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Message from Father Ramon
October 24, 2020
I thank you for your prayers for me while I made my spiritual retreat last week in the little quite town of Deloraine. It was a good one; I have received much spiritual consolations. How does one do a personal spiritual retreat? Well, it all depends on each person. Some people prefer to follow a strict structure, others prefer a looser schedule. It could last for a day or for several days. For me, the essentials are periods of prayer especially the Liturgy of the Hours and the Rosary, personal prayers or conversing with the Lord, the sacraments – i.e. celebrating the Eucharist and going to Confession to a priest, spiritual reading and journaling. Of course, a retreat should also be a period for physical relaxation. So, I take walks and enjoy a good conversation with my friend-priest over a few bottles of beer on a couple of evenings, and even a karaoke session! You must have heard about a newly-released documentary where Pope Francis seems to have endorsed civil union of same-sex couples. Because of this, some people are accusing the pope of heresy. Others are trying to defend the pope by saying that he was taken out of context, or that what is shown in the documentary is actually at least a couple of interviews digitally spliced together so as to make the pope appear to approve of civil unions between homosexuals. However, we have not heard from Vatican trying to sort out the confusion caused by the documentary. Nonetheless, as your pastor, I would like you to remember the following: (a) The issue is about civil union between homosexuals. The teaching of the Church about marriage in general and the sacrament of Matrimony in particular remains intact; (b) The teaching of the Church about sex and human sexuality also remains intact; (c) The documentary is not magisterial teaching, meaning the Pope in the informal interview was only proposing a personal opinion with regards to a pastoral approach. He was not formally declaring a dogma. In this respect, we are free to agree with him or not. Anyway, do not be troubled by what is going on around us. Focus on the goal – heaven!
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Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Every Friday at 9:00 am Chaplet of the Divine Mercy
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Children's Rosary Prayer Group: Tuesday, October 13, 2020
We are excited to share that a Children’s rosary prayer group has formed at our Parish. Although the target ages are from 4-14 this prayer group allows participation of children of all ages. Younger children and siblings are encouraged to participate as well. This is a unique opportunity for the children of our parish to come together to pray and to lead us all into prayer. Adults are welcome and encouraged to come to the Children’s Rosary as the “guardian angels” of this movement. The rosary will be held monthly on the second Tuesday of each month at 6:30 pm during Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. No prior knowledge of the Rosary is needed. Rosaries and prayer books will be provided. All are welcome! For more information about the details of the origin of the Children’s rosary visit this website: www.childrensrosary.org. If you have any questions please contact: Fabiola Titchkosky at (204) 822-1271 Parish Rosary Night Please consider this an invitation to all parishioners of St. John’s to join us in saying the Rosary, Wednesday evenings at 7:00 p.m. |
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Regular Mass Times:
Saturday: 5:00 p.m.
Sunday: 11:00 a.m. and 7:00 pm
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Sunday: 11:00 a.m. and 7:00 pm
For daily mass times, please refer to the weekly bulletin under the "Bulletin" tab.