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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I want to thank God most of all, for without God, I I especially want to thank the individuals that
would not have been able to do any of this. helped make this happen:
Publishing a bilingual book is more difficult than I Diane Bozzoni, Dina Amicone, Francine Chartier,
thought and more rewarding than I could have ever Gordon Nary, Guido M. De Volder, Helen K. Boulos,
imagined. None of this would have been possible Jenny DuHaime, Judy and Brian Smith, Judy Wong,
without the generous presence, writings and Julie Waters, Kim Piché, Lee J. Nunn, Matthew
deliveries provided by Archbishop Lépine from day Dischiavi, Melvin Backstrom, Monique Gagnon,
one of the confinement period. He is a true pastor Monique Lemieux, Cynthia Paginado, Muriel
and leader who stood by me and accepted, with Sidler, Natasha Arora, Peter Stockland, Richard
great humility and trust, the publication project. Nahorniak, Ruth Anne and Fergus Devereaux and
That is true leadership. Thank you for being a Sabrina Guerrieri.
leader whom I trust, honour, and respect.
Thanks also to Johanne O'Malley, the wonderful
I start by thanking André Heeren and Fr. Joachim graphic designer and artist that created the covers
Ostermann, OFM, key contributors to the Homilies and what is between. Her work has been critical in
section, which represents the largest portion of the developing the visual sell-ability of this book,
book. From reading early drafts to proofreading creating a polished look over one that appears
and editing and providing me advice on the ways “self”-published.
they should be presented, they have been key
contributors to this publication. Thank you so
much, Fr. Joachim.
Erika Jacinto
I owe an enormous debt of gratitude to my colleague Press Officer of the Archbishop and Director
Eric Durocher, who gave me detailed and construc- Communications and Media Relations
tive comments and feedback on the project itself Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montreal
and particularly on the English content of the book.
Thank you, Eric.
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