by Sheila Dabu Nonato | Nov 26, 2016
Advent marks a new beginning for the Church. A new calendar year. A new season of awaiting the birth of our Saviour. With all of the hustle and bustle of Christmas preparations, there is the inevitable attention to gifts and what will Santa bring this year. My...
by Sheila Dabu Nonato | May 11, 2015
It was a bittersweet Mother’s Day for us. The joy of celebrating with our one-year old daughter was mixed with sadness for our first baby who would have turned three this year. It happened on a cold January day in Ottawa. It was a tragic irony that when it...
by Sheila Dabu Nonato | Dec 24, 2014
It was a time of great anxiety and excitement. At this time last year, I was seven months pregnant. I feared the pain of childbirth and worried about my baby’s well-being. Yet I often thought of our Blessed Mother preparing to give birth to Jesus. How did she feel...