For Canadian Catholic youth, Rise Up is like a rock concert. It’s the place to be, the ideal place to share your faith and be inspired by other people’s. This annual event organized by Catholic Christian Outreach (CCO) is one of the largest (…)
Holy Spirit Province
We are the Franciscans of Canada and on this page, we share news from the whole province. You will find here information about friars or ministries that we want you to introduce to you. Friars who only occasionally contribute to the website also post their writings here.
Over the past year, St. Joseph the Worker parish in Richmond, BC, has found ways to adapt to the pandemic context. The pastoral team and the pastor, Pierre Ducharme, OFM, used imaginative approaches to reach people and spread the good news. Fr. Pierre’s (…)
Today we bow our heads to receive ashes. At the end of Lent, we will bow even lower to wash the feet of our brothers and sisters. Lent is a humble descent both inwards and towards others. It is about realizing that salvation (…)
Some people know. Some are doubtful. Some don’t want to see it. Yet poverty, homelessness, precarious employment and food insecurity are very much with us here in Canada. The pandemic has only exacerbated this trend. Across the country, youth, families, workers and seniors (…)
Inspiration and Discovery From Cover to Cover To my great joy, I was given the opportunity to introduce myself to you and tell you about my extraordinary duties in the Rosemont convent. My name is Maxime Laprade, and I am a master’s student in (…)
« We continue to serve those who call. » As we all struggled with the pandemic over the past 6 months things have been fairly quiet at “The Mount.” The time has allowed us to do more thorough cleaning and maintenance of our (…)
Robert Mokry had visited Morocco in the past. It was long before he decided to become a Franciscan, but that first trip marked a turning point in his life. It caused him to look at his own Catholic faith more closely. This questioning (…)
Solidarity with the poor and the marginalized is an integral part of Franciscan spirituality and one of the priorities of the Order of Friars Minor. St. Francis of Assisi not only loved Christ who was poor but he also loved Christ in the (…)
Across Canada, there are many types of schools: private, public, specialized, denominational, and so on. All of them meet a need based on the families that they serve. Among denominational schools, some are called Catholic in acknowledgement of their history. And then there (…)
Fear and honour, praise and bless, give thanks and adore the Lord God Almighty in Trinity and in Unity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, the Creator of all. (…)
