Events

On June 8, 2020, when we were faced with the impossibility of being present to our sisters who were moving from Caledonia Manor to the Pavilion in Embrun, we took the opportunity to be present to the Servants of Jesus and Mary, a contemplative community, that were moving on the same day into their new Monastery adjacent to the Diocesan Center.  Their Monastery, on Laurier Street in Gatineau, where they had lived since 1902, was now too big and old to meet their needs. Before they arrived,…

International Day of Prayer for Eastern Christians, organised by Œuvre d’Orient, the 6th Sunday of Easter, is celebrated this year on Sunday the 24th of May.  In France, the parishes pray for their brothers and sisters with a common universal prayer intention. For more information go to: https://oeuvre-orient.com/the-international-day-of-prayer-for-eastern-christians/ On the same day, the 5th anniversary of the Encyclical “Laudato’Si” will be celebrated.

OPERATION 500 BAGS OF SHORTBREAD COOKIES / 500 THANK YOUS This was the invitation that the priests and pastoral ministry team of Trappes parish sent out to the parishioners. After lockdown comes the time to say THANK YOU. Thank you to the hospital, laboratory, nursing and pharmacy staff. Thank you to the businesses that stayed open to insure our subsistence: bakers, butchers, grocery store workers and cashiers. Thank you to those who continued to provide essential social services: postal carriers, municipal police, undertakers, garbage collectors, security guards,…

D-Duration. We want reduced lockdown measures over long duration. E- Enter.  We have entered into the first stage. C- Creation.  It is like a new creation, living like Jesus in full harmony with the wonders of creation. O- Order. Necessary so that the greatest number of persons possible do not get Coronavirus. N-Nature.  Following lockdown we really appreciate nature with its multicolored flowers and bird songs. F-Families.  May this time of relaxed lockdown bring peace and joy to families. I-Interiority. Silence and solitude have allowed us to…