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We are saddened to announce that Deacon Noel “Skip” Jones, ordained to the diaconate on June 11, 1988, in the Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie, passed away on April 16, 2025. Clicking this notice will take you to the obituary at Dignity Memorial. We offer our most sincere condolences to the family. We assure them of our prayers. Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him.

We are saddened to announce that Dc. Dan Laframboise passed away on Friday, March 21, 2025, at the age of 80. He was ordained to the diaconate on May 21, 1982. Clicking this summary will take you to the obituary at Hillside Funeral Services. We offer our most sincere condolences to the family and assure them of our prayers. Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him.

We are saddened to announce that Norma Milligan passed away on March 11, 2025, at the age of 93. Norma was a member of the Diocesan Order of Service. She was the wife of the late Deacon Don Milligan, p.d. Clicking this summary will take you to the obituary at Hillside Funeral. We offer our most sincere condolences to the family and assure them of our prayers. Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon her.

May 26, 1933 – June 14, 2024

A Christmas Message from our Bishop!

Letter from Bishop Dowd

On October 23, 2023, the C.C.C.B. announced Bishop Dowd's appointment as Co-Moderator of the Joint Working Group between the Roman Catholic Church and the World Council of Churches (WCC). We extend to Bishop Dowd our most sincere congratulations for this new appointment.

It is with sadness, that we inform you that Archbishop Marcel Gervais passed away on Sunday August 6,2023.

The present location of the Diocesan Centre is no longer feasible. Ever since the Diocese began leasing at the present location (30 Ste. Anne Road), plans to move were undertaken. The time to vacate the present location has now become necessary.

Tuesday, August 15th, 2023 at 7pm. If forecast calls for rain, please join us for at Ste-Anne-des-Pins

Wednesday, July 26th, 2023 at 7:00 pm 271 Van Horne St, Sudbury, ON P3B 1J1

We are saddened to announce that Mrs. Lucille Durocher, passed away on June 24, 2023. She was the mother of the Most Rev. Paul-André Durocher, Archbishop of Gatineau. Archbishop Durocher was Auxiliary Bishop in the Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie from 1997 to 2002.