Development and Peace’s Fall Action Workshop, 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm, Sunday, October 22, St. Pius X church, Parkdale. Speakers: Adah Ogbe, Development and Peace animator, Land and Water in Honduras; Joshua MacFadyen, UPEI, Land on PEI; Mary Boyd, Pope Francis’ Pastoral letter, “Laudate Deum.” Sharing table. All welcome. Create Hope: Stand for the Land.
Come and learn about the 7 Sacred Teachings as passed down from generation to generation through stories, music, language and song. These are the building blocks to help us be better people in our own skin, better family members, community members and better nation members. This fun interactive presentation is facilitated by Julie Pellissier-Lush, Knowledge Keeper for L’nuey. This session is on October 25, 1:30-3:30 at The Living Well, 96 Patterson Drive, Hillsborough Park. A break with a snack is provided. To register email rmd17csm@gmail.com. We are SCENT FREE.
The Upper Room Angels annual fund raising for The Upper Room Hospitality Ministry’s Soup Kitchen and Food Bank began September 1, 2023. The goal is for 1,442 angels. The suggested donation amount is $52 ($1 for each week of the year). To become an Angel, send a cheque or money order to: Upper Room Angels, c/o URHM Food Bank, 34 Belmont Street, Charlottetown, PE C1A 5H1 and for online donations: www.urhm.org Donate Now (Fund#2: Upper Room Angels). Charitable Receipts are issued. If you have any questions, please contact yutong.urhm@gmail.com.
Warning against a humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza and ongoing conflicts elsewhere, Pope Francis has called for a day of fasting, penance and prayer for peace in the world Oct. 27.
“War does not solve any problems, it only sows death and destruction. It increases hatred, multiplies revenge. War erases the future,” he said at the end of his general audience talk in St. Peter’s Square Oct. 18. “Our thoughts go to Palestine and Israel,” he said to applause. “Casualties are rising and the situation in Gaza is desperate,” he said. “Please, may everything possible be done to avoid a humanitarian catastrophe.”
What is also “disturbing,” he said, is the possibility the conflict will spread just as so many other battles of war are being waged in the world. “Please,” he said, “let us continue to pray for peace in the world, especially in tormented Ukraine,” a tragedy that is no longer talked about but continues. “Silence the weapons. Listen to the cry of the poor, the people, the children, for peace,” the pope said. He urged all people of faith to take “just one side in this conflict: that of peace. But not with words, with prayer, with total dedication.”
For this reason, he said, he has decided to call for a day of fasting, prayer and penance Friday, Oct. 27. The pope invited men and women of every Christian denomination and other religions as well as those committed to the cause of peace to participate in any way they feel is appropriate. There will be an hour of prayer starting at 6 p.m. Rome time in St. Peter’s “imploring for peace in the world,” he said, and local churches are invited to organize similar initiatives.