Saint John XXIII
Roman Catholic Church

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

"Never forget that the principal form of Eucharistic prayer is contained in the holy Sacrifice of the Altar." - Saint John XXIII

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/slideshows/homeMedium/Let_the_Children_R_640.jpg PARISH CATECHISM CLASSES 2017-2018 Registration time has begun! Classes will be held on Sundays at 10:15 a.m. beginning in September.

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Masses
(see calendar or bulletin for weekday liturgies)
- Saturday: 5:00 PM EnglishEnglishEN
- Sunday: 9:00 AM EnglishEnglishEN 11:45 AM EnglishEnglishEN
Catholic Link
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- 13 Subtle (but Significant) Ways to Share Your Faith in School (Even Public School!)
  
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- 5 Feminine Virtues I Learned from Mary in the Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary (Part 1: The Annunciation)
  
  These days, I find myself praying often for a restoration of the masculine and feminine virtues in society. There’s so much confusion swirling about, whether it’s “gender ideology,” sexual...
- “What Catholics Get Wrong About Marriage”
  
  Blackstone Films has produced an incredibly accurate and insightful video examining the way Catholics think about and live out the vocation of marriage. Warning – the content will be personally...
Sacrament of Reconciliation
(confessions)
- Friday: 3:15 PM to 4:00 PM and/or as announced or by appointment
- Saturday: 4:00 PM to 4:30 PM and/or as announced or by appointment
Catholic News Service
Catholic News Service
- Vatican pharmacy does booming business
  
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- Catholic leaders urge prayers, unity after attacks in Spain
  
  IMAGE: CNS photo/Quique Garcia, EPA By Jonathan Luxmoore OXFORD, England (CNS) -- Spanish church leaders urged prayers and national unity after two terrorist attacks left at least 19 people dead...
- Pope offers prayers for victims of terrorist attack in Barcelona
  
  IMAGE: CNS photo/Ana Jimenez, La Vanguardia via Reuters By VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis offered prayers for the victims of a terrorist attack in Barcelona, Spain, that left at least 12 people...
- Being legally blind doesn't hinder Catholic priest in serving his flock
  
  IMAGE: ED KOSKEY JR. By Anthony Salamone EASTON, Pa. (CNS) -- A visitor attending Mass at St. Jane Frances de Chantal Church might not notice anything unusual about the celebrant. Father Bernard J...
- U.S. Catholic parishes, schools happy to be in path of solar eclipse
  
  IMAGE: CNS photo/Mario Anzuoni, Reuters By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) -- U.S. Catholic parishes and schools located in the 70-mile-wide path of the total solar eclipse Aug. 21 plan to take...

Calendar

August 2017

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
		1 9:15 Mass 9:30 Office open 10:00 Al-Anon Meeting Month View August 1, 2017 Mass Tuesday, August 1, 9:15 AM Office open Tuesday, August 1, 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM Al-Anon Meeting Tuesday, August 1, 10:00 AM	2 10:30 Liturgy of the Word at Golden West Centennial Lodge 5:00p Winnipeg Harvest Food Bank 6:45p Our Mother of Perpetual Help Devotions 7:00p Mass Month View August 2, 2017 Liturgy of the Word at Golden West Centennial Lodge Wednesday, August 2, 10:30 AM Winnipeg Harvest Food Bank Wednesday, August 2, 5:00 PM Our Mother of Perpetual Help Devotions Wednesday, August 2, 6:45 PM Mass Wednesday, August 2, 7:00 PM	3 Office closed Month View August 3, 2017 Office closed Thursday, August 3	4 9:15 Mass 9:45 Exposition and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament 9:50 Recitation of the Chaplet of Divine Mercy 10:00 Office open Month View August 4, 2017 Mass Friday, August 4, 9:15 AM Exposition and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament Friday, August 4, 9:45 AM Recitation of the Chaplet of Divine Mercy Friday, August 4, 9:50 AM Office open Friday, August 4, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM	5 5:00p Mass Month View August 5, 2017 Mass Saturday, August 5, 5:00 PM
6 9:00 Mass 11:45 Mass including Celebration of the Sacrament of Baptism Month View August 6, 2017 Mass Sunday, August 6, 9:00 AM Mass including Celebration of the Sacrament of Baptism Sunday, August 6, 11:45 AM	7 Civic Holiday Office closed Month View August 7, 2017 Civic Holiday Monday, August 7 Office closed Monday, August 7	8 9:30 Office open 10:00 Al-Anon Meeting Month View August 8, 2017 Office open Tuesday, August 8, 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM Al-Anon Meeting Tuesday, August 8, 10:00 AM	9 Office closed - Custodian on duty (part day & evening) 2:00p Rite of Committal for George John Zhanel+ at Chapel Lawn 6:45p Our Mother of Perpetual Help Devotions 7:00p Mass Month View August 9, 2017 Office closed - Custodian on duty (part day & evening) Wednesday, August 9 Rite of Committal for George John Zhanel+ at Chapel Lawn Wednesday, August 9, 2:00 PM Our Mother of Perpetual Help Devotions Wednesday, August 9, 6:45 PM Mass Wednesday, August 9, 7:00 PM	10 Custodian on duty - Office closed 10:00 Funeral Liturgy for Pauline Burtnyk+ at Glen Eden Funeral Home & Cemetery Month View August 10, 2017 Custodian on duty - Office closed Thursday, August 10 Funeral Liturgy for Pauline Burtnyk+ at Glen Eden Funeral Home & Cemetery Thursday, August 10, 10:00 AM	11 9:15 Mass 10:00 Office open 10:45 Mass at Sturgeon Creek II Retirement Residence 3:00p Recitation of the Chaplet of Divine Mercy Month View August 11, 2017 Mass Friday, August 11, 9:15 AM Office open Friday, August 11, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Mass at Sturgeon Creek II Retirement Residence Friday, August 11, 10:45 AM Recitation of the Chaplet of Divine Mercy Friday, August 11, 3:00 PM	12 3:00p Celebration of the Sacrament of Baptism 5:00p Mass Month View August 12, 2017 Celebration of the Sacrament of Baptism Saturday, August 12, 3:00 PM Mass Saturday, August 12, 5:00 PM
13 9:00 Mass 11:45 Mass Month View August 13, 2017 Mass Sunday, August 13, 9:00 AM Mass Sunday, August 13, 11:45 AM	14 Office closed Month View August 14, 2017 Office closed Monday, August 14	15 Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary 9:15 Mass 10:00 Office open 10:00 Al-Anon Meeting Month View August 15, 2017 Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Tuesday, August 15 Mass Tuesday, August 15, 9:15 AM Office open Tuesday, August 15, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Al-Anon Meeting Tuesday, August 15, 10:00 AM	16 1:00p Office open 5:00p Winnipeg Harvest Food Bank 6:45p Our Mother of Perpetual Help Devotions 7:00p Mass Month View August 16, 2017 Office open Wednesday, August 16, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Winnipeg Harvest Food Bank Wednesday, August 16, 5:00 PM Our Mother of Perpetual Help Devotions Wednesday, August 16, 6:45 PM Mass Wednesday, August 16, 7:00 PM	17 Custodian on duty - Office closed 2:00p Mass at Heritage Lodge PCH Month View August 17, 2017 Custodian on duty - Office closed Thursday, August 17 Mass at Heritage Lodge PCH Thursday, August 17, 2:00 PM	18 9:15 Mass 10:00 Office open 3:00p Recitation of the Chaplet of Divine Mercy Month View August 18, 2017 Mass Friday, August 18, 9:15 AM Office open Friday, August 18, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Recitation of the Chaplet of Divine Mercy Friday, August 18, 3:00 PM	19 5:00p Mass Month View August 19, 2017 Mass Saturday, August 19, 5:00 PM
20 9:00 Mass 11:45 Mass Month View August 20, 2017 Mass Sunday, August 20, 9:00 AM Mass Sunday, August 20, 11:45 AM	21 Office closed Month View August 21, 2017 Office closed Monday, August 21	22 9:30 Office open 10:00 Al-Anon Meeting Month View August 22, 2017 Office open Tuesday, August 22, 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM Al-Anon Meeting Tuesday, August 22, 10:00 AM	23 Office closed 6:45p Our Mother of Perpetual Help Devotions 7:00p Mass Month View August 23, 2017 Office closed Wednesday, August 23 Our Mother of Perpetual Help Devotions Wednesday, August 23, 6:45 PM Mass Wednesday, August 23, 7:00 PM	24 Office closed Month View August 24, 2017 Office closed Thursday, August 24	25 10:45 Liturgy of the Word at Sturgeon Creek I Retirement Residence 1:00p Office open 3:00p Recitation of the Chaplet of Divine Mercy Month View August 25, 2017 Liturgy of the Word at Sturgeon Creek I Retirement Residence Friday, August 25, 10:45 AM Office open Friday, August 25, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Recitation of the Chaplet of Divine Mercy Friday, August 25, 3:00 PM	26 5:00p Mass Month View August 26, 2017 Mass Saturday, August 26, 5:00 PM
27 9:00 Mass 11:45 Mass Month View August 27, 2017 Mass Sunday, August 27, 9:00 AM Mass Sunday, August 27, 11:45 AM	28 Office closed Month View August 28, 2017 Office closed Monday, August 28	29 Memorial of the Passion of Saint John the Baptist 9:15 Mass 9:30 Office open 10:00 Al-Anon Meeting Month View August 29, 2017 Memorial of the Passion of Saint John the Baptist Tuesday, August 29 Mass Tuesday, August 29, 9:15 AM Office open Tuesday, August 29, 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM Al-Anon Meeting Tuesday, August 29, 10:00 AM	30 10:00 Office open 5:00p Winnipeg Harvest Food Bank 6:45p Our Mother of Perpetual Help Devotions 7:00p Mass Month View August 30, 2017 Office open Wednesday, August 30, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Winnipeg Harvest Food Bank Wednesday, August 30, 5:00 PM Our Mother of Perpetual Help Devotions Wednesday, August 30, 6:45 PM Mass Wednesday, August 30, 7:00 PM	31 Office closed Month View August 31, 2017 Office closed Thursday, August 31

Word Sunday
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Today's Readings (check link to Liturgical Calendar for possible variations to what is given here)
- Saturday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time
  
  Reading 1 Jos 24:14-29
  Responsorial Psalm Ps 16:1-2a and 5, 7-8, 11
  Gospel Mt 19:13-15
Word on Fire
Rome Reports
Vatican News
- Pope Francis sends letter to special envoy to Jubilee of Lima in Peru
  
  (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has sent a letter to Cardinal Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga, Archbishop Emeritus of Quito, Ecuador, whom he appointed as his special envoy at the...
- XX Sunday - August 20, 2017
  
  Is 56: 1, 6-7 : Rom 11: 13-15, 29-32: Mt 15: 21-28 Anecdote: “ Never give up !” : Many y ears ago in Illinois, a young man with six months schooling to his credit ran for an office in...
- Pope Francis sends condolences for ‘cruel’ Barcelona terror attack
  
  (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Friday sent a telegram expressing his condolences for the victims of the terrorist attack on Barcelona, in which at least 13 people died and more than a hundred...
- Pope Francis prays Angelus for Solemnity of the Assumption
  
  (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis reflected on the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the Angelus on Tuesday. The feast of the Assumption, also known as Ferragosto , is an important religious and...
- Angelus: Listen to the Lord not horoscopes or fortune tellers
  
  (Vatican Radio)"When you do not cling to the word of the Lord, but have more security in consulting horoscopes and fortune tellers you sink”. Those were Pope Francis’ words during his Angelus...
St. Francis - Volume 1 of The Pivotal Players

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