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Introducing the Novices for 2015-2016
By Fr. Ray Douziech, C.Ss.R. On August 1st, the Feast of St. Alphonsus, Fr. Ronnie, the assistant novice master and I, Raymond Douziech, the novice master, formally welcomed eight new novices to the...
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The Redemptorists in the Land of the Midnight Sun
By Fr Jon Hansen, C.Ss.R. Greetings to you from Inuvik, Northwest Territories, home of the newest mission of the Redemptorists in Canada and the most northerly mission of the Redemptorists in the...
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Vigil's Silence Was Golden
By Fr. Paul Hansen, C.Ss.R. For those of us who attended St Mary’s College in Brockville, you will remember well the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul. It was Sr. Mary Alberta Gallagher, the...
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The Year for Consecrated Life - Eastern Canadian Chinese Catholic Living...
By Fr David Purcell, C.Ss.R. “… my heart’s one desire is to be holy, set apart for you Lord. I choose to be Holy….ready to do your will.” These words come from a song, “Refiner’s Fire” by Brian...
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Graham Hill Professes Perpetual Vows
By Fr. David Purcell, C.Ss.R. On Thursday, October 22, 2015, Fr. Mark Miller, Provincial Superior of the Edmonton – Toronto Province received the vows of Brother Graham Hill. Fr. Peter Chin and Fr....
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The Year for Consecrated Life - Toronto, McLennan, Grouard & Edmonton
By Fr. David Purcell, C.Ss.R. On October the 4th, St. Edward’s parish and the Serra club, invited the Toronto and Area Vocation Directors to set up displays for various religious orders in their parish...
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Life & Thanksgiving in the Far North
By Fr. Jon Hansen, C.Ss.R. We received our first snowfall at the end of September and it never left. Presently there is about a 6 inch accumulation of nice fluffy powder on the ground. The days have...
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Fr. Joseph Desmond Scanlan, C.Ss.R. (1932-2015)
By Fr. Mark Miller, C.Ss.R. Fr. Des was born in Montreal on June 8, 1932, the first of five children, to Michael and Margaret (Scullion) Scanlan and baptized at St. Gabriel’s Parish. There were four...
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Graham Hill’s Diaconate Ordination
By Fr David Purcell, C.Ss.R. On the 9th of November, Archbishop Gerry Pettipas ordained Graham Hill as a transitional deacon. Grande Prairie parishioners continue to be blessed with a charism for great...
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The Year for Consecrated Life - Winnipeg & Toronto
By Fr. David Purcell, C.Ss.R. I would like to introduce you to Fr. Taras Kchik C.Ss.R.. Fr. Taras was born near Lviv in the Ukraine, but from the age of 4 years old he was raised in Toronto, Ontario....
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Holy Door at St. Patrick’s for Year of Mercy
By Fr. Santo Arrigo, C.Ss.R. With the Year of Mercy well underway, 8 churches in the Archdiocese of Toronto have been asked to serve as pilgrimage sites by establishing a Holy Door for this year. St....
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The Year for Consecrated Life - Rise Up Conference & Vancouver
By Fr. David Purcell, C.Ss.R. The Redemptorists help sponsor the largest gathering of Catholic university and college students in Canada. All provinces and most campuses across the country were...
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Christmas "North of 60"
By Fr. Tom O’Rourke, C.Ss.R. When Fr. Jon Hansen asked if I would be interested and willing to come to Inuvik over Christmas to offer pastoral assistance there and say Mass in one of the smaller...
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Christmas in the Far North
By Fr. Jon Hansen, C.Ss.R. Today I saw a glimpse of the sun for the first time since the beginning of December. While winter is far from over this little glow brings hope that longer days and the...
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Know My Son as I Do – February Pilgrimage at St. Joseph Catholic Church in...
By Carmen Moore, Parishioner On February 7, our parish decided to encourage people to come out of the cold and into the warmth for a local pilgrimage to celebrate and reflect upon the icon of Our...
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Town Votes Down Bar Opening On Sunday and More Tales from the North
By Fr. Jon Hansen, C.Ss.R. February was filled with a number of important community and parish events which I would like to share with you in this update letter. At the beginning of the month the town...
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Vocations - Lift Jesus Higher Rally, Gethesame Ministries & an Oshawa High...
By Fr. David Purcell, C.Ss.R. Thanks to Kevin McGraw and Brian Vaccaro, two of our novices! The first Saturday of March, they helped invite Catholic youth get to know St. Alphonsus and our...
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Vocations - Surprises in Inuvik, Tuktoyaktuk and Paulatuk at Easter
By Fr. David Purcell, C.Ss.R. Surprise! Surprise! God is a Surprise! … part of a song written by Carey Landry, this was certainly the theme of my Easter. What an adventure!! I arrived in Yellowknife,...
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St. Patrick's Procession of the Icon of Our Mother of Perpetual Help through...
By Fr. Santo Arrigo, C.Ss.R. The Year of Jubilee for the 150th Anniversary of the Restoration of the Icon of Our Mother of Perpetual Help to public veneration continues to be a year of celebration and...
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St Mary’s OLPH Mission
By Fr Ciro Perez, C.Ss.R. The Redemptorist Community and Redemptorist Associates of Saskatoon hosted a Mission at St Mary’s Parish to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Icon of Our Mother of...
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