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  • One Million Children Praying the Rosary

    Year after year, this annual activity, organized by Aid to the Church in Need (ACN-AED), has become an event not to be missed. On Tuesday, October 18, children and families around the world are called to pray for world peace by praying the Rosary. 


  • 11th Provincial Day of the Permanent Diaconate

    The first Wednesday in October is the Provincial Day for the Permanent Diaconate. This year, this day is October 5, 2022. The Assemblée des responsables diocésains du diaconat permanent du Québec (ARDDPQ), in partnership with the Carrefour intervocationnel, is proposing an animation kit to pray ( only in French) for this ordained ministry and to make the mission of permanent deacons in our Church better known. We are invited to take advantage of this day to pray for deacons across Quebec, their spouses and their families. 


  • 108th World Day of Migrants and refugees

    On September 25th, the Church will mark the 108th World Day of Migrants and Refugees. It is an occasion to express our concern for the many vulnerable people on the move, to pray for them as they face many challenges, and to increase awareness about the opportunities that migration offers.


  • Supporting the Holy Father’s apostolic journey of healing and reconciliation

    As the Church, it is our shared responsibility to facilitate this apostolic journey and the planning that it entails. There are many costs associated with the papal visit which are the direct responsibility of the Church, and we need your help to ensure the financial means that will further support this journey of our Holy Father in Canada towards healing and reconciliation with our Indigenous brothers and sisters.


  • A penitential pilgrimage

    Never before during his nearly decade-long pontificate has Pope Francis described any of his international trips as a "penitential pilgrimage." It is precisely this description, which the Pope used during the Angelus on Sunday, 17 July, that helps us understand the peculiarities of his upcoming journey to Canada. It is not primarily a visit to a country, nor one with the main purpose of meeting Catholic communities, but rather a concrete gesture of closeness to the indigenous peoples who inhabit that land and have suffered the consequences of colonialism.


  • Indigenous Reconciliation Fund Board of Directors Reports Progress on $30 Million National Fundraising Commitment

    The Indigenous Reconciliation Fund Board of Directors is pleased to announce that the Fund is officially accepting proposals and distributing funds for projects in support of healing and reconciliation. Projects are determined locally in consultation with First Nations, Métis and Inuit Peoples, and the first proposal received approval on July 15, 2022...


  • Catholic Bishops Welcome Announcement of Program for Papal Visit to Canada – July 24 – 29, 2022

    June 23, 2022 – Canada’s Catholic Bishops welcome today’s announcement from the Holy See providing further details of the itinerary of Pope Francis’ historic visit to Canada, July 24 – 29, 2022. This will be the fourth papal visit to Canada and the first since Saint John Paul II’s journey in 2002. 


  • Opening of the application period for financial assistance for the 10th edition of the Archbishop's Golf Tournament

    The Outaouais region has an abundance of community organizations and volunteers who witness the presence and love of God through their work. Over the past seven years, the Archdiocese of Gatineau has contributed to the mission of non-profit organizations in the area, strengthening the relationship between the church and the community...


  • RELIGIOUS HERITAGE DAYS 2022

    The 5th edition of the Religious Heritage Days will take place on 9, 10 and 11 September 2022. The Religious Heritage Council invites parishes to register for the programme. Registration is open until 14 August and all religious traditions, even organisations in converted locations, are invited to register their accessibility and heritage enhancement activities. 


  • Sexual Abuse: Nine Roman Catholic dioceses in Quebec release findings of an independent audit

    The Ecclesiastical Province of Montreal together with the Ecclesiastical Province of Gatineau today released the findings of the Honourable André Denis regarding allegations of sexual abuse of minors and vulnerable adults from 1940 to 2021 as recorded in the archives of the dioceses concerned...


  • Amalgamation of the Diocese of Saint-Jérôme and Diocese of Mont-Laurier

    Today, His Holiness Pope Francis announced the amalgamation of the Diocese of Saint-Jérôme and the Diocese of Mont-Laurier, currently united in the person of the Bishop into one ecclesiastical circumscription and to create the Diocese of St‑Jérôme-Mont-Laurier. The Most Reverend Raymond Poisson is appointed as Bishop of the new Diocese of St-Jérôme-Mont-Laurier. Bishop Poisson was previously serving as the Bishop of both of the formerly separate dioceses of Saint-Jérôme and of Mont-Laurier.


  • Vatican Transfers Outaouais Parishes from the Diocese of Mont-Laurier to the Archdiocese of Gatineau

    PRESS RELEASE

    The Vatican announced this morning the merger of the dioceses of Mont-Laurier and Saint-Jérôme to create a new ecclesiastical jurisdiction: the Diocese of Saint-Jérôme--Mont-Laurier...


  • National Rosary for the Family | 19 June 2022

    In preparation for the 10th World Meeting of Families (WMF), the CCCB Standing Committee for Family and Life is hosting a live and nationwide Rosary for the Family via Zoom Webinar. The virtual event will take place on Sunday, 19 June 2022 at 3:00 p.m. (EDT) and will be facilitated by several families from across the country...


  • CCCB Statement on the occasion of the anniversary of the findings at the Kamloops Residential School

    It is with great sadness that Canada’s Catholic Bishops wish to recognize the one-year anniversary of the shocking reports from the site of the former Kamloops Residential School. These triggered a painful and lasting reminder of the ongoing legacy of suffering caused by Canada’s residential school system...


  • 56th world day of social communications - Listening with the ear of the heart

    The World Day of Social Communications takes place on Ascension Sunday, 29 May for the year 2022. In his message for the 2022 edition, Pope Francis asks the world of communication to refine its sense of listening...


  • Catholic Bishops Welcome Announcement of Dates, Hub Cities for Papal Visit to Canada

    Vatican formally announced that Pope Francis will travel to Canada from July 24-29, 2022. The historic visit, focused on Indigenous healing and reconciliation, will be the fourth papal journey to Canada and the first since Saint John Paul II’s visit in 2002...


  • 10th World Meeting of Families

    In preparation for the 10th World Meeting of Families (WMF), the CCCB Standing Committee on Family and Life has produced a short promotional video to help bring to life the WMF theme “Family Love: Vocation and Path to Holiness”. Pope Francis has announced that the WMF event will be held in a new way; celebrated not only in Rome, but in all dioceses and eparchies across the world. Organized by both the Diocese of Rome and the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life, the WMF will take place 22-26 June 2022 and will coincide with the closing of the Amoris Laetitia Family Year...


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