École Sainte-Marie Mère de Dieu


École Sainte-Marie Mère de Dieu is a private French-language Catholic school whose aim is to instruct students in Christian doctrine and morals through the continuity of advanced general knowledge. Its educational goal is for students to be able to one day explain their faith, namely the certainty of their belief in God and His most holy Mother, to whoever wishes to hear.

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History


Sainte-Marie Mère de Dieu School came into existence in July 2022 as a result of the joint efforts of Mr. Ubertelli, a group of teachers, parents, and benefactors. Its purpose is to advance Catholic education with a traditional mindset in a rigorous, welcoming, and respectful environment, and to meet the needs of families seeking to educate their children through a thoughtful and conscientious approach. The school has assembled qualified and dedicated teachers who are recognized and experienced, each specialized in their respective fields of expertise. These teachers provide a classical and faithful education. The school has extensive premises in the Saint-François d'Assise church in the Hintonburg area of Ottawa.

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Our Team

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Francis P. Ubertelli, B.Ed., D.M.A.
Principal/CEO, Advanced French, History, Philosophy
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Maximilien Vachon, B.Sc.
Academic Coordinator for Secondary School, Latin, Mathematics
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Antonio Segura, A.E.C.
Computer Programming
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Liliane Mariza, B.A.
Kindergarten Teacher
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Lucie Cabana, B.A.
Resource Teacher

Liturgical Calendar

Wednesday April 02, 2025 - Wednesday of the Fourth Week in Lent

Epistle


Gospel

Holy Gospel according to Saint John 9,1-38.
And Jesus passing by, saw a man who was blind from his birth.
And his disciples asked him: Rabbi, who hath sinned, this man or his parents, that he should be born blind?
Jesus answered: Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents; but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
I must work the works of him that sent me, whilst it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
When he had said these things, he spat on the ground and made clay of the spittle and spread the clay upon his eyes,
And said to him: Go, wash in the pool of Siloe, which is interpreted, Sent. He went therefore and washed: and he came seeing.
The neighbours, therefore, and they who had seen him before that he was a beggar, said: Is not this he that sat and begged? Some said: This is he.
But others said: No, but he is like him. But he said: I am he.
They said therefore to him: How were thy eyes opened?
He answered: That man that is called Jesus made clay and anointed my eyes and said to me: Go to the pool of Siloe and wash. And I went: I washed: and I see.
And they said to him: Where is he? He saith: I know not.
They bring him that had been blind to the Pharisees.
Now it was the sabbath, when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes.
Again therefore the Pharisees asked him how he had received his sight. But he said to them: He put clay upon my eyes: and I washed: and I see.
Some therefore of the Pharisees said: This man is not of God, who keepeth not the sabbath. But others said: How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.
They say therefore to the blind man again: What sayest thou of him that hath opened thy eyes? And he said: He is a prophet.
The Jews then did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind and had received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight,
And asked them, saying: Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then doth he now see?
His parents answered them and said: We know that this is our son and that he was born blind:
But how he now seeth, we know not: or who hath opened his eyes, we know not. Ask himself: he is of age: Let him speak for himself.
These things his parents said, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had already agreed among themselves that if any man should confess him to be Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.
Therefore did his parents say: He is of age. Ask himself.
They therefore called the man again that had been blind and said to him: Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner.
He said therefore to them: If he be a sinner, I know not. One thing I know, that whereas I was blind. now I see.
They said then to him: What did he to thee? How did he open thy eyes?
He answered them: I have told you already, and you have heard. Why would you hear it again? Will you also become his disciples?
They reviled him therefore and said: Be thou his disciple; but we are the disciples of Moses.
We know that God spoke to Moses: but as to this man, we know not from whence he is.
The man answered and said to them: why, herein is a wonderful thing, that you know not from whence he is, and he hath opened my eyes.
Now we know that God doth not hear sinners: but if a man be a server of God and doth his, will, him he heareth.
From the beginning of the world it hath not been heard, that any man hath opened the eyes of one born blind.
Unless this man were of God, he could not do anything.
They answered and said to him: Thou wast wholly born in sins; and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.
Jesus heard that they had cast him out. And when he had found him, he said to him: Dost thou believe in the Son of God?
He answered, and said: Who is he, Lord, that I may believe in him?
And Jesus said to him: Thou hast both seen him; and it is he that talketh with thee.
And he said: I believe, Lord. And falling down, he adored him.

Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible - Per Ipsum