Abitibi Branch

Yesterday, Sunday, November 29, 2015, a meeting was held in Rouyn-Noranda.  During this meeting the Abitibi Branch in the Ottawa Stake was merged with the Temiskaming Branch in the Sudbury Stake.  This results in a change to our mission boundaries.  With the approval of a member of the Quorum of the Twelve, the four elders currently serving in Rouyn and Abitibi areas have been reassigned to the Toronto Mission.  We will miss them, and wish them well in their new and exciting prospects.

Montréal Temple Rededication

  

The Montréal Québec temple was originally dedicated in 2000 by President Gordon B. Hinckley and was closed for renovation on June 2, 2014.

Yesterday, Sunday, November 22, 2015, the temple was rededicated.  President Henry B. Eyring of the First Presidency performed the dedication in three sessions.  Bishop Gérald Caussé, the Presiding Bishop of the church; Elder L. Whitney Clayton of the Presidency of the Seventy; and Elders Anthony D. Perkins and Kent F. Richards of the Seventy were all in attendance.  The dedication sessions were broadcast to meetinghouses across Canada.

The Montréal temple is the only temple within the Canada Montréal mission boundaries, so it was an exciting day for the missionaries to have their local temple open again.  In accordance with guidelines in the Mission President's Handbook, missionaries are allowed to attend the temple once a transfer on preparation day.  There are other applicable guidelines for temple attendance that President Patrick has distributed to the missionaries.

Here are some links to articles published by the church about the Montréal temple rededication:

www.lds.org/church/news/president-eyring-rededicates-montreal-quebec-temple

www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/%C2%A0montreal-quebec-temple-opens-following-rededication

November Transfers

Transfers were the week of November 9.  Welcome to the new missionaries and the returning missionaries will be missed!

 Welcome to the Canada Montréal Mission!

 New missionaries on Mount Royal

Good luck returning missionaries! Bon voyage!

Mission Tour with Elder Golden

We were recently privileged with the opportunity to have Elder Christoffel Golden of the First Quorum of the Seventy tour our mission for several days.  He spent several days instructing our missionaries during zone conferences. 

Longueuil Nord Zone

Montréal, Mount Royal, and Longueuil Sud Zones

Ottawa Zone

Sisters' Temple Training

In preparation for the Montréal Temple Open House, all of the sisters in the mission met together in Longueuil for a special training from Elder Keith Richards.  This is the largest gathering of sister missionaries that this mission has ever seen.