Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Dear Parishioners, This past Tuesday we celebrated another great feast, The Queenship of Mary. This feast commemorated Mary’s coronation,...
Assumption of Mary
Dear Parishioners, This past Tuesday we celebrated the feast day of our parish, the Assumption of Mary. Pope Frances gave an Angelus...
St. Anne
St. Anne is a patron saint of Canada. Her most famous shrine in the world is located just outside Quebec City in a small village called...
St. Anne & St. Joachim
As promised, this week I will talk about Sts. Anne and Joachim whose feast we celebrated on July 26th. Sts. Anne and Joachim are the...
St. James the Greater
This past week, we marked two back-to-back feasts in the life of the church. The first was the feast of St. James the Greater (July 25)....
Fr. David Reitzel
For my first post, I figured I would give some details about who I am and where I come from. Born and raised in Waterloo ON, I grew up in...
The gift of hospitality
Two themes emerge in today’s Gospel: the cost of being a Christian and the hospitality expected of Christians. Hospitality has been...
Until we meet again
I have never liked good byes. This is my last official weekend as pastor of St. Mary’s and the Missions. After seven years in the great...
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
The month of June is dedicated to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, whose feast is celebrated on June 16th. This is really a devotion that...
The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
This weekend we celebrate the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, commonly known as Corpus Christi. Corpus Christi is a...