Our Sacred Stories - Feast of the Baptism of the Lord: Why do we do this?
Recently I had the honour of gathering at the parish church with several families and welcoming into the Christian community a new member....
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Reflections
Fr. John Jennings
Dec 17, 20213 min read
Our Sacred Stories: Advent – Christmas: Anticipation and Hope
In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone. Snow had fallen, snow on snow on snow. In the...
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Fr. John Jennings
Dec 10, 20212 min read
Our Sacred Stories: Good News: God is Among us ~ How Can I tell?
Our English word, Gospel comes from the Anglo-Saxon, god-spell or glad tidings. These glad tidings or good news or gospel are the story...
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Fr. John Jennings
Dec 3, 20213 min read
Our Sacred Stories: Preparing the Way of the Lord
Preparing the Way of the Lord Almost 500 years ago, an English poet, John Donne wrote a poem that began with these words: No [person] is...
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Fr. John Jennings
Nov 27, 20213 min read
Our Sacred Stories: Our Advent Heritage of Longing
A rainy day and a walk in the park. Streams and rivulets of water wind their way down the sides of the hill through culverts and under...
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Fr. John Jennings
Nov 19, 20213 min read
Our Sacred Stories - The Kingdom of God: Making the Reign a Reality
Sometimes to know where we are, we have to know where we came from. The message and the mission of Jesus is to proclaim the Kingdom, the...
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Fr. John Jennings
Nov 12, 20213 min read
Out Sacred Stories: Living a Synod: Change, Challenge & Fear - Faith, Hope & Love
Change is a challenge. It is also universally necessary. Whether we talk personally or communally, we constantly face changes in our...
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Fr. John Jennings
Nov 5, 20213 min read
Our Sacred Stories: Journeying Together – Discovering Who We Are As Church, Now
The Gospels tell many Jesus-stories. They were part of the faith memories of Jesus shared by the earliest Christian communities. In...
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Fr. John Jennings
Oct 29, 20213 min read
Our Sacred Stories: A Faith Journey with Saints and Souls
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints. These words and what they express are part of the...
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Fr. John Jennings
Oct 22, 20213 min read
Our Sacred Stories: Vatican II: The Legacy – Becoming the Church We Are Called to Be
Mark’s Gospel tells a wonderful story of the healing and conversion of Bartimaeus, a blind beggar (Mk.10:46-52). As much as it is one of...
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Fr. John Jennings
Oct 15, 20213 min read
Our Sacred Stories - Vatican II: A Church of Vision & Hope
Vision is an amazing thing. In some ways it is a bit like dreaming. Always it is about hope. In Mark’s Gospel, there is a story of a...
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Fr. John Jennings
Oct 8, 20213 min read
Our Sacred Stories: What Am I Doing? What Does My Life Mean?
[A man approached Jesus and asked him] What must I do to inherit eternal life?... Jesus, looking at him, loved him and said, “You...
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Fr. John Jennings
Oct 1, 20213 min read
Our Sacred Stories: Love as Unifying Energy
Chelsea & Alan, Mark & Maureen are two couples who entered the Sacrament of Matrimony in the last month. What an honour to be able to...
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Fr. John Jennings
Sep 25, 20213 min read
Our Sacred Stories: A Christian Vision for the 21st Century
As Christians, we have a long history – 2000 years. Those who have given us our Gospels, like the writer of Mark’s Gospel attempted to...
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Parish News
Sep 25, 20211 min read
New COVID-19 Protocols (Sept. 24, 2021)
Effective this weekend the Diocese of Saint John is requiring all parishes to implement the following COVID-19 protocols, based on...
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Fr. John Jennings
Sep 17, 20213 min read
Our Sacred Stories Religious Formation: What Do We Teach?
September and every year at this time, the relaxed summer routine is set aside and life grows busier. The rhythm of parish and community...
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Fr. John Jennings
Sep 3, 20213 min read
Our Sacred Stories: Living as Disciples in Our World
Even a brief glance around our world reveals that it is damaged and broken. It cries out for healing and restoration. Sometimes it can...
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Fr. John Jennings
Aug 27, 20212 min read
Our Sacred Stories - Living as Church: Context, Customs and Change
In some cities across Canada, until very recently there were city by-laws which demanded that hotels and inns provide stabling facilities...
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Fr. John Jennings
Aug 20, 20213 min read
Our Sacred Stories - Emmanuel: God With Us – Life for Creation and Humanity
Spending time at the beach is a favourite pastime during the summer months. Watching the waves come in and hearing the sounds as the sea...
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