Marie-Reine-des-Coeurs Sanctuary was quite filled on September 13 to celebrate the 2019-2020 pastoral year launch under the theme \u201cTogether, we listen!\u201d The atmosphere was convivial and the desire authentic: to increase the community\u2019s presence on the worksite launched last year (and 2000 years ago) for missionary outreach, and to find the world\u2019s real needs, particularly those pertaining to the Diocese of Montreal.<\/p>\n\n
Far from being insignificant, the new theme, LISTENING, is part of the ongoing theme, SEEING, launched last year. \u201cWe are here to encourage ourselves in the mission,\u201d said the Archbishop of Montreal, the Most Rev. Christian L\u00e9pine, in his introduction. Auxiliary Bishop Alain Faubert gave a short review on last year activities to show how far we have come and how attentive we need to remain toward the realities of our communities, in order to \u201cdevelop a shared view\u201d, the one found in Montreal, but also in Quebec and in the whole Church.<\/p>\n\n
A \u201cChurch connected to the Lord,\u201d freed from fears; a \u201cChurch close to the people,\u201d increasingly welcoming; and finally a \u201cunited Church\u201d based on us, and on our cultural diversity and charisms, were part of the reviews. Auxiliary Bishop Faubert reminded the people about the desire to walk together toward a \u201cChurch going forth,\u201d in the words and call of Pope Francis.<\/p>\n\n
\u201cWhat mission exactly,\u201d Father Raymond Lafontaine, E.V. – director of the OEPS, asked, saying that we cannot hold anything for granted. One must transform oneself and the Church\u2019s structure. This cannot happen instantly, which is why we must first ask ourselves where we wish to invest our energy. \u201cWe will need to sacrifice certain things,\u201d he said. He also put forth the word \u201ctogether,\u201d inviting the audience to build solid parish teams. \u201cHow are we called to live the Gospel, here, in Montreal?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n\n
Archbishop L\u00e9pine invited the audience to envision the mission as a \u201ctriple passion\u201d for Jesus, the Church and mankind. This is how \u201clistening helps to open up our eyes\u201d. True that seeing involve high risks, but by not seeing, listening or understanding, we face greater risks. What can be done to avoid that?
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\n\u201cWe must find a way to deal with the reality of sorrows, joys and aspirations\u201d and \u201cto understand people\u2019s hearts,\u201d the Archbishop recalled, as he gave concrete examples of actions and invited the audience to act accordingly, keeping up with their communities and being attuned to the Holy Spirit.
\n <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\nOver the evening, other people gave testimonies on their feelings regarding the needs. Auxiliary Bishop Faubert asked the audience to take the necessary measures to achieve the desire to sustain our mission. \u201cStay tuned,\u201d he added as a kick-off. <\/p>\n\n
The evening ended up with people sharing a moment of silence to hear the call from Christ, as they were to fill the questionnaire received earlier.<\/p>\n\n
This great diocesan worksite is consistent with the missionary month preparations announced by Pope Francis for October 2019.<\/p>\n\n
To keep up with the worksite this year (all are invited):
\nPastoral team workdays:
\n– St-John-Br\u00e9beuf:<\/a> October 8, 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. (English)
\n– Notre-Dame-d\u2019Anjou<\/a>: October 16, 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. (French)
\n– Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel:<\/a> October 24, 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. (French)
\nThe Hub of Consecrated Life: November 9
\nPresbyteral day: February 19, 2020
\nAnd many others\u2026 stay tuned!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Marie-Reine-des-Coeurs Sanctuary was quite filled on September 13 to celebrate the 2019-2020 pastoral year launch under the theme \u201cTogether, we listen!\u201d…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6209,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nouvelle"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6208\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}