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Fr. John Jennings

May 13, 20222 min read

Our Sacred Stories ~ Remembering Who We Are: Disciples of Love and Mercy

Memory marks us. The people we’ve met, the things we’ve done, the experiences we’ve had, these all help us to recognize who we are and...

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Fr. John Jennings

May 6, 20223 min read

Our Sacred Stories: Easter People – Celebrating Resurrection

Our Easter season began almost a month ago with the three days of the Triduum. On Holy Thursday at the Mass of the Lord’s Supper our...

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Fr. John Jennings

Apr 29, 20222 min read

Our Sacred Stories ~ Meeting the Risen Jesus in the Midst of Life

This weekend is the 3rd Sunday of the Easter season. Two Sunday’s ago we celebrated the Feast of Easter. Last Sunday, a week later the...

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Fr. John Jennings

Apr 22, 20223 min read

Our Sacred Stories Peace Be With You – Freeing and Healing

Sometimes it is hard to hope. The conflicts around the world seem endless. As one winds down, another erupts. At this time, the war in...

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Fr. John Jennings

Apr 14, 20222 min read

Our Sacred Stories ~ Easter: What’s It All About?

Every year brings its own challenges and setbacks, both personal and global. We may have lost a friend or loved one or perhaps we have...

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Fr. John Jennings

Apr 8, 20222 min read

Our Sacred Stories: Scrambled Eggs & Our Journey to Easter

With this Sunday, Passion Sunday, we enter a sacred time in our faith tradition. Holy Week takes us on a journey. It is Jesus’ journey...

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Fr. John Jennings

Apr 1, 20222 min read

Our Sacred Stories Solidarity Sunday: Standing with the Threatened and Vulnerable

This Sunday is Solidarity Sunday. Each year on the 5th Sunday of Lent, our Canadian Catholic Church reflects on our Christian call to...

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Fr. John Jennings

Mar 25, 20223 min read

Our Sacred Stories Two Sons and a Parent: Our Challenge

This 4th Sunday of Lent we hear one of the most beautiful and moving of Jesus’ parables. (Luke 15:1-3, 11-32) It is a story that touches...

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Parish News

Mar 23, 20221 min read

Shout out to St. Theresa's CWL!

On very short notice, CWL members answered roll call at their monthly meeting this past Sunday with 77 cans of meat or fish, 2 cans of...

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Fr. John Jennings

Mar 18, 20223 min read

Our Sacred Stories: Salvation, Liberation – God’s Message of Care & Compassion

I have seen the misery of my people.... I have heard their cry.... I know their suffering,... and I have come down to deliver them.... ...

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Fr. John Jennings

Mar 11, 20220 min read

Bishop Riesbeck's Letter Regarding Lifting of COVID

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Fr. John Jennings

Mar 11, 20222 min read

Our Sacred Stories Transfiguration: Seeing with the Eyes of Faith

The Second Sunday of Lent each year takes us to an episode in the Gospels that is referred to as the transfiguration. Peter, James and...

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Fr. John Jennings

Mar 4, 20222 min read

Our Sacred Stories ~ Lent: Ashes and Conversion

Here we are – Lent again. Our season began with our experience of Ash Wednesday. The ashes we used came from fire. Whatever their...

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Fr. John Jennings

Feb 25, 20223 min read

Our Sacred Stories ~ Looking Ahead to Lent: Call and Conversion

This coming Wednesday is Ash Wednesday. We begin the Lenten season once more. Lent is all about conversion. It can be about the...

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Fr. John Jennings

Feb 18, 20223 min read

Our Sacred Stories: Holiness – Living the Blessings We Receive

Sometimes we struggle with what it means to be holy. It often appears to be something “other worldly” or at least removed from the world...

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Diocesan News

Feb 11, 20220 min read

Bishop Riesbeck's Indigenous Reconciliation Fund Letter

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Fr. John Jennings

Feb 11, 20223 min read

Our Sacred Stories: A Faith that Offers New Vision

Life can be pretty complicated, even confusing. It is hard to see where we fit or how we make sense of it all. Sometimes we hope to...

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Fr. John Jennings

Feb 5, 20223 min read

Our Sacred Stories - Discipleship: An Invitation to Relationship

Most of my adult life, some 46 years has been spent teaching. Like most teachers, I willingIy admit that I learned more than my students...

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Parish News

Jan 28, 20221 min read

COVID Update - January 28th

We will return to in person Mass this weekend. The following COVID protocols will be in place. We encourage parishioners to continue to...

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Fr. John Jennings

Jan 28, 20223 min read

Our Sacred Stories ~ Trying to Figure It Out: Our Life-long Quest for God Among Us

In 2007, Sister Elizabeth A. Johnson published a wonderful book entitles Quest for the Living God: Mapping Frontiers in the Theology of...

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