A message from the Most Rev. Fred Colli, Bishop of Thunder Bay:
My dear brothers and sisters in Christ,
Our celebration of Our Lady of Charity this year is held on the weekend of October 01-02, 2011. We ask the Mother of the Lord and our mother, to pray for us as a diocesan family and to unite her prayers with ours for the building up of the Church in northwestern Ontario. We thank God for the blessings our diocese has received over this past year, in particular for the journey taken by our young people who participated in World Youth Days in Spain.
We ask Mary to pray with us as we pray for vocations to the priesthood, permanent diaconate, religious life and marriage in our diocese. And we look foward to sharing our prayers with the world at the International Eucharistic congress in Dublin, Ireland in June of 2012.
We ask Mary to pray for our families, especially those struggling with difficult economic and social situations. United in worship as a diocesan family, may this weekend as we celebrate the feast of Our Lady of Charity, be a time for grace and renewal for all of us.
Sincerely in Christ,
+ Fred J. Colli
Our Lady of Charity, pray for us!
