Mrs. Rose Maric, Fr. Veselko's sister, died in Croatia on June 26th, 2017. We offer our most sincere condolences to Fr. Veselko and his family. We assure them of our prayers and support.
Bishop Damphousse will be presiding a Mass for Canada Day on Friday June 30th at the Grotto in Sudbury. During this bilingual celebration, the Bishop will consecrate our country on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Confederation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Our Lady of Canada. Mass is at 7 pm, preceded by the rosary at 6:30 pm. We are grateful to the Daughters of Isabella who are sponsoring the event.
The General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops has announced a new website in preparation for the Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops which will take place during October 2018 on the theme "Young People, the Faith and Vocational Discernment". The site is designed to promote the broad, interactive participation of young people around the world in preparation for the Synod, and includes an online questionnaire to which they are invited to respond and submit to the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops by 30 November 2017. The website can be accessed in a number of languages and includes video archives and documents for the preparation of the Synod. (Once on the link go down the page to choose a language).
I personally had a unique occasion to renew my apostolic mission exactly a month ago at the tomb of St. Peter in the context of the Ontario Bishops' Ad Limina Apostolorum visit in Rome.