Organized by the Archdiocese of Montreal’s Office for Cultural and Ritual Communities, the musical Per terre lontane was presented as an initiative to raise awareness about the realities of migration, welcome, and solidarity.

On July 16, more than 500 people from around the world came together online for a webinar dedicated to the dignity and rights of migrants — a moment of shared reflection, and also a concrete call to pastoral and political action.

The title "Consolata" names the Virgin Mary as our Mother of Consolation. Her missionaries have shaped Catholic life in Montreal since 1976, and in Canada since 1952.

Each year, on the fourth Sunday of July, the Church dedicates a day to grandparents and the elderly, established by Pope Francis to fall close to the feast of Sts. Joachim and Anne, the grandparents of Jesus.

As World Mission Day approaches its centenary, diocesan directors and partners of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in French-speaking Canada met from June 15 to 18, 2026, at the Notre-Dame house of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, in the Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe.