Dear Beloved Parishioners and Guests, We Ukrainian Redemptorists – all 13 of us – are gathered at St. Mary’s in Yorkton, SK for our Annual Chapter (Sept.24-27).This is proving to be quite a challenge and what a drastic change over the years. I fondly recall the days (years ago!) when 13 of us elected […]
From The Pastor’s Desk – Sept. 30, 2012 Read More »
Dear Beloved Parishioners and Guests, So many events are happening during the month of September – firstly, the children are all back at school, secondly, it is time to register our children for Catechism, thirdly, all our organizational meetings must be planned and executed, and I’m sure there is a fourth and fifth, etc. Well,
From The Pastor’s Desk – Sept. 9, 2012 Read More »
Dear Beloved Parishioners and Guests, The weekend of our 60th anniversary celebrations of St. Joseph’s has finally arrived. We have happily anticipated commemorating this joyous occasion and expressing our profound heartfelt gratitude for all the wonderful blessings this parish has received since our Fr. Joseph Denischuk CSsR sowed the seeds of the good harvest
From The Pastor’s Desk – Sept. 16, 2012 Read More »
Dear St. Joseph’s parishioners and guests, This weekend we share another celebration – the 10th anniversary of the Enshrinement of the Holy Relics of Blessed Vasyl. How quickly the years have slipped by – many of us fondly recall that special day when we processed through the streets from St. Vlad’s and Olga’s with
From The Pastor’s Desk – Sept. 23, 2012 Read More »
Dear Beloved of St Joseph’s Ah! Labour Day Weekend! A time to give thanks for the Gift Of Work – truly ‘work’ is a blessing! Ask anyone who is searching for a job, for employment and not finding any…so let us be grateful for our blessings and our treasures! This weekend also marks the “return” of our regular schedule
From The Pastor’s Desk – Sept. 2, 2012 Read More »
Dear Beloved Parishioners and Guests, Do you realize this is the last Sunday of August and, soon, so very soon we are back in the full swing of things? The various organizational meetings, the recommencement of our parish programs, and the many celebrations that we are preparing for…. Let us resolve to make this a wonderful, peaceful,
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God has truly blessed us with a wonderful summer – with much heat and some rain off and on…who was foolish to say that Winnipeg is not a great city to live in, work in, play in, and yes, even pray in…we do have4 very much to be grateful for. We especially as a parish,
From The Pastor’s Desk, July 29, 2012 Read More »
Dear Beloved Parishioners and Guests, From all reports, many of you were even happy to celebrate our Sunday liturgy down in the basement as we once did in the 50’s! Also, you warmly accepted the closeness in the Shrine for our weekday Liturgy. Thank you for accepting this adjustment to our liturgy schedule. Hopefully this will only take place
From The Pastor’s Desk – July 22, 2012 Read More »
Dear Beloved of St. Joseph’s, “Pentecost Sunday” traditionally has been regarded as the birthday of Holy Mother Church – for from this day forth, the Apostles, having been filled and “fired up” by the Holy Spirit, began to preach the Good News that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, has granted us salvation. The Holy
