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- Share Lent - Development and Peace: As always on the Fifth Sunday of Lent, we shall be invited to share with our needy brothers and sisters of the world. Development and Peace, the organisation created by the Catholic Bishops of Canada in 1967 with the encouragement of Pope Paul VI in his encyclical Populorum Progressio, will seek our support for its many development projects in the southern hemisphere. (Details
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- Schedule of Special Collections in the Diocese of Edmundston
- A Prayer Vigil "On Our Knees For and With Our Brothers and Sisters in Haiti" will be held at 3:00PM on Sunday, January 31, 2010 at St. Patrick Church, Limestone Siding. This hour of prayer is sponsored by the Parish Animation Teams of the Southern Victoria Zone. All are welcome!
- Share Lent 2010: Preparation day for the Share Lent 2010, Saturday, January 30, from 9:00AM to 3:30PM at L'Eclosion, 167, rue Principale, Ste-Anne. Welcome to all Development and Peace's members and to each and everyone interested to know more about the mission of Development and Peace.
- Marie-Mai LaPlante
Communications, Diocesan Council
- JOINT CCCB-CCODP CAMPAIGN FOR HAITI - Appeal to the Pastors and Faithful of the Catholic Church in Canada: Included you will find a message from CCCB President Bishop Pierre Morissette, announcing an emergency joint campaign by the CCCB and the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace in order to respond to the urgent situation in Haiti. (Details )
- Week of Prayer for Christian Unity: (CCCB)—The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity will be celebrated in Catholic parishes across Canada from 24 to 31 January, 2010. (Details )
- The 2009-2010 Directory is now available for download
- The passing of Father Louis-Marie PARENT, O.M.I., founder of the Voluntas Dei Institute: Father Louis-Marie PARENT, O.M.I., founder of the Missionary Recluses, the Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate, the Voluntas Dei Institute, and also the group of Friends of the Hearts of Jesus and Mary, passed away at Richelieu, Québec, May 17, 2009. (Details )
 MESSAGE OF THE HOLY FATHER FOR THE 46th WORLD DAY OF PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS: MAY 3, 2009, FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER. Theme: Faith in the divine initiative - the human response. (Details  )
- Episcopal ministry inauguration of The Most Reverend Claude Champagne, O.M.I., Sixth Bishop of Edmundston in the Immaculate Conception Cathedral of Edmundston, Wednesday, March 25, 2009. (Photos )
 Advisory committee- Diocese of Edmundston—Code of Ethics (translation of document published in May 2006): Policy regarding procedure in cases of sexual, physical, or psychological abuse allegations against clergy, pastoral agents, lay employees, and Church volunteers. (Details )
-A Presentation of Our Code of Ethics
Advisory Committee on Sexual, Physical, Psychological Abuse (see picture): Normand M. Clavet Social Worker, Bishop's Alternate Delegate; Fr. Roger Dionne, V.G., Bishop's Delegate and Chairman; Most Rev. François Thibodeau, C.J.M., Bishop of Edmundston; Zoël Dionne, Lawyer and Media Relations Person; Lise Nadeau-Cyr, Social Worker. Absent: Martine Levasseur, Social Worker.
- Publication of the Apostolic Exhortation on the Eucharist: The Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Sacramentum Caritatis, On the Eucharist as the Source and Summit of the Church's Life and Mission, was released on 13 March. Pope Benedict XVI signed the text which follows the XIth Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops held in October 2005. (Details )
- On Saturday, October 28, 2006, the New Brunswick Knights of Columbus State Council honoured its past state chaplain Bishop Dionne with its Order's most prestigious award, the Medal of Merit. (Details )
Translated text from "Le Madawaska article":
Bishop Emeritus Gérard Dionne Receives the Medal of Merit from the Knights of Columbus New Brunswick State Council: The Medal of Merit is the highest honour granted by the New Brunswick Knights of Columbus State Council to a deserving knight for sustained effort and whose sense of devotion has contributed in a significant way to advocating and promoting the Knights of Columbus principles. Bishop Dionne was honoured Saturday, October 28, at a banquet followed by the Mass. In the photo taken for the occasion are, from left to right: Jean-Marie Leblanc, past state deputy and Supreme Vice-Master of the Order, Richard Doucette, State Deputy, Bishop Gérard Dionne, the honoured guest and member of Rev. Arthur Godbout Council No. 7543, Guy Nadeau, Grand Knight of the Edmundston-East Council, and the Most Reverend François Thibodeau, Bishop of Edmundston.
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The Ad Limina Visit Of The Atlantic Provinces Bishops: The bishops of the Atlantic provinces will be in Rome between May 22 and 31, to pray at the tombs of Saints Peter and Paul, meet with His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI, and visit a few of the Vatican congregations [ministries]. (Details )
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Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (Media Releases)
Catholic Organization for Life and Family
Zenit—The World Seen from Rome
The Vatican
Homefaith—Spiritual Help for Families
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