Good afternoon,
Please see attached our Parish Bulletin for the 8th Sunday of Ordinary time – as we are a busy community, as usual there is nothing ordinary about it!
See many parish updates like: lent prayers, Development and Peace petitions, sharing your thoughts with PPC, and our upcoming Lent and Easter schedule; Supper Table fundraising initiatives, and more.
See you in the pews!
See, a couple weeks late, John Rietschlin’s reflection from the 5th Sunday of Ordinary Time.
Good afternoon,
See our attached bulletin for a thorough and comprehensive parish update. Highlights include Ash Wednesday service times, a new monthly engagement survey, a Lent prayer initiative, and link to this week’s reflection.
Have a great weekend!
Luke Guimond offers the reflection at the Saturday evening and Sunday morning Masses this weekend. In his reflection on the readings for the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, Luke shares:
“Much like the tumult of politics today, the future and leadership of ancient Israel were up in the air. Deborah Wilhelm, a professor at the Aquinas Institute of Theology, compares us to Abishai: we want action; we want to, as she says, send an angry tweet or text, to lash out. It would be so simple, but it would be wrong. It would be ungenerous. As challenging as that may be, Christ calls on us to be even more generous. The passage from Luke confronts our very comfort; it disquiets us. It is not an easy passage. It is radical even. Christ encourages us to give; to give to those who need and not to expect something in return.”
Good afternoon,
Please see attached our weekend bulletin. We see in the forecast there will be more snow (Booooo!!!), but despite that, we are prepared to host our weekend services as normal.
Note due to the forecast Hospitality Sunday will be moved to next Sunday.
Stay warm!
Dear all,
Good Afternoon,
Our bulletin features a grant for the Supper Table, an exciting winter outing with the Refugee Outreach Committee, congratulations to a parisioner in a new role with Development and Peace, and more. Also attached is info for a Development and Peace retreat on March 1.
Have a terrific weekend!
Good day,
Please see attached our bulletin for this weekend. Attached are two great articles: one a thorough update of our sound system campaign; and the other a prestigious award for a former parishioner!
Good Morning,
Please see our weekly bulletin. Tax receipts will be available at this coming weekend’s services. Click below to hear the 2025 Jubilee Hymn, which was introduced last weekend.
In an effort to understand our different demographics of parishioners, we are collecting basic information about those who attend St. Joe’s regularly. Click below to fill in our survey. All the information you provide will be kept confidential. Thank you for your participation, it helps us to plan activities and best understand those we serve!
Good day,
Please see our weekly bulletin. Thank you, and congratulations, to our hard working Refugee Outreach Committee for welcoming the rest of a family to Ottawa. An additional thank you comes to our Parish and community supporters for assistance on sponsorships.