Catholic Mission In Canada

Bishop Douglas Crosby, O.M.I., newly-installed Bishop of the Diocese of Hamilton, spoke about the welcoming generosity and humility of the Innu people he served in Newfoundland and Labrador at a gathering of donors to Catholic Missions In Canada November 24.

Think of the special gifts extended to the Lord by our missionaries who commit themselves to a radical life of evangelization so different from the secular world in which we live.

‘WHILE YOUNG, AND LONG BEFORE WE MET, WE BOTH HAD THE STRONG DESIRE TO SERVE IN SOME FORM OF MISSION WORK,  BUT IT SEEMED THAT IT WAS NOT TO BE, BECAUSE SCHOOLING AND FAMILY OBLIGATIONS STARTED TO OBSCURE THE VISION.'

Three Daughters of Wisdom Sisters re-build a rotted corduroy bridge with logs picked up from nearby fallen trees. “No pulleys or even horses are available to help; just strong muscles and necessity,” writes Sister Margaret Suntjens, D.W. The “engineers” are Sisters Alma, Margaret and Anita.

DEVOTED HUSBAND, FATHER AND GRANDFATHER, DONOR HUGH WEILER 'MAKES THE MOST OF EVERY DAY

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