Jesuit Hotline :
1-855-495-PRAY (7729)

A Jesuit Priest will be available for a brief spiritual conversation by phone.
Monday to Friday, 10am - 12nn & 1pm - 3pm

A Way of the Cross

Praying for the Residential Schools.

 Mass Intentions

You can choose a date and request an announced Mass online through our website.

Family Package

A ‘traditional’ experience of making a personal pilgrimage to Martyrs’ Shrine

 

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We need your help to sustain us and continue our ministry during these challenging times.

Light a Candle

Click below to have a candle lit for you, and your intention prayed for, by a Jesuit Father at Martyrs’ Shrine.

MSA Membership

Through MSA membership, you and your family will share in the spiritual community of prayers.

Message from the Director

Dear Pilgrims,

The past year has proven to be very challenging as we’ve been navigating the effects of a global pandemic. Even since the publication of our latest Martyrs’ Shrine Message earlier this month, circumstances are changing quickly, and I wished to keep you as informed as possible.

It pains me to inform you that, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the proposed inoculation schedule of the Federal Government, it is clear that the Church and grounds of Martyrs’ Shrine will not be open to the general public this season but will resume normal operations in May 2022. This was, by no means, an easy decision. However, putting your health and wellbeing ahead of our own, I had to stare clearly at the facts. If the current nationwide inoculation plan remains as it is, the vaccine for COVID-19 will only be offered broadly in the early spring, meaning that most of our visitors would remain at risk throughout the summer.

Moreover, it is unlikely that social distancing protocols would allow, in time, for groups in the thousands to gather; as they usually do on this Sacred site.

Nevertheless, I remain filled with hope, and all of the Fathers here are eager to serve!

We, therefore, reach out to you through our website. There, you can join our Sunday Mass. You can also request a Mass intention, make an offering, or ask for a candle to be lit for you by a Jesuit. We also invite you to sign-up for one of our new, on-line, Eight-Day-Ignatian-Retreats.

For those who, in these challenging times, would like a moment of prayer with us, I am also happy to announce our new hotline: 1-855-495-PRAY (7729).

My friends, as we enter into our Novena with St. Joseph, I pray that this letter finds you in good health and consolation, and offer my heartfelt thanks for your dedicated support of our mission during these very challenging times. With St. Joseph, we are united to you in prayer, and very much look forward to seeing you all when we open on 1 May 2022!

Sincerely in Christ,

Fr. Michael Knox, SJ
Director

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Ask a Jesuit to Light a Candle

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!