The Canadian Catholic Bishops have joined with Pope Leo XIV in calling for prayer: ‘Praying and fasting for peace in the Holy Land is both urgent and necessary at this time; it is something to which all the Catholic faithful in Canada should feel called to do, prompted by the loss of life on all…
Author: Father David Rioux
High School Youth Rally Sunday August 17
Families with high school aged youth are welcome to a day of Christ, community, and BBQ, 12:30-6:30 Sunday August 17 at the Villa Madonna Retreat House in Rothesay, NB. Register here.
FORMED for our Continuing Jubilee Year of Hope
If you’re inspired by Bishop Christian Riesbeck’s CC’s Miramichi Regional Mission that the Basilica hosted, check out Sent Evangelization. Or, in this month of Rosary, check out the Mysteries of the Rosary series. To sign up freely, go to formed.org/parishes, Find Your Parish Subscription, search for Miramichi , and select St. Michael’s Basilica. FORMED: Faith…
A call to prayer for peace in the Holy Land, in this month dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
The Canadian Catholic Bishops are asking us faithful to pray for peace, amid the rising tensions and violence in the Middle East. “Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus focuses our attention on the Lord’s inexhaustible love for humanity, and His desire that all be saved. By praying to the Sacred Heart, we turn to…
June Dedication to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
His Eminence Frank Cardinal Leo of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto has published a message on the Month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. “This year the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart is commemorated on June 27th though the entire month is dedicated to this long-standing and much appreciated devotion in the Church. As Pilgrims…
Habemus Papam!
It is with great joy that we receive the news of our new pope, Pope Leo XIV. O God, who in your providential design willed that Your Church be built upon blessed Peter, whom You set over the other Apostles, look with favour, we pray, on Leo, our Pope and grant that he, whom You…
On the Passing of Pope Francis
After bestowing God’s Easter Blessing on Sunday, Pope Francis passed on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, in Rome, at the age of 88. On Saturday, April 26, 2025, at 10am (Rome time), the first day of the Novendiali, on the parvis of Saint Peter’s Basilica, the Funeral Mass of the Roman Pontiff Francis will be…
Welcome to our NBCC Intern
We are pleased to welcome Cassandra Pettigrew, a student from New Brunswick Community College (NBCC), who will be joining our Parish Office for her practicum placement from April 28 to May 30, 2025. Cassandra will be gaining hands-on experience in administrative and parish-related duties as part of her academic program. We are thankful for the…
May 4 Presentations: What’s Wrong with MAiD?
CMDA Canada’s Executive Director, Larry Worthen, will provide timely information on MAiD in Canada, policies regulating MAiD, and how we can advocate for dignity-affirming alternatives and conscientious practice in our province. There will be an afternoon presentation with Q&A and light refreshments in Saint Michael’s Parish Centre, 12:30pm-2pm Sunday May 4, and an evening screening…
Lent 2025
Pope Francis offers a beautiful Lenten message for this Jubilee Year of Hope: “This Lent, as we share in the grace of the Jubilee Year, I would like to propose a few reflections on what it means to journey together in hope, and on the summons to conversion that God in His Mercy addresses to…
National Catholic Health Care Week – February 2-8, 2025
This sixth annual National Catholic Health Care Week will take place from Sunday, February 2 to Saturday, February 8, 2025. National Catholic Health Care Week leads into The World Day of the Sick on February 11, a Catholic day of observance established by Pope John Paul II to encourage prayers and reflections for those who…
Please welcome our new parish office manager
Mechelle Ligon will be working with us as our new parish office manager. Committed to Christian Charity, Mechelle has served in customer service, and has fourteen years of accounting experience in addition to her education in accounting and business administration. We also thank Sandy Williston for her diligence and patience, postponing her retirement until we…
Jubilee Year of Hope
‘In this Jubilee Year may we, as Pilgrims of Hope guided by the Holy Spirit, truly recognize the spark of hope that dwells in the heart of each person we encounter, that desire for and expectation of good things and happiness. May we, Pilgrims of Hope, enkindle and fan into flame that hope with our…
Remembering Saint Thomas College Students who made the supreme sacrifice for our freedom
The Blessed Virgin Mary statue in memoriam of the students of Saint Thomas College who made the supreme sacrifice from 1939 to 1945, has been relocated from the rectory to Saint Michael’s Cemetery, next to the columbarium. Thanks to Stephen O’Reilly, Barry Whitty, and Shane Dinan who carried out this work.
Pope Francis’ Encyclical ‘Dilexit nos,’ on the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Pope Francis offers a letter on the devotion to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, from his meditations and appeals in June, the month dedicated to the Sacred Heart, in advance of the anniversary of Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque’s December vision of Christ’s heart of burning charity. See his letter, Delixit nos, here. From the…
Called to Witness and Proclaim: Canadian Bishops’ Pastoral Letter on Evangelization and Catechesis in the Family
‘Families are essential for our church’s mission,’ says the Most Rev. Brian Dunn, Archbishop of Halifax-Yarmouth, and Chair of the Episcopal Commission for Evangelization and Catechesis. ‘They show testimony to the Gospel in everyday life through love, sacrifice, and mutual care.’ This pastoral letter outlines a Gospel approach for catechesis in the family, catechesis with…
Song + Silence: Music in the Life of the Church
What does music mean to you? This was a presentation inquiring about the nature of music, about what makes it good, and what makes it sacred. This was hosted in the upper room of Creative Grounds Café, 156 Wellington Street, 3PM Sunday August 18 so that along with the nourishment of mind and soul, we…