Dear Parishioners Today, we begin the beautiful season of Advent. Did you know that the word “Advent” means “coming?” The First Sunday of Advent marks the beginning of a time of prayer and fasting in preparation for the coming of the Lord. It is during Advent time that we cry…

There are kings throughout history of fairy tale and legend, even kings of musical genre, like Elvis, the King of rock ‘n’ roll or B.B King, the king of blues, but our feast today is to celebrate the Cosmic King, Jesus the Christ. In December 1925, Pope Pius XI wrote…

Dear Friends, Visiting the Sick Some people feel uneasy about visiting the sick, perhaps you are not such a great friend or neighbor. Maybe you are not blessed with the gift of the gab or feel self conscious about coming to visit. Yet when we think about the times that…

Dear Friends: This weekend Sunday November 6 & 7th Catholics in Alberta will once again celebrate Catholic Education Sunday. Some of you may be familiar with the old song, “This Little Light of Mine.” Many of you I’m sure have sung it. Children in Sunday school or at summer camp…

Mistakes We make at Mass Come in Late: Can you imagine if you were given the chance to meet with a very important person like our Holy Father? It would be a great honor & opportunity that no one would miss. Most likely, you’d pick your clothes out carefully, or…

Dear Friends: Today we celebrate World Mission Sunday. The Church reminds us that Christ the Son of God gave His life for the salvation of all people, that the Catholic Church is a universal, all-embracing Church. Jesus invites us to follow His example and to live our own lives in…

Dear Friends : It is important that we do not listen to the parable in today’s Gospel and then think of God as a cranky old judge who can be moved only by being pestered. Parables have just one point and when we interpret them we always have to be…

“Were not the ten made clean? But the other nine, where are they?” Dear Friends: The gospel scene today is almost incredible to us. How could the nine men after being cured by Jesus of a horrible disease fail to return and thank him?  All of us would like to…

Dear Friends: We would like to thank all of you who responded to the last 2 Sundays invitation to “Stewardship” and expressed their willingness to help with building up our Christian community by taking on a special ministry, by volunteering and serving this community or by being a member of…

Dear Friends: We get a quick clue to the kingdom values right at the beginning of the parable Jesus tells today. We hear of a ‘rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen’ and we are told that “at his gate lay a poor man……” We don’t know who the rich…