Canada's National Shrine
to the North American Martyrs
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
Family Package
A ‘traditional’ experience of making a personal pilgrimage to Martyrs’ Shrine
Light a Candle
Click below to have a candle lit for you, and your intention prayed for, by a Jesuit Father at Martyrs’ Shrine.
Donate
We need your help to sustain us and continue our ministry during these challenging times.
Mass Intentions
You can choose a date and request an announced Mass online through our website.
Never the Same Again Retreat
8-day Virtual Retreat, facilitated with daily 20-minute videos preached by Fr. Robert Foliot, SJ.
April 12th - 19th
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
Virtual Talk & Tour
Explore the Church of St. Joseph at Canada's National Shrine to the North American Martyrs.
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!
Martyrs' Shrine Association
Through MSA membership, you and your family will share in the spiritual community of prayers and benefit from a hundred Masses offered for you each year. Receiving “The Shrine Message” twice annually is an added benefit as well!
- Annual Family Membership ($25 donation)
- Perpetual for a Family, living and deceased ($150 donation)
- Perpetual for a Deceased individual ($40 donation)
Call us today and our staff will be happy to enroll you into the MSA.