Fall 2008


'What is a missionary? He is one who eats with those who do not believe what he proclaims. His only companions on lonely roads are sometimes the moose he encounters, or the wolves who watch him pass by.'



Each year, during the month of October, we celebrate Mission month and reflect on the importance of missionary work in Canada and in our world. Since becoming Bishop of Thunder Bay, I have


‘I was watching the dog and I began to think: Why not a priest? I thought, you have to be celibate. Well, I'm single. You need to want to help other people. Well, I want to help other people!'

‘Though I knew very little about the Catholic Church, I had always been fascinated by her timeless beauty.'


I don't know if I decided to become a missionary or if God decided it for me. In the 21 years that I have been a Sister Servant of Mary Immaculate,



The community of Coachman's Cove is a small, close-knit Catholic community on the Baie Verte Peninsula, Newfoundland and Labrador. Like many communities in rural Newfoundland, our population has dwindled over the years because of out-migration. Our community has .....


Former Prime Minister John Turner and Bishop Denis Croteau, O.M.I.When Catholic Missions In Canada contacted me to let me know that I had been chosen.......

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