At the request of the Mi’kmaw community, Archbishop will celebrate a Mass to commemorate the canonization of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha on Monday, October 21 at 12:15pm at Saint Mary’s Cathedral Basilica.   All are welcome to join with our Mi’kmaq brothers and sisters for this special celebration.

The Ottawa-based Catholic Near East Welfare Association (CNEWA Canada) has urgently launched a campaign to raise funds for families displaced by the escalating conflict in Lebanon. With over a million people affected, CNEWA has already released $100,000 to provide critical relief such as food, water, bedding, and medicine.

In 2023, Normand Meunier, a quadriplegic, developed bedsores because he was not given an appropriate mattress during a five-day stay in a Montréal emergency room. He then requested and was given MAiD by a lethal injection.