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Several of our friars attended a very special event in the Archdiocese of Edmonton on Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2025, at Newman Theological College. Since this year, Lent and Ramadan coincide, men and women from the Edmonton Council of Muslim Communities and the Archdiocese (…)
The Summer 2024 issue of the Franciscan Missions magazine is available now and can be read online for free (for French-speaking audiences). Here’s a short summary of what’s inside (English translation provided). Use this link to open the original French language digital publication : (…)
If today you hear the voice of God,harden not your hearts. – Psalm 95.8 Christ my Saviour, In this season of Lentguide my stepsfrom their destructive patternsI masquerade as good,from the words spokenI masquerade as truth,from the judgemental thoughtsI masquerade as protection,from the little (…)
When we celebrate Easter, the liturgies leading up to it are remembrances of events that inspire very contradictory feelings. Holy Thursday is the last supper, a festive event that suddenly ends in a spirit of fear and anxiety. Then there is the great sadness (…)
On June 19, 1988, St. Charles Parish held a liturgy of rededication in celebration of the expansion of their church building. The history of St. Charles Parish dates back to the early 1800s when an Oblate missionary, Fr. LaFleche, built a small log cabin (…)
The Holy Spirit marks the life of Jesus and the Church much more profoundly than we might think. The evangelist Luke, who also wrote the Acts of the Apostles, emphasizes the Holy Spirit right at the beginning in the conception of John the Baptist (…)
In Memoriam
Jean-Paul Lainesse, OFM
- 1921-07-10
- 2025-02-19
Friar Jean-Paul Lainesse, O.F.M., member of the Holy Spirit Province of Canada, born in Barraute, QC, has passed away in Montreal, QC, on February 19, 2025, at the age of 103, after 82 years of religious life and 73 years of priesthood.
