On Sunday, March 6, I took part in a demonstration organized by the Collectif Échec à la guerre as part of an international appeal opposing the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the expansion of NATO. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is a military alliance of which Canada is a member. Since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the alliance has expanded to include several Central European countries that border directly on Russia.

Pope Francis releases his prayer intention for the month of March, and asks the faithful to offer a Christian response to challenges presented by bioethical advances.

On March 8, the Interim Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, Cardinal Michael Czerny, travelled on behalf of Pope Francis to visit Budapest, Hungary, and several other cities, where he will tour Ukrainian refugee centres and meet those assisting people fleeing the country.

The Centre le Jourdain invites you to a day of renewal on March 26. Mgr Christian Lépine will be present to speak on the following theme: Keep on praising the Lord, Christ is victorious!

Archbishop of Montreal, Most Reverend Christian Lépine invites us to fast and pray for peace in Ukraine, for the victims of the attacks, the soldiers, the civilians, the bereaved families.