A thanksgiving Mass for in honour of the Venerable Jeanne Mance, one of Montreal’s co-founders, and founder of the Hôtel-Dieu, will be celebrated by Archbishop Christian Lépine on Sunday, September 6, 2015, at 11 a.m., at Notre-Dame Basilica.

(CCCB) With the federal election campaign underway, the Commission for Justice and Peace of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) has issued a guide inviting Catholics to vote with discernment.

At this moment, 75% of religiously motivated violence in the world is directed at Christians. Most Reverend Christian Lépine, Archbishop of Montreal, returned from a trip to Rome where he attended the meeting, as a new member, of the International Board of Directors of Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), a pontifical foundation that provides assistance to Catholics where the Church is suffering from poverty and persecution.

In solidarity with numerous bishops in France, Archbishop Christian Lépine invites all parishes of the diocese to ring their church bells this Saturday, August 15 at noon, in support of Christians in the Middle-East.

Saint John Bosco Parish will be celebrating St. John Bosco's 200th birthday the weekend of August 15th and 16th, with various celebrations to be held in his honour, bringing together devotees of Don Bosco of all ages and cultural backgrounds.