October 16th, 2011
What has been your reaction to the Occupy Wall St. movement? It has already spread to over 150 other cities in the States and is soon coming to Canada. The whole movement is an expression of people power and people’s frustration. Some have compared it to the Arab Spring Movement in the Middle East. The protestors call themselves the 99% people. The sit-ins are made up of the little people, the have-nots, peaceful people who want their voices heard, people who are living on the edge, people who are angry at the unfairness of the huge profits made by banks and big corporations at their expense. Many of the protestors are young unemployed, frustrated university graduates who cannot find employment and are burdened by their student loan debts.
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In this week’s bulletin, registration for sacraments, Scarboro Missions on Jewish-Christian dialogue and the Mosaic Peace Meal.
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October 9th, 2011
When was the last time you received a wedding invitation and had to fill in the blanks – will attend – will not attend – number attending – your choice of food? You would never think of showing up at a wedding reception without being invited.
Happy Thanksgiving! In this week’s bulletin, a look at the new mass, the Holy Land Christian Families olive wood sale, and the Mosaic Peace Meal.
October 2nd, 2011
We really miss the point if we think that our major task in reading scripture is to examine the historical period in which it was written so as to have a better understanding of how life was lived in those days.
If the word of God lives for us and is a force in our lives it must be spoken now. It must be heard now. Paul’s charge to the Philippians is that they live what they have learned and accepted. Living the word, more than the study of it, yields “God’s own peace beyond all understanding”
Founded by St. Paul of the Cross, every Passionist takes a special vow to spend his or her energies in promoting remembrance of the sufferings of Jesus, the memory of the Cross, and reflection of the meaning of the Cross for the world.
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Companion for the Walk of the Stations of the Cosmic Earth
St. Gabriel’s Garden – Guided Sensory Reflective Walk
