Most Reverend David John James Monroe
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Date of Birth: April 14, 1941
Vancouver, BC
Priestly Ordination: May 20, 1967 by Most
Reverend James Carney
St. Anthony's Vancouver, BC
Episcopal Ordination: March 12, 2002
Installed as Bishop of Kamloops on March 18, 2002
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CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
High School:
St. Patrick's
Seminary of Christ the King
College: 1959-1963
Theology: 1963-1967
Seminary of Christ the King
honors
September 14, 1990 Prelate of Honor
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other offices
1965-2002 Counselor, Director, and Chaplain
at Camp Latona (37 years)
1968-2002 Chaplain to the Deaf
1982-2002 Presbyteral Council and Chaplain to the Legion of
Mary
1984 The
Liturgy for the Papal Visit
1984-2002 Liturgical Commission
1985-2002 Archdiocesan Building Commission
1988-2002 College of Consultors
1994-2002 Deputy Delegate to the Clerical Sexual Abuse
Committee
1995-2002 Board of Directors of the Catholic Independent
Schools
of the Vancouver Archdiocese
1995-2002 Representative on the Board of Management of St.
Mark's
College
1995-2002 Chairman of the Steering Committee of Project
Advance
1998-2002 Archbishop's Representative to St. Joseph's Society
Marriage Tribunal
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COAT OF ARMS
Mountains are common to
Vancouver
(the Lions), where I grew up and where I have
been a priest, and to
Kamloops
(
Mount
Peter
and Paul). Major
events in the life of Jesus take place on the mountain: as
disciples, we come and see Him in the 'Sermon on the Mount';
on the mountain we find Jesus in prayer; there we see His
divinity in the Transfiguration, and His humanity on
Calvary
. Jesus
is the mountain we ascend in our spiritual life. The
star is a symbol of Mary, the "Morning Star" and the
'Star of Evangelization' (Pope John Paul II). She
is the patroness of both the Archdiocese of Vancouver under
the title of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary, and the Diocese
of Kamloops under the title of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The
cross is central in Jesus' invitation to come and see, and the
eagle, known for its keen vision, looks toward the cross. The
eagle is the symbol of
St. John
the apostle, from whose Gospel the motto,
"Come and See," has been taken.
St. John
the Apostle is the patron of the parish where I
was born and last served as pastor. The
golden eagle is also the emblem of the Clan Munro (Monroe).
Behind the eagle is the carpenter's square, a symbol of
St.
Joseph
,
patron of
Canada
. In the cross, star and
square we have the Holy Family - Jesus, Mary and Joseph.
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COME AND SEE
MOTTO - "Come and
See" ("Venite et Videte") - is taken from the Gospel of
Saint John (1:35-39/1:46/4:29). Two
disciples, one of whom was probably the evangelist John, left John the
Baptist to follow Jesus. Jesus
asked them, "What do you seek?" They
replied, "Teacher, where are you staying?" Jesus
said to them, "Come and see." Jesus
issues this invitation to everyone who wants to be His disciple. His
invitation means more than going down the block and visiting Jesus for
a while: it means having the company of Jesus on our life's journey;
seeing Jesus as Philip did when he said to Nathaniel, "Come and
See" ("Veni et Vide"); or as the woman of Samaria told
the people of the city to "Come and See." Jesus
invites us to be God's children now, and, at the end of our earthly
journey, to come to Him in Heaven and "See God as he really
is." (1 John 3:1-2)
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