The Roman Catholic
ARCHDIOCESE OF KINGSTON

Prayer for Vocations

Eternal God… Bless your  Church with holy and faithful Priests, Deacons, Brothers and  Sisters.

Give those you have called  to the married  state and those you have chosen to live as single persons in the world, the special graces  that their lives require.

Form us all in the likeness of your Son so that in him, with him and through him we may love you more deeply and serve you more faithfully, always and everywhere.

With Mary we ask this through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Welcome Susannah Otto!

We welcome Susannah Otto as the new
 Receptionist/Secretary at the Catholic Diocesan Centre.  
Susannah is a parishioner of St. Paul the Apostle Parish, 
and is recently arrived from Toronto.

Goodbye and Good Luck, Lisa!

Photo courtesy of Marlene Carlo
We wish Lisa Downey many blessings as she embarks on the next chapter in the book of her life.  Lisa leaves us to return to her home province of Newfoundland.  We will miss you, Lisa!

WANTED:  
Piano/Keyboard Players

St. Paul the Apostle Parish, Kingston is in need of piano/keyboard players for several of their weekend parish Masses.  They use the CBW III and the Spirit & Song (Vol.  I) songbooks which offer a wide variety of traditional and contemporary liturgical music. 
If you are interested, please contact the parish @ 613-389-8222.

For our mini web-page on the Year of the Priest
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A Communicator 
for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kingston
AVAILABLE IN YOUR PARISH THIS WEEKEND
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JOURNEY ARCHIVES

• ^{Fall 2009}

• ^{Summer 2009}

• ^{April 2009}

• ^{December 2008}

• ^{October 2008}

• ^{June 2008}

• ^{April 2008}

• ^{February 2008}

CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING:
HOMILY NOTES AND DISCUSSION MATERIALS

• 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 6, 2009
• 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time
• 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

PRIESTS & DEACONS GROUP PHOTO
taken by Fred Happy @ Chrism Mass 2009

Mounted prints are available for viewing at the Catholic Diocesan Centre.  To order your own mounted print contact webmaster

PRIESTS  (18.5" x  8" mounted print) =  $32.00
DEACONS (10" x  8" mounted print) = $22.00

Mission Statement

We, the community of God's People in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kingston, united by the Holy Spirit with lives rooted in the Gospel, proclaim with joy the resurrection of Christ and, as followers of the Risen Lord, under the patronage of Mary, the Mother of God, dedicate our lives in Christian service to all, especially to those in most need.

History of the Archdiocese

Catholic Population - 116,845
(2001 Census)
51 parishes and 20 missions Map

The Archdiocese of Kingston, located in Eastern Ontario, serves over 100,000 Catholics. It is Canada's oldest English-speaking Roman Catholic Diocese. It was founded on 27 January 1826, by the division of the Archdiocese of Québec, and became an Archdiocese on 28 December 1889.

The Archdiocese of Kingston comprises the counties of Frontenac, Lennox and Addington, Prince Edward, and the southern portions of Hastings County; the counties of Leeds, Grenville, Dundas, and the southwestern part of Lanark.

The population is primarily Anglophone, although a considerable number of Francophones live throughout the Archdiocese. There is one exclusively French parish in the City of Kingston.

Many different cultures and communities of people are also served in the diocese. There is a Portuguese parish in Kingston, and there are apostolates to Hispanic, Ukrainian and Polish communities, as well as ministries to youth, to prisoners, to the deaf and to the aged and infirm.

Mark your calendar

Diocesan Feast of the Immaculate Conception
Mass
8 December 2009 @ 7:30 p.m.
St. Mary's Cathedral, Kingston

CHRISTMAS HOURS @ THE DIOCESAN CENTRE

For events going on in the Archdiocese and elsewhere
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H1N1 Swine Influenza Precautions

25 October 2009
Most Rev. Brendan M. O'Brien
Archbishop of Kingston

According to an Update issued by the Kingston-Frontenac- Lennox and Addington Health Unit, the past week has produced an alarmingly sharp upward trend across the region in emergency department visits and hospital admissions for influenza, fever, and pneumonia. As well, schools are reporting very high rates of absenteeism. Those who have been tested have almost all tested positive for the H1N1 virus.

In my memorandum of 30 September 2009, I indicated that, if the situation became more acute, I would be amending the liturgical directives issued on that date. Clearly, the time for increased precautions has now arrived. 

Therefore, I am directing that the following additional measures be implemented immediately:

• Communion from the Chalice for the faithful is to be suspended.
• The Faithful are to receive the Body of Christ in the hand, not on the tongue.

as well, as per earlier directive: