Beginning September 19th, reception desk/phone hours at the Catholic Pastoral Centre will be as follows: Monday, Wednesday & Friday 8:30 am to 12:30 pm; Tuesday and Thursday 8:30 am to 4 pm (closed during the noon hour).
You Are Here! Young Adult Leadership Retreat: Are you a young adult (18-25 years old) who wants to make new friends? Grow in your faith? Join the Diocesan Youth Ministry Office for an overnight leadership retreat at the Marguerite Bourgeois Centre (Summerside), September 23-24. Cost is $10. For more information and to register, visit https://youth.dioceseofcharlottetown.com/young-adult-leadership-team/
Martha Spirituality Centre Program Offering (for more information on our programs visit us at www.pei-marthas.ca): Christian Meditation, the prayer of the heart, opens us to the presence of God in the silence and stillness of the present moment. Sessions will be held on Zoom on Tuesdays from September 20th to December 13th from 7-8 pm. There is no fee for this program. To register, contact karenyogapei@gmail.com .
If you are interested in a personal spiritual director, please email Roseanne Macdonald, contact person for the Atlantic Association of the Spiritual Exercises Apostolate (AASEA), at philrose1987@gmail.com .
Martha Spirituality Centre Program Offering (for more information on our programs visit us at www.pei-marthas.ca): Interested men are invited to gather at West River United Church hall in Cornwall to reflect on male spirituality themes, sharing in the context of a “home group.” Beginning September 17th, meetings will be held on the fourth Saturday of the month from 10am to noon. For additional information, contact Gilles Michaud at leagil4533@gmail.com .
Evening4LIFE: Saturday, Oct 1, 2022, 6:30PM Focus on the Family President JP Beran and Steve Wilson as guest speakers! RSVP to events@peilife.org to join us for this event at Faithworks Community Center, 1288 Loyalist Rd, North Wiltshire, PE. Call 902-894-5473 or email events@peilife.org for more information. Refreshments will be served. Free will offering.
St. Mary’s (Hunter River) Cemetery Sunday: There will be a service of prayer and song at St. Mary’s Cemetery, Hunter River on Sunday, September 11, 2022 at 1pm. All are welcome. Please pass this invitation along to anyone you know who may have friends or family members in the cemetery or former parishioners of St Mary’s of the People.
Martha Spirituality Centre Program Offering (for more information on our programs visit us at www.pei-marthas.ca) : Lectio Divina, a contemplative praying of Scripture, commences on Thursday, September 15th (10:30 to 11:45 AM) and concludes on Thursday December 8th. During these sessions, held on Zoom, we will listen to and reflect upon the upcoming Sunday Gospel. To register contact the facilitator, Sister Joan, at drjoancsm@gmail.com . There is no fee for this program.
Diocesan Administrator Fr. Brian MacDougall has appointed Fr. Walter Flynn as the new Vocation Director for the Diocese of Charlottetown. Fr. Walter is the associate pastor at St. Paul’s Parish in Summerside. He can be contacted there at 902-436-5112.