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Sunday, 21 February 2010 23:17 |
 Dear Friend,
Just a few weeks after the triumph of Easter, we will gather again with thousands of others at the 2010 Lift Jesus Higher Rally – “Joy for Tough Times”.
You know someone who needs the joy of the Lord… will you reach out and bring them? We challenge you to evangelize during Lent; it is so easy to do!
- Invite your family, friends & acquaintances,
- Encourage young people (12-20 Years) to come & enjoy a fresh spiritual experience at the youth event,
- Ask your priest to publish this announcement in your Church bulletin:
LIFT JESUS HIGHER RALLY 2010 “Joy for Tough Times”
Saturday, April 24th, 8 am to 6.30 pm,
Metro Toronto Convention Centre North Building, 255 Front Street West
A Grace-filled Day with:
- Archbishop of Toronto, Thomas Collins
- Marcus Grodi, Teresa Tomeo (EWTN)
- Ralph Martin, Sr. Ann Shields & Peter Herbeck
- Testimony of a documented miraculous healing
- Divine Mercy celebration, uplifting music
- Eucharistic Healing Procession
- Confession and Holy Mass
- Separate Youth Event
For Tickets/Info: www.lift-jesus-higher-rally.org, (416) 251-4255 or (905) 270-2510
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Bishop Hegarty on Medjugorje |
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Friday, January 15, 2010
Bishop's ‘outstanding experience' in Medjugorje
Bishop Seamus Hegarty of the Derry diocese in Ireland is one of many prelates who have made a private pilgrimage to Medjugorje. He travelled there in July 1987 (when he was bishop of Raphoe) and afterwards gave this testimony.
I had heard so much about the Medjugorje phenomenon and, as things turned out, managed to go there myself for five days in July 1987. I went, of course, as a private pilgrim, a private person.
I couldn't help being enormously impressed by everyone, both local parishioners and those who visit Medjugorje from all over Europe and overseas. I also got a very clear impression that here in Medjugorje you are dealing with a centre of prayer, of penance, and of reconciliation.
"By their fruits you shall know them." Here the fruits are so manifest, so clear and impressive, both in Medjugorje itself and among those who return home after a pilgrimage, that they simply cannot be ignored.
Among many people from my own diocese that had been to Medjugorje I noticed the ongoing, positive results in relation both to their personal and family life. Thus I felt simply obliged to go to the place and find out myself the source, the explanation, of this experience, this tremendous manifestation of faith, this high and exemplary Christian way of life.
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Thursday, 28 January 2010 12:00 |
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"I am convinced, as is also Pope John Paul II, that the time of the Jubilee is a time of special grace, as John Paul II has said several times, that is preparing a new outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the Church. That which I am expecting from Medjugorje is that it contribute to the preparation of that new outpouring of the Holy Spirit which the Church and the world need."
Just over a week ago, Msgr André-Joseph Léonard was appointed Archbishop of Brussels by Pope Benedict XVI, on January 18, 2010, and so became Primate of Belgium.
 When he was first made a bishop in 1991, Msgr Léonard added the name Mutien to his first name, in honour of his brother. On becoming Archbishop of Mechlen-Brussles he changed the name Mutien to Joseph, in honour of St Joseph, patron saint of Belgium.
Archbishop Léonard was born in May 1940 and is one of four brother who all became priests. He was ordained a priest in July 1964. Twenty years later he made his first ever visit to Medjugojre. On a second visit to Medjugorje when he was bishop of the Belgian city Namur, Msgr Léonard gave this interview to the late Fr Slavko Barbaric OFM which was published in the Medjugorje parish magazine Glas Mira:
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Cardinal Schoenborn meets Pope Benedict after visit to Medjugorje |
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(Source: Children of Medjugorje January 2010 Newsletter)
Cardinal  had a private audience with the Holy Father on January 15th.
After that, he wrote from Rome a letter to the Bishop of Mostar, saying, “I have received your recent letter dated 2 January. I regret if you have the impression that my pilgrimage to Medjugorje did a disservice to peace. Rest assured that this was not my intention…The Mother of God and her divine Son will certainly lead all things towards that which is good. In this trust, I greet you fraternally united in the Lord and remain yours, + Christoph Card. Schönborn O.P. "
Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Vatican Secretary of State, will visit Mostar on January 23 to ordain Msgr Petar Rajic as an Archbishop. Msgr Rajic is appointed by the Pope as Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar, and as Apostolic Delegate to the Arabian Peninsula. His parents are from Doljai, in the diocese of Trebinje-Mrkan. Let’s pray hard that this special visit may bring deep understanding and true peace between Mostar, Medjugorje and Rome! |
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Our Lady Queen of Peace Prayer Group meets each month on one of the Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon. Through prayers, reflections and sharing, members help each other to grow in holiness and lead people to Jesus through our Blessed Mother's messages in Medjugorje.