Sunday Liturgy
Saturday: 5:00 pm
Sunday: 11:00 am
Mission Statement
We are a welcoming Christian community called to embrace and respect the uniqueness of each individual as we join together in our faith and worship. Our ongoing mission is to engage our youth, promote renewal, out reach, evangelization and ecumenical cooperation.MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK
Monday, June 15th – 9:00 am Souls in Purgatory
Tuesday, June 16th – 9:00 am Linda Guthrie
Wednesday, June 17th – 9:00 am Carmen Marie Cormier
Thursday, June 18th – 9:00 am Ethel McNeil
Thursday, June 18th – 10:30 am Clovis Benoit - Carleton Kirk
Friday, June 19th – 9:00 am No Mass
Saturday, June 20th – 5:00 pm Mary Helen & Thomas LeBlanc
Sunday, June 21st – 11:00 am Yvonne & Romeo St Cyr
Weekly Reflections (Homily) from Msgr. Sheehan (June 12, 2026)
ELEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Dear friends;
Have you ever waited a long time for someone to call you… and as time went by you have had to come to realize that you would not be called… It is a terrible deception.
It might have been for a position… a job… we see that when someone has filled out an application… they’ve given their phone numbers, they’ve told their parents, their roommate, their spouse – whatever – make sure you answer in case!!!...
A job is one thing… but if a call has something to do with a relationship… a love relationship then we really sit by the phone… “Let’s go out… we’re all going for a Pizza…” – “No, I’ll just hang around here… in case someone calls…”
Calls are made when someone looks to another… wants to contact them… needs them for a purpose… wants them to be a part of what they’re doing, what they’re about.
- “Let’s call Jim… he’d be a good one for that…” – “Let’s call Suzanne, she can do that better than anybody…”
- “Do you think she would do it…? Do you think he could do it…?” “Do you think they will say yes…?” “Let’s call them… let’s ask them…”
What if it’s about something special… a delicate matter… something that
means a lot to the person… it’s more than a project… it’s about close association, it’s going to involve being intimate, a close partnership, handling the same matter that we are involved in…
Then we’re more careful about who we call for those things… there has to be a great measure of trust… some previous knowledge… some affection for the person… some assurance that they are going to respond favourably… and will be interested in doing the things as we do them…
They would have to be told that they are chosen because one believes in them… that one thinks enough of them to entrust this to them…
Now when you believe in someone, trust them, risk asking them… do you know what all that is about?? – It’s about loving them… loving them enough to call them…
Now the Scriptures are full of God calling people… it is inherent to the nature of God’s relationship with his people, different persons, his disciples, -- the pages of God’s word are resplendent with account of God’s calling. He is a God who calls… and chooses… and singles out for special missions and works…
It’s all very mysterious… and full of wonder… and awe… He chose Abraham, he chose Jacob, He chose Moses, He chose Jeremiah, He chose Mary, He chose the disciples… and He calls…
And when He calls – it is because He looks upon us with love and affection… in fact it is because he loves us that He calls us…
And he tells Moses at Sinai – about why he chose Israel – out of all the peoples of the earth –
“I bore you on eagles’ wings…
“I brought you to myself…
You will be my treasured possession out of all the peoples
Indeed, the whole earth is mine…
but you will be a priestly kingdom and holy nation…”
And when Jesus looked on the crowds – he was moved with pity… for them… because they were harassed and helpless… and so He chose, He called, He summoned… twelve… He names them… and He sent them out to do what He does… He associated with them in the work… the very same and precious work that He does…
When the rich young man in Mark’s Gospel comes to Jesus – and he asks him what he must do to inherit eternal life… the most important part of the scene is often missed – but makes no sense without it – the evangelist records this:
“Jesus looked steadily at him and loved him…”
Then, he called him to leave this and that, and his possessions… but only after he set his loving gaze upon him…
“You are my treasured possession…” That is why He calls… that is why He asks, that is why He “summons…” – to what – “who knows…?” There are all kinds of ways to discern – to what, for what – for what work… whom to be with, where to go!!
The one think certain is that in calling us – He loves us… His call is his love for us… as to what…?
I leave you with a quote – rather long, but beautiful of Cardinal Newman… “all the rage” when I was a seminarian – it has lost none of its beauty and poignancy of someone trying to discern his call – but totally assured of God’s choosing him and loving him: --
GOD HAS CREATED ME TO DO HIM SOME DEFINITE SERVICE,
HE HAS COMMITTED SOME WORK TO ME
WHICH HE HAS NOT COMMITTED TO ANOTHER,
I HAVE MY MISSION
I MAY NEVER KNOW IT IN THIS LIFE BUT I SHALL BE TOLD IT IN THE NEXT.
I AM A LINK IN A CHAIN, A BOND OF CONNECTION BETWEEN PERSONS.
HE HAS NOT CREATED ME FOR NAUGHT.
I SHALL DO GOOD, I SHALL DO HIS WORK,
I SHALL BE AN ANGEL OF PEACE,
A PREACHER OF TRUTH IN MY OWN PLACE WHILE NOT INTENDING IT,
IF I DO BUT KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS.
THEREFORE, I WILL TRUST HIM,
WHATEVER I AM, I CAN NEVER BE THROWN AWAY,
IF I AM IN SICKNESS, MY SICKNESS MAY SERVE HIM
IN PERPLEXITY, MY PERPLEXITY MAY SERVE HIM
IF I AM IN SORROW, MY SORROW MAY SERVE HIM
HE DOES NOTHING IN VAIN.
HE KNOWS WHAT HE IS ABOUT,
HE MAY TAKE AWAY MY FRIENDS,
HE MAY THROW ME AMONG STRANGERS,
HE MAY MAKE ME FEEL DESOLATE,
MAKE MY SPIRITS SINK,
HIDE MY FUTURE FROM ME – STILL,
HE KNOWS WHAT HE IS ABOUT.
Cardinal Newman