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Voting as Catholics: 2019 Federal Election Guide

Canadians go to the polls on October 21, 2019.

The 2019 Federal Election Guide, prepared by the Canadian
Conference of Catholic Bishops' (CCCB) Episcopal Commission for Justice and Peace, in now available online. The Guide offers a reflection on key ethical and moral issues that voters, especially Catholics, may want to consider when voting. The Guide also includes hyperlinks directing the reader to further resources on various issues important to Catholics. To download the guide, click here, or on the photo. Or visit the CCCB website: www.cccb.ca/site/eng

Catholic nun honoured for humanitarian work - Winnipeg Free Press article

Months after her death at age 94, the humanitarian legacy of Sister Aileen Gleason of Winnipeg was publicly recognized on September 12 in Ottawa by Governor-General Julie Payette.
The Roman Catholic nun was posthumously honoured with a Meritorious Service Decoration for sponsoring thousands of refugees through Hospitality House Refugee Ministry, which she co-founded in 1992.

To read the full Winnipeg Free Press article, click here or on photo.

Pastoral Appointments 2019

For the new Pastoral Assignments of Priests and Parish Life Directors, effective August 1st, 2019,

click here, or on photo.

For the Addendum to the Pastoral Announcements, published August 26, 2019, click here. 

A Time and Place set Aside for Christ and Our Lady - The Annual Diocesan Pilgrimage

It's official! The Archdiocese of St. Boniface decreed that the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, in St. Malo, will henceforth be a diocesan sanctuary and the site of the Annual diocesan pilgrimage. Many attended this faith-filled event, held on August 18. Archbishop Albert LeGatt of St. Boniface explains the reasoning behind the decision, and the importance of pilgrimages for our Catholic faith.

To read the complete story, click here, or on photo.

To see pictures of this year's pilgrimage, click here.

Holy Cross Parish Honours the Great Gift of the Eucharist

For nearly ten years, Holy Cross Parish has celebrated the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ in a particular way, by processing through the streets of Norwood, in Winnipeg.

John Scatliff, the Parish Life Director, and Deacon Gilles Urquhart explain how the love of the Eucharist animates this decision to publicly honour the Lord on this most special Sunday.

To read the full story, click here, or on photo.

To view photos of the Corpus Christi Mass and procession, click here.

“Oh Lord, here I am. I come to do your will.”

Blues skies greeted the hundreds who came to Saint Boniface Cathedral on June 1^st to witness and participate in the solemn and powerful sacramental celebration of Ordination to the Order of Priesthood of Peter Lê Văn Ngữ. Surrounded by his family from Vietnam and the United States, this humble and joy-filled young man unconditionally surrendered his personal desires to be molded into the likeness of Christ, the Supreme High Priest.

Peter's friend, Denise Walleyn, was there. To read her testimonial, click here, or on photo.

To view a photo gallery of Peter Lê Văn Ngữ's ordination, click here.