Bishop Damphousse will be presiding a Mass for Canada Day on Friday June 30th at the Grotto in Sudbury. During this bilingual celebration, the Bishop will consecrate our country on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Confederation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Our Lady of Canada. Mass is at 7 pm, preceded by the rosary at 6:30 pm. We are grateful to the Daughters of Isabella who are sponsoring the event.
The General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops has announced a new website in preparation for the Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops which will take place during October 2018 on the theme "Young People, the Faith and Vocational Discernment". The site is designed to promote the broad, interactive participation of young people around the world in preparation for the Synod, and includes an online questionnaire to which they are invited to respond and submit to the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops by 30 November 2017. The website can be accessed in a number of languages and includes video archives and documents for the preparation of the Synod. (Once on the link go down the page to choose a language).
I personally had a unique occasion to renew my apostolic mission exactly a month ago at the tomb of St. Peter in the context of the Ontario Bishops' Ad Limina Apostolorum visit in Rome.
Msgr. Brian Dixon, Rev. Jackson Arul, Rev. Francis Ezenezi, rev. Jim Ketzler, Rev. Anthony Man-Son-Hing, Rev. Eric Pannike, Rev. Alex Saurianthadathil, Rev. Michael Williams, Rev. Robert Obro, and Rev. Denis Vaiz
The form of the Annual Report 2016 Financial Statements is now available. please return your completed financial report no later than 24 February 2017.
It is with mixed emotions that I announce the retirement of four important members of the Diocesan service team. A special "thank you" was express to them at our Christmas staff dinner in December.
Suppressing a parish or closing a church building is one of the most difficult decisions a bishop may have to make. When such a decision has to be made a community of Christ's faithful is being asked to fundamentally alter their way of life.
June 20, 2017The General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops has announced a new website in preparation for the Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops which will take place during October 2018 on the theme "Young People, the Faith and Vocational Discernment". The site is designed to promote the broad, interactive participation of young people around the world in preparation for the Synod, and includes an online questionnaire to which they are invited to respond and submit to the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops by 30 November 2017. The website can be accessed in a number of languages and includes video archives and documents for the preparation of the Synod. (Once on the link go down the page to choose a language).