 14, 2024
August 16, 2024
The Summer Pipe Organ Concert Series continues with Ottawa baritone Luc Lalonde performing with organist Leo Marchildon in a program or art song specially arranged for the pipe organ, including Ralph Vaughan Williams’ … Read More
For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. (John 6:55) Liturgical day: Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) Readings: Proverbs 9:1-6, Psalm 34, Ephesians 5:15-20, John … Read More
Fr. Frank Jay Gets a Second Cake
August 11, 2024
One of the many benefits of being a pastor in multiple parishes is that there are multiple celebrations of ordination anniversaries. Ordained on May 25, 1984 the 40th Anniversary was … Read More
Website of the Week: Thomas Merton in his own Voice
“Do not try and cultivate a practice; simply be present with an open and loving heart”. The great American mystic and Trappist monk, Thomas Merton, taught the novices at the … Read More
August 9, 2024
Taste and see how good the LORD is; blessed the person who takes refuge in him. (Psalm 34:9) Liturgical day: Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) Readings: 1 Kings 19:4-8, … Read More
Celebration of St. James’ Day in Georgetown
August 7, 2024
Bishop Joseph recently celebrated Mass in Georgetown at St. James’ Parish on Saturday, July 28. The parish community annually celebrates the Feast Day of St. James with a special Mass … Read More
Preparation Underway for Second Session of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops
OTTAWA, July 25, 2024 – On 9 July 2024, the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops released the Instrumentum laboris for the upcoming second session of the XVI Ordinary … Read More