Behold the Lamb of God

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A retreat on our Lord’s Eucharistic presence at Our Lady of Hope Retreat Centre. 

Father Andrew Handrahan will lead this retreat the weekend of January 20-22, 2023, reflecting on the Lord’s presence among us in the Eucharist and our response to this sacred gift of the Lord to His Church. 

To register, please call 902-621-2385 or 902-388-1952.

The cost for the weekend is $195.00 for single registrants and $295.00 for couples.   

Arrival time is 6 to 6:30 PM on Friday, retreat begins promptly at 7 PM.

Valentine Couples Retreat

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There will be a Valentine’s Retreat at Our Lady of Hope Retreat Centre, Friday & Saturday February 11-12, 2022 beginning on Friday evening at 5:00 p.m.

Dinner followed by celebration of the Holy Mass including renewal of vows.

To register, and for more information, please contact Martin or Earla at (902) 621-2385 or (902) 394-4116.

A Special Retreat Weekend for Grandparents

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Due to low numbers at pre-registration this weekend had to be cancelled

Our understanding of a Grandparent is that of an Elder who through their lived experiences pass on important values, beliefs and ideals to future generations.

We wish to recognize and celebrate your wisdom and love in this retreat weekend.

In this guided retreat there will be some quiet time along with prayer meditation time to reground yourself in what really matters bringing you back to who you are and the God that created you.

In this way you will deepen your awareness of your beautiful and sacred self within the context of your sacred history.

In the words of St. Ignatius of Loyola, your true self is “to desire an interior knowledge of all the good I have received, so that acknowledging this with gratitude, I may be able to love and serve our Loving and Compassionate God in everything”.

You will be guided by a team made up of Julia Donahoe-MacDougald, Fr. John Lacey, and Gilles Michaud.

Cost for the week end retreat:

Single room: $170.00

Double per room/ married couple: $255.00

Because of the pandemic and its physical distance guidelines we are limited in the number of participants that will be accepted. To register please contact: Earla and Martin Avery at Our Lady of Hope Retreat Centre

Telephone: 902-621-2385

E-Mail: ourladyofhope.pei@gmail.com

Marion’s Prayer for the Grand Opening

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In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

 

Father, Creator of all

We praise you.

We come before you

in this place

this blessed place;

this place built on Holy Ground;

this place surrounded by nature at its best

with an ocean view —

all of which you have created.

 

Lord Jesus, redeemer of souls,

We ask your guidance on all who enter for spiritual growth;

May their tine here refresh mind, body and soul.

 

Holy Spirit of truth and wisdom,

Open the hearts of all who spend time here

To the many opportunities offered.

Inflame them with a desire to live

Every day in love and service.

 

Our Lady of Hope restore us,

So as we go forward

We can spread hope, peace and joy

To our families, community, province, country and beyond.

 

May God Bless Us each and every one.

AMEN

Apostolic Nuncio to Visit Retreat Centre

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It is a rare occasion when the Apostolic Nuncio makes a visit to an individual Diocese.  But this is precisely what is occurring in Charlottetown during the early part of June, 2017.

 

“I am pleased to announce that the Most Reverend Luigi Bonazzi, the Apostolic Nuncio to Canada, will be visiting the Diocese of Charlottetown during the period, June 10-13, 2017”, stated Bishop Richard Grecco.  “It will be an honour to have his Excellency visit with us during these several days.”

 

The Apostolic Nuncio is the Ambassador of the Vatican to the Government of Canada and is also the Papal Nuncio (representative of the Holy Father) to the Roman Catholic Dioceses of Canada.  Archbishop Bonazzi has been a member of the diplomatic service of the Holy See for more than 35 years.  He has served as Apostolic Nuncio to several other countries such as Cuba, Lithuania and Estonia, and most recently Latvia.  It was in late 2013 that he was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Canada, and officially arrived in Canada in February 2014.

 

The Diocese of Charlottetown feels blessed that the Apostolic Nuncio has decided to come for this special visit.  It is almost forty years ago that the previous Apostolic Nuncio, Most Reverend Angelo Palmas, visited the Diocese.  Archbishop Bonazzi’s visit will be a memorable time in the history of our Diocese.

 

For further information about the Apostolic Nuncio or his visit please contact the Diocesan Centre at 902-368-8005 or rc@dioceseofcharlottetown.com.

Invitation to the Official Opening

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To all parishioners across PEI:  You are Invited to Our Lady of Hope Retreat Centre – OPEN HOUSE – 67 Reid Rd Bayview near Stanley Bridge, Sunday June 11, from 2 pm to 5 pm, A Brief Inaugural Ceremony at 3 p m.  Everyone is welcome… come see the beauty of this new Diocesan Centre   – Refreshments included

The Easter Praise of Christ

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We should understand, beloved, that the paschal mystery is at once old and new, transitory and eternal, corruptible and incorruptible, mortal and immortal. In terms of the Law it is old, in terms of the Word it is new. In its figure it is passing, in its grace it is eternal. It is corruptible in the sacrifice of the lamb, incorruptible in the eternal life of the Lord. It is mortal in his burial in the earth, immortal in his resurrection from the dead.
  The Law indeed is old, but the Word is new. The type is transitory, but grace is eternal. The lamb was corruptible, but the Lord is incorruptible. He was slain as a lamb; he rose again as God. He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, yet he was not a sheep. He was silent as a lamb, yet he was not a lamb. The type has passed away; the reality has come. The lamb gives place to God, the sheep gives place to a man, and the man is Christ, who fills the whole of creation. The sacrifice of the lamb, the celebration of the Passover, and the prescriptions of the Law have been fulfilled in Jesus Christ. Under the old Law, and still more under the new dispensation, everything pointed toward him.
  Both the Law and the Word came forth from Zion and Jerusalem, but now the Law has given place to the Word, the old to the new. The commandment has become grace, the type a reality. The lamb has become a Son, the sheep a man, and man, God.
  The Lord, though he was God, became man. He suffered for the sake of those who suffer, he was bound for those in bonds, condemned for the guilty, buried for those who lie in the grave; but he rose from the dead, and cried aloud: Who will contend with me? Let him confront me. I have freed the condemned, brought the dead back to life, raised men from their graves. Who has anything to say against me? I, he said, am the Christ; I have destroyed death, triumphed over the enemy, trampled hell underfoot, bound the strong one, and taken men up to the heights of heaven: I am the Christ.
  Come, then, all you nations of men, receive forgiveness for the sins that defile you. I am your forgiveness. I am the Passover that brings salvation. I am the lamb who was immolated for you. I am your ransom, your life, your resurrection, your light, I am your salvation and your king. I will bring you to the heights of heaven. With my own right hand I will raise you up, and I will show you the eternal Father.
From an Easter homily by Melito of Sardis, bishop