by Holy Spirit Parish | May 9, 2016 | News
“Mothers across the globe are celebrating Mother’s Day today with their husbands and children. But for many women in China, Mother’s Day is a haunting reminder of the cost of their country’s harsh reproductive laws. While abortion rates in China have in the past...
by Holy Spirit Parish | May 8, 2016 | News
“A Dutch woman in her 20s was euthanized after her mental health condition was declared “insufferable” by a team of doctors and psychiatrists in the Netherlands, according to recently released reports from the Dutch Euthanasia Commission. Why? The unnamed woman...
by Holy Spirit Parish | May 2, 2016 | Pope Francis, News
“Reconciliation is an essential aspect of God’s mercy, Pope Francis said Saturday, explaining that when we distance ourselves from the Lord through sin, it takes much more than our own effort to get back to him. Referencing St. Paul’s Second Letter to the...
by Holy Spirit Parish | May 2, 2016 | News
“Loai Behnam Toubia pulls up his shirt, uncovering a thick, dark scar – probably 10 inches long – that tears vertically down his large, round belly. “With a cockeyed arm he points to three smaller scars that decorate the left side of his misshaped abdomen,...
by Holy Spirit Parish | Apr 25, 2016 | News
“April 23 marks the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare, the playwright, poet, and actor widely considered to be the most influential literary figure in the English language. Yet, there’s one mystery which continues to elude scholars to...
by Holy Spirit Parish | Apr 25, 2016 | News, Pope Francis
“Freedom does not come from things we possess or from doing whatever we want, Pope Francis said Sunday in his homily for the Jubilee for boys and girls. Rather, true freedom and happiness can only be found in the love of Jesus. “Your happiness has no price,” the...
by Holy Spirit Parish | Apr 19, 2016 | Holy Spirit Parish News
“History was made in Stittsville on Friday, April 1. The new Ecole secondaire catholique Paul-Desmarais in Stittsville held its first student and staff mass at Holy Spirit Catholic Church on Shea Road, with students and staff arriving there for the 1:30 p.m....
by Holy Spirit Parish | Apr 18, 2016 | News, Pope Francis
“Pope Francis on Sunday reflected on the great suffering he had witnessed at the refugee camp in Lesbos. He remembered especially the children he encountered, as well as the husband of a Christian woman who was martyred by terrorists. “I saw much suffering,” the...
by Holy Spirit Parish | Apr 18, 2016 | News, Pope Francis
“Pope Francis on Monday met with the Central African Republic’s newly-installed president, Faustin-Archange Touadéra, who was elected to office a few months after the pontiff’s visit to the country late last year. “The “warm welcome” offered to the...
by Holy Spirit Parish | Apr 11, 2016 | News
“Catholics who have divorced-and-remarried need the fullness of Church teaching. They also need a wise pastoral and community response to their difficulties that can help them grow in the Christian life, Pope Francis said on Friday in his new document on love in...
