Finding a way to be a Church that “goes forth”
19-06-2020
The local LaSalle round table on social development (Table de Développement Social de LaSalle or Table de Quartier) is an association of partner members (i.e. community groups, municipal government, schools, local health and social services, local businesses, and individual citizens), operating in different fields of intervention, i.e. those involving families, youth, seniors, recent arrivals, mental health, and the like).
Rebecca Malone: Strengthening a community
17-06-2020
Many parishes have been proactive in their efforts to continue serving in communion with the Church. Regardless of one’s background or capacity to give, the desire to remain a church of outreach in the heart of our world is shared by many. Here is a closer look at the pastoral initiatives Rebecca Malone and the parish team of St. Ignatius of Loyola Parish have implemented since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Gradual reopening of churches: The Catholic Church in Montreal looks confidently toward the future
17-06-2020
Archbishop Christian Lépine of Montreal would like to thank both the pastoral team members and volunteers of the Catholic Church in Montreal for giving their best these past few months without counting the cost, as well as the government leaders and public-health officials for recognizing that care of the soul is as essential for every human person as is care of the body.
Rameaux Jeunesse Montréal (RJM) - a new initiative launched January 2020
17-06-2020
St-Denis Parish has launched a Youth 3.0 initiative, a name that makes reference to computer literacy. Discover RJM and their work... as well as their website.
Tribute to Fr. Marcel Lalonde, C.S.C.
16-06-2020
The diocese received the following text from Fr. Benoît-Marc Boyer, Ad. E. and decided to publish it as a diocesan tribute to Fr. Marcel Lalonde, C.S.C., rector of Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount-Royal from 1962 to 1992, who recently passed away. To the entire community of the Oratory and of the Congregation of Holy Cross, we offer our condolences and our prayers.