St. Jean Baptiste Parish
10020-100Ave. T8R 1P7 Morinville, AB, Canada

#TheBellswillRingAgain #SJBFUNraiserExtravaganza We would like to express our gratitude to all the following : Bishop Paul Terrio, Morinville Fire Volunteer, Two Bad Apples (Rob Kaup Danielle Edge)Jordan Imgrund-Harvey (Juggler), MCHS Drama Llamas, Auctioneer Dave Meunier, Don Burnstick (Comedian), Ed Bulger and Justin Pautonnier. To the politicians that were present Premier Jayson Kenny, Dane Lloyd MP Sturgeon River - Parkland Dale Nally MLA Morinville - St Albert... Mark Smith MLA Drayton Valley - Devon. To the members of Fundraising committee Simone Chevalier, Gerry and Janet Gaetz, Lisa St. Onge, Sherry Wiley, Denise Touchette, Brendan Kaup and Dianne Dupuis. To our parish secretary Donna Sobochan, to Joanne and Ward Middleton, Jack St. Onge, Sean Shamcka, Kerry Vansevenandt, Lucy Roy, to all our volunteers and to all who attended this event for making it successful. This is another step forward for the construction of our New Church. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Merci. Salamat See more

#5thSundayofEaster #NewCommandment: love one another as I love you http://sjbp.ca/Bulletins/bulletin_sjbp_2022-05-15.pdf... Today at 7:00 PM at Morinville Cultural Center is our FUNraising event we would like to invite you once again for this endeavour. And we would like to express our gratitude to the Fundraising Committee for everything that you do to our parish. God bless

#ChristTheKingSunday #CristoRey

Will there be Christmas? Of course! More silent and with more depth.... More like unto the first one, when Jesus was born in solitude. Without many lights on earth but with the star of Bethlehem shining on paths of life in its immensity. Without colossal royal processions but with the humility of feeling as if we are shepherds, young and old, seeking the Truth. Without big tables and with bitter absences but with the presence of a God who will fill everything. Will there be Christmas? Of course! Without streets overflowing with people with our hearts burning for the One who is about to arrive. Without noise or festivals, complaints or stampedes but living the Mystery without fear of the COVID-Herod that tries to rob us even of the dream of waiting. There will be Christmas because GOD is on our side and He shares, as Christ did in a manger, our poverty, trials, tears, anguish and orphanhood. There will be Christmas because we need a divine light in the midst of such darkness. COVID-19 will never be able to reach the heart or soul of those who put their hope and their high ideal in heaven. THERE WILL BE CHRISTMAS! WE WILL SING CHRISTMAS CAROLS! GOD WILL BE BORN AND WILL BRING US FREEDOM! (J. Leoz) https://aleteia.org//pope-calls-spanish-priest-to-congrat/

#33rdSundayofOrdinaryTime #Talentsreceivedtalentstobeshared

#CatholicEducationSunday #ThankYouMarlene

#allsaintsday2020 #Prayer For all our departed brothers and sisters Merciful Father, hear our prayer and console us.... As we renew our faith in Your Son, whom You raised from the dead, strengthen our hope that all our departed brothers and sisters will share in His resurrection, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen Requiem Aeternam Eternal Rest grant unto them (him/her), O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them (him/her). May they (he/she) rest in peace. In Latin: Requiem aeternam dona eis (ei), Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis (ei). Requiescant (-at) in pace. Amen.

#WelcometotheKarlosMartinYulo

#First Reconciliation Preparing children for the Sacrament of Reconciliation allows us to show them that God is love and that in mercy He is always ready to forgive, no matter what the wrong. It assures them that God already knows the secrets of our hearts, but sometimes we need to name these aloud in order to prepare our hearts to renew the experience of God's love and forgiveness. It shows them that just as God is One, God dreams that we might all be one as well--one with... each other and one with God. God's will is that all people will be reconciled with one another and with God. What an extraordinary gift! This parish-based sacramental preparation program supports families, catechists, Catholic schools and whole parish communities in preparing young people to appreciate the depth of God's love and to participate in the Sacrament of Reconciliation. In this program, children will explore several important aspects of responsibility, relationships, freedom, conscience, sin, forgiveness, and the truth, goodness and beauty which God wants to share with us. (https://www.peterboroughdiocese.org//first-reconciliation.)