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You for Supporting Your Parish
June 12/13: $ 3310
An
Open Letter from Father Walsh
Father John Walsh will be leaving the Christian
Community of St. John Brebeuf. For a copy
of his Open Letter to the Parishionners,
click here
Who
Do You Say I Am?
The people who seriously seek God want to
know all about God. There is something fascinating,
tremendously fascinating about God. God is
dynamic and our relationship with God requires
dynamism. There is excitement in the air when
God is part of the conversation. God illuminates
us when we ask each other, Who do you say
that I am? The reality of our faith is that
Christian faith is in the Resurrection, in
the Risen Lord, and it is our experience of
the Risen Lord that re-interprets the Gospels
and the historical Jesus. Biographies of great
leaders are always being revisited and as
historical figures they require re-interpretation
when new material is discovered. A real problem
arises when we etch in stone the life of anyone.
The author has no other alternative than to
defend what he wrote, unless he allows new
discoveries to question his original findings.
Our Christian faith is one of openness to
new discoveries. Our faith becomes relevant
when Christians do not shy away from modernity,
use the findings of science, and learn that
God is at the heart of life itself. God wants
us to discover him in the midst of a community
in which he has pledged to be present in an
everlasting covenant. A covenant is an agreement,
a past, a treaty in which we are one-hundred
percent participants with God in writing the
terms of the Covenant. The Church is “semper
reformanda,” always renewing herself,
because it is the Risen Lord, ever revealing
God to us in the Kingdom or Reign of God,
a God present in the midst of the people of
God. Jesus, the Christ, Risen, is the model
of the Church and God entrusts us with the
life-giving God in a community of faith.
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Summer Eucharistic Schedule
Please note that during the months of July
and August we will be celebrating our weekend
Eucharists Saturdays 4:30 p.m. and Sundays
10:30 a.m.
Parish Group Info Available
Over the past few months some of our parish groups have been putting together pamphlets explaining what they do and why they do it. (See our Information Centre pamphlet rack). If you have been thinking about how you can serve our community now is your chance! (proven fact - helping others improves the quality of your life). If any area or ministry interests you, call the parish office for contact information.
Letters
Displayed In Church M - N - O.
If your family name begins with one of these
letters, you are invited to bring non-perishable
food next weekend for the poor and place it
near the Main Entrance to the Church. The
food will be presented with the bread and
wine to be placed at the Table.
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