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Homilies
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...
Homily for the 2nd Sunday of Advent 2022
If I were to ask you, “Have you ever had a wilderness experiences?” Hopefully you would say yes! Because we all have them. They’re part of the fabric of life. Quiet, lifeless dry times that creep into our being. Each and every one of us has been, at one time or...
Homily for the 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022
While the rest of the country was dealing with frigid temperatures and falling snow, we were enjoying warm sunny days that broke all records: People out walking without jackets, some going back to shorts and t-shirts. On the news I heard that nature was ‘mixed up’...
Homily for the 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022
It happened to me not long after I was ordained a priest. My first appointment as the associate priest of what was then a large and active St. Mary’s Parish. Sitting in the church after one of the many weekend Masses, reflecting, praying and having some quiet time...
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...