Click the arrow below to hear a member of the Assumption community read today’s Gospel. Stone drop moment Sometimes, I find an idea for a homily while I am preparing my classes. I am so lucky. I kill two birds with one stone! In Book II of Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle… Read More »Readings and Reflection for April 7 (Thursday in the Fifth Week of Lent)
THE PIERCED HEART OF GOD Dear Brothers and Sisters, In a few days we will be entering Holy Week. We will be commemorating the week that gave salvation to humanity, to the world. But today where are we in the proclamation of the liberation wrought by Jesus? As I write… Read More »Message of the Superior General for Holy Week 2022
Click the arrow below to hear a member of the Assumption community read today’s Gospel. Freedom We usually understand freedom as the capacity for doing whatever we wish. Being free means choosing by ourselves all the criteria for our actions. Being free is deciding by ourselves who we want to… Read More »Readings and Reflection for April 6 (Wednesday in the Fifth Week of Lent)
Click the arrow below to hear a member of the Assumption community read today’s Gospel. I am I and you are you Someone once told a priest that a certain person was greater than another. The priest replied: “If I am I because I am I, and you are you… Read More »Readings and Reflection for April 5 (Tuesday in the Fifth Week of Lent)
Join us for this year’s Lenten Mission as Fr. Richard leads us to a reflection on Michelangelo’s Pieta sculptures on April 4, 5, and 6 at 7:00 PM at St. Joachim Chapel. The event will be livestreamed as well through Facebook (@StAnneStPatrick) and YouTube (St Anne St Patrick).
Click the arrow below to hear a member of the Assumption community read today’s Gospel. Identity and relationship In Vietnamese, the first-person singular pronoun does not exist as such. The “I” needs to be adjusted depending on the relationship with the person to whom one is speaking. I say “I”… Read More »Readings and Reflection for April 4 (Monday in the Fifth Week of Lent)
Click the arrow below to hear a member of the Assumption community read today’s Gospel. Note: On the Third, Fourth and Fifth Sundays of Lent this year, the Church offers a choice of using the scripture readings for Year A or Year C. Since we will celebrate the Third Scrutiny… Read More »Readings and Reflection for April 3 (Fifth Sunday of Lent)
Please join us tomorrow night, Friday, April 1, 7:00 PM at St. Joachim Chapel as Patrice and Br. Brian lead us on a Night of Lenten Reflection through hymns and songs. It will be livestreamed as well through Facebook (@StAnneStPatrick) and YouTube (St Anne St Patrick).
Click the arrow below to hear a member of the Assumption community read today’s Gospel. First memory What is your first memory? What is the earliest event that you can remember? Do you have any memory of your own birth?… Good for you if you have because I don’t! I… Read More »Readings and Reflection for March 31 (Thursday in the Fourth Week of Lent)
Fr. Barry Bercier, A.A. enjoyed a visit from Fr. Daniel Szwarc OMI, one of the priests from the Diocese of Churchill Hudson Bay. He brought several Inuit people from the Arctic to the Holy Land. Their visit was heartfelt and deeply appreciated. This picture was taken just inside the Jaffa… Read More »Assumptionist Friends Visit Jerusalem