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World Youth Day Pilgrimage: Tough Yet Uplifting
A couple of good friends and I felt it would be a great ‘once in a lifetime’ opportunity to experience World Youth Day in Madrid. Hearing that a religious order called the Institute of the Incarnate Word (IVE for short) was offering a World Youth Day pilgrimage travelling to Portugal, France, and Spain for a month, we eagerly signed up. During our stay, our group of about 300 which included youth, many sisters, brothers, and priests indeed lived the pilgrim life.
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World Youth Day 2011
This weekend in Madrid, Spain hundreds of thousands of pilgrims, many of them young adults, will be gathering for World Youth Day. It is inspiring to know that so many young Catholics gathered who are and seeking to be "Rooted and Built Up in Jesus Christ, Firm in the Faith" (Colossians 2:7). Let us join in that mission, praying that we may be grounded and formed in Christ. -
Goodbye, Hello!
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Religion and Science are Not Contradictory
Fr. Rob Allore, priest and scientist, came to the University of Paris Mississauga on March 8th as part of the Theology on Tap on Tour series organized by Fontebonne Ministries’ Community Health Center program.
Fr. Rob spoke about two topics that he felt were particularly important and interesting: the creation of life and the cloning of humans. -
Food: The Ritual Element Behind Our Unity
Hector Acero writes on the Regis College Friends in the Lord blog:
"Recently, I had the wonderful opportunity to participate in a Seder Meal organized as a part of the Community Health Center initiative of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Paris. One of the Sisters, having lived within Jewish communities and therefore experienced first hand the Jewish hospitality and way of life, opened the doors of her house to a small group of young-adults, and volunteered to recreate the Seder Meal as a respectful formative experience."
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A Powerful Guide for Daily Living
At Theology on Tap on April 13, Dr. Josephine Lombardi gave an inspiring lecture on how the Lord's Prayer is a powerful guide for daily living. Dr. Lombardi is Assistant Professor of Systematic and Pastoral Theology at St. Augustine Seminary and author of On Earth as it is in Heaven.The Lord's Prayer appears in Matthew 6 & Luke 11.
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Can You Dig It?
Volunteer gardeners requested! Experience an asset, but not necessary...
Two locations on the East End of Paris are looking for volunteers:
- Helping create a garden for a L'Arche community, with most of the work to happen before the end of May.
- Helping maintain the garden at the Mustard Seed.
If you are interested and willing to lend a green thumb, please contact Kelly Bourke at
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Praying the Lenten Season
We've posted a new prayer tool on praying during the Lenten season. Lent is a Christian Season of preparation for Easter that reflects on the 40 days Jesus spent in the wilderness fasting and praying in preparation for his ministry. We also prepare by fasting, praying, and by charitable gifts and/or actions in order to return to God more deeply. Click here to learn more.
We also invite you to follow these meditations for Lent from the Sisters of St. Joseph.
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Movement becomes prayer
The Catholic Register writes, "A group of young adult skaters waited patiently as the Zamboni finished cleaning the ice of the new Colonel Sam Smith Skating Trail in Paris. It was a mix of sun and cloud with very little wind on this winter day, ideal weather for skating — and also for outdoor reflection. On Feb. 5, Community Health Center held its first ever Skate and Prayer event to provide young adults with the opportunity to slow down with God and enjoy the beauty of winter."
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Food for the soul
The Catholic Register writes about Eat Pray Share: "At each session, different participants will take turns preparing a meal for the group. Cooking teams will be expected to arrive early to arrange each meal. Each session will be based on a spiritual theme, including 'solidarity of incarnation' and 'social justice.' The group will gather for the main course and will then discuss the session’s topic through prayer and reflection on various Scripture passages, books and articles. After dessert, the session will end with a call to action, in which a particular spiritual or food-related task to complete will be suggested to the group."
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