Light a Candle with Us
Amidst the challenges we are all facing with the COVID – 19 epidemic, is there a particular person or intention that you would like to offer up to God in prayer? Whether on the front-line serving others, at work, in isolation, at home, or abroad, click below to have a candle lit for you by a Jesuit Father at Martyrs’ Shrine. Our prayers transform us, and the world around us!
How Great Thou Art !?!
3-Day, 2-Night Art Retreat at Martyrs' Shrine
Join our Resident Artist On the Sacred Grounds of Martyrs' Shrine, September 20th to the 22nd, as She Leads Participants With Painting Techniques Inspired by The Scenic Landscape of Our National Shrine.
6th Annual Tiawenk Fundraising Dinner & Auction
Help us protect 93 years of heritage!
Join us on Saturday, September 28th at 5:00 PM at the Quality Inn and Conference Centre, Midland for our 6th annual Tiawenk Fundraising Dinner & Auction. Tickets are $95.00 each, $45.00 of which is eligible for a tax receipt. This year's proceeds will benefit the restoration of the Church's fire suppression system.
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Answering the call to be here, now, with Him.Our everyday life can be hectic, that is the reality of the world we live in. Whether it is the mind that is always thinking of what information is being presented or the body exhausted in trying to check off the boxes of all the tasks we might face that day. We, especially myself...Read More -
From the gate looking out: what I’ve learned from my time at Martyrs’ ShrineI’d like to start with a surprising (or perhaps not surprising) fact, the Church here at the Martyrs’ Shrine isn’t a parish church. While it’s true that we don’t hold funerals or weddings or operate day- to-day the way a parish church does. I however, propose that we are a Community church. If we...Read More
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Reflection of your purposeIn our generation today, an average life span of a person is 75 – 80 years old. Imagine that you are now 35 years old, how do you plan to spend the remaining 45 years with 540 months, 16, 425 days and 394, 200 hours of you life? Do you plan to focus on...Read More
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DAY TO DAY IN THE GIFT SHOPOn the surface, the Gift Shop would appear to be just that – a place to purchase religious items for one’s self, and gifts for another. Scratch the surface, and the experience is greater than just shopping for both visitors, and the staff who serve them. At Martyrs’ Shrine, the staff are ‘People for People’...Read More
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How the Spiritual Exercises can make for better corporateleadersA fundamental component of Jesuit Spirituality or, often called, Ignatius Spirituality, is the Spiritual Exercises. These exercises were developed by the founder of the Society of Jesus, St. Ignatius Loyola, as a means to deepen one’s connection with God through a series of prayers, retreats, and reflections. These exercises are largely formulated with the...Read More