Christians in Gaza: choosing life amidst chaos

Gaza’s only Catholic church has become a refuge for a dwindling but defiant community that is hanging on to peace and hope even as Israeli bombs and shells are raining death and destruction all around it.

Weekly reflection for March 24, 2024 – 6th Sunday of Lent | Palm Sunday

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Readings Isaiah 50:4-7Psalm (21 (22), 8-9, 17-18a, 19-20, 22c-24a)Philippians 2:6-11Mark 14:1 – 15:47Mark 15:1-39 (short reading) The Lord God has given me the tongue of a teacher, that I may know how to sustain the weary with a word.― Isaiah 50:4 Resilience in times of trial By Hadrien Gayap, Youth Ambassador in New-Brunswick Palm Sunday […]

National council steps into its mandate for renewal 

National Council | Conseil national

Members of Development and Peace ― Caritas Canada’s national council went on a week-long retreat to seek inspiration, build consensus and develop strategies for taking the organization forward in its chosen new directions.

Weekly reflection for March 17, 2024 – 5th Sunday of Lent

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Readings Jeremiah 31:31-34Psalm 51:3-4, 12-15Hebrews 5:7-9John 12:20-33 Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.― John 12:24 The need to create hope and reap solidarity in our lives By Marina Bonnin, Youth Ambassador […]

Weekly reflection for March 10, 2024 – 4th Sunday of Lent

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Readings  Second Chronicles 36: 14-16, 19-23 Psalm 137:1-2, 3, 4-5, 6 Ephesians 2:4-10 John 3:14-21  For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. ― John 3:16   God’s love for humanity and our interconnectedness  By Patricia Walsh Warren, Animator for Newfoundland […]