Mass for Peace Brings Church Leaders From Across Canada to Ottawa
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Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica in Canada’s capital will host a Mass for Peace on Saturday, September 26, bringing together church leaders from across the country for a gathering dedicated to peace in the Middle East and around the world. The Mass is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m.
The event will be held under the high patronage of Archbishop Marcel Damphousse, Archbishop of Ottawa-Cornwall, bringing together leaders representing Catholic, Eastern Christian and Orthodox churches around a shared message of peace and human solidarity.
Also expected to participate are Archbishop Ivan Jurkovič, Apostolic Nuncio to Canada; Bishop Paul Marwan Tabet, Maronite Catholic Bishop of Canada; Bishop Paul Antoine Nassif, Syriac Catholic Bishop of Canada; Bishop Milad El-Jawich, Eparchial Bishop for Greek Melkite Catholics of Canada; Archbishop Papken Tcharian, Prelate of the Armenian Prelacy of Canada; and Anba Boulos, Coptic Orthodox Bishop of Ottawa, Montreal and Eastern Canada, along with other Eastern Orthodox and Catholic clergy in Ottawa.
Their participation comes in support of the event’s message of peace and solidarity with communities affected by conflict, particularly across the Middle East.
The gathering is being held in collaboration with CNEWA Canada and Fondation Bissonnette pour la Terre Sainte, with organizers describing the event as a celebration dedicated to peace in the Middle East and throughout the world.
The Assembly of Middle Eastern Christians in Canada has played a central role in preparing for the event and reaching out to participating church leaders and invited organizations.
In a statement to Tawasul News, Pierre Georges Chamas, President of the Assembly, said the organization had spent recent months inviting leaders of various Apostolic Churches across Canada, as well as political, municipal and diplomatic representatives and members of different organizations, to join in prayer for peace in the Middle East and around the world.
Chamas said the initiative is also intended to draw attention to the suffering of communities across the Arab world after decades of conflict and instability, and to the social, political and economic pressures that have contributed to the migration of young people, particularly Christians.
He added that bringing church leaders and representatives from different sectors together around a shared call for peace is intended to keep the human cost of conflict in the Middle East visible and to reinforce the importance of dialogue and solidarity.
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