St Francis of the Birds
94 St Denis St. J0R1R3 Saint-Sauveur-des-Monts, QC, Canada

The Gates of Jerusalem: Special Announcement On this First Monday in Adventa day that the world knows as Cyber MondayI have a very special deal for you! Toda...y I’m releasing my EBook, The Gates of Jerusalem, a richly illustrated walking guide to the Old City’s historic gates. Fully printable, this 31-page booklet navigates the pilgrim reader around the ancient walls, providing historical and biblical background on each gate along the way, as well as devotional material for each stop. And between now and the New Year, it’s my gift to you for FREE! There is only one thing I would ask you to do. As you know, this has been an incredibly hard year for Christians and others living in the Holy Land, with the flow of pilgrims having been reduced to nearly zero. Over these past ten months, the Diocese of Jerusalem has been helping needy families here hurt by the economic and medical fall-out of the COVID-19 pandemic. But in order to continue this important work, we need your help. So for everyone who donates any amount to one of our international partners over this next month, I will send you a free copy of The Gates of Jerusalem as my personal thanks to you for your support. Simply click on one of the links below in the comments section, make an online donation, and then send me a copy of the acknowledgement or receiptblackening out the amount you’ve given, as that should be between you, God and your accountant! You may email it to me as an attachment or inline forward at: [email protected]. Thank you for your support during this holy time when the world turns its eyes to Bethlehem, looking forward with hopeful hearts to our celebration of the birth of Jesus, God’s promised Messiah. A blessed Advent and Merry Christmas to you all!

Info second hand shopping in St. Sauveur for those who have been asking. 'Drop off stuff" accepted on Mondays and Tuesdays.

I’m asking you to share the hell out of this and make Flo a social media hero. Les Nicoll posted this from the UK. And I thought it was worth sharing. Because... we can all use a smile these days. Here's the rest of what Les wrote: Hi Facebook friends I want to create a long overdue post in praise of the wonderful Flo Osborne. Flo is 89 years young and lives in Sheltered accommodation in Dovercourt. During lockdown and beyond on in her tiny kitchen on several occasions Flo has cooked up to 20 wonderful fruit or meat pies. Well over 100 in total for us to distribute amongst the vulnerable and elderly through our NEST /Harwich community centres hot meals service. Every pie is made from scratch, the pastry mixed and rolled the fruit prepared and then cooked in her tiny oven. This is I believe a remarkable act of community kindness, also a huge victory over age and supposed infirmity. My frustration is that try as I may I cannot get the local press, radio or TV to write about the incredible work this wonderful lady has done in her community. Of course Facebook has more readers by far than any of the above. So I am asking you to share the hell out of this and make the amazing Flo a social media hero . Many thanks guys Les xx ---Les Nicoll I'm not quite sure why local media hasn't done this story. This is the EXACT kind of story we need to help us get thru this damn pandemic. Well done Flo. #StayKind #GoOutAndMakeADifferenceToday

Congratulations to Rev. Dr. Victor David Mbuyi Bipungu on your appointment as the new Archdeacon of St. Andrews!

This you may find to be a bit long but I think the visual graphics and words are perfectly chosen.

Regardless of Time,, Season, Happiness or Sadness,, Jerusalem will always remain wearing (((Her Invisible Crown!,,)))) !

Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III delivers a sermonic move - The Cross and the Lynching Tree: A Requiem for Ahmaud Arbery. "A young man just shy of his 26th birthday stepped out into the sun and ran for the final time upon this earth . . ." #AhmaudArbery #OtisMoss #TrinityUCC #BlackChurch #OM3 #BLM

A UK BLESSING Below is a link from Nick of a wonderful sung blessing from the UK, singers from almost 70 different Churches have all joined as a virtual Choir just like we all join on Sundays for Morning Prayer or every evening for evening prayer. The sound and the words are truly inspiring, play it loud as Nick says

LIVE EVERYTHING! Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that are now w...ritten in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer. Rainer Maria Rilke Explore more at www.theworkofthepeople.com

FREE PRAISE SONG FOR THE PANDEMIC written and read by Christine Valters Paintner, from Abbey of the Arts music by Giants & Pilgrims... // stream and share video YouTube here:https://youtu.be/zCYoikGaI6U // download & explore more films at: www.theworkofthepeople.com ENDORSEMENTS for Travis and The Work of the People... BRENE BROWN - I think Travis’ work is critically important, soulful and beautiful. Thank you for what you do. It matters so much. We need your vision and voice. RICHARD ROHR- "The Work of the People" represents a new era of honest and wonder-filled Christianity, that is indeed of the people and not from the usual company men. Watch, listen, and be guided toward wisdom! - GLENNON MELTON DOYLE - Working with Travis is a holy experience. His vision is truth, his warmth is comfort and his energy is FIRE. I believe Work of the People to be the most important, sacred project on the web today. Our time with you made us bigger and better and deeper and wider. GRACE JI-SUN_KIM - "The Work of The People films are crucial assets to churches, organizations, schools and groups who are interested in understanding Christianity for today. These films are artistic, provocative and heartwarming!" ROWAN WILLIAMS - "Travis’s films are a resource of deep and thoughtful reflection, helping us see religious faith as a matter of far more than bare belief in abstract truths, but as a whole perspective on the possible riches at the heart of our human existence." BARBARA A. HOLMES - "Through TWOTP's lens, we are able to view the many manifestations of wisdom and hope from women and men, who are also on the journey and are engaging the mysteries of life." BARBARA BROWN TAYLOR - "Travis Reed is a genius behind the camera. In ways that bypass ordinary logic, he sees with his heart, makes connections between apparently unrelated things, and produces films that nourish the life of faith without putting anything sticky sweet in them. You can trust him to move you and make you think at the same time, but above all you can trust him. I did and do.

SERVICE OF MORNING PRAYER ON LINE FOR MARCH 22 Tomorrow morning, we will broadcast a Morning Prayer service. It will be live at 10am. We use the LRM website to spread the information. Address of LRM website: https://www.laurentianregionalministry.com...Continue reading

Prepare Your Congregation for COVID 19 steps you can take now Tips from our Rural Missioner . .... . For the links and downloadable PDF go to: https://www.calgary.anglican.ca//prepare-your-congregation See more

These two beautiful bird houses were made by the Bob Luck and given to St Francis in time for vestry. They now await new inhabitants! A portent of spring to come! Thank you Bob.

Based on a quote by Francis Chan.