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Service Canceled
Mass at St Matthews Worship Site at 7 pm is canceled, today Tuesday, October 10th.
Homily for the 4th Sunday of Lent 2023
Because of scarlet fever, Helen Keller became blind and deaf when she was only a few months old. Darkness and silence was all she knew until she learned to speak through her hands. She went on to become a great author, teacher and activist. She once stated, “The only...
Homily for the 1st Sunday of Lent 2023
The man who sat beside me that day asked, “Did you hear that? Did you hear what she said?” This happened many years ago when I attended a retreat. The presenter, a lay woman said to the group these words: “The only perfect thing about me is my imperfection.” “Yes! I...
Homily for Mary, Mother of God 2023
A few months ago, I got a new phone and I’m still learning how to use it. Yesterday morning, I noticed on my phone a little icon entitled, “A Year In Review.” It was a photo album of pictures that I had taken last year, beginning with Jan 1, 2022. The first picture...
Thoughts & Reflections
Our Sacred Stories by Fr Jennings: Living a Synod: Change, Challenge & Fear – Faith, Hope & Love
Our Sacred Stories by Fr Jennings: Encountering Jesus in the Breaking of the Bread
Our Sacred StoriesEncountering Jesus in the Breaking of the Bread Can we live our faith in isolation? Are we able to be believers without a community? There are many who assert that they have a spirituality, but it is so personal that they live it...
Our Sacred Stories by Fr Jennings: Easter: Season of New Life and Rebirth for Jesus….and for Us
Our Sacred Stories Easter: Season of New Life and Rebirth for Jesus....and for Us "[He] suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried; he descended Into hell; on the third day he rose from the dead.”(Apostles Creed) It should come as no surprise...
Our Sacred Stories by Fr Jennings: Holy Week: A Pilgrimage through Death to Life, Darkness to Light
Our Sacred StoriesHoly Week: A Pilgrimage through Death to Life, Darkness to Light This Sunday we enter what we call Holy Week, that sacred season from Passion Sunday to Easter. As we bless the palms and listen to the Passion story once more, we...
Father’s Favourite Newsletters
Alpha Course starting January 18th, 2022
Share life, faith, hope and Jesus on Alpha Alpha is an 11-week course that creates a space, online, where people are excited to bring their friends for a conversation about life, faith and Jesus.Holy Spirit Parish is joining forces with St. Croix Parish in St....
Pastoral Letter – May 2021
Message from Father David regarding the Possible Exposure to Covid-19 at Holy Spirit Parish
Dear Parishioners of Holy Spirit Parish, This morning, we received a phone call from Public Health of New Brunswick, informing us that anyone who attended Mass on Sunday April 18, at St. Matthew’s Worship Site could have been exposed to the Covid 19 virus. With...