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Easter Message 2023

  OAPCE Easter message from the Liaison Bishop ✠ Yvan Mathieu, SM In a few days, at the end of the forty days of Lent, we will celebrate the mystery that is at the center of our catholic faith: the Passion, Death, and Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. In his first letter to the Corinthians, […]

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Summer Message 2024

OAPCE Summer 2024 Message From The Liaison Bishop ✠ Yvan Mathieu, SM Trust and hope! We are a few days away from vacation time. As we conclude the 85th anniversary celebrations of the Ontario Association of Parents in Catholic Education, summer will come as a season of well-deserved rest for all of us. As members of

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Fall Message 2024

  OAPCE Fall 2024 message from the Liaison Bishop ✠ Yvan Mathieu, SM With the beginning of the school year 2024-2025, the Ontario Association of Parents in Catholic Education (OAPCE) embarks on its 86th year of existence. And as we enter a new phase of the Association’s history, the Gospel reading of Sunday October 6 (27th

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Easter Message 2024

  OAPCE Easter 2024 message from the Liaison Bishop ✠ Yvan Mathieu, SM Dear members of the Ontario Association of Parents in Catholic Education (OAPCE), on the occasion of the Easter Vigil, the Evangelist Mark will recount how the women discovered the empty tomb of Jesus on Easter morning. “When the sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene,

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New Year Message 2024

  OAPCE 2024 message from the Liaison Bishop ✠ Yvan Mathieu, SM Dear members of the Ontario Association of Parents in Catholic Education (OAPCE), Even though I am a little late, let me start by offering you my best wishes for the New Year. May “the Lord bless you and keep you; [may] the LORD make

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Christmas Message 2023

  OAPCE Christmas 2023 message from the Liaison Bishop ✠ Yvan Mathieu, SM Dear members of the Ontario Association of Parents in Catholic Education (OAPCE), In a few days, Christians from all over the world will celebrate the Nativity of Christ. The Bible does not mention Jesus’s exact birthday. We celebrate Jesus’s birth on December 25th

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Fall Message 2023

  OAPCE Fall 2023 message from the Liaison Bishop ✠ Yvan Mathieu, SM The school year that started a few weeks ago is an important milestone for the Ontario Association of Parents in Catholic Education (OAPCE). Founded in 1939, the Association is about to celebrate 85 years of existence. This is a unique occasion to reflect

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Summer Message 2023

  OAPCE Summer message from the Liaison Bishop ✠ Yvan Mathieu, SM Summer is about to start. After a very full year of work and commitments, it will be good to have some time for ourselves and for our families. As vacation time is near, I like to remember the invitation Jesus made to his apostles

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Lenten Message 2023

  OAPCE Lenten message from the Liaison Bishop ✠ Yvan Mathieu, SM Dear members of the Ontario Association of Parents in Catholic Education (OAPCE), From Ash Wednesday until Easter Sunday, the whole Church is living the Season of Lent. The word “Lent” translates the Latin word Quadragesima, which simply means forty. It is a reminder of

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