Series #8 of Msgr. Stilla’s Bible Series. These sessions are designed to help us better understand and appreciate our faith. Topics covered will be: a) The Awareness of Sin and All Its Deceptive Aspects; b) How the Church Thrives on Challenges in the New Testament; and c) Preparing for the Season: A Closer Look at the Advent Bible Readings. Presented by the Adult Faith Office of The Diocese of Thunder Bay.
Human Trafficking For a generous welcome of the victims of human trafficking, of enforced prostitution, and of violence. Loving God, who rewards the humble with your own transcendent grace, you blessed St. Josephine Bakhita with remarkable charity and mercy, even for those whose hatred, greed and lust for power rendered them blind to her luminous humanity. May her prayers on behalf of the exploited, the victimized and the powerless rescue the captives, strengthen the oppressed and move the hearts and minds of the unjust. May your light flood into the darkest shadows amid our needful world, carrying with it the balm of your healing and unfathomable mercies — both for those innocents who suffer and survive within such sinful darkness and for the wayward souls who have brought…
