606 Boundary Road South
Alfred, Ontario K0B-1A0
613-325-5447
jp2centreottawa@gmail.com

Our mission, as brothers and sisters of one Father in Christ, is to announce through the power of the Holy Spirit, the mercy of God to all people and by our presence to help parishes be more conscious of this mystery, all under the protection of Mary the Mother of Mercy. Our lives are rooted in the Eucharist and Sacrament of Reconciliation and in this belonging we are faithful to the Holy Father.

In a spirit of restoration, the Centre exists to proclaim the message of mercy, to promote and help nurture parish life through the creation of small Christian communities (Cenacles), and to give thanks to God for the gift of His priests to the Church. This work is accomplished, in part, under the guidance of the Eucharistic Apostles of the Divine Mercy [EADM] in Stockbridge Mass., USA whose mission is:

1) To proclaim the truth of the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist;

2) To bring the message of mercy and devotion to a hurting world;

3) To form small faith groups called cenacles:

a. To pray for priests and vocations to the priesthood;
b. To pray and work for the end to the scourge of abortion in the world;

c. To experience the beauty and splendour of the Catholic faith through the study of Scripture, the Catechism of the Catholic Church and Diary of St. Faustina;

4) To exercise our faith through The Spiritual and Corporal Works of Mercy;

To know more about the EADM go to www.thedivinemercy.org

"And if at times he, (modern man), lacks the courage to utter the word mercy or if in his conscience empty of religious content, he does not find the equivalent, so much greater is the need for the Church to utter this word, not only in her own name but also in the name of all the men and women of our time." (Dives in Misericordia, 15)

DONATE

You can support the John Paul II Centre for Divine Mercy in a variety of ways, on-line, by cheque, cash donation or through the Government of Canada Workplace charitable Campaign (GCWCC). All gift donations will receive an income tax receipt.

Regardless of your form of support, Please know of our tremendous gratitude for your generosity. Also know that we pray in a special way during our daily Divine Mercy Chaplet for our many supporters.

ON-LINE

E-transfer is done through your bank with online banking. Our email address for your E-transfer; jp2centreottawa@gmail.com

BY CHEQUE

You may also give by a cheque made out to John Paul II Centre for Divine Mercy and addressed to:

John Paul II Centre for Divine Mercy, 606 Boundary Road South, Alfred, Ontario, K0B-1A0

GCWCC

You are able to make your gift donation through the Government of Canada Workplace Charitable Campaign you can designate your donation to the John Paul II Centre for Divine Mercy.

The reference number for the John Paul II Centre for Divine Mercy is 580186-2588596.

OUR GRATITUDE AND PRAYERS

We are deeply grateful to all those who support our mission and our fundraising efforts with the spiritual gift of their prayers. May God reward your generosity!

All information related to our donors and benefactors is kept strictly confidential. It is our policy not to disclose or sell such information to third parties pursuant to a direct mail or other mail solicitation program .

The John Paul II Centre for Divine Mercy came into existence on February 22, 2006, the feast of the Chair of St. Peter. This feast speaks of Peter's profession of faith that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God and of his being commissioned as Pope, the one through whom Christ would found His Church, establish the Deposit of Faith and begin the Apostolic Succession that would bind and loose with regards to faith and morals. (Mt.16:13-20) It was also seventy five years to the day that Jesus had appeared to St. Faustina Kowalska, a contemplative Polish nun, instructing her to have painted the image she was seeing: Jesus who is the Divine Mercy.

This message of Mercy is one that was very close to the Holy Father's heart. As Archbishop of Krakow he steered the devotion to Rome for approval in 1978, a few months before becoming pope. On the first Sunday after Easter in the year 2000 he canonized Faustina as the first saint of the new millennium and declared that Sunday to be Divine Mercy Sunday for the whole Church. The pope commented at the time, that it was the happiest day of his life and from that point believed he had come near to the end of his work. Pope John Paul died on the vigil of Divine Mercy Sunday, April 2005.

At the tomb of St. Faustina in 1997, the Holy Father declared: "The message of Divine Mercy has always been near and dear to me, which I took with me to the See of Peter and which in a sense forms the image of this Pontificate".

To situate Pope John Paul fully in this message of mercy it is important to note that St. Faustina, in an encounter with Jesus, asked how this message was to be brought to the world. He told her that a spark would come from Poland that would usher in this message for the end times. Many believe that Pope John Paul was that spark.

The Centre then is named for this great mercy pope who occupied the Chair of St. Peter for more than 25 years as, no doubt, one of its greatest shepherds.

"The Church of our time, must become more motivated and profoundly conscious of the need to bear witness in her whole mission to God's mercy" (Dives in Misericordia, 12)

606 Boundary Road South
Alfred, Ontario K0B-1A0
613-325-5447
jp2centreottawa@gmail.com