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Sister Constance passed away on September 28th, 2020. She was in her 67th year of Religious Life as a Sister of St. Joseph in Canada. She held many administrative positions with organizations such as Holy Childhood, Canadian Religious Conference and Catholic Missions Council to name a few. Her successful teaching career culminated with her principalship in Peru and Canada.

Join us on October 3, 2020 for a PEI Cycling with Sisters bicycle ride from St. Peter’s to Morell and back (24 km). This is an organized, recreational group ride at a pace for all ages with meaningful prayer stops. Its mission is to create a shared spiritual adventure for sisters and local communities through bike rides. This ride is designed to be COVID compliant.

The Sisters of St. Martha unveil plans for Bethany Centennial Garden, the site on which Bethany, their Motherhouse stood for almost 100 years. This date, September 21, marks the anniversary of the Congregation moving from their original Motherhouse on the Campus of St. Francis Xavier University to Bethany in 1921.

The initial process of appointing of a new Provincial Council for the Daughters of Wisdom of Canada was bypassed by the global pandemic. Faced with the impossibility, among other things, of being able to visit the entity, the General Council of the Daughters of Wisdom saw fit to extend the present council’s mandate from 2020 to 2022.

The Vincentian Family is a worldwide movement made up of more than 4 million believers and more than 160 ecclesial institutions which, for more than 4 centuries, has served the most needy in our world. The members of the Vincentian Family do not want “to remain impassive in the face of the discrimination that millions of people still suffer today as a result of the color of their skin, their national origin, their gender, their sexual orientation, their beliefs or their culture.”

The co-chairs of Our Lady of Guadalupe Circle offer a few reflections on how, in this period marked by COVID-19, we may be faithful and vigilant in our efforts of renewing and fostering relationships between the Catholic Church and Indigenous Peoples in Canada.

It is with great sadness that the Sisters of the Congrégation de Notre-Dame announce the passing of Sister Louise Côté, 90, at Résidence Bon-Secours in Montreal on May 1st. During her 70 years of religious life, she held many positions including Superior General (1974-1984), President of the Canadian Religious Conference (1980-1982), and Councillor then Secretary General of the International Union of Superiors General (UISG) in Rome.

It is with sadness that the Sisters of Holy Cross announce the death of Sister Jeanne Dusseault who passed away on April 26, 2020 in Saint-Laurent, Quebec, at the age of 100 after 84 years spent in religious life. Born in a rural milieu in Western Canada, she has left an indelible mark on the Congregation, on the Church and on the world of her time. In particular, she has served as Provincial Superior in Alberta from 1967 to 1973 and as Superior General of the Congregation from 1973 to 1985.

On Sunday, April 26, will take place the 41st Christian Commemoration of the Shoah. On this occasion, Christian communities are invited to commemorate the Shoah during their religious services, few days after Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Memorial Day) is being observed on Tuesday April 21st.

Message from the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life to the consecrated persons concerning the Holy Week 2020 in the context of the coronavirus world pandemic.