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May God be with you through New Year and fill your life with comfort, love and cheer. May this day and the days ahead, hold many blessings for You and Yours

Happy New Year from your pastoral team at St Joseph’s!

Combining the German traditions from her heritage and the Mexican traditions popular in her hometown of Los Angeles, Kendra shares her Christmas Eve menu. Learn about the luminaria tradition, too, to usher in the Light of the World! Kendra Tierney is a widowed Southern California mother of ten children from toddler to college student. Her passion is liturgical living in the home. 

We are excited to announce our series of FORMED Now! Christmas and New Year special episodes. In these episodes, professors from the Augustine Institute Graduate School will lead us in reflections throughout the season.

Join Dr. Ben Akers and Taylor Kemp as they look at the painting Adoration of the Shepherds by Gerard van Honthorst to celebrate the Nativity of our Lord. This famous painting reveals the Christ Child as the light that has come into the world and also depicts the Blessed Mother, St. Joseph, and the shepherds to be models of adoration to our humble Lord who came as a helpless baby.

Christians from all faith traditions are invited to St. Joseph Church on January 24th for an inspiring ecumenical prayer service at 7pm. In the midst of the week of prayer for Christian Unity, we’ll pray for unity among all God’s followers by reflecting on the theme “You shall love the Lord your God… and your neighbour as yourself” (Luke 10:27). Those of all Christian denominations are welcome to join in this time of spiritual reflection, harmony, and prayer. Come share in the blessings of togetherness as we seek peace and understanding. Simple refreshments follow the service.

Dear Friends in Christ, 

An Advent season of just three weeks has not given us very much time to heed the call of St. John the Baptist to “prepare the way of the Lord.”  This shortened runway has probably meant that we have been busier than ever in the lead-up to Christmas, maybe even more frazzled than usual, and not as ready spiritually as we would like to be.  The Christmas rush seems to get ever more rushed, and we do our best to manage it all. 

What a consolation then, to remember that Christmas is not so much about what we do, but about what God has done for us.  Cardinal John Henry Newman (canonized in 2019) once wrote in a sermon that the special charm of Christmas is that Christ comes to us as our guest.   And in that coming, Newman notes “He brightens everything.  He does not take away, he adds. He makes the world our home, for he deigns to be the light of it.”  

In this busy season, with all that is pressing in on us, may our hearts be attuned to Christ who comes to us as the Son of God, the Word made flesh, the Savior of the World.  Let us open our hearts in welcome because, ready or not, here He comes!  

May His coming fill our families, churches and communities with light and joy this holy season.

Yours in Christ,Bishop Daniel Miehm

on the 350th anniversary of the apparitions of Our Lord to the saint

Dec. 27th, 2023 – 6:30pm
July 2nd, 2024 – 6:30pm
July 5th, 2024 – 6:30pm
June 27th, 2025 (TBA)

At Sacred Heart Catholic Church (208 Romaine, Peterborough)
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Celebrate the wonder and joy of Christmas with Brother Francis in this heartwarming presentation of the birth of God’s Son! Witness the moving submission of Mary, Joseph, and others as they make way for our Savior.

What would it have been like to have known the Mother of God? Watch this beautiful film portraying the life of Mary in order to contemplate Mary’s profound faith and the mysteries of her life.

The word “love” is one of the sloppiest words in our language, as it primarily refers to a feeling that happens to a person. In the New Testament, “love” refers to a way of treating people that was defined by Jesus himself: seeking the well-being of others regardless of their response.