Father’s Reading Corner
Homilies
Homily for the 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022
Driving to Saint John this past week, my eyes were drawn to the reds, oranges and yellows that now sweep our once green landscapes. Nature is telling us that we are in the midst of transition. Currently we are moving from one season to the next. Summer is over and...
Homily for the 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time
In my teenager days, I had difficulty finding things… like clean clothes, in my closet. Almost always, I’d be asking/shouting downstairs to my mother for a favourite shirt or pair of jeans. And it would go like this... “They’re in your closet...” “I can’t find...
Homily for the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022
“This makes no sense whatsoever…!” How many times has that been said in a day? By parents who fail to understand the troubled teenager? The medical person who is burnt out? The teacher who strives to help a struggling student with so much potential? The leader of a...
Homily for the Feast of the Ascension 2022
This past week we have witnessed the horror of another mass shooting in the USA; war on Ukraine continues to devastate their people; closer to home, we have witnessed the rising price of gas, groceries and housing to name but a few. And over the past two year or more,...
Thoughts & Reflections
Our Sacred Stories by Fr Jennings: 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 life. The same is true for our church. Change is an ever-present need for us all. And, it always makes demands of us. Thus, it comes as...
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...