MONTREAL: On January 19, Frs. Jean-Carlo François and Ivan Dzhur visited St. Jude Roman Catholic parish in Montreal where they concelebrated Sunday Eucharist with its pastor Fr. Maurice Belemsigri and spoke about vocation and the Redemptorist ministry to the parish community, sparking interesting conversation. The next day, they visited Newman Center at McGill University, where they concelebrated Mass for students and engaged in meaningful conversations that hopefully will bear fruit of closer co-operation.

TORONTO: On January 23, we hosted a “Come and See Evening” at St. Patrick’s, Toronto. This was one of the two vocation events we planned in Toronto. Three young men – Samuel, Benoit, and Vincent joined and spent time with us and the Redemptorist community of Toronto in prayer, reflection, and learning about the Redemptorists.

GRANDE PRAIRIE: Finally, on January 24, our Grand Prairie community in Alberta hosted a “Come and See Evening” where we met three young men from our parish, Joseph, Jon and Gavriel, who were interested in learning more about the Redemptorists. They came to pray and share dinner with the community and joined local Redemptorist associates who shared some things about vocation and discernment in general. Over the weekend, Fr. Alfredo Medina met with two more young men from the parish who were interested in learning more about us and our mission.

Please continue to pray for the Redemptorist Vocation ministry so that the small seeds we had planted may bear good fruit in due time.