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Novices Feel Proud to Receive the Habit
Fr. Ronnie Bonneau, C.Ss.R., Assistant Novice Director Friday, the 20th of May, was a very important date here in Toronto at the North American Novitiate of the Redemptorists, not only because it was...
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Fr. Joseph Manh Thuong Nguyen’s Ordination
By Fr. David Purcell, C.Ss.R. For those of us who consider ourselves sons and daughters, or dear friends of St. Alphonsus in Canada, we have had much to be happy about this spring and summer! As some...
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Magnificat anima mea - New Choral Piece Commissioned by Edmonton-Toronto...
By Fr Ed Eherer, C.Ss.R. Saint Alphonsus was an accomplished musician in his own right and recognized that music could be a powerful tool for evangelization. So it’s no surprise that today many of our...
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Jubilee Celebrations at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish, Vancouver
By Bertilla Watanabe The sun came out to join the festivities on our Jubilee Day, June 26, as priests, altar servers, choirs, flower girls, Knights of Columbus and members of the congregation gathered...
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Fr. Graham Hill’s Ordination & First Mass
By Fr David Purcell, C.Ss.R. Graham Hill was ordained a priest, by Archbishop Gerry Pettipas on the 10th of June. Archbishop Gerry spoke about three people who had greatly influenced Graham’s spiritual...
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Redemptorist Spirituality Course 2016
Part 1 by Fr. David Louch, C.Ss.R. In February 1977 I participated in the first course on Redemptorist History and Spirituality offered in English in Rome. It was organized and led by Fr Joe Oppitz...
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What is Happening in Grande Prairie?
By Fr. Leo English, C.Ss.R. We have 4 adult faith formation dates scheduled through the next number of months. These evenings are an excellent way to explore in a deeper way articles of our faith...
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Sister Margaret Reid - (1921-2016)
By Sr Mary Gerarda (Annie) Slanina, OSSR Sister Margaret Reid was born in 1921; the paternal home was in Milton, ON. She was the second of four siblings born to an Irish-Catholic mother and a...
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Reflections on the Death of Ronald Huber - (1944-2016)
By Fr. Ray Douziech, C.Ss.R. I walked into the bank on Thursday, September 8 and noticed that one of the teller stations had been converted into a little shrine. On the counter was a small bouquet of...
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Brother Kevin Garvey - (1921-2016)
Fr. Mark Miller, C.Ss.R. Brother Kevin (Matthew) Garvey was born on February 5, 1921 in Mayo (Buckingham), Quebec, a place he left an indelible mark upon by constructing a Shrine to Our Blessed Mother....
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Introducing the Novitiate of 2016-2017
Fr Ray Douziech, C.Ss.R. Whenever I meet a confrere or someone who knows, I am the novice master the first question inevitably raised is, “How many novices do we have this year?” The answer, “Five.”...
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Our Jubilarians for 2016
Fr. Mark Miller, C.Ss.R. As you are all aware, the Edmonton-Toronto province did not have a Chapter or Assembly this year which is where we would normally celebrate our Jubilarians. Fortunately, we...
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Father Schindler’s Story at St. Patrick’s Donated to the Archives
By MC Havey, Archivist (all photos courtesy of the Archives) An archivist’s excursion to collect records is always a pleasurable occasion. In mid-September in the unlikely venue of the Hilton hotel in...
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Sharing the Wealth at St. Mary’s
By Fr. Steve Morrisey, C.Ss.R. Twenty-five years ago, as my initial formation was beginning to take place, I met an amazing IHM Sister. She possessed many qualities and she had many lines to describe...
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Fr. Mason Receives the Seelos History Award
By MC Havey, Archivist In baseball terms, the North American Redemptorist history conference in September at Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré was a Canadian double play. For the first time, the conference was...
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Fr. Daly’s Chalice Travels to Increase Vocations
By MC Havey, Archivist An engraved chalice belonging to Fr. George Daly has become part of the vocations project for religious vocations in the Archdiocese of Toronto. Under the Toronto Serra...
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The Joyous Life of Fr. Clark McAulay Celebrated (1924-2016)
By MC Havey, Archivist (all photos courtesy of the Archives) The joy, which Fr. Clark McAulay spread throughout his life, was captured at the Mass of Resurrection in St. Patrick’s church, Toronto, on...
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New Icon of Christ Pantocrator for the Novitiate
By Fr. Ray Douziech, C.Ss.R. Let your face shine on us and we shall be saved! We have a new icon in our chapel. It is the face of Christ. It is a copy of the oldest known icon of Christ, which hangs in...
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A Sacred Garden for The Season
By Bertilla Watanabe First it was the rust and crimson colours of fall and now the twinkly lights of Christmas which are beckoning parishioners and passersby alike, to stop and stay a while at the...
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Journey Across the World - My Experience at the XXV General Chapter
By Anne Walsh You never know where life will take you! In October 2015, I knew that my name was one of three proposed from the Redemptorist Conference of North America to serve as the lay...
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