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May 11, 2018

Fr. Raymond J. De Souza: Ave Verum stirs the soul and memories of Rome

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1819.

A former student sent me a notice that caught my attention, for both artistic and pious reasons. The Cantata Singers of Ottawa will be at St. Joseph’s Church later this month where the entire program will consist of settings of the brief Eucharistic and Marian hymn, Ave Verum, including those of Lassus, Byrd, Mozart, Elgar, Liszt, Saint-Saëns and Poulenc. 

Published in Fr. Raymond de Souza
April 18, 2018

Scottish bishop criticizes BBC film for mockery of Eucharist

This is a screen grab from the April 9 Facebook page of BBC The Social. A Scottish bishop has criticized BBC for making a film that describes the Eucharist as smelling "like hate." The video, produced by BBC Scotland, a publicly funded "public service broadcaster," seeks to show how people who experience same-sex attraction continue to be made to feel outcast and ostracized in 2018.
PAISLEY, Scotland – A Scottish bishop has criticized the BBC for making a film that describes the Eucharist as smelling "like hate."
Published in International
October 1, 2015

All God’s children deserve to be treated reverence, cardinal tells health care workers

Cardinal Thomas Collins

TORONTO - Catholic health care workers must always remember that their patients are “a child of God” to be treated with special reverence from beginning to end, Cardinal Thomas Collins told the Catholic Health Association of Ontario.

Published in Canada