It is with great joy that we announce the diaconal ordination of Quoc Chay (Beatrice), Nicola Giampaolo (Caterina), Dawood Masih (Sabita), Marcos Garcia (Roxana), Jeff Allan Gagné (Bella Mary) and Robert Gosselin (Hélène). Archbishop Christian Lépine will preside at the ordinations on Friday, May 24, 7:30 p.m., at Mary Queen of the World Cathedral. All are invited!

This is the theme of this year’s National Week for Life and the Family, which will be celebrated across Canada May 12-19, 2019.

On Wednesday, April 24, 2019, Archbishop Christian Lépine celebrated mass for Montreal's Tamil community at Our Lady of Deliverance Church, following the attacks that took place on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Day. Here is the message the Archbishop delivered to the community.

On May 17, Emanuel Zetino will be ordained a priest for the diocese of Montreal at Mary Queen of the World Cathedral. The future priest shares his vocational journey in the brief report that follows.

In his Easter Urbi et Orbi address, Pope Francis prays that the light of the Risen Christ shine in the darkness of conflicts around the world, especially those in Syria, Yemen, Israel and Palestine, Libya, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan, South Sudan, eastern Ukraine, Venezuela, and Nicaragua.