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October 7, 2018You may have been witness to Archbishop Christian Lépine wearing construction gear, (including a hard hat!) at the Cathedral on September 14? His Eminence encourages everyone to consider our Church mission – together – like teamwork at a construction site.
Archbishop Lépine invites all pastoral teams to plan the continuation of the work that is ahead of us…diocesan "roadwork"! Mission is given to us, we are entrusted with mission and, on the whole, it is greater than us. We are called to participate in Jesus’ mission, and with Jesus Christ, we are also transformed bythe mission, and benefit from it, when we work together.
We could be standing in the middle of an intersection with four various perspectives from four different corners, and each perspective is as valuable as the next, in terms of working together; together to discern and together to serve.
Join one of the following work meetings: (no need for registration)- October 9, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at St. John Fisher Parish (in English)
- le 10 octobre, de 10h à 13h, à la paroisse Notre-Dame d’Anjou (en français)
- le 11 octobre, de 10h à 13h, à la paroisse Saint-Sixte (en français)
Meeting Schedule:- 9:30 a.m. Welcome
- 10:00 a.m. Prayer
- 10:30 a.m. Testimonials + assembling of responses "write about your dreams" from the evening of September 14 (launch of the pastoral year)
- 11:00 a.m. Various tables/group sharing
- 11:35 a.m. Break
- 11:45 a.m. Brief summary of exchanges
- Noon Presentation by Bishop Alain Faubert
- 12:30 p.m. Questions and exchange
- 1:00 p.m. End of meeting
Kindly take note there will be a light snack offered during the break, but no meal. Each of the three meetings will, essentially, contain the same content. It is therefore possible to choose the one that best suits your pastoral team.
A NOTE FOR THOSE ATTENDING THE MEETING AT ST. JOHN FISHER:
Dear pastors, members of our fraternal communities and parishioners for whom the mission of our Church is dear to your hearts,
We look forward to meeting you in great numbers on Tuesday, October 9 at St. John Fisher Parish (120 Summerhill Ave., Pointe-Claire, H9R 2L7) for our meeting entitled “Together on Mission”, following on the Sept. 14 launch at the Cathedral.
In preparation for Tuesday we are delighted to share two links with you to enable you to experience that event.
https://youtu.be/VhUDkfNm6ZM - Mgr Lépine’s homily on the Feast of the Glorious Cross (Bilingual) – Jesus as the first Evangelist, our call to participate in Jesus’ mission, and through him know that the Holy Spirit will guide us
https://youtu.be/jGO2UA9QvM0 - Launch of the pastoral year (Bilingual) – October 2019 is extraordinary Mission month. We are always on mission. We are a missionary Church. Grace is a gift…
Come hear witness from two parishes about how they are living mission; see the main dreams and visions people have for our Church in Montreal and take time to share…
Let us bring our gift of self, missionary disciple of Jesus for His Church with our own individual and special gifts from God so that we might recognize and own our belonging to the Body of Christ and enable the Holy Spirit to move us together to the next stage of growth as a living community.
