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Fr. John Jennings

Apr 30, 20213 min read

Our Sacred Stories: Living as Disciples and Friends

Recently I had the honour and pleasure of journeying on a week-long retreat with the Sisters of St. Martha of PEI and their lay...

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Fr. John Jennings

Apr 23, 20213 min read

Our Sacred Stories: An Easter People in the Midst of the World of Creation

Even beyond the Feast of Easter, we are an “Easter People” living an incarnational faith in the midst of our world. At the center or core...

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Fr. John Jennings

Apr 16, 20212 min read

Our Sacred Stories: Encountering Jesus in the Breaking of the Bread

Can we live our faith in isolation? Are we able to be believers without a community? There are many who assert that they have a...

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Fr. John Jennings

Apr 9, 20213 min read

Our Sacred Stories: Easter People – Community of Hope & New Life

We are Easter People. The great sign of our faith is that Jesus is Risen. Every time we gather for Eucharist we share at the Table of the...

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Fr. John Jennings

Mar 26, 20213 min read

Our Sacred Stories - Holy Week: A Pilgrimage through Death to Life, Darkness to Light

This Sunday we enter what we call Holy Week, that sacred season from Passion Sunday to Easter. As we bless the palms and listen to the...

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Fr. John Jennings

Mar 19, 20212 min read

Our Sacred Stories WE BELIEVE: What is our creed? What is in our hearts?

What we believe, our faith expresses who we are. It is, in so many ways, written on our hearts. This is what we hear from the prophet...

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Fr. John Jennings

Mar 12, 20213 min read

Our Sacred Stories GOOD NEWS: Our Need to Hear It Again and Again

“Wash your hands.” How many times have we heard our mothers saying this? It seems it takes a long time for things to sink in for us. Now,...

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Fr. John Jennings

Mar 5, 20213 min read

Our Sacred Stories: Earning God’s Love?

John’s Gospel tells a story of Jesus visiting the Temple in Jerusalem (John 2:13-25). The Gospel relates the story as a lead into seeing...

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Fr. John Jennings

Feb 26, 20213 min read

Our Sacred Stories - Transfigured and Transformed: A Vision of Hope

Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart, by themselves. There he was transfigured before...

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Fr. John Jennings

Feb 19, 20213 min read

Our Sacred Stories: Our Journey Through Lent

Several years ago a couple of my friends embarked on the pilgrimage walk from southern France, over the Pyrenees to Santiago de...

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Fr. John Jennings

Feb 12, 20213 min read

Our Sacred Stories - Life in the Reign of God: A Place of Inclusion and Openness

Isolation is hard. In the midst of the pandemic it has been one of the most difficult challenges. The separation from family and friends,...

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Fr. John Jennings

Feb 5, 20213 min read

Our Sacred Stories - Of Being Disciples: Climbing Hills in the Midst of Life’s Challenges

The island of Grand Manan NB is situated out in the Bay of Fundy, about 50 kilometers from Black’s Harbour on the mainland. A few years...

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Fr. John Jennings

Jan 29, 20213 min read

Our Sacred Stories - The Reign of God: Walking Without Walls

One of the striking features of rural Ireland is the network of drystone walls that snake up and down the hillsides and valleys. These...

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Fr. John Jennings

Jan 22, 20213 min read

Our Sacred Stories - The Reign of God: Jesus’s Message of God’s Loving Touch

Ron Rolheiser begins his book Against an Infinite Horizon: The Finger of God in Our Everyday Lives (Rolheiser, 1995) with the words of...

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Fr. John Jennings

Jan 15, 20212 min read

Our Sacred Stories A Quest: Faith, Questions and Discovery

“Where did you first meet?” This is a good question for a couple planning their marriage. It might have been on a blind date or in a pub...

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Fr. John Jennings

Jan 8, 20213 min read

Our Sacred Stories: Baptism and Mission: We Are in This Together

Covid-19, for all its challenges has taught us some lessons. These lessons will hopefully guide us in the days and years ahead. One of...

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Fr. John Jennings

Dec 18, 20202 min read

Our Sacred Stories: Christmas – The Wonder and Awe of God’s Love

I will sing of your steadfast love, O Lord forever; I will proclaim your faithfulness to all generations. (Ps 89:1) How ready, how able...

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Fr. John Jennings

Dec 11, 20202 min read

Our Sacred Stories: Witness to Light and Hope in the Midst of Darkness

December… heading into winter. In a few days we will experience the shortest, darkest day of our year. It comes as we find ourselves...

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Fr. John Jennings

Dec 4, 20203 min read

Our Sacred Stories: Jesus – Emmanuel & the Call for a Change of Heart

Dr. Michael Higgins is a former President of St. Thomas University. He is now President of Corpus Christi-St. Marks at UBC. In his...

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Fr. John Jennings

Nov 27, 20203 min read

Our Sacred StoriesLiving and Labouring Between the Two Advents

Here we are at the beginning of the Advent-Christmas season again. The word “advent” comes from two Latin words, “ad” and “venio”. When...

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