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.

He was born in 1973 in Vietnam. In 2008, He joined the Congregation of the Holy Spirit in Saigon, Vietnam. In August 3, 2013, he took his first religious vows and after that he moved to Manila, Philippines to study Theology. From September 3, 2013 to June 2016, he was sent to the UK for the Pastoral Mission Experience (PME). In July 2016 he returned to the Philippines to continue his study and in 2020, graduated in LST (Loyola School of Theology) of Ateneo de Manila University. In March 25, 2021 (Feast of the Annunciation of the Lord) He was priestly ordained by Most Rev. Ronald I. Lunasin, Bishop of Pagadian Diocese, the Southern Philippines. After his priestly ordination, he remained in the Philippines as a formator assistant of the Spiritan Formation House – Manila. He arrived in Montreal on August 18 2023 and on October 1st, 2023, he was assigned to be the pastor of Saint Francis Xavier Mission Church in Kahnawake.

His appointment is effective Oct 1, 2023 and will remain until July 31, 2029.

Message from Fr. Vinh Michael Nguyen

November 17, 2024

Prayer for the Day of the Lord

The cycle of the liturgical year is coming to an end, and this cycle also corresponds to a human life, so on this penultimate Sunday of the liturgical year, the Church lets us hear passages from the Bible that talk about the eschatological day, or the end of the world, to remind us that each of us has a final end that no one can avoid, and to help us reflect on how to live and prepare for our future life. 

In the first reading, the prophet Daniel predicted the end of the world, ‘there will be a time of trouble such as has never occurred since the beginning of nations until now’.In the Gospel, Jesus spoke about the day of judgment of mankind and the strange and terrible things that people will have to face. When and how that day will happen, no one can know. Through this prophecy, Jesus opened up to his disciples and to us, a vision of the final judgment, so we may always be ready and vigilant to receive new life. Life will burst forth on the day of the Lord's coming. On that day, God will judge all people. He will eliminate the wicked from the ranks of the righteous. The righteous, loved by God, will enjoy lasting happiness forever.  

Thus, by placing the theme of the Word of God on the end of the liturgical year, the Church reminds us of two things: First, that our lives can end suddenly; and second, that we must prepare for that end. Jesus himself, before ascending to heaven, reminded his disciples that this short life in this world is only preparation for eternal life. Therefore, we should not cling too deeply to this worldly life, nor lose sight of the afterlife and eternal happiness in the Kingdom of Heaven. 

Lord our Father, help us to be ready to wait for you, with pure hearts and charitable lives, as faithful servants and filial children, hoping to be welcomed into your eternal glory. Amen. 

Pope's global prayer for novemBER 2024
For those who have lost a child.
We pray that all parents who mourn the loss of a son or daughter find support in their community and receive peace and consolation from the Holy Spirit.

NOVEMBER - PRAY FOR THE SOULS

The Catholic Church dedicates the entire month of November to praying for the souls in purgatory. They may be our loved ones or they may be people we do not know. But we all have the same duty to pray for the dead. The souls in Purgatory are holy souls, but in order to enter Heaven, they still need to be purified.