Homilies
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Blessed Andre Grasset – Canadian Martyr of the French Revolution
View MoreFr. Penna preaches about the danger of ideas (and ideologies) that lose sight of the Person.
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Keep your Eyes on Jesus: The Challenge of Euthanasia
View MoreThis past Sunday – XVIII Ordinary Time – we heard the story from St. Matthew’s Gospel of Jesus inviting Peter to come to Him as…
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St. Edith Stein – Teresa ‘blessed by the Holy Cross’
View More“The innermost essence of love is self-offering. The entryway to all things is the Cross” On this day, St. Teresa Benedicta a Sancte Cruce, along…
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Snow in August? Sure, but not in Rome
View MoreThe Feast of our Lady of the Snows – the Dedication of the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore The opening prayer reminds us of the…
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Oh Canada! The call to be a ‘Holy Nation’
View MoreHere are two homilies preached by Fr. Penna on Canada Day and on the XIII Sunday, the day after Canada Day. What do you think…
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Community building in the Laundry – Bl. Marie-Anne Blondin
View MoreHello, I am going to try and post the reflections on the various saints we meet during the year. Any suggestions for reflection are welcome.
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Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin with Fr. Scott
View MoreFr. Scott Surrency, OFM Cap., from St. John XXIII National Seminary in Weston, Massachusetts, leads us in a powerful and moving reflection on the Seven…