Archives 2026

Funeral Mass for Father Joe Vayalil, September 25, 2026, Notre Dames de Lourdes Parish, Vanier

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PAC27 OVERVIEW

PAC27 – Overview One Faith—One Family | Bringing the World to Jesus through Mary Join the Jubilee33 Journey PAC27 Ignites a Once‑in‑a‑Millennium Moment What Is PAC27? PAC27 is the Pan American Confraternity Marian Congress is: A historic gathering of Catholics from across the Americas—coming together as one family of f

The Weight of a Mass

EDITORIAL: What a priest experienced during the Consecration at a school Mass in Minnesota offers us a glimpse of what’s really happening on the altar.

DIOCESAN NEWS

40 Days for Life  - 2026 

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

40DAYSottawa

Join us as we initiate the 40 Days for Life Ottawa campaign.  We will be gathering at the downtown vigil site, at the southwest corner of Bank and Queen Streets for the kick-off, on Sunday September 20 at 6 pm

Fr. Joseph Vayalil passed away Tuesday, evening September 8, 2026

Funeral:  Thursday, September 24, 2026

Notre Dame du Lourdes, 435 Montreal Road, Ottawa

9:30am viewing

10:30am Mass followed by reception

Military burial 2pm – Beechwood Cemetery

PRO-LIFE MASSES are back!

Join us to pray for an end to abortion and for a pro-life medical centre.

Thursday September 17, 7 pm at St. Anthony's Church, website

Saturday October 10, 11 am at Holy Redeemer Church, website

Jubilee33

In 2033, the Catholic Church will celebrate an Extraordinary Jubilee—marking 2,000 years since the Passion, death, and Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. In anticipation of this moment, an Intercontinental Event every three years will be held —in Canada, the USA and Rome. PAC27 in Canada is the first stadium event.

March for Life Canada - The March - May 14, 2026

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Nationwide one‑hour protest against Bill C‑9/ Standing up for fundamental freedoms - May 1, 2026

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Stop Bill C-9 - Rally on Parliament Hill Thursday March 12, 2026 12:00 PM Ottawa, ON

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Life Chain - Vanier Ontario - October 5, 2025 - corner of Montreal Road and the Vanier Parkway

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Top U.S. political satirist draws attention to plight of Christians in Nigeria - CNA

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Canadian teachers fired for not ‘celebrating and affirming LGBTQ+’ ideology

Devout Christians Matt and Nicole Alexander have lost their teaching careers for refusing to bow to LGBTQ+ ideology. Matt shares how the family's nightmare began after their son, Josh Alexander, was persecuted for taking a stand against male students in girls' bathrooms.

DUR: Born alive, left to die... will Danielle Smith finally act?

There was no incubator waiting. No crash cart. No neonatal specialists. Just a stainless-steel basin, a warm towel, and a room too quiet for what had just happened. She wasn’t supposed to be born alive. Now she wasn’t supposed to live. Policy made sure of it.

Run With Life: Trudeau's legacy of over a $ billion spent on LGBT...

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Tracker: Over 400 Attacks on U.S. Catholic Churches Since May 2020

Last Updated March 6, 2025 Attacks on Catholic Churches Since May 2020:489 Attacks on Catholic Churches Since Supreme Court Leak:324 Attacks on Catholic

Canadian pro-life blogger reports the facts about abortion that mainstream journalists avoid - Jonathon Van Maren

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Know the truth of live birth abortions

Infants born alive after abortion has come up recently. But why discuss this most electric of third rail issues? Babies born alive after an abortion in the second trimester is “common.” Infants born alive after abortion has come up recently. JD Vance asserted on October 1, 2024 that Tim Walz signed...

We Pray " that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, rooted and grounded in love, may have the strength to comprehend with all the holy ones what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.” (Ephesians 3:17–19)