Homily from 16th Sunday Ordinary Time

July 22nd, 2012. Jesus cares for us! Here is my homily. Enjoy :)

Banff Priest holydays

Thus returns my attempts at regular blogging:




Fr. Marc is a very prayerful holy man. Devotion with a smile :)

We got a beautiful place to stay in Banff! This was just our main floor!

Look at that TV eh?!

Oh yeah. Bikes. Best way to see the gorgeous mountains!

I hope your summer was awesome! Now get back to work you lazy bum!

Catch up pics

I's alive!

I have survived my May Nova Scotia Pilgrimage.



I have been ordained in June.




I have relaxed in July.




I have slighly begun my ministry in August. (Pics will be available soon...)


And now it be September. School is in full swing and people seem to be coming back from the lake, attending Church again in PA, and wondering who this strange new priest is who looks like he is fresh out of grade 12.

For those who are wondering. My ministry assignment is half-time at a Parish in Prince Albert called St. Michael (about 200 families), and half-time at St. Mary High School (about 1000 students).

As you can tell, my blog is going to take a slightly different spin now. It is going to be less personal and more of a reflection on ministry and Christ - specifically in Prince Albert, Sask.

Spring Break '09!!

Fort McMurray

And here is mostly what happened . . .


This is the administration building for Syncrude and Andrew's SUV, "Guappa Sorento"



One of the "Old Giants"



A link of chain



The entrance to the Buffalo park. They reclaim land that they have ruined and plant grass, trees and introduce Buffalo.





This is Andrew's living room. Nice TV eh!




Our last evening we played hockey

Thanksgiving!

What began as a friendly game o' Risk amongst cousins




Notice I - green armies - here own North America




And then things started getting a bit more serious. Here you see my cousin in the black - the blue armies - absolutely trounce me out of Mexico.



And lastly, a closeup of what is, for me and eventually yellow, utter humiliation.



Hope your Thanksgiving was that exciting!

Lacombe

I made it out to Lacombe Alberta this summer





To visit Fr. Marc Cramer




But he is in Wetaskiwin now.

THE END

A large chapter

Ok, so I can't believe it has been so long since I've been on blogger. My life has been moving a little too fast for me these last couple months. Probably because my car is so fast.
Basically the long and short of it is this:

1. I passed my exams. Got an 83, 82, 77, 76, and 73 in my 5 classes.

2. I passed jurisdictions with the proviso that I need to learn more about the canon law of marriage.

3. I went on my Diaconal ordination retreat in Meunster, SK at St. Peter's Abbey with the Benedictines. It was awsome and I got to see Sheldon Gaetz. Crazy kid.

4. I got ordained! Wow, what an awsome event! Thanks everyone for your prayers and support and especially those who came!

5. I went on holidays to Jasper. God truly dwells in the mountains, which is a hard thing for a prairie boy to admit.

6. I visited my sisters in Saskatoon and Taleah's boyfriend Todd graduated SIAST. Also, Trinette and Ryan are building a house. His garage is more square footage than his house. Way to go Ryan!

7. I went to Fathers James and Geoffery's ordination in Winnepeg. Congrats boys! It was quite an awsome, large, prayerful celebration. Those guys are gonna be awsome priests!

8. Two couples from around home here had their first child. Pray for Moise Lalonde and Seth Fedorychka!

9. We got new bishop! Fr. Albert Thévenot, M. Afr., currently Provincial of North America for the Society of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers).

Right now I am currently back at home and have a schedule which involves much driving around.

Here is a pic of my ordination practice. I'm having a hard time uploading the rest but expect them soon.



Leave a comment and I'll pray for you. If not . . . outa luck

Lethbridge and Waterton Lakes

I have been unable to drive as of late because of my car but this has not seemed to keep me from travelling. I apologize to my family who I did not see over the break because I could only go where others would take me.

That being said, I was taken to Peace River in northern Alberta for Maurice's diaconate ordination. Also, the 22nd thru 24 we went to Lethbridge and Waterton Lakes National Park to visit Aaron Roth. It was an awsome trip!

Here are some pics:

Aaron was all happy to see us!




And he took us to Waterton Lake




Where we were warned not to cliff jump. It's too bad. I wouldn't have had to finish my papers that way . . ..



may the light preserve you

A Christmas Story

Wow it's been a long while since I updated. Sorry! Christmas was very busy. From exams, to the flu, to all the visiting. Well, here is the story, in pictures, of a Christmas with the Myrheim's.

We laughed alot. It's supposed to be the season of joy




We ate and drank alot too!



We took Christmas tree pictures. These are at my Mom's.






My Mom got a new TV! 40" LCD.




Trinette talked on the phone to Ryan alot. Dad would have REALLY bugged her for that so I figure it is now my job.




Geoff received Lector in Saskatoon:






On a more serious note, I would like to thank everyone for their prayers for our family over the holydays. It was our first one without dad. It wasn't as hard as I thought it was going to be but we all had our moments. Your prayers gave us the strength we needed! May God bless each one of you in this New Year!

Sabaadi from Laos!

Hello everyone! I thought instead of sending out a whole bunch of emails I would just blog my greetings from my visit with Souksavath. I have tons of pictures already but sorry I couldn't upload them because I wasn't lucky enough to grab the computer with the capability. Maybe next week.

So far, me and Andrew are having alot of fun. We know very few words; Sabaadi means hello, KopChai means Thank you, Sebly means very delicious, Bo means no, Jou means yes, and Yo means Cheers! (the most important!). To ask for beer (but it's brought to you whether you ask or not and the glass is never empty) you would say BeerLao.

Fr. Souk has been extremely hospitable, taking us on all his pastoral visits and showing us his mission territory. So far we have stayed at the sisters residence in Paxse, in the same yard as the seminary where Souk lives, but last night and tonight he put us up in a relatively inexpensive ($40/night) hotel so that we could get some A/C and could sleep without mosquito nets. But for a couple days later this week we will be staying in a hut which is basically completely outside with a roof over our heads and a mosquito net around us. The food is absolutely fantastic but today I had to start taking Immodium pills as my stomach apparently agree with something. It is a very beautiful country, of what I have seen of the south, but the city, Paxse is rather dirty. Souk says noone has common sense to throw litter in the garbage or pick it up of the streets. Mass with Souk in Lao is really neat as they chant alot, even Souk! The seminarians are really great guys and Souk has been teaching them a bit of english so they can communicate on a very basic level with us. So far, very few people know English except this one youth minister that works with Souk who studied in the Philipines in English last year and learned English there. His brothers and sisters are learning slowly but we have a hard time besides those few words I mentioned above. Mostly, all I need to say is Cho when I'm asked if I want a beer and Bo if I am trying to be prudent. Everything else takes care of itself!
My next update I will try to have pics and I would like to tell you about the Seminary that Souk is in co-charge of. 3 months ordained and already a formator of 17 seminarians! God bless from the Far East! Please pray for me!

Happy St. Valentine's Day!

I'd like to dedicate this post to all the girls I've ever loved, and to those I haven't loved enough. May God bless your life without me.