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burundi dancers4-th.jpg (39025 bytes) Burundi drummers led a procession of national flags at annual Homelands Mass for the Archdiocese of Ottawa at Notre Dame Cathedral Jan. 9. Children and adults wearing traditional costumes presented food popular in their homeland, which was placed on the altar rail to be shared at a reception following the mass, celebrated by Archbishop Marcel Gervais.
presentation1-th.jpg (35718 bytes) Children and adults from about 20 different countries brought food to the annual Homelands Mass of the Archdiocese of   Ottawa Jan. 9 celebrated by Archbishop Marcel Gervais. The food was shared at a reception later.
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Gervais-Tsunami-th.jpg (28275 bytes) Roman Catholic Archbishop Marcel Gervais gives a reading on behalf of Christians at the national ceremony of commemoration in Ottawa Jan. 8 marking the Dec. 26 tsunami disaster.
gervais-candle2-th.jpg (38296 bytes) Roman Catholic Archbishop Marcel Gervais lights a candle of hope at the national ceremony of commemoration in Ottawa Jan. 8 marking the Dec. 26 tsunami disaster.
martin-tsunami-th.jpg (20757 bytes) "This is a tragedy of a million griefs," Prime Minister Paul Martin said of the tsunami disaster. Speaking at the national commemoration ceremony in Ottawa Jan.  8 marking the Dec. 26 tragedy, the PM said, "Oceans may separate us from South Asia, but we are a family."
clarkson-miranda-martin-th.jpg (34031 bytes) "Today, right now, we are connected by compassion," Prime Minister Paul Martin said at the national commemoration ceremony in Ottawa Jan.  8 marking the Dec. 26 tsunami tragedy. "We must nurture that connection."
faith leaders-th.jpg (44732 bytes) Representatives of several of faith communities led the prayers at the national commemoration ceremony in Ottawa Jan. 8 marking the Dec. 26 tsunami tragedy.
families-th.jpg (33026 bytes) Family members of some of the five Canadians confirmed dead in the tsunami disaster Dec. 26 attended the national commemoration ceremony in Ottawa Jan.  8.
family-tsunami-th.jpg (27895 bytes) Family members of some of the five Canadians confirmed dead in the tsunami disaster Dec. 26 attended the national commemoration ceremony in Ottawa Jan.  8.
choir-th.jpg (40767 bytes) The choir of the  church of St. John the Evangelist (Anglican) in Ottawa, conducted by Dr. Gordon Johnston, sing "The promise of Peace," at the national ceremony of commemoration in Ottawa Jan. 8 marking the Dec. 26 tsunami disaster.
miranda-clarkson-th.jpg (35790 bytes) "They suffered and died a world away, but they are as close to us as our own hearts," Governor General Adrienne Clarkson said at the national ceremony of commemoration in Ottawa marking the tsunami disaster in South Asia that killed upwards of 150,000 people.
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Bhai Surjit Singh of the
Ottawa Sikh Society recites a prayer
at the national commemoration 
ceremony in Ottawa Jan.  8
for victims of the tsunami disaster.

 
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File photo		 Pierre Duplessis, Secretary
General of the Canadian Red Cross,
says the organization has already
shipped about 72 metric tonnes of
relief supplies from Canada to tsunami  victims in Sri Lanka, Indonesia and the Maldives. "Delegates who have  accompanied these shipments confirm that these goods have been distributed to those in need," he said Jan. 7.