Upcoming Events 2018

August 5, 2018 Parish Reunion and St. André's Birthday Celebration
Click here to see pictures from our August 5th Parish Reunion at St. Peter's Parish, St. Joseph, On.

Next Event - Sunday, Sept. 9, 2018
Dedication of Sign by Order of Alhambra

100 year anniversary of the visit of Saint Frère André Bessette to the St. Joseph area

2017, the 100th anniversary of Bro. André's visit to the area, has been an incredible year of remembering and celebrating the time Br. André spent here walking with and talking to our ancestors.  
We even had the privilege of having an article about the year appear in "The Oratory".  Click to read the article by Nathalie Dumas which appeared in the September - December 2017 edition of the Oratory.
Click here to read the article "en français".
Click to see pictures from our May 20, 2018 - Rosary Garden / Healing Mass Celebration​

 "There is no problem, I tell you, no matter how difficult it is, that we cannot solve by the prayer of the Holy Rosary."
-Sister Lucia,
​of the seers of Fatima
The "St. André 100" Committee will continue to celebrate the visits of Saint Brother André to our area. There will be four events in 2018.  Please save the dates and join us to celebrate the life of Saint Brother André and his connection to the people of St. Joseph.
Sunday, May 20, 2018
Rosary Garden Sunday / Healing Mass
Sunday, Aug. 5, 2018
Parish Reunion Sunday
Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018
Commemoration of
St. Brother André's Visits
Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018
​Christmas Dinner

Fr. Solanus Casey

The Capuchin Brothers held a retreat represented by Father Louis Mousseau at St. Peter’s Church on Sept 9, 2017.  They donated a picture of Fr. Solanus Casey meeting Brother Andre.  It was accepted by Don Oesch on behalf of the parish.
The meeting...by David Hartline writing for The American Catholic
Father Solanus Casey was 65, while Brother Andre was 90. Brother Andre had heard of Father Solanus Casey and while he was visiting the monastery inquired about Father Casey’s whereabouts. The two men met but were unable to engage in conversation as Father Casey knew no French and Brother Andre know no English. However, they did the only thing they could do in one language; they blessed each other in Latin, the language of the Church. Read the full article here.
Click for more information on Fr. Solanus Casey
Feastday
January 7 (Canada)
Beatified By:
Pope John Paul II
Canonized:
​October 17, 2010, Saint Peter's Square, Rome, by Pope Benedict XVI
​Brother André the humble doorman welcomed all.
"Put yourself in God's  hands.  
He abandons no one."
Brother André
"The rosary is a long chain that links heaven and earth.  One end of it is in our hands and the other end is in the hands of the holy Virgin...the Rosary prayer rises like incense to the feet of the Almighty."
​-St. Therese of Lisieux