The Annunciator

Newsletter of the Church of the Annunciation

of the Blessed Virgin Mary Anglican Patrimony within the Catholic Communion

Canadian Deanery of St John the Baptist Personal Ordinariate of the

Chair of St Peter

289 Spencer Street Ottawa ON K1Y 2R1 613-722-9139

www.annunciationofthebvm.org

Vol. 23 No. 11 –OCTOBER 2021

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SIN & HOLY FIRE TRINITY XVII, September 26th, 2021: Numbers 11:25-29; James 5:1-6; Mark 9:38-43,45,47-48

“If your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye

than with two eyes to be thrown into hell, where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched."

There are consequences to sin, and hell is real. The former separates us from God in this

world; the latter is the eternal separation from Him in that which is to come.

Many people outside and even within the Church maintain that Jesus preached tolerance, peace and

love, and doing good unto others; it is His followers who are presuming to judge people. Well, yes, He did

indeed warn His disciples not to set themselves up as the judges—God looks after that; and they need to

bring His judgement to bear, not their own—however, those who really pursue Jesus in the gospels find

that He spoke more than anyone about judgement, and the eternal consequences of our actions and

attitudes. He was clear that there will be an accounting; that, while some will be gathered into life,

others will be cast into outer darkness and a fire which will not be extinguished. Such He said are the

fires of “Hell”—Greek: εννα Gehenna, which was the area of the garbage dump south of the city, outside

the wall, where there was always a smoldering fire, with worms (maggots) swarming refuse cast there.

In fact, He has come because the world needs a Saviour to heal the mortal wound of Sin, to rescue from

death into Life; for without His grace, we cannot enter into God’s kingdom: God so loved the world that he

gave his only-begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God sent the Son

into the world, not to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him. John 3:16-17

G.K. Chesterton once remarked that Original Sin is the easiest of Christian doctrines to prove; one need

only open the Newspaper. There was a Fall, of which we are all inheritors; a descent into sin and death,

and a broken nature which inclines away from God, perpetually disregarding His will. But, for there to

be a Fall, there had to be an original design of God—what we were created for—and Scripture does set

out the plan for Man, the human creature, made in the image and likeness of God, intended for life in

communion with Him, knowing and abiding in His perfect love and will; being and living like He is.

Jesus called the devil a “murderer from the beginning” and a liar by nature, and his work in the Garden

was to seduce our first parents into pursuit of that likeness by trying to be godlike in their own right;

going their own way and becoming, in effect, their own gods. However, following that way meant

separation on every level—breaking of the fellowship/communion with God—such that even the Garden

became a torment, where God’s Presence was suddenly experienced as a burning Light from which they

felt need to conceal themselves in fear and discomfort (suddenly naked and ashamed!)

So there was the casting out from Eden and the Tree of Life; for to eat of it then would be no longer

heavenly but the very entrance into hell: i.e. eternal existence (if it could be so called) without God. Such

is the end of self-will & indulgence; and Adam, created to be a son of God, became in a profound sense

offspring of the evil one, inheritor of death not life; but we were not created for this!

Walk with me, if you will, back through the life of another key biblical figure, a most special son: the

“Son of David”: Solomon, who would become the type of the Christ (Messiah) to come. …continued on page 2…

Recall God’s promise to David to build him an house—

an everlasting dynasty through his son who would

build God’s house (2 Samuel 7:11-17). We know of this

Solomon, who humbly asked for wisdom, not for his

own aggrandizement, but to govern God’s people well;

who built the magnificent first Temple and produced

an expansive and fruitful Kingdom; in all ways

acknowledging the LORD’s majesty. At least such

were the early years of his reign, before he was

seduced by the lust of his eyes after beauty and

power: acquiring some 700 wives and 300

concubines—doubtless many for his own indulgence,

others to form lucrative alliances (cf. Deuteronomy

17:14-20, esp. v.17). Then followed his hands, as he

made accommodation for his spouses’ religious

practices—not just allowing or turning a blind eye to

them, but himself constructing High Places for their

sacrifices to their deities; where his feet took him—

where he knew he was not to go!—to those very High

Places to sacrifice even his own sons on the altars of

the abominations of the Moabites, and of the

Ammonites, and of the Sidonians. So the great, wise

ruler, Solomon, died in disgrace, and the kingdom was

torn in two as it passed to his son, and the next two

generations followed in his shameful ways.

Things improved somewhat thereafter, through

several relatively good kings of Judah who did what was

right in the eyes of the LORD. However, none of them

removed the high places, until the LORD raised up

Hezekiah, who removed the high places, and broke the

pillars, and cut down the Asherah. And he broke in pieces

the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days

the people of Israel had burned incense to it; it was called

Nehushtan. 2 Kings 18:4

Sadly, that was short-lived as his son Manasseh,

appeared to undo it all: he rebuilt the high places which

Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he erected altars for

Ba′al, and made an Asherah, as Ahab king of Israel had

done, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served

them. 2 Kings 21:3 But the LORD was not finished, and

raised Hezekiah’s great-grandson, Josiah, to renew

and complete his work, finally destroying and

definitively desecrating the High Places of Tophet, in

the Valley of the Sons of Hinnom (Hinnom Vale), to

the south of Jerusalem. Jeremiah would later speak

God’s condemnation upon the place (cf. Jeremiah 7:31,

32) and Isaiah’s vision of final confrontation appears

to mark it as the destination of the wicked, “And they

shall go forth and look [from Jerusalem] on the dead bodies

of the men that have rebelled against me; for their worm

shall not die, their fire shall not be quenched, and they shall

be an abhorrence to all flesh.” Isaiah 66:24

By the first Century, this was the site of the garbage

dump outside the city walls, featuring a perpetually

smoldering fire and wormy maggots feeding upon the

refuse cast therein: Hinnom Vale; Greek εννα

Gehenna—one of the two words used by Jesus,

traditionally translated as Hell, and that used in

today’s Gospel, “Where their worm does not die, and the

fire is not quenched." So, it was not in fact just a

garbage dump, but that which had once been a haunt

of callous and capricious pagan deities, demanding

propitiation through child sacrifice, “Which I [the LORD] did not command, nor did it come into my mind.”

(Jer. 7:31) i.e. as far removed from mind, heart and will

of God and godlikeness as possible.

In contrast, we see Christ raised upon the

Cross &—cf. Isaiah 52:13-14—not to

propitiate an angry deity, but Himself given

freely in love to the Father, by whom we are

gathered out of sin into His death, that we

may be raised with Him into eternal Life in the LORD.

As St. John Chrysostom once reflected, the body

crucified cannot in its limbs pursue sin, so hands, feet

and head—the seat of the eyes and all that they take

in—along with the heart are bound to Christ, with

Him on the Cross, and offered to the Father to be

renewed in perfect chastity of body and soul; the old

man is put off, the New put on:, even Jesus Christ (cf. Ephesians 4:22-24; Colossians 3:9-10).

If your hand, foot or eye causes you to sin—moves you

to the fire and separation from life—CUT IT OFF!

PLUCK IT OUT! Likewise, any one of these parts

causes little ones to stray, fling it from yourself! Yield

it all to Christ; renounce it; let it be crucified! Hell is

not worth it, but heaven is.

It may be that for some of us images of amputation,

mutilation of oneself, rings too much of punishment

and being hobbled rather than freed for our service to

our Lord in this world. Perhaps a more helpful image

would be that of pruning away the unruly growth

which bears no good and lasting fruit, rather bitter,

even poisonous produce instead (cf. John 15:1-6).

That too is goes back to the Garden, where Adam had

been set as priest/gardener to till and to keep God’s

well-ordered, bountiful growth; yet out of which he

and his bride were cast because of sin, to dwell instead

amidst a profusion of thorns and thistles, scraping for

sustenance, deprived of abundant sustaining fruit. “In

the sweat of your face you shall eat bread till you return to

the ground, for out of it you were taken; you are dust, and to

dust you shall return.” Genesis 3:19

Sometimes God’s pruning may be quite severe, but

always its end is to bring good growth unto eternal

life—full of hope in the vision of what we were created

for: fruitful communion with Him

There are consequences to sin, and hell is real. The

former separates us from God in this world; the latter

is the eternal separation from Him in that which is to

come. We were not created for this, but for Him.

Take my life, and let it be

Consecrated, LORD, to Thee.

Take my moments and my days;

Let them flow in ceaseless praise.

In Christ Jesus, Fr. Doug

Based in Houston, Texas, this Ordinariate has more than 40 Roman Catholic parishes and communities across the United States and

Canada.

The Ordinariate was created to provide a path for groups of Anglicans to become fully Roman Catholic, while retaining elements of their

worship traditions and spiritual heritage in their union with the

Catholic Church. The Ordinariate is a key ecumenical venture exemplifying the Second Vatican Council’s vision for Christian unity,

in which diverse expressions of one faith are joined together in the

Church.

The Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter was established in

response to repeated and persistent inquiries from Anglicans who over time, have come to identify the Catholic Church as their home. Those

joining the Ordinariate have discerned they are truly Catholic in what

they believe and desire full membership in the Catholic Church.

There are three Personal Ordinariates in the world: Our Lady of Walsingham in the United Kingdom; the Chair of Saint Peter in the

United States and Canada; and Our Lady of the Southern Cross in

Australia.

Parishes and communities in the Ordinariates are fully Roman

Catholic, but retain elements of Anglican traditions in their liturgy, hospitality and ministries.

In the Second Vatican Council’s Decree on Ecumenism (Unitatis redintegatio), the Catholic Church specified what it would look like to

bring all Christians together into communion. The Council said Christian groups would bring their own distinctive traditions to the

Catholic Church; they would not be suppressed or absorbed. The

Vatican’s remarkable ecumenical gesture in establishing the Ordinariates affirms the Catholic Church’s view that the patrimony of

differing Christian spiritualities and liturgies is a treasure meant to be

shared within the Catholic tradition.

Called to be gracious instruments of Christian unity, members of the

Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter are led by a bishop who is appointed by the Pope. Bishop Steven J. Lopes is the first bishop of

the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter.

Like other bishops in the United States and Canada, the bishop serves under the direct authority of the Pope to build up the Catholic Church

through mutual mission and ministry.

The bishop is a full member of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops.

SOME NOTES FOR OCTOBER 2021

Streaming of services: https://www.facebook.com/annunciationofthebvm/

i) SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3rd TRINITY XVIII (OT 27)

{Solemnity} 8:00AM Said Mass

9:20 Mattins/10:00AM SUNG MASS

4:00PM Solemn Evensong & Benediction

ii) SUNDAY, OCT. 10th HARVEST THANKSGIVING (OT 28) {Solemnity} 8:00AM Said Mass

9:20 Mattins/10:00AM Sung Mass

iii) SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17th TRINITY XX (OT 29)

{Solemnity} 8:00AM Said Mass

9:20 Mattins/10:00AM Sung Mass

4:00PM Evening Prayer & Sermon

iv) MONDAY, OCTOBER 18th ST. LUKE the EVANGELIST {Feast} 7:30AM Mattins/8:00 Said Mass

5:30PM Evensong/6:00 SUNG MASS

v) SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24th TRINITY XXI (OT 30)

{Solemnity} 8:00AM Said Mass

9:20 Mattins/10:00AM Sung Mass

vi) THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28th {Feast} SAINTS SIMON and JUDE APOSTLES

5:30PM Mattins/10AM Sung Mass

vii) SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30th

{Feria} 7:45-8:15AM Confession/8:30 Mattins

9:00AM Healing Mass

10:00-10:30AM Adoration

viii) SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31st TRINITY XXII (OT 31) {Solemnity} 8:00AM Said Mass

9:20 Mattins/10:00AM Sung Mass

ix) MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1st ALL SAINTS DAY

{Solemnity} 7:30AM Mattins/8:oo Said MAss

5:30PM Evensong/6:00 Sung Mass

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viii) TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd ALL SOULS DAY COMMEMORATION OF THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED

8:30AM Mattins/9:00 Said Requiem Mass 5:30PM Evensong/6:00 Sung Requiem Mass

MICHAEL’S MUSINGS

In last month's article I gave a detailed description of a summer

camp that my son Robert and I attended in August, and my

installation as a leader with their Timberwolves program for 8-12

year old boys (something of a surprise even for me, but something

which I am enjoying very much).

Since then we've continued growing. We now have over 20 boys

signed up, with more potentially interested, and six leaders. Last

weekend was spent at St. John's Camp, for an annual fall weekend

camp, which (just like our summer camp) included Mass each

day, along with a range of activities to strengthen body and mind.

Capture the flag, a long hike, and evening campfires rounded out

a busy weekend. Fr. Lawrence Hyginus, vocations director for

the Companions of the Cross, was with us the whole time, and

ended the weekend by giving a mini-retreat on the Cardinal

Virtues. Our weekly meetings might start with a short game of

soccer, before moving into skits, stories, songs, and knot tying

practice. We always begin and end with prayer, teaching the boys

the Apostles’ Creed, the Saint Michael Prayer, the Rosary, and

other traditional prayers.

Somewhere in all of

this, I've earned a new

name, a Jungle Book

name. I play the role of

Sahi the Porcupine,

perhaps one of the less

well known friends of

Mowgli the man cub.

He is, as I am told

(being less than fully

up to speed on my

jungle lore) considered the most intelligent of the jungle animals,

but perhaps not the fastest (perhaps, to put it politely, inclined to

enjoy rather large and sumptuous meals).

Although, as I say, I'm not as familiar with the Jungle Book as I'd

like to be, I am appreciating the opportunity to learn what made

Kipling's book so attractive to Lord Baden-Powell as a sort of

curriculum for children, particularly young boys. Actually, the

more I see of the jungle that is high school, the more sense it

makes.

We often associate the expression “raised by wolves” with

something rather negative, the idea of losing one’s humanity or

being wild; but for Mowgli, this is a very positive experience, as

it allows him to survive in the jungle, when otherwise he would

have fallen prey to Shere Khan the Tiger. The scene of Mowgli's

wolf mother standing up to Shere Khan is truly an amazing

portrayal of motherhood, and would be, I think, a wonderfully

beautiful story for any mother (particularly any adoptive mother)

to read. It also reminded me of the way that Our Lady defends

her children from Satan.

Shere Khan himself provides a very useful image of Satan as a

frightening, but ultimately defeated enemy. I had been familiar

since childhood with the portrayal of the tiger in the Disney

movie, as a quite powerful and frightening beast, but in the book,

there is a crucial difference. Shere Khan walks with a limp, and

cannot hunt wild animals in any sort of fair fight. Instead, he kills

domestic cattle from the villages, and would stoop so low as to

attack humans themselves, even a child. Shere Khan thus

provides an image of both the incredible danger of evil, but also

its weakness and innate unattractiveness. As C.S. Lewis

observed, I think both in Mere Christianity and (from the demonic

perspective) in The Screwtape Letters, sin often requires at least a

certain amount of virtue, courage for instance (twisted, of

course). But the tiger who would hunt an innocent child does not

have courage, does not have anything attractive to offer.

Ultimately, Shere Khan meets his end because of his laziness and

gluttony. He wants to hunt Mowgli, but first has devoured a

whole pig, and is very full and sleepy, taking a nap in a dangerous

place from which he cannot escape. (I won’t spoil the whole

story, but Mowgli defeats Shere Khan without laying a hand on

him.) And yet, before the tiger’s demise, we see Shere Khan

actually winning over many of the young wolves, promising them

that they will be truly "free" by embracing lawlessness. The

wolves are truly the "free people" they claim to be only in so far

as they remember the "law of the jungle", and are obedient to

their chief wolf, their Akela. We teach our Timberwolves the

following law: "The wolf listens to the old wolf; the wolf does not

listen to himself."

Mowgli also is an

attractive

character for

children who

might feel out of

place in their

families, or in the

world — this is

true particularly for children who may have been adopted, but I

think this works much more broadly. Mowgli lives in two

worlds, as he is adopted into a wolf family, but experiences some

difficulties remaining in that world. Likewise, when he returns to

a human village, he is not completely accepted because of his

ability to talk to animals. For us as human beings, we have the

experience of being spiritual, like God and the angels, but also

being physical in the same way as the animals. We see in Christ

the perfect image of what God had in mind when he made us this

way, but we are fallen, and easily led astray by the forces of evil.

This often causes us either to reject our bodies (more than ever,

we face the temptation to live in a virtual world, among other

temptations) or to forget about the desperate need we have for a

connection with God. Mowgli's experiences as he grows up in the

jungle provide children with a wonderful resource here, but

ultimately they remind us of the need we have for the

reconciliation and full re-integration of our body and soul that can

only be found in Christ. For this reason, I'm so excited that the

program I'm volunteering with is both a traditional wolf cub

program, based on Baden-Powell's creative use of Kipling's

Jungle Book characters, but also a Catholic program, where our

Faith is fully integrated with the rest of the program. For us, the

hikes, campfires and jungle stories go hand in hand with our

regular celebration of Mass and Confession, prayer and praise,

and, of course, the traditional wolf cub pledge, “We are of the

same blood, you and I,” carries additional meaning for us, since

God himself shares this with us, and makes us one with each

other. We who receive Christ in the Eucharist are literally the

same blood with him.

I would continue to ask your prayers. The last week in particular

has been tremendously busy, as Becca and I have so many

activities with our young family, as the school year ramps up, and

as we continue to develop the Timberwolves program. It has also

been difficult emotionally, as I work to develop rapport with

students who need counselling and spiritual care, all while

knowing that I will be leaving them before Christmas. I miss

them already, and the year has only gotten started. We have also

run into some difficulties with Becca’s supervised ministry

placement, as my chaplaincy colleague who is acting as her

supervisor has faced some health problems. The next three

months will be a frantic race, so, as always, we appreciate your

prayerful encouragement.

Michael Trolly

(Michael is our Cantor, Organist, Instituted Acolyte & a father of three)

Film captures story of 'Enduring Faith' By Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic Register September 18, 2021

To understand what it means to be Catholic in North America, one must

also understand the story of the Indigenous peoples of the land. That is

the message behind the new documentary Enduring Faith: The Story of

Native American Catholics, produced by the Knights of Columbus.

At just over an hour in length, the film explores the legacy of faith and

impact of Indigenous Americans on Catholicism through the stories of

Indigenous Catholics themselves and the impact of Our Lady of

Guadalupe and St. Kateri Tekakwitha.

The film aims to inspire a deeper appreciation for the spiritual and

cultural gifts of Indigenous peoples, raise awareness of the pains inflicted

on them through unjust government policy and reflect a sense of hope

through the ways in which Indigenous Catholics today continue to live

out their faith and culture.

Directed by Emmy Award-winning director David Naglieri, the film was

born out of a broader initiative spearheaded by the now retired Supreme

Knight, Carl Anderson, at the Knights’ convention in 2019 in

Minneapolis. The goal was to build bridges with Indigenous groups

across the United States and increase a sense of brotherhood. The

initiative aims to increase awareness about the contributions Indigenous

have made to the Catholic Church and provide deeper understanding for

Catholics across North America of their rich heritage in the faith.

“Oftentimes when we think about the Catholic experience, at least in

America, we automatically think of the Irish potato famine immigrants,

large groups of Italians and Poles and other ethnicities that came late

19th century, early part of the 20th century, which dramatically changed

the landscape of our country and give us a real Catholic identity,” said

Naglieri, who is best known for directing the 2018 film Liberating a

Continent: John Paul II and the Fall of Communism, which earned five

Emmy nominations. “We easily can forget or be ignorant of the fact that

Native American Catholics are practising their faith and oftentimes even

dying for their faith, going back into the 1600s, so we wanted to bring a

deeper awareness of that.”

The Knights’ project encompassed a number of initiatives, including

building a shrine in New Mexico to St. Kateri Tekakwitha, the

Algonquin-Mohawk laywoman who was canonized in 2012. It also

brought Knights of Columbus charitable initiatives on to the reservations

to better the lives of Indigenous, which included a Coats for Kids and

wheelchair distribution project in the fall of 2019.

Anderson’s deep devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe was part of the

catalyst that helped to inspire the making of this film. He co-authored the

New York Times bestselling book Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mother of the

Civilization of Love in 2002. History says that a series of apparitions of

the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to a later canonized farmer named

Juan Diego in 1531 in Mexico. In the years that followed millions of

Indigenous people embraced the Catholic faith.

“The message of Our Lady of Guadalupe is very much that you can

embrace the Catholic faith without losing your Indigenous identity,” said

Naglieri. “That key idea had a very big impact on Carl Anderson as the

executive producer of the film and it’s still the guiding vision very much

for what the Knights of Columbus are trying to do with the new

evangelization and spreading devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe.”

The many Indigenous members of the Knights also inspired the making

of the film, including prominent members such as Patrick T. Mason,

supreme secretary, and Graydon Nicholas, former Lieutenant Governor

of New Brunswick who has sat on the Knights board of directors. They

are just two of the 18 Indigenous and First Nation contributors of various

backgrounds who lend their voices to the documentary.

Enduring Faith’s focus is primarily on the United States, but Nicholas

delves into the impact John Paul’s 1984 and 1987 visit to Canada had on

him and on First Nations’ people throughout Canada. During those visits

the former pope spoke to Indigenous peoples about their inherent value

and the dignity of Indigenous peoples and also famously participated in a

smudge ceremony.

“That was one of the great elements of John Paul II’s papacy, the

teachings of the dignity of the human purpose,” said Naglieri. “I think

it’s great for Canadians watching this film to think back and remember

the impact John Paul II had because I think it was a significant one all

over the world and in Canada as well.”

Naglieri worked very closely with Fr. Henry Sands, executive director of

the Black and Indian Mission Office with the United States Conference

of Catholic Bishops. An Anishinaabe Ojibwe, Ottawa, Potawatomi from

California, he served as the principal advisor of the film and is one of the

most prominent interviews.

Enduring Faith, along with resources for discussion and reflection, are

available on the Knights of Columbus website,

www.kofc.org/en/news-room/enduring-faith.

Statement of Apology by the Catholic Bishops of Canada

to the Indigenous Peoples of This Land

We, the Catholic Bishops of Canada, gathered in Plenary this week, take

this opportunity to affirm to you, the Indigenous Peoples of this land, that

we acknowledge the suffering experienced in Canada’s Indian

Residential Schools. Many Catholic religious communities and dioceses

participated in this system, which led to the suppression of Indigenous

languages, culture and spirituality, failing to respect the rich history,

traditions and wisdom of Indigenous Peoples. We acknowledge the grave

abuses that were committed by some members of our Catholic

community; physical, psychological, emotional, spiritual, cultural, and

sexual. We also sorrowfully acknowledge the historical and ongoing

trauma and the legacy of suffering and challenges faced by Indigenous

Peoples that continue to this day. Along with those Catholic entities

which were directly involved in the operation of the schools and which

have already offered their own heartfelt apologies1, we2, the Catholic

Bishops of Canada, express our profound remorse and apologize

unequivocally.

We are fully committed to the process of healing and reconciliation.

Together with the many pastoral initiatives already underway in dioceses

across the country, and as a further tangible expression of this ongoing

commitment, we are pledging to undertake fundraising in each region of

the country to support initiatives discerned locally with Indigenous

partners. Furthermore, we invite the Indigenous Peoples to journey with

us into a new era of reconciliation, helping us in each of our dioceses

across the country to prioritize initiatives of healing, to listen to the

experience of Indigenous Peoples, especially to the survivors of Indian

Residential Schools, and to educate our clergy, consecrated men and

women, and lay faithful, on Indigenous cultures and spirituality. We

commit ourselves to continue the work of providing documentation or

records that will assist in the memorialization of those buried in

unmarked graves.

Having heard the requests to engage Pope Francis in this reconciliation

process, a delegation of Indigenous survivors, Elders/knowledge keepers,

and youth will meet with the Holy Father in Rome in December 2021.

Pope Francis will encounter and listen to the Indigenous participants, so

as to discern how he can support our common desire to renew

relationships and walk together along the path of hope in the coming

years. We pledge to work with the Holy See and our Indigenous partners

on the possibility of a pastoral visit by the Pope to Canada as part of this

healing journey.

We commit ourselves to continue accompanying you, the First Nations,

Métis and Inuit Peoples of this land. Standing in respect of your

resiliency, strength and wisdom, we look forward to listening to and

learning from you as we walk in solidarity.

24 September 2021

1 Indian Residential Schools and TRC - Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (cccb.ca)

2 The CCCB website has a link to several apologies previously offered by Catholic bishops,

including those offered by bishops at national TRC events

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Fri, October 1st (St. Therese of the Child Jesus, Virgin & Doctor) [ ] 7:30 Mattins/8AM Mass

SATURDAY, October 2nd (Holy Guardian Angels) 7:45-8:15AM Confession/Reconciliation ] 8:30AM Mattins/9AM Mass

10:00-10:30AM Adoration SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3rd EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY 8:00AM Mass (OT 27) [GREEN] {Solemnity} after TRINITY 9:20AM Mattins 10:00AM Sung Mass 4:00PM Evensong & Benediction

Mon, October 4th (St. Francis of Assisi) [ ] 7:30 Mattins/8AM Mass Tues, October 5th (St. Faustina Kowalska, Virgin) [ ] 8:30 Mattins/9AM Mass

Wed, October 6th (St. Bruno, Priest)[ ] 8:30 Mattins/9AM Mass Thursday, October 7th (Our Lady of the Rosary) 5:30PM Evensong [ Blue] 6:00PM Mass

Fri, October 8th (St. Denis, Bishop & Companions, Martyrs) [RED] 7:30AM Mattins/8AM Mass Saturday, October 9th (St. John Henry Newman) 7:45-8:15AM Confession/Reconciliation [ ] 8:30AM Mattins/9:00 Mass 10:00-10:30AM Adoration SUNDAY, OCTOBER 10th HARVEST THANKSGIVING: 8:00AM Mass (OT 28) [ ] {Solemnity} NINETEENTH SUNDAY after TRINITY 9:20AM Mattins/10AM Sung Mass

Mon, October 11th (Thanksgiving Day) [ ] 7:30 Mattins/8AM Mass Tues, October 12th (St. Wilfrid, Bishop) [ ] 8:30 Mattins/9AM Mass

Wednesday, October 13th (St. Edward the Confessor) [ ] 8:30 Mattins/9AM Mass Thursday, October 14th (St. Callistus I, Pope & Martyr) 5:30PM Evensong [RED] 6:00PM Mass

Friday, October 15th (St. Teresa of Jesus, Virgin & Doctor) [ ] 7:30 Mattins/8AM Mass Saturday, October 16th (St. Marguerite d’Youville, Religious) 7:45-8:15AM Confession/Reconciliation

] 8:30 Mattins/9:00AM Mass 10:00-10:30AM Adoration SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17th TWENTIETH SUNDAY 8:00AM Mass (OT 29) [GREEN] {Solemnity} after TRINITY 9:20AM Mattins/10AM Sung Mass 4:00PM Sung Evening Prayer & Sermon MONDAY, October 18th (ST. LUKE THE EVANGELIST 7:30 Mattins/8AM Mass [RED] {Feast} 5:30 Evensong/6PM SUNG MASS

Tuesday, October 19th (St. Paul of the Cross, Priest) [ ] 8:30 Mattins/9AM Mass Wednesday, October 20th (St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, Virgin) [ ] 8:30 Mattins/9AM Mass

Thursday, October 21st (Feria) 5:30pm Evensong GREEN 6:00PM Mass

Friday, October 22nd (St. John Paul II, Pope) [ ] 7:30 Mattins/8:00AM Mass Saturday, October 23rd (St. John of Capistrano, Priest) 7:45-8:15AM Confession/Reconciliation [ ] 8:30AM Mattins/9:00 Mass 10:00-10:30AM Adoration SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24th TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY 8:00AM Mass (OT 30) [GREEN] {Solemnity} after TRINITY 9:20 Mattins/10:00AM Sung Mass

Monday, October 25th (Feria) [GREEN] 7:30 Mattins/8AM Mass Tuesday, October 26th (Feria) [GREEN] 8:30 Mattins/9AM Mass

Wednesday, October 27th (Feria) [GREEN] 8:30 Mattins/9AM Mass Thursday, OCTOBER 28th (SAINTS SIMON & JUDE, 5:30PM Evensong [RED] {Feast} APOSTLES) 6:00PM Mass

Friday, October 29th (Feria) [GREEN] 7:30AM Mattins/8AM Mass Saturday, October 30th (Feria) 7:45-8:15AM Confession/Reconciliation [GREEN] 8:30AM Mattins/9:00 Healing Mass 10:00-10:30AM Adoration SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31st TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY 8:00AM Mass (OT 31)

[GREEN] {Solemnity} after TRINITY 9:20AM Mattins/10AM Sung Mass

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1st (ALL SAINTS DAY) 7:30 Mattins/8AM Mass [ ] {Solemnity} 5:30 Evensong/6PM SUNG MASS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd ALL SOULS DAY 8:30 Mattins/9AM Requiem Mass [BLACK] 5:30 Evensong/6PM SUNG REQUIEM MASS

Wednesday, November 3rd (St. Martin de Porres, Religious) [ ] 8:30 Mattins/9AM Mass Thursday, November 4th (St. Charles Borremeo, Bishop) [ ] 5:30PM Evensong /6:00PM Mass