Mindanao  Week of Peace Mindanao Week of Peace is a celebration that involves communities of interfaith organizations, non-governmental organizations, people’s organizations as well as government agencies, all of whom are working, advocating and mainstreaming the Culture of Peace in Mindanao. The Interfaith Forum for Peace, Harmony, and Solidarity organized the celebration of Mindanao Week of [...]

In the midst of the violence and suffering witnessed in  the year 2011 we have all seen courage, sheer goodness and hope for a better world from so many.  As we begin this new year may we be filled with faith and gratitude for God’s presence and  everlasting love for each of us.  We renew [...]

Stars in the night … we know of night lack of vision a darkness that enfolds curtails mobility choice freedom yet, must  there be night for stars to shine I search the dark void for a star a light from long ago seen now surely I too have a star to bless the night Ever [...]

Our Lady’s Missionaries’ Sr. Rosemary Williamson is currently spending 6 weeks with Christian Peacemaker Teams in Hebron. Before leaving, Sr. Rosemary wrote this summary of CPT’s work there: Christian Peacemaker Teams is a faith based group who place violence reduction teams in crisis situations and areas of militarization at the invitation of local peace and [...]

There are times I complain about the Catholic Church, but there are other times in which I am very grateful for it.  One of these grateful occasions happens each November when we remember our dead.  I can’t forget!  Each year, Our Lady’s Missionaries set aside a special day to recall our recent dead.  So, on November [...]

“Never have human hearts needed Him so much.  Never has the world longed more for His touch.”  (Author Unknown) Let us prepare for His coming during these Advent days.

    The early morning sun lights up the trees across the meadow Ignatius- still bent into the wind - is resolute on his journey A waning moon hangs effortlessly above the chapel’s cross The garden too is waning…decay on it’s leaves but still a blaze of brave orange and pink..silver and gold…and shades of purple [...]

                                  The following are photos taken during a walk in St. James Park in downtown Toronto on October 15, 2011… the day that the Occupy Movement reached Canada. by Sr. Christine Gebel OLM             [...]

  Thanksgiving  blessings    abound with the    profusion       beauty       and color of autumn    leaves or the silent       stillness    of softly falling       snow joyfully    we respond       in    thanksgiving   By Sr. Marie Clarkson, OLM

By Sr. Mary Gauthier OLM On this, The Feast of St. Francis Assisi, I am  reminded of the meeting I attended on September 20, 2011. It was sponsed by The North American Muslim Foundation. The Canadian Augustinian Centre for Social Justice and the Multi-faith Alliance to End Homelessness aim to bring diverse religious cultural, public [...]