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“We are in This Together” - in Tuktoyaktuk
By Fr. Leo English, C.Ss.R. “We are in this together” was the catch phrase that we – Sr. Fay Trombley scic, Andrea Wan, and I – used during the busy 2016 Christmas season in the most northerly...
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Finding Purcelldo?!
By Fr. David Purcell, C.Ss.R . I tell people that I am based in my suitcase and they have a quizzical look on their face. My hope, as you know, is to spend about two weeks in each of our communities...
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A Glimpse into a Journey Like No Other
By Fr. Mick Fleming, C.Ss.R. First, let me introduce you to the four Amigos…myself, Stewart, Bishop Don Bolen and Andre (pictured at right), this was our team for the first three weeks of the Camino....
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Fr. Brendan Boland, C.Ss.R. (June 12, 1924 - February 6, 2017)
By Fr. Mark Miller, C.Ss.R. On Saturday, Feb. 11th (the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes and the World Day of Prayer for the Sick), a church full of confreres, family, friends and parishioners gathered at...
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Perpetual Help TV Devotions Celebrates 22 Years on the Air
Dear Friends, We have a lot to celebrate. For one thing, DevotionsTV (in honour of Our Mother of Perpetual Help, a world-wide ministry of the Redemptorists) has been on national TV for 22 years. The...
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Vocations in Toronto and Newfoundland
By Fr. David Purcell, C.Ss.R. “Taste and see the goodness of the Lord” Psalm 34.8 God is indeed so good. One of the many joys I have is to share in people’s experience of the goodness that God works in...
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Missionary Experience in the Canadian North
by Fr. Mick Fleming, C.Ss.R. In planning my sabbatical year one of the places where I wanted to have a missionary experience was in the Canadian North, in the land of the midnight sun. Already having...
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Chapter at Queen of Apostles Retreat Centre
By Fr. David Purcell, C.Ss.R. From Tuesday the 25th of April through Thursday the 27th, Redemptorists and Lay Missionaries of the Most Holy Redeemer from the Edmonton-Toronto Province met at Queen of...
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Annual Student Gathering in Canandaigua
By Fr. David Purcell, C.Ss.R. From the 21st of May through the 27th, all the Redemptorist students in North America along with those in formation ministry and those in vocation ministry met at Notre...
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St. Alphonsus at “The Learneds”
By Anne Walsh The Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences (sometimes referred to as “The Learneds”) was held in Toronto May 29-June 2, 2017, and St. Alphonsus Liguori seemed happy to once again...
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The Last Months of Novitiate
By Joaquín Garcia-Romanillos , Novice (The original article was written for the Redemptorist Newsletter of the Spanish province) The novitiate year in Toronto is entering its final phase. The past few...
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History Papers Depict Redemptorists in Rome
By MC Havey, Archivist Two Provincial archivists flew the Redemptorist banner with distinction at a University of Notre Dame history conference in Rome, highlighting a pivotal Scottish confrere in Rome...
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Mount Carmel’s 150th Anniversary, Pilgrimage to Martyrs’ Shrine & More
By Fr. David Purcell, C.Ss.R. In Marty Haugen’s composition of “Canticle of the Sun”, we hear: “The heavens are telling the glory of God and all creation is shouting for joy! Come dance in the forest,...
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A Festival of Faith - My Experience of the Novena at Clonard - June 14-22, 2017
By Anne Walsh I have been hearing about the Clonard Novena since I became connected with the Redemptorists, and everything I heard made me want to see, be part of, and experience this nine-day festival...
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A Feast Day for Our Mother Like No Other
By Bertilla Watanabe Jubilation and high numbers on the UV index marked Our Lady’s feast day celebrations and Marian Consecration in Vancouver in June. Coming together for the special 4pm Mass were two...
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Triduum of Our Mother of Perpetual Help at St. Patrick's
By Fr Ed Eherer, C.Ss.R. The instruction from Pope Pius IX was a simple one: “Make her known.” And in the 151 years that have passed since that day, generations of Redemptorists around the world worked...
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Fr. Gerald Keindel, C.Ss.R. (Jan 12, 1935 - Aug 14, 2017)
By Fr. Mark Miller, C.Ss.R. Fr. Gerald “Tex” Keindel died on the morning of Monday, August 14th at Villa Marguerite in Edmonton at the age of 82. He had been diagnosed four months earlier with...
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For the New Year: Looking Ahead and Looking Back
By Fr. David Purcell, C.Ss.R. Wow! It has been many, many months since I have been able to make time to write. My difficulty with time for writing is that much of my time is taken up in speaking with,...
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Historic Meeting Held on January 22, 1918
By MC Havey, Archivist As early as 1916, a serious attempt was made to create an English-Canadian Province. Following numerous letters continuing to encourage the establishment of a Canadian Province,...
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