Wednesday, May 13th is the Memorial of Our Lady of Fatima, a day in which we honor our Blessed Mother as we recall her appearance in 1918 to three Portuguese children who were asked to pray the rosary for peace. Please join in praying a Novena to Our Lady of Fatima […]

Dear Brothers and Sisters, The month of May is a time when the People of God express with particular intensity their love and devotion for the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is traditional in this month to pray the Rosary at home within the family. The restrictions of the pandemic have […]

Pope Francis has proposed two new prayers “to the Blessed Virgin Mary, which can be recited at the end of the rosary.” Given the COVID-19 outbreak, the new petitions from the pope include specific intentions for caretakers, patients, and people who’ve died or are mourning a loss.   1st Prayer: […]

As we age, we come to expect letdowns and disappointments. Because of so many unfulfilled promises and unmet expectations, we become cynical of anything that can seem too good to be true. Our hearts grow calloused to protect us from future disillusionment. And so, we come to demand proof and […]

“After the Sabbath” (Mt 28:1), the women went to the tomb. This is how the Gospel of this holy Vigil began: with the Sabbath.  It is the day of the Easter Triduum that we tend to neglect as we eagerly await the passage from Friday’s cross to Easter Sunday’s Alleluia. […]

Pope Francis’ ‘Urbi et Orbi message on Easter Sunday challenges us to ban indifference, self-centredness, division and forgetfulness during this time of COVID-19 – and to spread the “contagion” of hope. No banner hung from the central balcony of St Peter’s Basilica. No bands played the Vatican anthem. No floral […]

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, As we celebrate Divine Mercy Sunday, the global spread of COVID-19, has forced us to reflect, think about our lives and the things we take for granted and to rethink how we live our daily lives. As we continue to celebrate Christ’s passion, death […]

Twenty years ago, on April 30, 2000, Pope Saint John Paul II canonized Saint Faustina Kowalska, the humble messenger of Divine Mercy. During his homily at the Mass of her canonization, while reflecting on the timeliness of the message of mercy for the twentieth century, the Polish pontiff pondered what […]

In this time of uncertainty, there are still some things that remain constant. The passion, death and resurrection of our Lord, Jesus. We are a people of hope! This hope holds true as the news reports that our COVID-19 flattening the curve efforts are showing a glimmer of positive improvement. […]