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Remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Thess 1:3)
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Our heart thirsts for life, truth and love. God responds to this thirst. Find out how.
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But be doers of the word, and not merely hearers who deceive themselves. (Jas 1:22)
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Strive first for the kingdom of God and his righteousness. (Mt 6:33)
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October 28, 2018

Sunday October 28, 2018, les soeurs missionnaires du Christ-Roi celebrated the 90th anniversary of their congregation’s foundation. For this special occasion, Monseigneur Lépine joined them to celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving in the lovely chapel of their mother house in Laval.

Portrait of Mother Frédérica Giroux. The congregation is present in Japan, RD Congo, Haiti, Benin, Côte d’ivoire, the Philippines, South Korea and Canada, notably in the Gaspé and the Mother House in Chomedey, Laval.

Portrait of Mother Frédérica Giroux

Msgr. Lépine

Superior general sister Claudette Morin, m,c,r.: “There is no doubt that Providence has always watched over us and guided, with his Son, the life of the congregation with much care and tenderness.”

Some of the Soeurs missionnaires du Christ-Roi of Canada: Present on four continents, in eight countries and in 27 homes, the miracle is here: the Quebecois congregation “continues to grow and bear fruit.” – Sister Claudette Morin

Permanent deacon Alain Normand proclaims the Gospel

Msgr. Lépine’s homily. “When the thirst for human values becomes the thirst for God, it becomes the thirst for Jesus Christ and so a revelation and an encounter with God in the heart of Jesus Christ.”

Msgr. Lépine and Alain Normand

Offertory

The Creole choir “Jacquelin et ses amis” for Saint Gilbert parish for the offertory precession and the Magnificat

Gathered in prayer

Eucharistic prayer: Msgr. Lépine surrounded by Fr. Guy Lamoureux ad Fr. Richard Brodeur from the Mission Etrangères, Fr. Charles Depocas, pastor of Saint Maxime, Fr. François Kibwenge and Fr. Donat Mbulumba from Ontario, and Alain Normand, deacon.