Volume 3, Issue 2: February 2011
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Greetings!

Offering gifts

 

Think of the special gifts extended to the Lord by our missionaries who commit themselves to a radical life of evangelization so different from the secular world in which we live.

 

One of the best-loved scenes in the Christmas cycle of the New Testament readings is the one we hear at Epiphany. The magi have come a long distance to see the announced Child, the Christ of God. But, knowing the awesomeness of the special Person whom they approach, they come with gifts. Read more....


 
Sincerely,

 
 
Rev. Philip J. Kennedy
Catholic Missions In Canada
IN THIS ISSUE
Three ways to honour the work of our missionaries
The road to Teslin
Sister remembers the 'dirty 1930s'
Humility, great faith and openness
A role model of faith and giving
Gift Annuity Rates
Three ways to honour the work of our missionaries


Prayer for the work of good men and women

 missionaries will strengthen them as they pursue their vocation of love 


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The road to Teslin
Lay missionaries Hart and Marilyn Bezner'WHILE YOUNG, AND LONG BEFORE WE MET, WE BOTH HAD THE STRONG DESIRE TO SERVE IN SOME FORM OF MISSION WORK,  BUT IT SEEMED THAT IT WAS NOT TO BE, BECAUSE SCHOOLING AND FAMILY OBLIGATIONS STARTED TO OBSCURE THE VISION.'

BY HART BEZNER


In 1967, I joined the Physics Department at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario. I retired in 2003, after 36 years. They were satisfying years because I thoroughly enjoyed my work and my students. Marilyn, a registered nurse, and I were married in 1966, and we were blessed with four children. Read More...
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Sister remembers the 'dirty 1930s'
BY SISTER MARGARET SUNTJENS, D.W.

 

Three Daughters of Wisdom Sisters re-build a rotted corduroy bridge with logs picked up from nearby fallen trees. "No pulleys or even horses are available to help; just strong muscles and necessity," writes Sister Margaret Suntjens, D.W. The "engineers" are Sisters Alma, Margaret and Anita.  Read more...
Humility, great faith and openness
 BY PATRIA RIVERA
Bishop Douglas Crosby, O.M.I., newly-installed Bishop of the Diocese of Hamilton 

Bishop Douglas Crosby, O.M.I., newly-installed Bishop of the Diocese of Hamilton, spoke about the welcoming generosity and humility of the Innu people he served in Newfoundland and Labrador at a gathering of donors to Catholic Missions In Canada November 24. Read more....
A role model of faith and giving

BY ANNE HANLEY WITH FILES FROM WINNIE QUINN  


The Weiler familySome bonds just can't be broken. Just ask Hugh Weiler and his family.

 

Now 91, Hugh daily and lovingly remembers his beloved wife, Lillian  Lord, who passed away in 2005 after 56 years of marriage. Read more...
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