Pastor's Messages from January 2023

Dear Parishioners, St. John Vianney is open for prayers/Confession/Extended Eucharistic Adoration Every Wednesday after Mass, St. John Vianney will remain open for extended Eucharistic Adoration until noon. During this time, I will be in the Church for prayer and for Confession. This begins next week Wednesday, February 1st. Divine Office: Beginning next week Friday (February 3), we will say the Divine office (morning prayer) after Rosary in St. Ann’s Church. This starts from 8.45 until 8.58. February 11: Anointing of…

St. Teresa of Avila once said, Christ has no body now on earth but yours, no hands, no feet but yours. Yours are the eyes with which Christ looks out his compassion to the world. Your are the feet with which He is to go about doing good. Yours are the hands with which He is to bless us now. How grateful we are to you for sharing your time, talent and treasure for the work of God in our…

With heart filled with gratitude, we will commission all who are involved in ministry during Mass. Please endeavor to attend. These are the ministries: Hospitality ministers (Greeters, Ushers), Alter servers, Musicians, Lectors, Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion, Sacristans, Altar linen Angels, Interior Decorators (Children’s Liturgy has been commissioned already). We are grateful for the many ways by which our parishioners like the wise men offer to Jesus their best gifts: the gifts of our time, treasure and talent. After last…

Happy New Year! I guess I’m late in wishing you a Happy New Year. Pardon me. I was away in Ottawa to renew my passport. My prayer for you and for all our families comes from the prayer of blessing with which God (in last week’s reading) wanted Aaron the priest to bless the people of Israel. From my heart, I pray: May the Lord bless you and keep you; may His Face shine upon you and be gracious to…