Author: John McCormick

April 16,2020  (Octive of Easter Thursday ) Parish Update When Jesus appears to his disciples they find it impossible to believe what they are seeing.  They can see him, they… Read more »

April 15,2020  (Octive of Easter Wednesday) Parish Update A Jesuit church stands strong overlooking a Jesuit University named in honour of St. Aloysius Gonzaga.  It was built in the Greco-Roman… Read more »

April 14,2020  (Easter Tuesday) Parish Update During the Second World War when Nazi forces occupied the many countries they invaded it is estimated that some 300 thousand babies and young… Read more »

April 13,2020  (Easter Monday) Parish Update There is a 1957 movie called Twelve Angry  Men.  It is an old classic about a courtroom drama telling the story of 12 total… Read more »

April 11,2020  (Holy Saturday & Easter Sunday) Parish Update It is Easter.  A few days ago a young man came to the parish door carrying four bouquets of yellow and… Read more »

April 10, 2020  (Good Friday) Parish Update A monument stands on the high rocky hills overlooking the town in which I was raised in Northern Manitoba.  It is a humble… Read more »

April 09, 2020  (Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper) Parish Update Imagine for a moment receiving a letter, an email, a telephone call.  You open the letter, the email,… Read more »

April 08, 2020  (Wednesday of Holy Week) Parish Update It has been almost a month since the nation has been put on general lockdown.  It has taken its toll on… Read more »

April 07, 2020  (Tuesday of Holy Week) Parish Update A good man, a good Pastor,  of the evangelical faith tradition, stood before a massive crowd of a million or more… Read more »

April 06, 2020  (Monday Holy Week) Parish Update A Tale of Two Cities is an historical novel written by Charles Dickens during the time of the French Revolution.  The novel… Read more »