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.

Message from Fr. Vinh Michael Nguyen

April 20, 2025

The Resurrection of Jesus and Our Faith

‘The Lord is Risen! Hallelujah!’ is the joyful cry of Peter, John, the Apostle, and of every generation of Christians. That has been the faith of the Church for over 2000 years, the great Good News, not only for the disciples of Jesus, but for all people and all nations because, ‘If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are the most pitiable people of  all.’ (1 Cor 15, 19) and our faith becomes vain, our preaching is pointless

Through the testimony of the Apostles and through the Church, Christians are strongly convinced that Jesus is risen and He has resurrected our souls, transformed us into new people. For as Saint Paul once said, ‘If the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the  dead dwells in you, the one who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also, through his Spirit that dwells in you.’ (Rom 8:11). This is the Gospel, and it must be heard far and wide. Death is no longer the last word because after death comes resurrection, through suffering comes glory.

The Resurrection of the Lord gives us hope of being resurrected like Him. Through the Creed, we profess, I believe in Jesus who “’suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried, descended into hell, on the third day rose again from the dead; ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty;  from there he will come to judge the living and the dead.’ This is the faith of the Church and of each of us. We are proud and profess this faith together with the Church and in the Church of which we are members.

May the Risen Christ bless us and grant us a strong and living faith, to bear witness to the Good News of the Lord's resurrection in the midst of today's challenging  world. Alleluia.