News & Events

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Parish Events

• Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin with Fr. Scott
  by Fr. Stefano Penna
  April 8, 2023
  Fr. Scott Surrency, OFM Cap., from St. John XXIII National Seminary in Weston, Massachusetts, leads us in a powerful and … Read more
• In Support of Life – Dinner, Entertainment and Auction February 25, 2023
  by office
  January 24, 2023
• Requiem Mass for Fr. Solomon Menger Saturday, January 21
  by office
  January 18, 2023
  It was with great sadness that we received the news of the untimely death of Fr. Solomon Menger from acute … Read more
• New Bible Study Series: Walking Toward Eternity: Daring to Walk the Walk
  by office
  January 18, 2023
  Please join us as we start a new Bible study series! Walking Toward Eternity: Daring to Walk the Walk is … Read more
• Dueling Pianos Cabaret – Supporting Catholic Education
  by office
  January 18, 2023
  You’re invited to Step Out of The Ordinary at the second annual World Famous Dueling Pianos Presented by the GSCS … Read more
• The Eucharist – Christ Our Strength & Sustainer
  by office
  December 16, 2022
  Adult faith diocesan Awaken series – “The Eucharist: Christ Our Sustainer” will be held Tuesday evenings in January from 7:00 … Read more
• 2022 Advent Mission & Extended Confessions
  by office
  November 30, 2022
• Renovation Committee Presentation – LIVESTREAM LINK
  by office
  November 18, 2022
  Please plan to attend the information night being held Monday November 21st at 7:30pm at the church. We will be … Read more
• “Where God is, there is victory!” – Lent, Second Sunday
  by Fr. Stefano Penna
  March 15, 2022
  Here is the Homily in written form:

Parish News

• How to “Be angry without sin”
  by Fr. Stefano Penna
  September 22, 2023
• Blessed Andre Grasset – Canadian Martyr of the French Revolution
  by Fr. Stefano Penna
  September 5, 2023
  Fr. Penna preaches about the danger of ideas (and ideologies) that lose sight of the Person.
• St. Theresa of Calcutta feast – Authority through Suffering
  by Fr. Stefano Penna
  September 5, 2023
• Keep your Eyes on Jesus: The Challenge of Euthanasia
  by Fr. Stefano Penna
  August 18, 2023
  This past Sunday – XVIII Ordinary Time – we heard the story from St. Matthew’s Gospel of Jesus inviting Peter … Read more
• St. Edith Stein – Teresa ‘blessed by the Holy Cross’
  by Fr. Stefano Penna
  August 9, 2023
   “The innermost essence of love is self-offering. The entryway to all things is the Cross” On this day, St. Teresa … Read more
• Snow in August? Sure, but not in Rome
  by Fr. Stefano Penna
  August 7, 2023
  The Feast of our Lady of the Snows – the Dedication of the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore The opening … Read more
• Oh Canada! The call to be a ‘Holy Nation’
  by Fr. Stefano Penna
  July 4, 2023
  Here are two homilies preached by Fr. Penna on Canada Day and on the XIII Sunday, the day after Canada … Read more
• A Coach is buried – the Funeral Homily of +John Ford, June 28, 2023
  by Fr. Stefano Penna
  July 4, 2023
• Corpus Christi & First Communion 2023
  by StPauls
  June 28, 2023
  Congratulations to all who received Jesus in their First Communion on June 11, the Feast of Corpus Christi! May the … Read more