Friar Rick to walk 60k to End Breast Cancer

Can you spare a few dollars to End Breast Cancer? I’ll be walking the 60k to support our mothers, sisters, daughters, wives and friends, (and men) who have had breast cancer.  Your gift, no matter how small can make a difference.

Make a donation online!

If you prefer to mail your donation please do so (payable: The Weekend to End Breast Cancer)  to Friar Rick at The Franciscan Church of St. Bonaventure, 1300 Leslie Street, Toronto, Ontario, M3C 2K9.

A time to rest

Hi there.  I just wanted to to let you know that I’m taking some time off to relax, rest and recreate: play! I’m not taking my macbook and will not be checking my email…. much

Have a great few weeks. I certainly hope to.

peace,

Friar Rick

Today’s Homily: Bella

If you were at St. Bonaventure today and were interested in more about the film Bella, please visit the website.  The homily will be posted on our parish website as of Monday noon and also available at Franciscans.org

peace!

Happy Fathers’ Day

Today we remember our fathers, our biological fathers, but also the many men in our lives who have “fathered” us… help us to grow, to learn, to explore, to pray, to play. We often forget the value of fathers. They have a unique role to play in the family and in our lives. In an effort to make life more “inclusive” and “equal” for all (and there is value in that effort) we must avoid the error of thinking that all relationships are the same. Fathers are important.

Our society seems to make fun of males in general and fathers in particular as being kind of stupid. Check out the following article for more: Why ads paint dads as buffoons

Obama Saves The Day

Not an endorsement.. ok not more than I’ve given before. It’s just a very funny video that I could not resist.

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US bishops reject poor english translation of mass

The United States’ Catholic Bishops are having a hard time accepting the new translation of the mass that is being proposed. It’s a good thing! One bishop makes some good points. Read on:

Bishop Donald W. Trautman of Erie, Pa., had several times raised questions about the timetable for submitting the liturgical texts and voiced frustration with their grammar, sentence structure and word choices that he said were not suited to contemporary worship.

“I say yes to more accurate Latin translation … yes to a more elevated tone,” Bishop Trautman said from the floor. “But a resounding no to incomplete sentences, to two and three clauses in sentences, no to 13 lines in one sentence, no to archaic phrases, no to texts that are not proclaimable, not intelligible and not pastorally sensitive to our people.”

In an interview with Catholic News Service Bishop Trautman singled out for example a phrase included in the translations for votive Masses and Masses for the dead: “May the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, Lord, cleanse our hearts and make them fruitful within by the sprinkling of his dew.”
“What does that even mean?” he asked, citing frustration also with phrases such as “the sweetness of your grace.”

“I don’t think the word ’sweetness’ relates to people today,” at least not in the way the translation intends, he told CNS.

You can read the whole article at the Catholic News Service.

Bishops clear Development & Peace

In an interview with Salt+Light TV,  Archbishop James Weisgerber, president of the Canadian Bishops’ Conference revealed the key finding of the investigation into Development & Peace:

I can assure you that in the report, the bishops found very clearly that there was no evidence that Development and Peace in any way funded abortion-related activities. And, in fact, that’s not the allegation. The allegation is that they funded partners who were involved. And that also, there is no evidence of that. Now they could have been involved with other groups who were doing things. That may be. But we have very clear guidelines within Catholic moral theology around how we do that. Because we’re faced with that everywhere. The leadership of the Catholic Church wants the Church involved with other people, even people who don’t agree with us, provided that the disagreement that they have with us not be supported in any way or be given umbrage by our presence there. So it’s always kind of a prudential thing. But there’s no evidence that any of that has gone on in Mexico.

The investigation into D&P was as a result of slanderous claims by highly politicized anti-abortion groups. Watch the episode of Zoom on Salt+Light. Select the June 19 show.

Un petit film francais

Here’s a little something from the Archdiocese of Paris.It’s quite good.

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How’s your golf game?

Here’s an inspiring story from ESPN on a young man’s unique style of golf… and life.

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Pray for Iran

Check out Tehranlive.org for more photos and comments from Iran. Let’s pray for the great and noble Persian people. Pray for safety and freedom for them.

No way to turn off being Catholic, court told

That’s what a McGill prof testified at the court case between Loyola HighSchool in Montreal and the provincial government. Loyola is fighting having  to offer the new religion & ethics course. Loyola contends that this course is not really “value free” but rather imposes a relativistic philosophy which is not consistent with Catholic education.

Read more: No way to turn off being Catholic, court told

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