Red Wednesday, from coast to coast!

Many loyal followers and supporters are getting ready to commemorate Red Wednesday across Canada. Here’s a (partial) list showing the enthusiasm for this unique international event!

You will find below the names of participating parishes, as well as dioceses and organizations promoting the event.

How about you?
Will you be taking part in Red Wednesday?
Will you be promoting Red Wednesday?

Visit the event home page to register your participation or to indicate that you will be supporting the event: https://acn-canada.org/rw/

In Saskatoon, an Ecumenical Service is organized at Holy Spirit Parish.

In the media

Salt + Light Television will broadcast the Mass from Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral live, which is taking place on Wednesday, November 20 at 5 p.m. Then, from 6 to 7 p.m., two documentaries from Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) will be featured. Finally, at 7 p.m., the Mass that will have taken place at 5:30 p.m. at St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica in Toronto will be broadcast until 8 p.m.

The next day, on Thursday, November 21, Daily TV Mass will broadcast the day’s Mass for the intentions of persecuted Christians around the world. For more information on broadcast times and the various stations and platforms broadcasting the celebration, please visit: https://dailytvmass.com/broadcast-schedule/

On Thursday evening at 7 p.m., Radio VM will broadcast the Red Wednesday Mass celebrated the day before at Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral.

Your united hearts bring hope to persecuted Christians!
Use the following hashtags to spread the word about Red Wednesday
on social media:

#RedWeek #SemaineRouge
#RedWednesday #MercrediRouge
#ReligiousFreedom #Libertéreligieuse

Saint-Michel of Sillery, November 2023.

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(Provinces in alphabetical order).

Participants

Alberta
St. Bonaventure Church, Calgary
St. Mary’s Cathedral, Calgary
School St. John Henry Newman School, Calgary
School St. John Paul II, Calgary

Ontario
St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica, Toronto
Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish, Deep River
St. Columbkille’s Cathedral Parish, Pembroke

Quebec
Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral, Montreal
St. Charles Borromeo Cathedral, Joliette
Église renouvelée Saint-Jean XXIII, Saint-Hubert
Église Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption, Blainville
St. Michael of Sillery Church, Quebec
St. Raphael-Archangel Catholic Church, Île Bizard
Le Relais Mont-Royal, Montreal
Saint Joseph’s Oratory of Mount Royal, Montreal
Paroisse Notre-Dame-du-Royaume, Saguenay
Paroisse Saint-François-Xavier, Saint-François-Xavier-de-Brompton
Paroisse Saint-Philippe, Windsor
Paroisse Sainte-Famille, Valcourt
Paroisse Sainte-Geneviève, Sainte-Geneviève (Pierrefonds)

Saskatchewan
Holy Spirit Parish, Saskatoon

Dioceses and organizations promoting Red Wednesday

Alberta
Medicine Hat Catholic Board of Education, Medicine Hat
Diocese of Calgary
Diocese of Edmonton

British Columbia
Diocese of Victoria

Manitoba

Archdiocese of Saint Boniface

Ontario
Archdiocese of Toronto
Diocese of Hamilton
Diocese of Pembroke

Quebec
Archidiocese of Quebec
Archidiocese of Montreal
Diocese of Sherbrooke

Yukon
Diocese of Whitehorse

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