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Share the Birth of Jesus With Others!
When you purchase Catholic Missions In Canada
Christmas Cards
your gift will help our missionaries proclaim the
birth of Jesus across the mission dioceses of Canada.
Each card will also contain a special Christmas story
from our Canadian missions.
We will send Christmas cards to you - or your family and friends -
in appreciation of your gift to Canada's missionaries.
For a suggested donation of:
$20 - 1 card
$75 - 5 cards
$100 - 10 cards
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| Edmonton Archdiocese Awareness Weekend |
BY ANNE HANLEY Parts Of Church's Body in Trouble, Need Help
 In homilies delivered at Masses across the Archdiocese of Edmonton, missionary bishops spoke of the work of Catholic Missions In Canada.
''Parts of the Body of Christ are in trouble and need our help." Those words were spoken by Archbishop Martin Currie of the Archdiocese of St. John's, Newfoundland, in November last year, as he addressed parishioners at St. Joseph's Basilica in Edmonton about Canada's mission communities. Read more |
| Faith matters |
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BY ANTAL PROKECZ AND CHRISTINE MADER
The Gospel: On The Worth And Dignity Of Human Beings
A profound expression of the love of God for human beings can be found in Pope John Paul II's encyclical letter Redemptory Hominis (The Redeemer of Man), from 1979. After writing about our human need to encounter and experience love in its very deepest sense, the Pope concludes:
"In reality, the name for that deep amazement at man's worth and dignity is the Gospel, that is to say: the Good News. It is also called Christianity. This amazement determines the Church's mission in the world and, perhaps even more so, 'in the modern world.' This amazement, which is also a conviction and a certitude...is closely connected with Christ" (Redemptor Hominis, 10). Read more |
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