Family Catechesis Gatherings in the Parish Centre Everyone is encouraged to join us in sharing our Faith as a community. Please pray for our parish families and youth journeying in their preparation for Christ’s Sacraments. 6:30pm Sunday January 186:15pm Sunday February 46:15pm Sunday February 116:15pm Sunday February 256:30pm Sunday March 156:30pm Sunday March 226:30pm Sunday…
Month: December 2025
Canadian Bishops support Bill 218 : No MAiD for mental illness
The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops strongly opposes euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide (MAiD). Access to treatment and palliative care must be improved. Private Members Bill C-218 seeks to prevent persons whose sole medical condition is mental illness from accessing MAiD. The Canadian Bishops support this: “To enable or assist in the suicide for these patients…
Canadian Bishops Address Proposed Restrictions on Religious Freedom – Bill C-9
The Canadian bishops have written an open letter to express deep concern regarding recent reports of government plans to remove the long-standing religious exemption in Section 319(3)(b) of the Criminal Code as part of Bill C-9 amendments. Our bishops are requesting charter rights and freedom of religion to be maintained, and to provide clear assurance…
Pope Leo XIV’s Message for the 2026 World Day of Peace
‘This ancient greeting, still in use today in many cultures, was infused with new life on the evening of Easter on the lips of the risen Jesus. “Peace be with you” (John 20:19, 21) is His Word that does not merely desire peace, but truly brings about a lasting transformation in those who receive it,…
Bishop Christian Riesbeck, CC’s Christmas Message 2025
At this Jubilee Year’s end, contemplating our lived graces and renewed hopes, may we place ourselves in joy and wonder of that moment of encounter with the long-awaited Messiah, He whom we seek and for whom our hearts long. May we hear Him say to each one of us personally in the depth of our…
Christmas Solemnities Schedule
The Nativity of the Lord – Vigil Mass – Wednesday, December 24 4pm – Saint Michael the Archangel Basilica 4pm – Saint Michael’s by-the-Sea Church (Miramichi Bay) 4pm – Église de l’Ascension (Beaverbrook) (la Messe française) 6pm – Saint Margaret’s Church 7pm – Saint Michael the Archangel Basilica The Nativity of the Lord – Mass…
