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Rest in Eternal Peace: Francis Frank Mendes (UK)

 

GOA TORONTO CELERBRATES 55 YEARS!

 

Mitelia Paul: Sharing our joy with friends

  Sharing our joy with our close friends Hi Skip, We got such a lovely surprise in the mail when we received this Spring magazine from Rowan's school, Upper Canada College.  This is the third oldest Private school in Canada (1869). Many influential people have studied there.  Rowan was fortunate to go through their wonderful program from Grade 3 to Grade 13. Vera Abreu's son, Derrick, and Alcino's son, Dominic, also studied there. He is profiled so prominently in the U.C.C. magazine, and we wanted to share our joy with you and our close friends Down Under.  We are so glad that Rowan is firmly ethically grounded and helps the less fortunate. We are all so lucky that we were able to immigrate to Canada, the U.K. and Australia. Our children have not wasted our sacrifices; they have sprinted with what was offered to them. We all made the correct decision, even though, a difficult one. Our elections are tomorrow.  Go Carney - Liberal Candidate!  H...

THE LAST OF SUMMER WINE SALUTE?

THE LAST OF SUMMER WINE! Soon, the icy cold pangs will put to sleep my rose garden. In a month or two, it will be pruning time and the passion and expectation for the new Spring and with the coming of the new blooms will begin. 

Why we mourn the passing of Pope Francis

  AS WE watch TV screens giving us intimate details of Pope Francis's burial, each of us feels a personal loss, as if we had lost a wife, husband or daughter or someone so treasured. As our fingers caress each bead of the rosary we cite tonight, we are over come with regret, remorse. Although it was the will of the heavens above, we mere mortals who are not privy to the will of God the Father, or his Son Jesus Christ, must suffer this loss and pray that Pope Francis will be feted in Heaven. He will find his rightful place alongside all those who have a rightful place in Heaven, having lived the Ten Commandments and been similarly blessed Heaven and now have a permanent place there. So, why is it that thousands, nay millions, feel the Pope's departure such a huge personal loss? It is because while he was with us, he lived a blessed life in as much as he blessed anyone he met, chatted with, celebrated with, prayed with or all those who prayed with him in the chapels, cathedrals, ...

Typical of the late Pope: A brilliant quote

 

ALL THE POPES OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

  St. Peter  (32-67) St. Linus  (67-76) St. Anacletus (Cletus)  (76-88) St. Clement I  (88-97) St. Evaristus  (97-105) St. Alexander I  (105-115) St. Sixtus I  (115-125)  Also called Xystus I St. Telesphorus  (125-136) St. Hyginus  (136-140) St. Pius I  (140-155) St. Anicetus  (155-166) St. Soter  (166-175) St. Eleutherius  (175-189) St. Victor I  (189-199) St. Zephyrinus  (199-217) St. Callistus I  (217-22)  Callistus and the following three  popes  were opposed by  St. Hippolytus ,  antipope  (217-236) St. Urban I  (222-30) St. Pontian  (230-35) St. Anterus  (235-36) St. Fabian  (236-50) St. Cornelius  (251-53)  Opposed by  Novatian ,  antipope  (251) St. Lucius I  (253-54) St. Stephen I  (254-257) St. Sixtus II  (257-258) St. Dionysius  (260-268) St. Felix I  (269-274) St. Eutychian  (275-283...