Mother Ignacia Movement of Canada organized

On December  10, 2004 during a meeting with Rev. Martin Carroll, pastor of St. Theresa’s Roman Catholic Church of Edmonton, the Mother Ignacia Movement of Canada was formally organized. Sister Cornelia, Adora Dolojan and Arli Opao were given permission by Father Martin to use one of the rooms at Saint Theresa’s Church as venue for upcoming meetings. The Mother Ignacia Movement is now included on the list of parish organizations published every week in the Church bulletin  and in  the parish brochure of activities. Meetings are on Tuesday evenings at 7:00 p.m. The MIM officers and members  pray before the Blessed Sacrament and spend time for adoration before the meetings.

Now that Father Martin Carroll has recognized the Mother Ignacia Movement as one of the parish organizations at the Church of Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus, he has given the MIM a special place in the Church foyer to  put reading materials on Mother Ignacia and prayer leaflets for her beatification which people can pick up before or after daily Masses or weekend Masses.

On April 30 and May 1, 2005 the MIM officers and members will be selling religious articles after all the Masses. This is another chance to give out prayer leaflets for the beatification of Mother Ignacia del Espiritu Santo and to disseminate information about our Mother Foundress.

The officers and members of Mother Ignacia Movement pray for the beatification of Mother Ignacia work hand in hand with the Apostles of the Holy Face, another parish organization in Saint Theresa’s vibrant community. They reach out to others and commit themselves to evangelization … spreading the Good News and living out the Gospel through the practice of the spiritual and corporal works of mercy. They distribute prayer leaflets for Mother Ignacia’s beatification when they visit the sick in nursing homes, hospitals and private homes. As Eucharisitc ministers, they  give Holy Communion to the shut-ins and seniors. They pray the rosary and prayers for the dead at the homes of the deceased and give monetary donations to those who desperately need help. MIM members also attend workshops on stewardship and strive to do simple acts of stewardship which reveal the presence of God in our midst.

Currently, the officers and members of the Apostles of the Holy Face and MIM are supporting  Saint Theresa’s Roman Catholic Church in the Spring projects:  parking lot repairs and Church floor replacement.  Monetary donations have already come from  United States benefactors and other sources. 

Sister Cornelia communicates with the MIM in the U.S. and regularly touch base with Ignacio Russel Pecore to  update him  with  MIM happenings in Canada.