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SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER - Diocese of Saint John - Livestreamed from the Cathedral
Mass will be livestreamed from the Cathedral for the second Sunday of Easter starting at 10:00am.
Please note, a Facebook account is not required to watch the live stream. The link below takes you to the Diocesan Website. Open that link and click on Our Facebook Page. A screen may pop up asking you to Log In or Create New Account. If you scroll down on the right hand side of the page, another screen will pop us asking you to Log in or Create New Account, but if you click on “Not Now” , this will open up the full Diocesan Facebook page.
https://www.facebook.com/Diocese-of-Saint-John-108332564142619/
Mass will be livestreamed from the Cathedral for the second Sunday of Easter starting at 10:00am.
Please note, a Facebook account is not required to watch the live stream. The link below takes you to the Diocesan Website. Open that link and click on Our Facebook Page. A screen may pop up asking you to Log In or Create New Account. If you scroll down on the right hand side of the page, another screen will pop us asking you to Log in or Create New Account, but if you click on “Not Now” , this will open up the full Diocesan Facebook page.
https://www.facebook.com/Diocese-of-Saint-John-108332564142619/
TELEVISED MASS
Salt + Light TV has communicated with us that they have made arrangements with cable companies across Canada (Rogers, Bell, Telus, Shaw Direct, Videotron) so that Salt + Light TV is available free of charge to all subscribers until 1 May 2020. This means that any person who subscribes to cable TV will be able to access Salt + Light TV and therefore the Daily TV Mass and Sunday TV Mass produced by National Catholic Broadcasting Council. (Please note that times are in Eastern Standard Time.)
<Click Here> for English Mass information.
<Click Here> for French Mass information
Also, “La Messe du jour” that is produced and televised by Salt + Light TV six days a week from the crypt at Saint Joseph Oratory in Montreal will likewise be televised on Sundays now through arrangements with the Archdiocese of Montreal. Therefore, all may have access to televised Mass in both French and English seven days a week.
Salt + Light TV is televising the daily Mass celebrated by Pope Francis from Casa Santa Marta. This airs every day at 9:00 am and will be televised in both English and French.
The channel number on each cable company that carries Salt + Light TV can be found at https://saltandlighttv.org/subscribe
Please note that the Daily TV Mass is available on other faith based television networks besides Salt + Light TV. The various networks and Mass times can be found at https://dailytvmass.com/about/broadcast-schedule/.
On a similar note, please note that the weekly (Sunday) showing of “Le Jour du Seigneur” (Radio Canada) will continue as always to provide Sunday Mass at its usual time and channel.
Resources for Mass – PDF:
The CCCB General Secretariat has received word from Novalis, Living with Christ and Prions en Église, that during this current health crisis, they are willing to post on their websites PDFs of the pages from Living with Christ and Prions en Église for each upcoming Sunday Mass, as well as for Daily Mass, so as to allow people to download them for free during this limited period of time – until 29 March; this offer will then be assessed based on the situation at that time These resources can help the faithful who follow Mass from their homes on TV or internet. At the very least, they can read the Scriptures and follow along on televised celebrations. The CCCB has given permission to Novalis to do so.
Please click on the following links for the English and French PDF versions of the Sunday Mass Readings and prayers from Novalis:
The approved version for Canada of the Scriptural texts for Mass are likewise readily available on the website for the Association épiscopale liturgique pour les pays francophones (AELF) at https://www.aelf.org/calendrier/romain/2020/03
Sincerely yours in Jesus with Mary,
Msgr. Frank Leo, Jr.
General Secretary
Salt + Light TV has communicated with us that they have made arrangements with cable companies across Canada (Rogers, Bell, Telus, Shaw Direct, Videotron) so that Salt + Light TV is available free of charge to all subscribers until 1 May 2020. This means that any person who subscribes to cable TV will be able to access Salt + Light TV and therefore the Daily TV Mass and Sunday TV Mass produced by National Catholic Broadcasting Council. (Please note that times are in Eastern Standard Time.)
<Click Here> for English Mass information.
<Click Here> for French Mass information
Also, “La Messe du jour” that is produced and televised by Salt + Light TV six days a week from the crypt at Saint Joseph Oratory in Montreal will likewise be televised on Sundays now through arrangements with the Archdiocese of Montreal. Therefore, all may have access to televised Mass in both French and English seven days a week.
Salt + Light TV is televising the daily Mass celebrated by Pope Francis from Casa Santa Marta. This airs every day at 9:00 am and will be televised in both English and French.
The channel number on each cable company that carries Salt + Light TV can be found at https://saltandlighttv.org/subscribe
Please note that the Daily TV Mass is available on other faith based television networks besides Salt + Light TV. The various networks and Mass times can be found at https://dailytvmass.com/about/broadcast-schedule/.
On a similar note, please note that the weekly (Sunday) showing of “Le Jour du Seigneur” (Radio Canada) will continue as always to provide Sunday Mass at its usual time and channel.
Resources for Mass – PDF:
The CCCB General Secretariat has received word from Novalis, Living with Christ and Prions en Église, that during this current health crisis, they are willing to post on their websites PDFs of the pages from Living with Christ and Prions en Église for each upcoming Sunday Mass, as well as for Daily Mass, so as to allow people to download them for free during this limited period of time – until 29 March; this offer will then be assessed based on the situation at that time These resources can help the faithful who follow Mass from their homes on TV or internet. At the very least, they can read the Scriptures and follow along on televised celebrations. The CCCB has given permission to Novalis to do so.
Please click on the following links for the English and French PDF versions of the Sunday Mass Readings and prayers from Novalis:
- Prions en Église, French Canadian edition: http://www.prionseneglise.ca/
- Living with Christ, English Canadian edition: https://www.livingwithchrist.ca/index.php/intentions?_ga=2.50103011.496730847.1584390822-169904871.1417450886
The approved version for Canada of the Scriptural texts for Mass are likewise readily available on the website for the Association épiscopale liturgique pour les pays francophones (AELF) at https://www.aelf.org/calendrier/romain/2020/03
Sincerely yours in Jesus with Mary,
Msgr. Frank Leo, Jr.
General Secretary
ERITREAN SPONSORSHIP
UPDATE: Feb 2, 2020
Mikele: Mikele is in month 8 of our sponsorship and has just completed a Wood Manufacturing Program at NBCC where he learned the terminology, tools, and skills needed for basic carpentry. Last week he started an 8 week paid work term and hopes it will work into something permanent. If so, he will be able to complete a Carpentry Apprenticeship through work experience and write the required blocks to get his Red Seal in the coming years. All that stands in his way is getting his GED – for which he needs to improve his English.
Aman: Aman, who has been with us for 6 months, is enjoying work at Premier Auto and trying to improve his English enough to get his Driver’s Permit. Like Mikele, once his English improves enough to get his GED, he will enroll in the Mechanic Apprenticeship program and work towards his Red Seal.
Ailan and her daughter Heldana (13): Ailan had her final security checks completed in November and we hope to see her arrive in February or March. We are not sure if her daughter will be able to come with her at this time because she is living in Sudan with her aunt. They will be living in Hampton with a local resident and Heldana will attend school here. Please keep them in your prayers, that they may come soon and together!
Daniel, Lola, and children: Daniel is Aman’s brother; he and his family are living in Israel and are looking forward to joining his brother. They have 3 children: a son Mosa who is 10, a daughter Nazaret who is 8, and a little 18 month old son, Saney. They will likely live near Aman in Saint John to have his support as an experienced Canadian and much loved uncle! They should be arriving around the summer of 2021.
Muhammad: Muhammad is a Syrian refugee living in Lebanon. We have agreed to co-sponsor him; he is a cook and his teacher, who lives in Saint John, had appealed to Leticia to help bring Muhammad to safety. We will work together with his friend when he arrives, to settle him into his new life in Canada. We do not expect to see Muhammad until the winter of 2021.
We have no financial responsibility to any of these Newcomers, but we do try to support them with household goods and furniture, English training, welcoming and settling in. Thank-you to those who donated flannel sheets for Ailan this month! Your continuing prayers for their safe arrival out of treacherous conditions are greatly appreciated.
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Canada School Program
Eritrean Article Part 1 The Guardian
Etritran Article Part 2 The Guardian
July 2019 Eritrean Update
UPDATE: Feb 2, 2020
Mikele: Mikele is in month 8 of our sponsorship and has just completed a Wood Manufacturing Program at NBCC where he learned the terminology, tools, and skills needed for basic carpentry. Last week he started an 8 week paid work term and hopes it will work into something permanent. If so, he will be able to complete a Carpentry Apprenticeship through work experience and write the required blocks to get his Red Seal in the coming years. All that stands in his way is getting his GED – for which he needs to improve his English.
Aman: Aman, who has been with us for 6 months, is enjoying work at Premier Auto and trying to improve his English enough to get his Driver’s Permit. Like Mikele, once his English improves enough to get his GED, he will enroll in the Mechanic Apprenticeship program and work towards his Red Seal.
Ailan and her daughter Heldana (13): Ailan had her final security checks completed in November and we hope to see her arrive in February or March. We are not sure if her daughter will be able to come with her at this time because she is living in Sudan with her aunt. They will be living in Hampton with a local resident and Heldana will attend school here. Please keep them in your prayers, that they may come soon and together!
Daniel, Lola, and children: Daniel is Aman’s brother; he and his family are living in Israel and are looking forward to joining his brother. They have 3 children: a son Mosa who is 10, a daughter Nazaret who is 8, and a little 18 month old son, Saney. They will likely live near Aman in Saint John to have his support as an experienced Canadian and much loved uncle! They should be arriving around the summer of 2021.
Muhammad: Muhammad is a Syrian refugee living in Lebanon. We have agreed to co-sponsor him; he is a cook and his teacher, who lives in Saint John, had appealed to Leticia to help bring Muhammad to safety. We will work together with his friend when he arrives, to settle him into his new life in Canada. We do not expect to see Muhammad until the winter of 2021.
We have no financial responsibility to any of these Newcomers, but we do try to support them with household goods and furniture, English training, welcoming and settling in. Thank-you to those who donated flannel sheets for Ailan this month! Your continuing prayers for their safe arrival out of treacherous conditions are greatly appreciated.
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Canada School Program
Eritrean Article Part 1 The Guardian
Etritran Article Part 2 The Guardian
July 2019 Eritrean Update
