This past couple of months were quite busy for me. Aside from the work involved in running my business, I have attended a few major events.
First of all, on May 14, I went to the National March for Life in Ottawa. According to Campaign Life Coalition the official number of people that attended the march this year was as high as 25,000, which is a record high for Canada (of course the one in Washington, D.C. easily reaches the hundreds of thousands, but their total population is also 10 times bigger, so it’s understandable.) Below are some of the photos I took during the march:
Look at all the red on the left! @ytolcanada represents!
Mass #MarchForLife 14 May, #Ottawa. Photo via @deaconpedrogm pic.twitter.com/NUVSNgoCrF— Paul Tomaszewski ☧ (@PaulTomBlog) May 25, 2015
Come join us on Parliament Hill! #LetLifeWin pic.twitter.com/K7AyL5mmHu
— Paul Tomaszewski ☧ (@PaulTomBlog) May 14, 2015
Youth Teams of Our Lady are #prolife
Join us in the march! #LetLifeWin pic.twitter.com/neQ2A0Dw1t— Paul Tomaszewski ☧ (@PaulTomBlog) May 14, 2015
#WhyWeMarch Because abortion kills a human being. #LetLifeWin pic.twitter.com/WTgLxNDLrF
— Paul Tomaszewski ☧ (@PaulTomBlog) May 14, 2015
#WhyWeMarch because abortion is a crime against humanity! Let's put an end to it. #LetLifeWin pic.twitter.com/bjUoxz9fyB
— Paul Tomaszewski ☧ (@PaulTomBlog) May 14, 2015
Prolifers at the Human Rights Monument. #MarchforLife #LetLifeWin pic.twitter.com/gYW4E5eOQn
— Paul Tomaszewski ☧ (@PaulTomBlog) May 14, 2015
One of my photos even won the CLC #WhyWeMarched social media contest:
#WhyWeMarched because abortion is a crime against humanity! Let's put an end to it. #LetLifeWin #ProLife pic.twitter.com/9xMJDTtNJp
— Paul Tomaszewski ☧ (@PaulTomBlog) May 26, 2015
Congrats to @PaulTomBlog / @OliviaGudz for winning the #LetLifeWin prize in the #WhyWeMarched contest! #Marchforlife pic.twitter.com/gNJL30Ednk
— Campaign Life Coalition (@CampaignLife) June 3, 2015
Did you #Marchforlife? 1. Post pic with #WhyWeMarched 2.Get RT's 3. Most RT's wins #letlifewin prize #prolife pic.twitter.com/vEuGWKCZQn
— Campaign Life Coalition (@CampaignLife) May 25, 2015
I also went to the YTOL May retreat in Northern Ontario on the weekend following the March for Life. It was a spiritually replenishing time for me!
"God shows himself to us; he looks out from eternity into time and puts himself into relationship with us."#BenedictXVI "God is Near Us"
— Paul Tomaszewski ☧ (@PaulTomBlog) May 15, 2015
"He who created you without your aid did not wish to redeem you without your aid."#StAugustine via #BenedictXVI "God Is Near Us"
— Paul Tomaszewski ☧ (@PaulTomBlog) May 15, 2015
"Do not be afraid. Open wide the doors to Christ."
– St. John Paul II
via @ytolcanada— Paul Tomaszewski ☧ (@PaulTomBlog) May 16, 2015
Thank you @ytolcanada for an amazing retreat! 🙂
The topic of living as a Catholic in a modern world was really something I needed to hear.— Paul Tomaszewski ☧ (@PaulTomBlog) May 19, 2015
After I got back home, I had relatives visiting and so I showed them around my city. Below you can see photos I took of some great places to visit in Montreal:
Main Altar at the Basilique Notre-Dame in #Montreal, #Quebec, #Canada
Beatiful #Catholic #Church pic.twitter.com/1ydtwDVVZw— Paul Tomaszewski ☧ (@PaulTomBlog) May 24, 2015
Oratoire Saint-Joseph seen from Université de Montréal. pic.twitter.com/n77qs57Jq4
— Paul Tomaszewski ☧ (@PaulTomBlog) June 9, 2015
Front view of the Oratoire Saint-Joseph in #Montreal. Saint Joseph pray for us! pic.twitter.com/EYvM2VkizH
— Paul Tomaszewski ☧ (@PaulTomBlog) June 9, 2015
A view of #Montreal from Oratoire Saint Joseph. Notice all the trees and the Saint Laurent river near the horizon. pic.twitter.com/Rdsj3LJIGC
— Paul Tomaszewski ☧ (@PaulTomBlog) June 9, 2015
I know it’s not Christmas time, but the Oratory museum had some great nativity scenes that I just couldn’t help but take pictures of!
Nativity scene from the museum in Oratoire Saint Joseph made with sea shells! pic.twitter.com/bsilodhxTz
— Paul Tomaszewski ☧ (@PaulTomBlog) June 9, 2015
Scale model of the Oratoire Saint Joseph in #Montreal pic.twitter.com/sr0ojmxA8N
— Paul Tomaszewski ☧ (@PaulTomBlog) June 9, 2015
Nativity scene from the museum in Oratoire Saint Joseph made with paper! By Claude Lafortune. pic.twitter.com/WSuSoxfJpa
— Paul Tomaszewski ☧ (@PaulTomBlog) June 9, 2015
Nativity scene from Nigeria. Notice baby Jesus in the top right corner while everyone is busy with their own lives… pic.twitter.com/gxfDagevYg
— Paul Tomaszewski ☧ (@PaulTomBlog) June 9, 2015
The tiniest nativity scene from Sri Lanka in a walnut!!
Museum of the Oratoire Saint Joseph. pic.twitter.com/RpErLiufj3— Paul Tomaszewski ☧ (@PaulTomBlog) June 9, 2015
And last but not least, a nativity scene from #Poland. My favorite!
Museum in Oratoire Saint Joseph. pic.twitter.com/yiNTiaoR1w— Paul Tomaszewski ☧ (@PaulTomBlog) June 9, 2015
The Olympic Stadion of #Montreal. #FIFAWWC2015 pic.twitter.com/y2d54HQ722
— Paul Tomaszewski ☧ (@PaulTomBlog) June 9, 2015
My old parish: St. Michael's #Catholic #Church. #Byzantine style architecture. Masses in #Polish & #Italian. pic.twitter.com/GWF4UEwtlh
— Paul Tomaszewski ☧ (@PaulTomBlog) June 9, 2015
This past weekend I went to a mini-retreat about the Holy Scriptures in Sutton, Quebec.
A beautiful day at #retreat center in #Sutton, #Quebec, #Canada pic.twitter.com/e48P7vwNE2
— Paul Tomaszewski ☧ (@PaulTomBlog) June 20, 2015
"All Scripture, having been divinely inspired, is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in justice" 2Ti3,16
— Paul Tomaszewski ☧ (@PaulTomBlog) June 20, 2015
.@PaulTomBlog … "so that the man of God may be perfect, having been trained for every good work." 2Ti3,17
— Paul Tomaszewski ☧ (@PaulTomBlog) June 20, 2015
"The #Bible shows the way to go to #heaven, not the way the heavens go."#GalileoGalilei
— Paul Tomaszewski ☧ (@PaulTomBlog) June 21, 2015
"Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ."#StJerome, Early Church Father and Doctor of the Church
— Paul Tomaszewski ☧ (@PaulTomBlog) June 22, 2015
And finally, this Wednesday was the feast of Saint John the Baptist which also happens to be the patron saint of the province of Quebec. This is why it’s the national holiday of Quebec. Even though it rained a little bit, it didn’t ruin the celebrations:
Even a little bit of rain can't ruin #StJeanBaptiste 🙂
Taken near the botanic gardens of #Montreal pic.twitter.com/DdaUMlJvQL— Paul Tomaszewski ☧ (@PaulTomBlog) June 24, 2015
