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In Memoriam
Laurent Boisvert, OFM
- 1926-09-17
- 2025-01-07
Friar Laurent Boisvert, O.F.M., member of the Holy Spirit Province of Canada, born in St-Étienne-des-Grès, QC, has passed away in Montreal, QC, on January 7, 2025, at the age of 98, after 77 years of religious life and 69 years of priesthood.
God of the Journey,You are with us in the rhythms of our days:dishes to wash, beds to make, emails to send,meals to cook, games to play, people to visit,snow to shovel, deliveries to make, prayers to pray.Draw our hearts to be attentiveto where you (…)
When we celebrate Easter, the liturgies leading up to it are remembrances of events that inspire very contradictory feelings. Holy Thursday is the last supper, a festive event that suddenly ends in a spirit of fear and anxiety. Then there is the great sadness (…)
Regi Mathew, OFM What, why and when is a Christmas? This was haunting my mind as I entered the Advent. I realize it is Grace, empowered by the Spirit that leads to a re-birth. In the first book of the Bible, Genesis, we read (…)
The Summer 2024 issue of the Franciscan Missions magazine is available now and can be read online for free (for French-speaking audiences). Here’s a short summary of what’s inside (English translation provided). Use this link to open the original French language digital publication : (…)
On June 19, 1988, St. Charles Parish held a liturgy of rededication in celebration of the expansion of their church building. The history of St. Charles Parish dates back to the early 1800s when an Oblate missionary, Fr. LaFleche, built a small log cabin (…)
The Holy Spirit marks the life of Jesus and the Church much more profoundly than we might think. The evangelist Luke, who also wrote the Acts of the Apostles, emphasizes the Holy Spirit right at the beginning in the conception of John the Baptist (…)
