tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51829557148409890632024-03-13T20:06:59.251-07:00Canadian Servants of the Holy FamilyCatholics for the Mass of All Time - Promoting and Defending the Authentic Tradition and Teaching of the Roman Catholic Church and the Celebration of the Tridentine Mass and Sacraments.Semper Eademhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14166983669744234781noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5182955714840989063.post-50569739113354635292012-08-04T15:55:00.000-07:002012-08-04T15:55:00.292-07:00Cathedrals of Canada - 5. Baie-ComeauThe Diocese of Baie-Comeau in Québec is another of the remarkably small Dioceses of Canada with an overwhelmingly Catholic (98%) population it still musters only 90,000 Catholics. The Diocese is also an example of the Canadian phenomenon of frequently changing names. In 1882, the Prefecture Apostolic of Golfe St.-Laurent was erected out of the Diocese of St. Germain of Rimouski (itself only erected in 1867 from the Archdiocese of Québec). By 1905 it had been raised to the status of the Vicarate Apostolic of Golfe St.-Laurent. In 1945 territory was lost to the Vicarate Apostolic of Labrador, although it was regained in 2007 when the Diocese of Labrador-Schefferville, which never had a population greater than 20,000, was suppressed. In the same year (1945) the Vicarate Apostolic became the Diocese of
Golfe St.-Laurent, becoming, in 1960, the Diocese of Hauterive, and, in 1986, the Diocese of Baie-Comeau. The Catholic population (98%) rose from 28,000 to 95,000 during the second half of the 20th century, although it fell to 90,800 by 2006.<br />
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The Eudists were a major influence in the life of the Diocese and <a href="http://www.diocese-bc.org/pages_html/his_geo_stat_3.htm">every Ordinary from 1905 to 1956</a> was a member of the Eudist Congregation. It's no surprise, therefore, that the modern Cathedral of the Diocese is dedicated to St. John Eudes. Built between 1958 and 1960, it is <a href="http://www.diocese-bc.org/eglise_patrimoine/bc_saint_jean_eudes.htm">shockingly modern</a> in materials and design. According to the Diocesan website, it will appeal to lovers of religious architecture...</div>Semper Eademhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14166983669744234781noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5182955714840989063.post-11897036605456807602012-07-07T07:57:00.000-07:002012-07-07T07:57:00.534-07:00The Cathedrals of Canada - 4. AntigonishThe Diocese of Antigonish recently celebrated the 400th anniversary of the first celebration of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass in that place. It is another example of the Canadian phenomenon of transferring the seat of the Diocese. In 1844 the Diocese of Arichat was erected out of the Diocese of Halifax, with the Cathedral of N.D. de l'Assomption at Arichat but the residence of the Bishop from the very beginning had been at Antigonish, to where, in 1886, the seat and name of the Diocese was transferred and when <a href="http://www.saintninian.ca/History.html">St. Ninian's became the Cathedral</a>. The Diocese covers 7 counties of Northeast Nova Scotia, 3 mainland counties and all of Cape Breton Island. The first Catholic Chapel in Antigonish was built in 1810 by Father Alexander MacDonald. Bishop Plessis named the new mission St. Ninian's in 1812. The first resident pastor was Father Remi Gaulin who came in 1815. Father William Fraser (later Bishop Fraser) became Pastor of Antigonish in 1824 and replaced the chapel with a frame building which could accommodate eight hundred. The cornerstone for the present St. Ninian's was laid on June 29th, 1867, by Rev. Dr. John Cameron, V. G., and was completed in 1874. St. Ninian suggests Scotland and the Cathedral's very fabric incorporates the words "Tigh Dhe" or House of God in Gaelic, inspired, perhaps by Alexander MacDonald of Keppoch, one of the last of the Gaelic poets, who was inspired <a href="http://people.stfx.ca/lstanley/history/01265271.htm">to versify</a> upon seeing the new Cathedral. The interior is by no means the worst example of the re-orderer's 'art', but the loss of Altar Rails and High Altar (replaced under a monumental canopy by the Bishop's throne) has swept away some of the most <a href="http://museum.gov.ns.ca/imagesns/html/40086.html">harmonious traditional features</a> of the interior.Semper Eademhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14166983669744234781noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5182955714840989063.post-77257174429440403042012-05-05T15:38:00.001-07:002012-05-15T07:56:22.180-07:00The Cathedrals of Canada - 3. AmosRecent controversy in the Church in Ireland has focused on the amalgamation of small dioceses but few Irish dioceses are as small as the diocese of Amos, established in 1938 from a portion of the territory of what had been since 1919 the diocese of Haileybury and was to become in 1978 the diocese of Timmins. <br /><br />Timmins itself has only 48,000 Catholics out of 88,000 souls. On the other hand the diocese of Amos has something in common with many Irish dioceses in that of the 98,000 souls 93% of them are Catholics, a proportion that isn't extraordinarily high for Québec. Although the population of Amos is not large the size of the territory is vast, larger than the rest of the dioceses of Québec put together, including the Nunavik territory.<br /><br />The Cathedral of the diocese of Amos is dedicated to St. Therese, 'the Little Flower' and has another unique distinction of being the only Romano-Byzantine Cathedral in North America. Built in 1922-3 to the designs of the great Montréalais (church) architect Aristide Beaugrand-Champagne (1876-1950), it is a basilica upon a circular plan with only a practical nod to a cruciform plan.<br /><br />It sits on a prominent hill within cathedral park, on the east bank of the River Harricana, presiding over the city and visible from almost every point<br /><br />The construction of the cathedral, in contrast to its historical style, is of modern steel and reinforced concrete, quite a novel construction method for the time. The dome measures 30.48 meters in diameter, was at the time of its construction, the largest reinforced concrete dome in Quebec but was exceeded by the dome of St. Joseph's Oratory in Montréal in 1937 (35.05 meters in diameter) and was the largest self-supporting dome of its kind in North America at the time. The cathedral rises to 49 meters to the dome. <br /><br />The Cathedral retains its altar rails but unfortunately the tabernacle has been taken to one side and the bishop's throne now sits in the central position in the apse behind an altar brought to the edge of the step so that Mass cannot be celebrated 'ad orientem'.<br /><br />The diocese has a wonderful 360 degree view of the interior available <a href="http://fr.photojpl.com/photographie-de-la-cathedrale-damos-sainte-therese-davila/-/8zSFH7N7We/">here</a> and the details of the inventory of places of worship can be found <a href="http://www.lieuxdeculte.qc.ca/fiche.php?LIEU_CULTE_ID=18610&LieuSuivant=21&LieuPrecedent=19&debut=0&nlieux=22&type_requete=critere&lignes=25&sCategorieObjet=7&EtatDuLieu=&ConstructionDebut=1871&ConstructionFin=1975&ConcepteurId=0&AutreNom=&sMateriau=&sPlanSol=&sTraditionReligieuse=&sTraditionReligieuseAnterieure=&sStatutJuridique=&sCategorieDeBien=®ion=">here</a>.Semper Eademhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14166983669744234781noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5182955714840989063.post-67697213645785492012-04-06T15:00:00.000-07:002012-04-06T15:00:05.126-07:00Christus Pro Nobis Mortuus Est (Rom. v, 9)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi40-JEc2bP6tGZNNEHH3cZSR07PdNk2DAZazTCgHxHugdSboV6X8fsBfGm3Es86cc0P8cQAfRChu5KFIgWJ0Jp3dMK8_bpKnst46Hbm8ouCXw2aINoLL-Qk-VTZGdhsH6rf45LZ33scJM/s1600/Peter+Paul+Rubens+The+Crucified+Christ+www.catholicheritage.blogspot.com.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 230px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi40-JEc2bP6tGZNNEHH3cZSR07PdNk2DAZazTCgHxHugdSboV6X8fsBfGm3Es86cc0P8cQAfRChu5KFIgWJ0Jp3dMK8_bpKnst46Hbm8ouCXw2aINoLL-Qk-VTZGdhsH6rf45LZ33scJM/s400/Peter+Paul+Rubens+The+Crucified+Christ+www.catholicheritage.blogspot.com.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5690931956201207570" /></a>Semper Eademhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14166983669744234781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5182955714840989063.post-38928992534894595782012-04-03T02:23:00.000-07:002012-04-03T02:23:00.086-07:00The Cathedrals of Canada - 2. Alexandria-CornwallIt is almost unheard of to change the name of a Diocese in Europe. Some may be suppressed, perhaps to be used by titular Bishops, and some are united but in Canada the movement of population or the Diocesan offices from one ecclesiastical hub to another is often followed by a change in the name of the Diocese.<div><br /></div><div><div>One example is t<span style="font-size: 100%; ">he Vicariate Apostolic of Grouard moved its chancery and cathedral to</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 100%; ">McLennan, and became known as the Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan. In 1912, t</span><span style="font-size: 100%; ">he Diocese of St. Albert was moved a few short miles and renamed the </span><span style="font-size: 100%; ">Archdiocese of Edmonton. </span><span style="font-size: 100%; ">In 1953, </span><span style="font-size: 100%; ">the seat of the Diocese of Harbour Grace in Newfoundland moved to </span><span style="font-size: 100%; ">Grand Falls and was renamed the Diocese of Grand Falls. </span><span style="font-size: 100%; ">The Diocese of St. George’s also in Newfoundland was moved to </span><span style="font-size: 100%; ">CornerBrook and became the Diocese of CornerBrook and Labrador. </span><span style="font-size: 100%; ">In 1963, the Diocese of Prince Rupert BC was moved to Prince George and became the Diocese of</span><span style="font-size: 100%; "> Prince George - poor Prince Rupert!</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 100%; "><br /></span></div><div>Something similar happened in 1976 when the seat of the<span style="font-size: 100%; "> Diocese of Alexandria was moved from Alexandria </span><span style="font-size: 100%; ">to Cornwall and the diocese renamed the Diocese of </span><span style="font-size: 100%; ">Alexandria-Cornwall. While the cathedral remained in the town of Alexandria, </span><span style="font-size: 100%; ">a co-cathedral was designated in the city of Cornwall. Ironically, another population shift has meant that the co-cathedral has ceased to be a Parish Church and has been re-designated a Marian Sanctuary.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 100%; "><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 100%; ">The Co-Cathedral was built in 1887 and dedicated to the Nativity of Our Lady. The corner stone reads: </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 100%; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 100%; ">Replique Pierre Angulaire</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 100%; ">Le 8 Sept en l'année 1887</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 100%; ">Son Excellence</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 100%; ">Mgr. James Vincent Cleary</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 100%; ">Eveque de Kingston et Ordinaire du </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 100%; ">lieu a dument pose la pierre angulaire</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 100%; ">de l'eglise de la Nativité de la B.V.M.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 100%; "><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 100%; ">The pictures of the <a href="http://www.heritagetrust.on.ca/Ontario-s-Places-of-Worship/Inventory/Search-results-details.aspx?ItemID=75">Ontario Heritage Trust</a> and on <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ricklerocker/6082249545/in/photostream/">flickr</a> show just how little damage was done by the post-Conciliar iconoclasts. The Parish forms part of the French-speaking deanery of the Diocese so there is a typically Canadian equality of representation between the Alexandra deanery and the Cornwall deanery, one anglophone Cathedral and deanery and one francophone.</span></div><div><br /></div></div>Semper Eademhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14166983669744234781noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5182955714840989063.post-26405297100261240222012-03-05T12:03:00.000-08:002012-03-08T12:24:27.873-08:00The Cathedrals of Canada - 1. Alexandria-CornwallI wanted to start my survey of Canada's 91 Catholic Cathedrals on a high. St. Finnan's Cathedral in Alexandria ON is the Mother Church of the Diocese of Alexandria-Cornwall. Thanks for flickr you can compare the interior arrangement of the Cathedral <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/whitebeard/2213169410/in/photostream/">before</a> and <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ricklerocker/6466877803/">after</a> the flood of liturgical revolution.<br /><br />St. Finnan, The Apostle of Moidart, was an Irish Missionary to Scotland in the 6th Century.<br /><br />A chronicle of the Cathedral parish <a href="http://www.rc.net/alexandria-cornwall/stalexander/history/st%20finnan">here</a> relates that ""The plans of the new St. Finnan's Church were prepared by William H. Hodson, Esq., architect, Montreal, during the Winter of 1883 and approved by the Rt. Rev. James V. Cleary, S. T. D., Bishop of Kingston, in the Spring of the same year. The contract of building the new church was awarded to Messrs. John R. Chisholm and Son, of Lochiel, on the 22nd September, 1883. The first ground was broken and commencement made on the 25th day of the same month. The corner stone was set and blessed with solemn ceremonies on the 13th July, 1884, by the Rt. Rev. James V. Cleary, assisted by the Reverend pastor, also by the Reverend Fathers O'Connor, Perth, Gauthier, Williamstown, Duffus, St.Raphael's, and Cicolari of Lochiel, and a large concourse of people, to whom his Lordship preached an eloquent and impressive sermon.<br /><br />"On the 15th of March, 1885, the same illustrious prelate dedicated with solemn service to the worship of God interiorly and exteriorly the church, assisted by the Rev. pastor, also Fathers Gauthier, Duff us, Cicolari, and a full congregation of the laity. The Reverend Father Gauthier celebrated Mass and his Lordship preached an eloquent sermon appropriate to the occasion."<br /><br />"On the 18th of June, 1883, the Rt. Rev. Dr. Cleary, Bishop of Kingston, visited the parish and administered confirmation to three hundred and sixty-three persons. On the 19th of September, 1886, His Lordship visited the parish and appointed the Very Rev. Alexander Macdonell, Vicar-General of the Diocese and received his oath of office in the presence of Rev. Thomas Kelly, Sec. Rev. C. J. Duffus of St. Raphael's, Rev. John Twomey of Lochiel, Rev. William A. Macdonell, Glen Nevis, and a full congregation of the laity, to whom the Bishop explained, in eloquent terms, the dignity and obligations of the office to which their humble pastor was raised."<br /><br />"In the Summer of 1861, the ground in front of the church was terraced and a new fence built to the west and in front of the church"<br /><br />The parish was established in 1833 as part of the Diocese of Kingston, which, as I've already said, was formed from the Vicariate of Upper Canada in 1826. The Diocese of Alexandria in Ontario (<em>Alexandrinus in Ontario</em>) was itself erected in 1890, perhaps on account of its splendid Church, and became the Diocese of Alexandria-Cornwall in 1976. According to the Annuario Pontificio 2007, the Diocese has the remarkably small Catholic population of about 55,675 souls, which has been pretty static over the last 40 years, in 31 Parishes.<br /><br />The Diocese is currently vacant since Bishop Durocher was transferred to be Archbishop of <a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dgati.html">Gatineau</a>. The Administrator of the Diocese is <a href="http://www.alexandria-cornwall.ca/diocese_sept_011.htm">Fr. Kelvin Maloney</a>.Semper Eademhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14166983669744234781noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5182955714840989063.post-81678940454201052632012-02-03T08:25:00.000-08:002012-03-08T11:59:35.060-08:00The Structure of Catholicism in CanadaFrom those early days of the Archdiocese of Québec (1659) and the two Suffragans (1819), the structures of Holy Mother Church in Canada have developed into the normal structures of a <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.catholicanada.com">National Hierarchy</a>, Ecclesiastical Provinces (17), and Sui Generis Jurisdictions (7).<br /><br />The following Ecclesiastical Provinces of Canada (Archdioceses: Suffragans)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dedmo.html">Edmonton</a>: <a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dcalg.html">Calgary</a>, <a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dstpl.html">Saint Paul in Alberta</a><br /><a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dgati.html">Gatineau</a>: <a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/damos.html">Amos</a>, <a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dmola.html">Mont-Laurier</a>, <a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/drouy.html">Rouyn-Noranda</a><br /><a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dgrou.html">Grouard-McLennan</a>: <a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dmack.html">Mackenzie-Fort Smith</a>, <a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dwhit.html">Whitehorse</a><br /><a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dhali.html">Halifax-Yarmouth</a>: <a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/danti.html">Antigonish</a>, <a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dchap.html">Charlottetown</a><br /><a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dkeew.html">Keewatin-Le Pas</a>: <a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dchur.html">Churchill-Baie d’Hudson</a>, <a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dmoos.html">Moosonee</a><br /><a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dking.html">Kingston</a>: <a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dalco.html">Alexandria-Cornwall</a>, <a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dpete.html">Peterborough</a>, <a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dsaul.html">Sault Sainte Marie</a><br /><a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dmonc.html">Moncton</a>: <a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dbath.html">Bathurst</a>, <a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dedmu.html">Edmundston</a>, <a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dstjh.html">Saint John, New Brunswick</a><br /><a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dmonq.html">Montréal</a>: <a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/djolq.html">Joliette</a>, <a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dstje.html">Saint-Jean-Longueuil</a>, <a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dstjr.html">Saint-Jérôme</a>, <a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dvall.html">Valleyfield</a><br /><a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dotta.html">Ottawa</a>: <a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dhear.html">Hearst</a>, <a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dpemb.html">Pembroke</a>, <a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dtimm.html">Timmins</a><br /><a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dqueb.html">Québec</a>: <a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dchiq.html">Chicoutimi</a>, <a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dstan.html">Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière</a>, <a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dtroi.html">Trois Rivières</a><br /><a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dregi.html">Regina</a>: <a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dpral.html">Prince-Albert</a>, <a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dsask.html">Saskatoon</a><br /><a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/drimo.html">Rimouski</a>: <a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dbaie.html">Baie-Comeau</a>, <a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dgasp.html">Gaspé</a><br /><a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dstjn.html">Saint John’s, Newfoundland</a>: <a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dcorn.html">Corner Brook and Labrador</a>, <a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dgrfl.html">Grand Falls</a><br /><a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dsher.html">Sherbrooke</a>: <a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dnico.html">Nicolet</a>, <a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dsthy.html">Saint-Hyacinthe</a><br /><a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dtoro.html">Toronto</a>: <a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dhami.html">Hamilton</a>, <a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dlond.html">London</a>, <a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dstca.html">Saint Catharines</a>, <a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dthun.html">Thunder Bay</a><br /><a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dvanc.html">Vancouver</a>: <a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dkaml.html">Kamloops</a>, <a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dnels.html">Nelson</a>, <a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dprge.html">Prince George</a>, <a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dvicb.html">Victoria</a><br /><a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dwiuk.html">Winnipeg (Ukrainian)</a>: <a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/deduk.html">Edmonton (Ukrainian)</a> (Eparchy), <a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dnwuk.html">New Westminster (Ukrainian)</a> (Eparchy), <a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dsauk.html">Saskatoon (Ukrainian)</a> (Eparchy), <a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dtouk.html">Toronto (Ukrainian)</a> (Eparchy)<br /><br />The Archdioceses of <a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dstbo.html">Saint-Boniface</a> and <a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dwinn.html">Winnipeg</a> are sui generis and there are also sui generis jusisdictions of <a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dmlca.html">Canadian Military Ordinariate</a> and the Eastern Catholic sui generis Eparchies of <a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dmoma.html">Saint-Maron de Montréal (Maronite)</a>, <a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dmome.html">Saint-Sauveur de Montréal (Melkite Greek)</a>, <a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dtosl.html">Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto (Slovakian)</a>, and <a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dtoch.html">Mar Addai of Toronto (Chaldean)</a>.<br /><br />The <a href="http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/products/analytic/companion/rel/canada.cfm">2001 Census</a> found that 12.8 million Canadians, 43% of the population, identified themselves as Catholics. A <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/catholicism/churchattendance.html">survey</a> conducted in 2000 found that outside of Québec, weekly Mass attendance was 32%, down from 75% in 1950, while in Québec, which accounts for about a quarter of the Catholics in Canada, the rate of weekly Mass attendance was 20%, down from 88% in 1950.<br /><br />In the end of the 1960s, Canada had 21,191 Priests. In 2000, it had a mere 9,832.<br /><br />Today, three Canadian Dioceses are vacant: <a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dtimm.html">Timmins</a>, <a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dalco.html">Alexandria-Cornwall</a>, and <a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dstpl.html">Saint Paul in Alberta</a>.<br /><br />According to the Annuario Pontificio 2011, the three largest Dioceses in terms of numbers of Catholics are <a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dtoro.html">Toronto</a> (1,931,000), <a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dmonq.html">Montréal</a> (1,590,150), and <a href="http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dqueb.html">Québec</a> (1,040,690), which, between them have more than one third of the whole Catholic population of Canada.Semper Eademhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14166983669744234781noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5182955714840989063.post-38938516769983442272012-01-08T10:27:00.000-08:002012-03-08T11:06:02.849-08:00Sowing the Seeds of Catholicism in CanadaThe seeds of the Catholic Faith in Canada were sown by France, eldest daughter of the Church. So in a sense Canada is the senior Granddaughter of Our Holy Mother the Church. Even before the arrival of Jacques Cartier, French sailors had landed and, as good sons of the Church, had consacrated the lands of Canada to God and to His Blessed Mother. The first Mass on Canada's shores was celebrated on 7th July, 1534 by the Chaplain to the Cartier expedition. The foundation of the settlements at Sainte-Croix and Annapolis (Port Royal) was the first permanent presence of Holy Mother Church in Canada. <br /><br />The first serious missionary endeavours began with the foundation of Québec by Samuel de Champlain. Franciscans (1615), Jesuits (1625), the Ursuline Nuns (1640), the Congregation of Notre Dame (1653) and Suplicians (1657) were the early pioneers. <br /><br />Until 1659, Canada, known as New France, was a vicarate of the Archdiocese of Rouen. In that year, Pope Alexander VII Chigi appointed François de Montmorency-Laval as Vicar Apostolic of New France. In 1674 Pope Clement X Altieri created him first Bishop of Québec, the first Diocese of Canada.<br /><br />1763 was a year of potential disaster. By the Treaty of Paris, Angican English forces occupied New France. The Protestant English proposed to substitute an Anglican for a Catholic Hierarchy, as had been done in England and Ireland two centuries earlier - in violation of the Treaty of Paris, which had confirmed the liberty of Holy Mother Church in New France. The English authorities proceeded to protestantize education and to interfere in the nomination of Bishops and insisted upon the title of Superintendent of Catholic Worship for Catholic Bishops, reserving the title to their own Anglican pretenders. They forbade the Franciscans, Jesuits and Suplicians to accept novices. Only the latter retained their property in the general confiscation of 1774. Providence has strange ways and it was the wave of refugees from the French Rebellion that swelled the diminishing ranks of the Clergy of Canada. However, this period of open persecution was not to end until 1819, with the elevation of the See of Québec to an Archdiocese, with Suffragan Vicarates Apostolic of Upper Canada (based upon the Diocese of Kingston) and Nova Scotia (based upon the Archdiocese of Halifax).Semper Eademhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14166983669744234781noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5182955714840989063.post-82956838903570493072010-09-26T12:54:00.001-07:002010-09-26T13:01:07.967-07:00EWTN Interview about Our Lady's Shrine at Knock<div style="text-align: center;"><object width="394" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1_IvJE9DgUE?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1_IvJE9DgUE?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="394" height="308"></embed></object></div><br />Interview on EWTN Live between Fr. Mitch Pacwa, S.J., and Donna O'Connor about Our Blessed Mother's Shrine and the Eucharistic Apparition at Knock, Co. Mayo, Ireland. First broadcast on 8/11/2010.Semper Eademhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14166983669744234781noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5182955714840989063.post-21526290909410639162009-11-21T09:58:00.001-08:002009-11-22T06:24:57.921-08:00A Pilgrimage to the Shrines of St. Maria Goretti<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMxBcIcMSioh1EyhXaL6QE0KhAkEWQSQJIssL5-tXAvH2i3a3_7crE1o6haXSt2NPq0feZSdxmq9nKQg6COxSLJKdeg76baS93nJ99s_XOR59Z3CdNrhPXTpEmX3Ycz6VA0tjw-rcc4xSZ/s1600/St.+Maria+Goretti+Shrine.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406622880765594754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMxBcIcMSioh1EyhXaL6QE0KhAkEWQSQJIssL5-tXAvH2i3a3_7crE1o6haXSt2NPq0feZSdxmq9nKQg6COxSLJKdeg76baS93nJ99s_XOR59Z3CdNrhPXTpEmX3Ycz6VA0tjw-rcc4xSZ/s320/St.+Maria+Goretti+Shrine.JPG" /></a> The Basilica at Nettuno where St. Maria's Body lies <div align="center"><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6yZLrTWZFX7xtNS12S123zOS33G_TqX28xnAjt7wZSH8daICzUbOWrs2Vlu3PD9EkFW_FvouSHJ0P6l7bO6cPV9g7QHsZMIBaX3XlTtLAYWsTCdIdNqC8yPTQ74UsAF1jDcf57WsBLckY/s1600/St.+Maria+Goretti+Body.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406622188574096786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6yZLrTWZFX7xtNS12S123zOS33G_TqX28xnAjt7wZSH8daICzUbOWrs2Vlu3PD9EkFW_FvouSHJ0P6l7bO6cPV9g7QHsZMIBaX3XlTtLAYWsTCdIdNqC8yPTQ74UsAF1jDcf57WsBLckY/s320/St.+Maria+Goretti+Body.JPG" /></a> The Body of St. Maria in the Basilica at Nettuno<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyKFwXAxALubBGA_Ia9qRFpSf8XgaO0plAOqwevJmpCOlH6UyIYhutVMitYLvHOnC822I2oiq31qee66N2FedZIjEzrveK68EGHsmbD2fR-jzqylWV-_aLJPy-9kh9u86dCWxQiEe4z94U/s1600/PB070539.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406620963802465746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyKFwXAxALubBGA_Ia9qRFpSf8XgaO0plAOqwevJmpCOlH6UyIYhutVMitYLvHOnC822I2oiq31qee66N2FedZIjEzrveK68EGHsmbD2fR-jzqylWV-_aLJPy-9kh9u86dCWxQiEe4z94U/s320/PB070539.JPG" /></a> At the Church of Santa Maria Sopra Minerva<br /><br /><div align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406622564521567074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaWOExvH-4n1_wn0hyphenhyphenpd60BzwrslfHkZHM5B5HRiFIHU3E78qVQ5qWCwc4nE3BOqOzcvslbPReSqTjUriCxKzvCF6WOU6y6BKw8p2h9mdKlL7-gbx3Fout-cE7uIJDmebnmmxymRxUo4d2/s320/St.+Maria+Goretti+Home.JPG" /></div><div align="center">The house of St. Maria and the site of her Martyrdom<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcQYCXIC_V_t7EAciwec-Q-B_c4iiNGxw4r2CN8eFV3M9YaPUKgBPZn7HiQCiIg4UJBuGi_LrS5VIXQq1eQV2MKv94AwBu5qUAHjMSAOT9hbN6IqCwphcSmea32bs8013oOE_1DaGuANy5/s1600/PB080553.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406620368573719906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcQYCXIC_V_t7EAciwec-Q-B_c4iiNGxw4r2CN8eFV3M9YaPUKgBPZn7HiQCiIg4UJBuGi_LrS5VIXQq1eQV2MKv94AwBu5qUAHjMSAOT9hbN6IqCwphcSmea32bs8013oOE_1DaGuANy5/s320/PB080553.JPG" /></a>A view along the house where St. Maria was Martyred<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406622399820763826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_RG6bEILiyp4YOaiXu5jbpMeNI4gm-KDVi72TJ6uVI3P1iC0OFQ2TnvjaLQEmKT5GocDpKe2RCk3xsYx-mgL_BBBWrz8CNtoCLtQCnaApyRSeP4OhuV8VbetX09YxcA0AqfB8AufO347a/s320/St.+Maria+Goretti+Martyrdom.JPG" /></div><div align="center">The spot of St. Maria's Martyrdom</div><div align="center"><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizyXvKtSFx_r91oui4HvPOH3004Al9K5sfDiuoZIns7fUd6dWu5owT2N-oLD95sIqiMzkG3gwN2fmu1OhBkt73bQnRNEVjnUAfTHi6zbjjtFF60fh2TqgbqG19l4zftIYaj0_MnlUS8nau/s1600/PB080556.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406620262585988210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizyXvKtSFx_r91oui4HvPOH3004Al9K5sfDiuoZIns7fUd6dWu5owT2N-oLD95sIqiMzkG3gwN2fmu1OhBkt73bQnRNEVjnUAfTHi6zbjjtFF60fh2TqgbqG19l4zftIYaj0_MnlUS8nau/s320/PB080556.JPG" /></a> At the spot where St. Maria was Martyred<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSfIduywVWgj76SrnfiPevA6QMKcwcYOOPTEDIF0enYK9avOy_rcJEXZD4MHz1eMGlxzTbCVzuQKq4up-a9X6D1RbuMJjsRBcMs6eSoGNbmd0m4i05RswqgaZYlsyQEy40arGbrYsEk_p8/s1600/PB080557.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406620098538276482" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSfIduywVWgj76SrnfiPevA6QMKcwcYOOPTEDIF0enYK9avOy_rcJEXZD4MHz1eMGlxzTbCVzuQKq4up-a9X6D1RbuMJjsRBcMs6eSoGNbmd0m4i05RswqgaZYlsyQEy40arGbrYsEk_p8/s320/PB080557.JPG" /></a>The Chapel in the room where St. Maria was Martyred </div><div align="center"><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNLdql4fIP9ZZNpwCrNeak3ziws4ss18fuRl4BX7psQw-9PYYzG1zO_dvjsI4v6us6LGL2Bq5GVEvaB4cVGwUoTpLa58-GFRxRzCTNsbpQN2Za8kmaMIgdGSg5oEDeA410jVCm0gBDf2Xr/s1600/PB080559.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406619968569380930" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNLdql4fIP9ZZNpwCrNeak3ziws4ss18fuRl4BX7psQw-9PYYzG1zO_dvjsI4v6us6LGL2Bq5GVEvaB4cVGwUoTpLa58-GFRxRzCTNsbpQN2Za8kmaMIgdGSg5oEDeA410jVCm0gBDf2Xr/s320/PB080559.JPG" /></a>At the foot of the steps where St. Maria sat minutes before her Martyrdom </div><div align="center"> </div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406933197709282418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzPwkQl5pxoZVloLAnq32RJKCp1tPXoP7Q7yiASc_5flvfLLAGi3Il64igzY1O_7h57rIV0Gcb46Tj4EoexdwIWv1HFbdyVEr8BMIoWnAv9gcs0YPVxiVlS-BO6wLV8B5Nhqx8x08U2Wgz/s320/PB080568.JPG" />At the entrance to the former hospital where St. Maria died.<br /><div align="center"><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406622734670772210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijbOgBLDoGJcj67F_bMbC-aXiYXm1PVhiulPtNMkDZVmYhZZhZbJ4yiH41LPh1hH8aDAomumKYiNKjEKIcSHrchWEWdpiQWXmd3ntNm6QQeeKjVgqSr0bl-4-0YbptaJK_Wt4r1YsYVLQT/s320/St.+Maria+Goretti+Deathbed.JPG" /> The spot of St. Maria's death<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikHC1FQhxtftLpfcTSriNNFGulngieVvELUqu-yMc6QZAJFRYVR1guR2N_5jdg82Zwjp6HHXdOqvHfbpxlqpg1YcTQ-6Fc6zSfyqTm0qPvjuFTljmwEFgIxjy62hhXqWg9aYTl8bOoIo7d/s1600/PB080570.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406619612818158322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikHC1FQhxtftLpfcTSriNNFGulngieVvELUqu-yMc6QZAJFRYVR1guR2N_5jdg82Zwjp6HHXdOqvHfbpxlqpg1YcTQ-6Fc6zSfyqTm0qPvjuFTljmwEFgIxjy62hhXqWg9aYTl8bOoIo7d/s320/PB080570.JPG" /></a>The Altar in the Chapel at the site of St. Maria's death<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvg53YZXrqknCqpJtUYEJSdI5F_Ys7oIW_Z2OB8lv2s4hq3HtV0WYCS5lglx1HEjGgnW5genP0uOT_l4FUh-Yuj7qq2OK7ikLX7CLi6FRI4sOx-1WH5Fva5U7xbqIwxDA8F_1mdNN2ZVsP/s1600/PB080572.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406619471925477794" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvg53YZXrqknCqpJtUYEJSdI5F_Ys7oIW_Z2OB8lv2s4hq3HtV0WYCS5lglx1HEjGgnW5genP0uOT_l4FUh-Yuj7qq2OK7ikLX7CLi6FRI4sOx-1WH5Fva5U7xbqIwxDA8F_1mdNN2ZVsP/s320/PB080572.JPG" /></a> The Entrance to the Room where St. Maria died. </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Semper Eademhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14166983669744234781noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5182955714840989063.post-78601909730786473302009-06-10T14:46:00.001-07:002009-06-20T09:24:27.736-07:00Purpose, Objects & Motto<p>The purpose of the Canadian Servants of the Holy Family is to advance, disseminate, teach, demonstrate, and implement the traditional mission of the Roman Catholic Church through evangelization and sanctification in Canada and abroad. </p><p>Our objects are: </p><ul><li>to uphold and further the Statement of Faith contained herein.</li><li>to encourage and strengthen believers in their faith as Roman Catholics and to deepen their relationship with God through the promotion of the Tridentine Mass and Sacraments and the traditional devotions of the Church. </li><li>to develop and support programs, Masses, training seminars, pilgrimages and conferences and to engage youth in developing their faith as Roman Catholics through traditional prayer, worship and adoration. </li><li>to produce programs and materials directly related to the charitable objects herein for presentation, broadcast and distribution on any means of audio, visual, computer, internet, electronic, digital or other forms of communication as may become available from time to time. </li></ul><p>Our motto is 'Ut veritas fulgeat', <em>That Truth May Flourish</em>.</p>Semper Eademhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14166983669744234781noreply@blogger.com0