May - The Feast of St. Joseph the Worker, Easter & Pentecost, The Month of Mary and more!
Sunday, May 1st is the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker. This day celebrates St. Joseph as the Patron Saint of all workers, recognizing the value of human work and the dignity of all working people. This is also the patronal feast of our Church and School. On Sunday, May 1st, remember to say a special prayer with St. Joseph! Good St. Joseph, pray for us! 🙏⚒
From April 29th - May 3rd the priests of our Archdiocese will be participating in their annual retreat. There will be no Mass that week, all Mass intentions requested on those days have been moved to the next available Mass date. Please find some time to pray for the priests of our Archdiocese, that the Lord will continue to guide and bless them abundantly!
Starting on April 27, we are inviting all parishioners to a seven-week campaign to discern and pray on the spiritual and pastoral needs of our parish.
This campaign will culminate with Survey Weekend, on the weekend of June 8.
Until then, please pray and discern on the following questions:
1. What do you like about our parish?
2. What would you like to see in our parish?
For more information on this campaign and the goals for the survey, click here
Our Mass schedule will be changing beginning May 6th! Mass will be celebrated in our church
Alleluia, He is Risen! The Easter Season is here, and lasts for 50 days! Visit us on Spotify to enjoy our 2024 playlist of classic Easter songs and new favourites curated by members of our Parish community to help us celebrate the Resurrection of our Lord, Jesus Christ! Don't forget to check out our 2023 and 2022 playlists. Looking for a Marian playlist to enjoy during the month of May? Visit us on Spotify to check out our playlist of songs inspired by Mother Mary!
As a caring community, we continue to collect for the Transcona Food Bank (an outlet of Harvest Manitoba). We invite you to bring non-perishable food items each week. In May let’s bring in baby food and baby formula.
On Sunday, May 5th, Catholics across Canada are invited to donate to the Pope’s Pastoral Works. With the funds raised by this collection, the Pope is able to provide, on behalf of all Catholics, for various emergency relief efforts around the world. You can donate to this fund via the special envelope in your box of offertory envelopes, the extra envelopes available throughout the church or online via the Archdiocesan website.
Join L’Arche on May 5th for the 20th Annual Vickar Automotive Walk With L’Arche! Each year, the Walk serves as L’Arche’s largest fundraiser. Funds raised at this event will help sustain the life and work of the L’Arche community throughout the coming year. The 2024 Walk with L’Arche event will be held on May 5th at the Oxford Heights Community Club (359 Dowling Ave E). Registration opens at 12:30 p.m., participants gather at 2:00 p.m. to walk a 1km or 5km route down the Transcona trail. After crossing the finish line, participants gather for an outdoor after party with live music, prizes, free BBQ lunch and entertainment for the whole family! For more information, visit https://www.larchewinnipeg.org/get-involved/the-walk/
The Agape Catholic Ministries Blog promotes Christ’s selfless love among families through the different ministries offered: marriage preparation, baptism preparation, Quinceañera preparation, marriage enrichment, N.F.P., and Premarital Inventory. The blog shares stories, reflections, resources and news from staff and friends about their ministry and faith.
Angel Productions: The Chosen - The Chosen is the first-ever multi-season series based on the true stories of the gospels of Jesus Christ. Episodes are available to watch for FREE via the Chosen app (available for both android and apple users), or on their website.
The Augustine Institute is excited to share Amen: the free Catholic app that provides meditations, Scripture, and other prayers to enrich your daily conversation with God. Click here for more information.
Ave Explores from Ave Maria Press offers free podcasts, videos, articles, and more aimed at exploring topics of the Catholic faith from a variety of different angles by taking an in-depth look at topics that are relevant to their daily spiritual life in a fresh, engaging, and practical way. Hosted by Katie Prejean McGrady, Ave Explores aims to nourish the faith of everyday Catholics in ways that make a difference to everyday life. Ave Spotlight is a free weekly Catholic podcast from Ave Maria Press about culture, current events, and all things Catholic.
Be A Heart shares a Free, Printable Mother's Day Card for you to send to your mother or mother-figure on Mother's Day. Just download, print, cut (it's sized 5x7) and pop in the mail!
Busted Halo shares resources for the month of May including this article explaining why the Easter Season is Not Over, The What, Why and How of Marian Consecration, a digital Retreat to Honour Our Mothers on Mother's Day, a two minute video explaining the relationship between Catholics and our mother, Mary and much more!
In this episode of the Catholic Talk Show, in celebration of Mother’s Day, the guys are talking about amazing mothers who became Catholic Saints! In this episode you’ll learn about the mother who became the patron saint of archaeologists, the mother who became the first American-born saint, the grandmother of Jesus, the saint known as “The Mother of Saints”, and the widowed mother who wrote more words than Aquinas, while raising 9 kids!
Grandin Media: St. Joseph is a Guide to Being an Everyday Saint - Andrew Sheedy reminds us that even though St. Joseph may seem distant from our reality, he can still help us to be great everyday saints.
Hallow is a Catholic prayer and meditation app that helps users deepen their relationship with God through audio-guided contemplative prayer sessions. It is the #1 Christian Prayer app in the world. Hallow invites everyone to join the 33 Days to Morning Glory challenge, a new challenge and Marian Consecration guided by Sr. Miriam James Heidland! Starting on May 6, this challenge takes participants all the way through the popular devotion 33 Days to Morning Glory. Participants pray together to entrust their hearts to Mary each morning, following Christ’s example and the powerful examples of St. Louis de Montfort, St. Maximilian Kolbe, Mother Teresa, and Pope St. John Paul II.
After 33 days of preparation and prayer, participants dedicate their hearts to Jesus through Mary in a formal consecration on June 8, the Feast of Her Immaculate Heart. For more information, click here.
Look to Him and Be Radiant: A Unique Litany of St. Joseph {And Free St. Joseph Prints for You!} - Katie of Look to Him and Be Radiant worked with a group of ten artists to curate a unique collection of art, each piece based on a line of the Litany of St. Joseph. .
Loyola Press: "Mary's Yes" 3-Minute Retreat - This 3-minute retreat is a short prayer break for you focusing on "Mary's Yes"
Pearl & Thistle is a ministry that supports body literacy for girls and natural family planning. They aim to create a lifelong learning model that incrementally teaches girls and women how to listen to, observe and understand the language of their bodies. They believe that, by creating a culture of lifelong learning, respect and care for our bodies, we can all learn to "read" in our bodies the Truth of who God made us to be.
Salt + Light Media: St. Joseph the Worker Resources - Salt + Light Media shares prayers, videos, reflections and other resources to help us celebrate our Patron Saint.
Sanctuary Mental Health Ministries: Sanctuary’s mission is to equip the Church to support mental health and wellbeing. Sanctuary provides all of their resources for free, and hope that they will be a blessing to you and your community. On the Sanctuary Mental Health Blog, you’ll find posts from theologians, mental health professionals, and people with lived experiences of mental health challenges. The aim is to create a platform that closes the silent space where shame and confusion have thrived and instead makes room to do the important work of thinking well about mental health, theologically.
The Upfront with the Archbishop podcast from the Archdiocese of Edmonton is a weekly podcast where we seek to bridge the gap between the hierarchy and the faithful by discussing the beauty, truth, and challenges of our Catholic faith. A new episode will be released every Tuesday. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts!
Word on Fire Blog: First Impressions: A Former Presbyterian is "Surprised by Mary" - Mark Galli, a former Presbyterian pastor, shares his first impressions and experiences with Catholic understanding of the Virgin Mary.
From April 29th - May 3rd the priests of our Archdiocese will be participating in their annual retreat. There will be no Mass that week, all Mass intentions requested on those days have been moved to the next available Mass date. Please find some time to pray for the priests of our Archdiocese, that the Lord will continue to guide and bless them abundantly!
Starting on April 27, we are inviting all parishioners to a seven-week campaign to discern and pray on the spiritual and pastoral needs of our parish.
This campaign will culminate with Survey Weekend, on the weekend of June 8.
Until then, please pray and discern on the following questions:
1. What do you like about our parish?
2. What would you like to see in our parish?
For more information on this campaign and the goals for the survey, click here
Our Mass schedule will be changing beginning May 6th! Mass will be celebrated in our church
- Monday at 10:45 a.m.
- Tuesday – no Mass
- Wednesday at 7:00 p.m.
- Thursday at 10:45 a.m.
- Friday at 10:45 a.m.
- Saturday at 5:00 p.m.
- Sunday at 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.
Alleluia, He is Risen! The Easter Season is here, and lasts for 50 days! Visit us on Spotify to enjoy our 2024 playlist of classic Easter songs and new favourites curated by members of our Parish community to help us celebrate the Resurrection of our Lord, Jesus Christ! Don't forget to check out our 2023 and 2022 playlists. Looking for a Marian playlist to enjoy during the month of May? Visit us on Spotify to check out our playlist of songs inspired by Mother Mary!
As a caring community, we continue to collect for the Transcona Food Bank (an outlet of Harvest Manitoba). We invite you to bring non-perishable food items each week. In May let’s bring in baby food and baby formula.
On Sunday, May 5th, Catholics across Canada are invited to donate to the Pope’s Pastoral Works. With the funds raised by this collection, the Pope is able to provide, on behalf of all Catholics, for various emergency relief efforts around the world. You can donate to this fund via the special envelope in your box of offertory envelopes, the extra envelopes available throughout the church or online via the Archdiocesan website.
Join L’Arche on May 5th for the 20th Annual Vickar Automotive Walk With L’Arche! Each year, the Walk serves as L’Arche’s largest fundraiser. Funds raised at this event will help sustain the life and work of the L’Arche community throughout the coming year. The 2024 Walk with L’Arche event will be held on May 5th at the Oxford Heights Community Club (359 Dowling Ave E). Registration opens at 12:30 p.m., participants gather at 2:00 p.m. to walk a 1km or 5km route down the Transcona trail. After crossing the finish line, participants gather for an outdoor after party with live music, prizes, free BBQ lunch and entertainment for the whole family! For more information, visit https://www.larchewinnipeg.org/get-involved/the-walk/
The Agape Catholic Ministries Blog promotes Christ’s selfless love among families through the different ministries offered: marriage preparation, baptism preparation, Quinceañera preparation, marriage enrichment, N.F.P., and Premarital Inventory. The blog shares stories, reflections, resources and news from staff and friends about their ministry and faith.
Angel Productions: The Chosen - The Chosen is the first-ever multi-season series based on the true stories of the gospels of Jesus Christ. Episodes are available to watch for FREE via the Chosen app (available for both android and apple users), or on their website.
The Augustine Institute is excited to share Amen: the free Catholic app that provides meditations, Scripture, and other prayers to enrich your daily conversation with God. Click here for more information.
Ave Explores from Ave Maria Press offers free podcasts, videos, articles, and more aimed at exploring topics of the Catholic faith from a variety of different angles by taking an in-depth look at topics that are relevant to their daily spiritual life in a fresh, engaging, and practical way. Hosted by Katie Prejean McGrady, Ave Explores aims to nourish the faith of everyday Catholics in ways that make a difference to everyday life. Ave Spotlight is a free weekly Catholic podcast from Ave Maria Press about culture, current events, and all things Catholic.
Be A Heart shares a Free, Printable Mother's Day Card for you to send to your mother or mother-figure on Mother's Day. Just download, print, cut (it's sized 5x7) and pop in the mail!
Busted Halo shares resources for the month of May including this article explaining why the Easter Season is Not Over, The What, Why and How of Marian Consecration, a digital Retreat to Honour Our Mothers on Mother's Day, a two minute video explaining the relationship between Catholics and our mother, Mary and much more!
In this episode of the Catholic Talk Show, in celebration of Mother’s Day, the guys are talking about amazing mothers who became Catholic Saints! In this episode you’ll learn about the mother who became the patron saint of archaeologists, the mother who became the first American-born saint, the grandmother of Jesus, the saint known as “The Mother of Saints”, and the widowed mother who wrote more words than Aquinas, while raising 9 kids!
Grandin Media: St. Joseph is a Guide to Being an Everyday Saint - Andrew Sheedy reminds us that even though St. Joseph may seem distant from our reality, he can still help us to be great everyday saints.
Hallow is a Catholic prayer and meditation app that helps users deepen their relationship with God through audio-guided contemplative prayer sessions. It is the #1 Christian Prayer app in the world. Hallow invites everyone to join the 33 Days to Morning Glory challenge, a new challenge and Marian Consecration guided by Sr. Miriam James Heidland! Starting on May 6, this challenge takes participants all the way through the popular devotion 33 Days to Morning Glory. Participants pray together to entrust their hearts to Mary each morning, following Christ’s example and the powerful examples of St. Louis de Montfort, St. Maximilian Kolbe, Mother Teresa, and Pope St. John Paul II.
After 33 days of preparation and prayer, participants dedicate their hearts to Jesus through Mary in a formal consecration on June 8, the Feast of Her Immaculate Heart. For more information, click here.
Look to Him and Be Radiant: A Unique Litany of St. Joseph {And Free St. Joseph Prints for You!} - Katie of Look to Him and Be Radiant worked with a group of ten artists to curate a unique collection of art, each piece based on a line of the Litany of St. Joseph. .
Loyola Press: "Mary's Yes" 3-Minute Retreat - This 3-minute retreat is a short prayer break for you focusing on "Mary's Yes"
Pearl & Thistle is a ministry that supports body literacy for girls and natural family planning. They aim to create a lifelong learning model that incrementally teaches girls and women how to listen to, observe and understand the language of their bodies. They believe that, by creating a culture of lifelong learning, respect and care for our bodies, we can all learn to "read" in our bodies the Truth of who God made us to be.
Salt + Light Media: St. Joseph the Worker Resources - Salt + Light Media shares prayers, videos, reflections and other resources to help us celebrate our Patron Saint.
Sanctuary Mental Health Ministries: Sanctuary’s mission is to equip the Church to support mental health and wellbeing. Sanctuary provides all of their resources for free, and hope that they will be a blessing to you and your community. On the Sanctuary Mental Health Blog, you’ll find posts from theologians, mental health professionals, and people with lived experiences of mental health challenges. The aim is to create a platform that closes the silent space where shame and confusion have thrived and instead makes room to do the important work of thinking well about mental health, theologically.
The Upfront with the Archbishop podcast from the Archdiocese of Edmonton is a weekly podcast where we seek to bridge the gap between the hierarchy and the faithful by discussing the beauty, truth, and challenges of our Catholic faith. A new episode will be released every Tuesday. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts!
Word on Fire Blog: First Impressions: A Former Presbyterian is "Surprised by Mary" - Mark Galli, a former Presbyterian pastor, shares his first impressions and experiences with Catholic understanding of the Virgin Mary.