Responding to the pastoral need, Most Rev. Claude Hamelin, Bishop of St. Jean – Longueuil, assigned Fr. Michael Nguyen Dinh VINH, CSSp, a Vietnamese and religious priest of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans) as full time pastor of our parish. His appointment is effective Oct 1, 2023 and will remain until July 31, 2029.

The Pope's Intentions in June, 2025

That the world might grow in compassion. 

Let us pray that each one of us might find consolation in a personal relationship with Jesus, and from his Heart, learn to have compassion on the world. 

Message from Fr. Vinh Michael Nguyen

June 1, 2025

Jesus Ascended into Heaven - Our Mission on Earth 

After his resurrection, Jesus stayed with his apostles and disciples for 40 days, and then ascended to heaven, to end the journey of the mission that God the Father had entrusted to him on earth. He returned to God the Father and no longer allowed anyone to see him visibly, but invisibly; he was still present in the Eucharist, in his Word, in the embodiment of the Church. He returned to heaven, but he did not want humanity to be left alone, so he promised to send the Holy Spirit to the world, to be present in the world and to make his presence still exist in the world. What he wanted his disciples and all believers to continue the mission of ‘preaching in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem, calling them to repent for the forgiveness of sins’.  

For us, Jesus' ascension to heaven is not an eternal separation from him, but an invitation to always look to heaven, where God reigns, to seek eternal happiness there. His ascension to heaven reminds us to look to a Kingdom of Heaven on earth, to cultivate the love that he taught us, to make the place where we live always a paradise. His ascension to heaven does not mean he abandoned us. On the contrary, he established the Eucharist, which is the sacrament of love, through which he wants all of us to gather in a spirit of unity, to love one another through the guidance of the Holy Spirit. And before going into the heaven, he has ultimately wished us that we, in his name, unite, love one another, and make all people his disciples.  

May the feast of the Lord’s Ascension be an occasion to remind us of Jesus, our Leader who has conquered sin and death and is glorified in Heaven, which is our hope. He will return to take us with him. So, to go to Heaven with Jesus, let us increase our love for heavenly things and actively work for the Kingdom of Heaven.