Category: Bulletin News Item

The Most Reverend Christian Riesbeck, CC, Bishop of Saint John, announces the following clergyappointments affecting the Saint John and Sussex areas of the Diocese, effective Wednesday, October 1, 2025, unless otherwise noted. Rev. John Gillis, is appointed Parochial Administrator of St. Teresa of Calcutta Parish in Sussex,N.B. and Norton, N.B. Rev. Joseph Devereaux is appointed…

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…

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…

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…

Christ is risen! Truly, he is truly risen! Alleluia! This is the radiant proclamation of Easter morning, the triumphant cry that echoes across thecenturies, resounding in every Christian heart: Jesus Christ has conquered death, and in him, hopeis born anew. Read Bishop Christian Riesbeck, CC’s Easter 2025 message here.

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…

‘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…

In my prayer the last few days, I have been convicted to write this short letter to you. Our hearts are grieved whenever and wherever the Eucharist is blasphemed, whether that is on the world stage, in the media, by the actions of others, or even by our own actions that deny the Real Presence…

After the 6,000 mile National Eucharistic Pilgrimage across the United States, the National Eucharistic Congress hosted 60,000 Catholics in Indianapolis. This great gathering in faith, with moving witness from hundreds of speakers, and overnight Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, brought faithful to their knees in prayer and thanksgiving. Relive this great event that took place…