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St. Mary’s Church has finished their kitchen renovation and the first takeout meals have been served!  CTV ran a piece about this outreach program on the news this past week, if you missed it you can read the article and watch the video by clicking here. 

Today, February 4, 2021, is the first annual International Day of Human Fraternity, as declared by the United Nations in December of last year. Pope Francis has long been a proponent of interreligious dialogue and with Fratelli Tutti calls for all of humanity to work for fraternity.

You can learn more about this day using the links below, and join Pope Francis in a virtual event hosted by Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed in Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates, with the participation of the Grand Imam of Al Azhar, Ahmad Al-Tayyeb; Secretary General António Guterres of the United Nations; and other personalities. This event will be live streamed on the Vatican News website, which you can reach by clicking here, at 8:30 am our time, but you should be able to watch it later.

• Official International Day of Human Fraternity website
• Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue