‘The Bishop was a bit confused at what bears had to do with Christmas yet he was open to whatever we had to propose.’
Being missionary in the high Arctic means getting used to either 24 hours of darkness or 24 hours of sun
The team arrived Sunday afternoon in time for Eucharist at 2 p.m. at our Holy Cross Church in the Saggitawak area.
It was early June 2007, in the northern community of Natuashish, in Newfoundland and Labrador, in the former Diocese of Labrador City-Schefferville, and everyone was excited and in suspense.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church is not the place where most people start in their meditations during the season of Lent. |
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“Father is here—we’re going to have Church.” |
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It started the day he was born—a devoted son raised in the Depression era. |
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