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Most Reverend Pierre Morissette, Bishop of Saint-J茅r么me and President of the Canadian Conference of Catholic BishopsFor many of us, our yearly Lenten journey has been shaped by its beginning and end. We started with the temptations of Jesus and then the vision of his transfiguration. We end by entering with him into Jerusalem, where we share with him in his suffering, death and resurrection. But what has this really meant for us, and what happened to us on the way?

Sometimes we forget what the journey is really about, and fail to see what should be noticed along the route. In case you may have missed it, the three intervening Sundays of Lent told us a great deal about the Lenten journey and our entry into the Easter celebration. The readings of the Third, Fourth and Fifth Sundays of Lent invited the catechumens, as candidates for Baptism, to think over and even 鈥渢est鈥 their motives about why they want to be initiated into the community of faith. The same readings also invited the rest of the Christian community to examine its own faith journey. Three major points came forward in this year鱿鱼视频app readings: What do we most yearn and thirst for in life (the Gospel reading of the woman at the well)?聽 How can we see what life is really about 鈥 not only to have sight, but insight and vision (the healing of the blind man at the pool of Siloe)? How can we embrace life and stand with courage, strength and inspiration among those truly alive (the Gospel reading of the resurrection of Lazarus)?

Often we simply plod along the road of faith 鈥 moving as if in some shadowy, superficial existence, not really aware. We frequently stumble on, half-hearted, hazy eyed, hesitatingly. Not fully alive, and not even aware of the deepest yearnings in our hearts, or in the hearts of our brothers and sisters.

Perhaps this is why we are easily distracted along the way. There is so much talk and chatter in contemporary life. Our daily lives are filled up with the glaring sounds of radio and television, the fleeting words of text messages and websites, and the frequently disturbing and cruel remarks from blogs and social media.
The Paschal Mystery is the road on which we are called to discover our deepest yearnings and most authentic needs. It gives us the light that enables us to see Light. It opens the way to life and to the truth about life. It is Life itself.

The 50 days of Easter are an invitation for us to rediscover the depths of our own lives. Through the Resurrection of Christ, we see the creative and transforming strength of God鱿鱼视频app love for us and our world. This journey in faith is the journey to eternal life. To borrow from the words of Saint Paul, God our Father who raised Christ from the dead will give life to our mortal bodies also through his Spirit that is dwelling in us (Romans, 8.11).

Christ is risen! Yes, Christ is risen indeed!



+ Pierre Morissette
Bishop of Saint-J茅r么me
President of the

Rights tribunal backs Knights鈥 pro-life message at Ontario church

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Knights of ColumbusA pro-life message on church property can鈥檛 be construed as a violation of Ontario鱿鱼视频app Human Rights Code, a human rights鈥 tribunal has ruled.

鈥淔reedom of religion must not be interpreted in a way that voids the positive dimension of the freedom (the right to hold beliefs, practice and disseminate them) of any meaning,鈥 wrote Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario adjudicator Michelle Flaherty in an April 5 decision in favour of a Knights of Columbus council in l鈥橭riginal, Ont.

The francophone Chevaliers de Colomb attached to the parish of Saint-Jean Baptise, an hour-and-a-half southeast of Ottawa, found itself on the defensive over a monument erected on the church鱿鱼视频app front lawn. An inscription on the monument read (in French), 鈥淟et us pray that all life rests in the hands of God from conception until death.鈥

Pain of Lahey trial could spark renewal

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OTTAWA - When Bishop Raymond Lahey goes to trial on child pornography charges May 4, the anticipated news coverage will reopen wounds caused by the worldwide clerical sexual abuse, regardless of the trial鱿鱼视频app outcome.

But observers say the pain provides an opportunity for needed renewal.

The former bishop of Antigonish was charged with possession and distribution of child pornography in October 2009. Lahey鱿鱼视频app arrest followed the seizure of his laptop and other electronic equipment at Ottawa鱿鱼视频app airport by a Canadian Border Service agent.

鈥淭he first thing is that a person is presumed innocent until proven guilty and we should not jump to conclusions,鈥 said Fr. Frank Morrisey, a canon lawyer who has advised the Canadian Church on the clerical abuse crisis.

Ottawa priest鱿鱼视频app 鈥榣ifestyle鈥 prompts financial audit

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Fr. Joe LeClair of Ottawa's Blessed Sacrament parish

OTTAWA - The Ottawa archdiocese confirmed it had launched an audit of the finances of Blessed Sacrament parish 鈥渟ome weeks鈥 before two front-page stories appeared in the Ottawa Citizen April 16-17 raising questions about the lifestyle of its popular pastor.

The Citizen reported that Fr. Joe Le Clair had cash advances from the Lac-Leamy Casino across the Ottawa River in Quebec of more than $137,000 in 2009-2010, and incurred a credit card debt of more than $490,000 in that time period. It reported Le Clair had repaid Visa $424,000. 

鈥淗ow he could afford to repay that much is not known, other than the fact that as a Church pastor, Le Clair earns a net salary of $24,400,鈥 journalists Meghan Hurley and Andrew Duffy wrote.

Ottawa Archbishop Terrence Prendergast, S.J., in a statement issued April 16, said stories about Le Clair鱿鱼视频app 鈥渓ifestyle鈥 were brought to the attention of diocesan authorities in late 2010 and early 2011. He instructed his Vicar General, Msgr. Kevin Beach, to 鈥渃larify the issues raised by the stories.鈥

Inside Easter with B.C.'s Benedictines

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A monk prays in the silence of the Benedictine鱿鱼视频app Westminster Abbey in Mission, B.C. Salt+Light Television is airing its look inside the walls of the abbey in This Side of Eden on Palm Sunday, April 17.If you strip life down to its essentials you don鈥檛 strip out beauty. You produce lives entirely devoted to beauty.

In This Side of Eden we鈥檙e invited into the lives of Benedictine monks at Westminster Abbey in Mission, B.C., during Holy Week. The simplicity of their daily round of work and prayer feeds into the most solemn and significant liturgies of the Christian calendar 鈥 Palm Sunday, Holy Thursday, Good Friday, the Easter Vigil.

All this unfolds before the camera in one of the most extraordinary settings. Surrounded by mountains and nestled into the temperate rain forest of the B.C. coast, Westminister Abbey Church is a modern architectural gem constructed in the early 1980s with 7,000 square feet of stained glass. The church and abbey are filled with contemporary frescoes, paintings and sculpture 鈥 much of it by one of Mission鱿鱼视频app monks, Fr. Dunstan Massey.

Focus on families in election campaign an encouraging sign

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This  election  campaign, political parties are offering a variety of  incentives for  middle-class families. (Photo courtesy of  iStockphoto.com)OTTAWA - Pro-family groups are delighted to see a focus on family issues in the election campaign platforms of all three national parties.

But some social conservative leaders have expressed disappointment that Stephen Harper refuses to reopen the debate on abortion or marriage even if the Conservatives win a majority.

Past elections have seen the 鈥渙dd snippet鈥 of platform policy directed at family issues so it鱿鱼视频app encouraging to see the major parties addressing family matters in this campaign, said Institute of Marriage and Family Canada (IMFC) executive director Dave Quist.

鈥淚t鱿鱼视频app good,鈥 he said. 鈥淚t鱿鱼视频app time they looked at the foundation of our society and that is the family.

鈥淲e may disagree on the solutions, that is what democracy is all about, but it鱿鱼视频app important that we be discussing these things.鈥

Swirling D&P controversy raises concerns about fundraising backlash

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Bishop GreccoTORONTO - Ongoing controversy over abortion and the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace may be having a negative effect on overall fundraising for ShareLife.

Each time Development and Peace faces public allegations that some of its partners are linked with organizations advocating legal access to abortion, ShareLife is contacted by angry donors threatening not to give, said ShareLife spokesman Bill Steinburg.

鈥淲henever they call we always remind them that by doing so they鈥檙e having an impact on the huge family of more than 40 agencies that do a lot of work here on the ground, helping our own communities,鈥 Steinburg said.

Early this month, speaking engagements by a Mexican priest to promote Development and Peace鱿鱼视频app overseas work were cancelled in Ottawa and Cornwall following allegations that the Jesuit priest鱿鱼视频app human rights centre is associated with an organization that supports decriminalization of abortion. In cancelling the Ottawa events, Archbishop Terrance Prendergast said that support by Fr. Luis Arriaga鱿鱼视频app centre for groups sympathetic to abortion is 鈥渋ncompatible鈥 with Church teaching.

Residential school truth must be heard

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Marie WilsonTORONTO - An apology is not the end of it and treaties are not dusty history for Canada鱿鱼视频app native people is the message Marie Wilson has for Canadians who would rather not talk about what happened in residential schools.

Wilson is one of three commissioners who make up the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The trio have five years to document the history of the national network of schools mandated by the government but mostly run by churches.

There may be truth but there won鈥檛 be any reconciliation if mainstream, urban Canadians don鈥檛 acknowledge the legacy of the schools, Wilson told about 70 people at Toronto鱿鱼视频app Regis College April 6, where she delivered the annual Martin Royackers Lecture.

Peterborough Way of the Cross puts youths鈥 faith out in the open

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The diocese of Peterborough鱿鱼视频app seventh annual Way of the Cross will take place on Good Friday. Above, an actor portraying Jesus carries the Cross surrounded by Roman soldiers during a previous walk.Peterborough, Ont. - The faith of Catholic youth in Peterborough, Ont., will be out in the open during Good Friday鱿鱼视频app seventh annual Way of the Cross on April 22 with a re-enactment of Christ鱿鱼视频app Passion.

鈥淚t鱿鱼视频app a way of evangelizing in a unique way,鈥 said Mary Helen Moes, program manager for youth for the diocese of Peterborough and director of this year鱿鱼视频app re-enactment.

鈥淭hey鈥檙e certainly not pushing their faith on top of anybody. They鈥檙e just demonstrating their faith in a very public way and I don鈥檛 think there鱿鱼视频app many opportunities for that any more.鈥

Run by the diocese of Peterborough鱿鱼视频app Vocations, Evangelization and Youth Office, the Way of the Cross has about 100 youth participating this year, up from the 30 participants of seven years ago when it originated, said Moes.

鈥楥ulture of death鈥 is not the way to solve problems

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Dr. Francois Primeau, a Quebec psychiatrist, said the request for euthanasia can result from underlying psychiatric conditions.TORONTO - In the face of cultural pressure to accept abortion, contraception and euthanasia, Catholic doctors can respond by affirming the inherent human dignity of the person and appealing to human reason in explaining the 鈥渃ulture of life,鈥 Catholic experts said at the third annual conference of the Canadian Federation of Catholic Physicians鈥 Societies.

This year鱿鱼视频app gathering was organized by the St. Joseph Moscati Catholic Doctors Guild and held at Toronto鱿鱼视频app University of St. Michael鱿鱼视频app College April 8-10.

鈥淚f we allow abortion, suicide and euthanasia, the 鈥榗ulture of death鈥 means death is a way to solve problems,鈥 Prof. Janet Smith, the Father Michael J. McGivney Chair of Life Ethics at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit and consultor to the Pontifical Institute of the Family, told more than 120 doctors and medical students in her keynote speech. 聽

Churches want poverty reduction as number one issue in election

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Karen HamiltonThe number one demand churches are making from campaigning federal politicians is a concrete plan to reduce and end poverty in Canada.

The Canadian Council of Churches reiterated the ecumenical priority in a letter to all the national party leaders March 31.

"The issue of poverty, certainly our Scriptures call us to that over and over and over again," Canadian Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Dr. Karen Hamilton told The Catholic Register.

The eight priority issues listed in the CCC letter largely repeat the priorities laid out last year by international faith leaders gathered in Winnipeg just before the G20 Summit in Toronto.