Spiritual Motherhood of Priests

Ottawa, Canada

Mission Statement

  • We are an apostolate of Catholic women, who, inspired by love for the Church and in response to her invitation for Eucharistic Adoration for the Sanctification of Priests and Spiritual Maternity (Congregation pro Clericis, Dec. 8, 2007), make a total self-offering of our lives for the sanctification of priests.
  • We unite ourselves to the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of the Eternal High Priest and His helper in the work of redemption, by anonymously spiritually adopting a priest-son.
  • Formed in an authentic feminine spirituality we intercede for our priest-sons and for all priests in order to help them with their self-offering, prayer, and penance.
  • We emphasize Eucharistic Adoration as a preeminent way to unite priests to the Priestly Heart of Jesus

Link to Greetings (Video) From Most Reverend Marcel Damphousse
Archbishop of Ottawa-Cornwall

Annual Spiritual Motherhood of Priests Renewal Promises

On Saturday afternoon, September 26, 2026, at  Holy Redeemer Parish, 44 Rothesay Dr. Kanata, we will gather for our annual Spiritual Motherhood of Priests Renewal Promises Mass, etc. (see below schedule).  

 

In a simple and beautiful way, we come together to renew our “yes” to the apostolate — a quiet offering of love for the sanctification of our priests.  Your presence is a gift. Our spiritual motherhood strengthens the Church in ways unseen: a hidden flame of prayer, fidelity, and tenderness that supports the hearts of those who shepherd us.   We would be grateful to share this grace-filled afternoon with you. 

12:30 p.m.     Renewal Promises Mass  (Father Daniel Van Delst – (Chancellor of Archdiocese of Ottawa-Cornwall)

  1:30 p.m.      BREAK (Coffee/Tea/ dessert)

  2:15 p.m.      Talk  —  Bishop Yvan Mathieu  (Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Ottawa-Cornwall)

  3:00  p.m.     Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

                             Opening Prayer and Recitation of Our Lady of Sorrows Rosary (for priests)

                             Litany of Our Lady of Sorrows

                             Prayer for Vocations to the Priesthood

                             Smop Healing Redemptive Prayer

  3:55  p.m.     Benediction

“The hour is coming, in fact has come, when the vocation of women is being acknowledged in its fullness, the hour in which women acquire in the world an influence, an effect and a power never hitherto achieved.” 

”That is why, at this moment when the human race is undergoing so deep a transformation, women imbued with a spirit of the gospel can do so much to aid humanity in not falling.”

Vatican II, Closing Speech, December 8, 1965