OUR SACRED STORIES: What Defines a Christian – Who are we?
Definitions are convenient. The Concise Oxford Dictionary has a definition of a Christian – [Someone] believing in or professing or...
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Reflections
Fr. John Jennings
- Jun 30
- 3 min
Our Sacred Stories - Church: A Sacramental Community of Jesus the Christ
Prophets: Throughout the Old Testament these figures are the voice of God in the midst of God’s People, a sign or sacrament of God’s...
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Fr. John Jennings
- Jun 24
- 2 min
Our Sacred Stories ~ Being a Disciple of Jesus: Living the Extraordinary in Our Lives
A couple who are friends of mine have a daughter who runs in marathons around North America. Marathon runners are an interesting or even...
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Fr. John Jennings
- May 27
- 2 min
Our Sacred Stories Ascension: A Story of Leaving, Yet Remaining
More than 40 years ago I met Jim and Pauline. Jim was a sergeant with the OPP and Pauline worked in a Catholic school in Barrie. At the...
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Fr. John Jennings
- May 20
- 3 min
Our Sacred Stories ~ Who Are We To Be? A Church of Love and Peace
Peace I leave you; my peace I give to you…. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid. (John 14:27) One of the...
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Fr. John Jennings
- May 13
- 2 min
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
- 3 min
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
- 2 min
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
- 3 min
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
- 2 min
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
- 2 min
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
- 2 min
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
- 3 min
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
- 1 min
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
- 3 min
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
- 2 min
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
- 2 min
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
- 3 min
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
- 3 min
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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