Bishop Riesbeck’s pastoral letter for 2022-23 is available below:
Category: Information
Eucharistic Ministers’ Schedule
We are preparing the January – March Eucharistic Ministers’ Schedule. If you know that you will be unavailable at any point during those months, please contact the parish office (653-6830 or stpiusx@nb.aibn.com) by Tuesday, December 20, so that we can adjust the schedule accordingly.
Mass
Christmas Flowers
The deadline to make a donation towards our Christmas Flowers is Sunday, December 18. Donations can be placed in the collection using an envelope marked “Flowers”. Please include the names of those to be remembered during our Christmas Masses.
You can also e-Transfer your donation to stpiusx@nb.aibn.com
Please add the names of your loved ones in the memo section of your e-Transfer.
Sunday Envelopes
2023 Sunday Offertory Envelopes are now available at the back of the church. If you are new to the parish and would like a box of envelopes, please call the parish office (653-6830). Reminder: Please don’t use these new envelopes until January.
Census Online
FYI – If you prefer, you may also fill out the “I Know My Sheep” census online at the link below:
https://dioceseofsaintjohn.org/diocesan-census
Census
All parishes across the diocese are participating in the “I Know My Sheep” census over the next month, when there is typically increased Mass attendance. The goal of the census is to update each parish database with current and accurate contact information for our parish families, to update the diocesan database, and to prepare for a planning study to test a potential diocesan wide capital campaign in 2023. Having updated information will also give our parishes a better idea of who is in our parish and hopefully improve communication. This weekend, and every weekend until January 15, you will see census cards in the pews. We are asking each family to take just a couple of minutes to complete a card. These can be returned by placing them in the offertory basket, dropping them off at the parish office or sending them by mail. Thank you for your cooperation in this important effort.
Solemnity Of The Immaculate Conception
Reminder: Bishop Riesbeck invites the faithful of the diocese to celebrate our patronal feast day, the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, and gather for a concelebrated Mass tonight, Thursday, December 8, 6:30 pm, at the Cathedral. A reception will follow in the rectory.
Clergy And Parish Announcements
The Most Reverend Christian Riesbeck, C.C., Bishop of Saint John announces the following clergy assignments:
Rev. Dr. Michael McGowan is appointed Chancellor of the Diocese effective January 1, 2023.
Rev. Douglas McNeill completes his term as Episcopal Vicar for Temporal Affairs, effective December 9, 2022. Temporal Affairs will become the responsibility of the Vicar General, Msgr. Brian Henneberry.
Rev. Douglas McNeill is appointed Pastor of Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish, Saint John, effective February 15, 2023.
Rev. Ralph McRae, EV, is appointed Rector of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Saint John, effective February 15, 2023.
The Most Reverend Christian Riesbeck, C.C., Bishop of Saint John announces the following parish changes:
Our Lady of Fatima Parish, Fredericton, is merged in an extinctive union with Our Lady of Peace Parish, Fredericton. Our Lady of Fatima Church will close after a final Mass has been celebrated there on January 8, 2023. St. Anthony’s Church, Fredericton, St. Theresa’s Church, Fredericton, and St. Patrick’s Church, Stanley, will remain.
An announcement on Our Lady of Hope Parish / Paroisse Notre-Dame de l’Esperance, Miramichi will be forthcoming.
Virtual Advent Mission
Bishop Riesbeck will preach a virtual Advent Mission from Monday, December 5 to Wednesday, December 7, each evening from 6:30 – 8 pm. The theme will be The Great Commission. Please email nmazerolle@dioceseofsaintjohn.org to register.