The Office for cultural and ritual communities is an office created by the Archdiocese of Montreal to ensure the religious support for migrants and refugees, on the one hand. On the other hand, it aims at promoting, within the christian communities, fraternal relationships and greeting activities, in order to stimulate within the same civil community the understanding and appreciation of their identity in a peaceful environment, the respectful cohabitation, and the respect for human rights.

Its goal is to help the Church of Montreal acknowledging and living with various Catholic cults and traditions, and to discover its ecumenical diversity with respect and dialogue.

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We have to remember that the Church is communion, which means accepting the other as he/she is, accepting ourselves, with all our diversities. The inclusion is a movement from one person to another, the communion is a simultaneous and reciprocal movement. It will not damage the quality of faith of the host Church, but will enrich it.