Category: Catechetical Corner
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Fr Matthew’s Homily for Palm Sunday
Read the readings of this Sunday, here. March 27-28 – Prayer of the Faithful – Palm Sunday
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Fr Matthew’s Homily for the 5th Sunday of Lent
Read the readings of this Sunday, here. March 20 – 21 – Prayer of the Faithful
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Fr Matthew’s Homily for the 4th Sunday of Lent
Read the readings of this Sunday, here. March 13-14 -Prayer of the Faithful – 4th Sunday of Lent
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Fr Matthew’s Homily for the 3rd Sunday of Lent
Read the readings of this Sunday, here. March 6-7 -Prayer of the Faithful – 3rd Sunday of Lent
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Fr Matthew’s Homily for the 2nd Sunday of Lent
Read the readings of this Sunday, here. Feb 27 – 28 Prayer of the Faithful – 2nd Sunday of Lent
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Fr Matthew’s Homily for the 1st Sunday of Lent
Read the readings of this Sunday, here. Feb 20 – 21 -Prayer of the Faithful – 1st Sunday of Lent
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Fr Matthew’s Homily for the 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Read the readings of this Sunday, here. Feb 13 – 14 -Prayer of the Faithful – 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time Marcel Laforêt about Father Damien, missionary who ministered to lepers on the island of Molokai, Hawaii. Click to see the full painting. A Leper for Christ: Saint Damian of Molokai and Solidarity
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Pre-Lenten Novena
NOVENA IN HONOUR OF THE MOST HOLY FACE OF JESUS If you are looking for a prayerful way to prepare for the beginning of Lent, here is an excellent opportunity: beginning this Sunday, Feb. 7, and ending on Tuesday, Feb. 16 – we can pray this novena – focusing on the astounding gift of Jesus’…
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Fr Matthew’s Homily for the 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time
“The Healing of the Mother-in-Law of Saint Peter” by Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1650s Read the readings of this Sunday, here. Feb 6 – 7 -Prayer of the Faithful – 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time
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Fr Matthew’s Homily for the 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Read the readings of this Sunday, here. Jan 30. 31 – Prayer of the Faithful – 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time
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Fr Matthew’s Homily for the 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Read the readings of this Sunday, here. Jan 24th – Prayer of the Faithful
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Prayer Cards
We are pleased to present a selection of Prayer Cards, suitable for printing for your use. Adobe Acrobat is necessary to open and print the full sized version. Clicking on the thumbnail image will open the full sized Prayer Card. Please scroll down to view the complete collection St.Roch St.Bernard of Clairvaux Our Lady of…
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The Feast of Corpus Christi – A Brief History
The Feast of Corpus Christi A Brief History In the early 13th century a Norbertine Nun in the city of Liege, Belgium named Juliana de Cornillon, received a vision instructing her to promote a feast day honouring the Real Presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist. With permission from the local bishop, Robert de Torote,…
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The Holy Rosary- Rosarium Virginis Mariae, Apostolic Letter
The Holy Rosary is the chief prayer offered to Mary and probably closest to the hearts of the faithful for the past 800 years. In 2002, Pope Saint John Paul II wrote an apostolic letter devoted to the Rosary of the Virgin Mary. It is a beautiful document that teaches, meditates on the mysteries of…
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May – The Month of Mary
For many centuries, the Catholic Church has set aside the entire month of May to honour Mary, Mother of God. Not just one day in May, but the entire month. The custom of focusing on Mary in a special way during May spans many cultures around the world, and can easily be called globally ancient. The month…
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The Exsultet – its history and origins
“This triumphant hymn and wonderful sacramental is the prelude to the Easter solemnities. It is a majestic proclamation of the Resurrection of Christ, a dramatic invitation to heaven and earth to join with the Church in joy and jubilation.” This article at Catholic Culture sheds light on the origins and developments in the history of…
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The Easter Sequence:
Victimae paschali laudes immolent Christiani. Agnus redemit oves: Christus innocens Patri reconciliavit peccatores. Mors et vita duello conflixere mirando: dux vitae mortuus, regnat vivus. Dic nobis Maria, quid vidisti in via? Sepulcrum Christi viventis, et gloriam vidi resurgentis: Angelicos testes, sudarium, et vestes. Surrexit Christus spes mea: praecedet suos in Galilaeam. Scimus Christum surrexisse…
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November – Month of Praying for the Dead
In November the Church remembers our Faithful Departed, as is recommended in the Scriptures of the Old Testament: “It is therefore a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from sins.”(2 Macch. 12, 46). This is found not only in public and private prayers but also in the…
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Chalking of the Door – An Epiphany House Blessing
“Chalking the door” is a way to celebrate and literally mark the occasion of the Epiphany and God’s blessing of our lives and home. With time the chalk will fade. As it does we let the meaning of the symbols written sink into the depths of our heart and be manifest in our words and…
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Oct.14 – Canonization of Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador
Today in Rome Pope Francis will canonize Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador, as well as Pope Paul VI. For your consideration and meditation below is a prayer by Archbishop Oscar Romero entitled “The Long View” “It helps, now and then, to step back and take the long view. The Kingdom is not only beyond…
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Sept. 14 – Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross
The Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, celebrated every year on September 14, recalls three events: the finding of the True Cross by Saint Helena, the mother of the emperor Constantine; the dedication of churches built by Constantine on the site of the Holy Sepulchre and Mount Calvary; and the restoration of the…
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Abuse in the Church – A Pastoral Response
The Catholic Bishops of Alberta and the Northwest Territories have issued a pastoral response to concerns raised by the recent report of extensive clerical sex abuse in Pennsylvania. “Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Like you and faithful Catholics everywhere, we heard the most recent revelations of child sex abuse by clergy in the United…
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Easter Season with the First Disciples: Pentecost
As recorded in Acts of the Apostles, chapter 2, the Apostles proclaimed the Gospel for the first time on Pentecost. When all was said and done, 3,000 people had been added to the Church. That must have been some proclamation! What accounts for its power? The crowds who gathered to hear the Apostles weren’t “wowed”…