The Acts of the Apostles tells us that for forty days after his resurrection, Jesus appeared to his disciples, teaching them about the Reign of God. At the end of that period, “while they were watching he was lifted up and a cloud took him from their sight.” We call this return of Jesus to [...]

Catechism registration for 2012-13 classes is now underway. Parents can register their children online at: http://stpiusxpei.com/ministries-2/catechetics/catechism-registration-grades-2-9/. For children entering Grade One the link to use is: http://stpiusxpei.com/ministries-2/catechetics/grade-one-catechism-registration/.   Registration forms are also available on the catechism table in the Church lobby or at the Parish office.   Materials from past years can be returned to [...]

Peter recognizes a startling truth in today’s Fist Reading from the Acts of the Apostles: “I truly understand that God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him.” In other words, God has no favourites. God pours out the abundance of his love [...]

We live in an age of individualism, placing a high value on independence, and many times ascribing to the belief that if we just work hard enough, everything will fall into our hands. Into this deeply-held way of looking at our lives and the life of the world, steps Jesus with his words in today’s [...]

The character at the centre of today’s gospel story lives on in our memory—and even in our culture—as one of the most remembered of those we meet in the New Testament. We still use the expression “Doubting Thomas” to describe someone who is not quick to believe something they haven’t seen with their own eyes. [...]

Each year on the fourth Sunday of Easter, we remember Jesus as the “Good Shepherd.” As more people in our society leave the rural areas to become city-dwellers, and small farms virtually disappear, the image of the shepherd becomes less and less familiar to us, and we need to remind ourselves of what it means [...]

We live in an age of uncertainly. Recent news of lay-offs and job cuts have increased the level of anxiety many already feel, adding to the burdens of worry we carry around about so many other issues. In our fears and frustration, and the lack of assurance for the future that often accompany these realities, [...]

“O truly blessed night, when things of heaven are wed to those of earth, and divine to the human.” This is a line from the “Paschal Proclamation,” commonly known as the “Exultet,” sung at the beginning of the Easter Vigil. Those few words disclose to us the implications of the Death and Resurrection of Jesus [...]

The time is fast approaching when we will celebrate the mystery that is at the heart of Christian faith, the event which gives meaning to our lives and to the life of the world: the death and resurrection of the Lord. Our Lenten preparation for this celebration will reach its high point during this Holy [...]

The story of the rising of Lazarus completes the three passages from John’s gospel used by the early Church to reflect with catechumens about the mystery of Baptism. Initiation into the Body of Christ is like rising to new life. It introduces us into the resurrected life of Christ, draws us into the heart of [...]