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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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 -
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
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Solemnity of Pentecost‘The Spirit of the Lord has filled the whole world and that which contains all things understands what is said, alleluia.’ Are the words of the entrance antiphon, and how true is that saying for all of us who come here to the Shrine, to nourish ourselves and be refreshed on the beautiful grounds...Read More