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
Click the arrow below to hear a member of the Assumption community read today’s Gospel. Like father, like son At an early age, a son tends to imitate his father. If his father is a teacher, he wants to have a book and a board to teach his own class.… Read More »Readings and Reflection for March 30 (Wednesday in the Fourth Week of Lent)
Click the arrow below to hear a member of the Assumption community read today’s Gospel. A miraculous story A story speaks for itself. A story speaks for more than itself. The Bible does not tell a story just to tell a story. Behind a story there is a world of… Read More »Readings and Reflection for March 29 (Tuesday in the Fourth Week of Lent)
Click the arrow below to hear a member of the Assumption community read today’s Gospel. Connecting the dots One of the keys to reading the Bible is making the connection between different stories. These stories might come from separated books. For instance, we can read the account of the temptation… Read More »Readings and Reflection for March 28 (Monday in the Fourth Week of Lent)
The interior journey during Lent is the journey of Solemn Joy. This joy is not easy to achieve, but it is always possible if we are always trying and willing to practice reconciliation, understanding ourselves better, and building good relationships with others. This joy is always possible if we continue… Read More »Meditation on the Fourth Sunday 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 First Scrutiny… Read More »Readings and Reflection for March 27 (Fourth Sunday of Lent)
Click the arrow below to hear a member of the Assumption community read today’s Gospel. God versus human beings In our spiritual journey, it happens that the way other people look at us creates a major obstacle to our personal conversion. Sometimes we must be very courageous to confront their… Read More »Readings and Reflection for March 26 (Saturday in the Third Week of Lent)
In Madagascar, Assumptionists have 7 communities with 100,000 inhabitants in the province of Tulear, including the community of Ampanihy, which has been one of the worst affected by natural disaster. There are three priests there who work tirelessly to serve the needs of populations in these communities spread across vast… Read More »Help for Assumptionists of Madagascar