Dear Beloved Parishioners and Guests, Good intentions – who among us does not have them? We intend to do better tomorrow, or next month, or at least sometime in the future. In our dreams, we reach, if not fantastic goals, then at least, realistic ones. But what good are dreams and good intentions, if we are […]
Message From The Pastor – March 17, 2013 Read More »
Dear Beloved of St. Joseph’s, One day, a blind man was sitting on a sidewalk of a busy street and many people walked past him. There was a sign next to him that said: “I am blind. Please help!” And some stopped to throw a coin into a metal cup, but most did not. Most
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Dear Parishioners and Guests, 03/03/13 When authorities want to discourage drivers from speeding here in Winnipeg, they place a narrow piece of asphalt across the road. It is called a “speed bump”, and is meant to make us slow down. Allow these thoughts to be your church’s speed bump. On Feb. 18Th, we spiritually commenced
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Dear Beloved Parishioners and Guests, It’s the beginning of a New Year and I should be writing to you about Resolutions, etc, but I think that I will share with you the story about “THE STRANGER” instead… A father of a family met a stranger who recently came into town and was immediately fascinated with
Message From The Pastor – January 13, 2013 Read More »
Greetings in the Lord Jesus Christ! Yes, it truly is good and even wonderful to be back at St. Joseph’s, sharing your faith journey and coming to recognize the good Lord, as we strive to come to know Him and cherish His great and majestic love for you and me.We gather here in our
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Dear Beloved Parishioners, As you read this, Father John and I will be in Lviv joining our Redemptorist fathers as they commence the 100th anniversary celebration of their existence. We Ukr. CSsR’ers officially began as a Province here in Canada in 1906 and happily, spread to Ukraine. In short time, many young Redemptorists came to assist us here
Message From The Pastor – November 18, 2012 Read More »
Dear St. Joseph’s Parishioners and all Guests, Rarely does Remembrance Day fall on a Sunday. This is special – all of us can pause, reflect and pray for all the women and men who sacrificed their lives in defence of freedom and peace. May we always be grateful. Jesus said, “No greater love can one
Message From The Pastor – November 11, 2012 Read More »
Dear Beloved Parishioners and Guests of St. Joseph’s, Our 3 days in Yorkton for a Spiritual Renewal Workshop were a wonderful experience. Some 30 of us, under the excellent guidance of Anne Walsh, a Newfoundlander, offered challenging “input” and capably monitored our discussions. “Partners in Mission” means gathering active committed lay people in our various
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Dear Beloved Parishioners and Guests, Back on Sept. 7 th , 2008 , I penned my first pastor’s message in the bulletin, promising to hopefully “keep you abreast” of the latest developments in the parish – and I look back over these four years and discovered that I was relatively faithful to the promise. I
Message From The Pastor – October 28, 2012 Read More »
Dear Parishioners and Guests, Me thinks that the “babcke lito” or as we call it in Canada, “Indian summer” will have disappeared by the time this bulletin is printed. We actually turned on the heat in church now – could not do it last week when it was 27 above outside… Truly we have been
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