Reflection for the Solemnity of the Ascension - May 12, 2024
Today, we continue to be sent on mission with the same commission from Jesus. We are called to proclaim the Gospel, the good news, and to invite people into faith through baptism. We are called to be preachers, teachers, prophets, ministers, and to build up the Body of Christ. We are called to do this with the knowledge that although Jesus isn’t with us in physical bodily form, he is very much with us and promises to be with us until the end of days.
(Sisters of Saint Dominic of Blauvelt, New York)
We pray for the sick of our parish and for those who care for them. We pray for those who have died recently and those whose anniversaries occur at this time. May they share the fullness of God's life promised by the Good Shepherd, who leads them home.
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Parish Offerings and Collections: If at all possible, please continue to support St. Margaret's by mailing in your donation or dropping off during office hours or in the rectory mailbox. Thanks to all for your support.
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ST. MARGARET'S CATHOLIC
WOMEN'S LEAGUE NEWS
We will be honouring Our Lady of Good Counsel on Tuesday May 14th at 1:30. A brief General meeting will follow.
Our CWL Pot Luck will be on Tuesday June 11 with mass at 6:00pm in the church followed by dinner in the church hall. Ladies wishing to attend are asked to please sign up on the bulletin board at the front of the church so we have numbers to prepare the hall. This is always a wonderful faith celebration and amazing food, hope to see you there!
Membership is $40 and we welcome and invite all women of the parish, 16 years of age and over, to join or renew their membership to this very worthy organization.
DIOCESE OF THUNDER BAY MONDAY MEMO
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88 Clayte Street
Thunder Bay, ON
P7A 6S5
Phone: 807-344-9045
Fax: 807-345-8993
Email: stmargaret@tbaytel.net
Pastor: Fr. Ciarán Donnelly
Parish Secretary:
Rose Marie Doliska
Music Ministry:
Maureen McGrath
Tuesdays, 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
HISTORY OF ST. MARGARET'S CHURCH
St. Margaret's was the third parish to be created in response to the needs of a growing population in the residential area of Brent Park in Port Arthur and as a relief to the increasing demands placed on St. Andrew's Church. The construction and opening of St. Margaret's Roman Catholic School on Clayte Street in 1954 prompted Bishop Jennings to investigate the purchase of property owned by the Sisters of St. Joseph adjacent to the school. "It would make another very fine little Catholic corner of Port Arthur" wrote Bishop Jennings, "considering that there is such a splendid school already there". The Fort William Diocese purchased one acre across from the school and, until a church could be built on the property, Sunday and some weekday masses and services, conducted by the Jesuits at St. Andrew's were held at St. Margaret's School. In March 1957 Bishop Jennings blessed and dedicated a new church on the property to be known as St. Margaret's chapel-of-ease "to provide a convenient centre of worship for the more distant members of the already larger than capacity congregation of St. Andrew's". Four years later, the chapel-of-ease was elevated to the status of a full-fledged parish with Father J.E. Roenicke as its first pastor.
SACRAMENTS
Baptism: Parish Membership, Preparation Class and 3-months notice required.
Attached Baptism Registration PDF
Marriage: Parish Membership, Preparation Class and 1-year notice required.
Reconciliation: Saturdays 4:30-5:00 p.m. on request.
First Reconciliation/First Communion/Confirmation: Information to follow
To become a member of St. Margaret's Parish,
please complete the Registration Form.