St. Alban's Guild - Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB (2026)

04/05/2026

Happy Easter!

Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us: therefore let us keep the feast, not with the old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness: but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more: death hath no more dominion over him. For in that he died, he died unto since once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead unto sin: but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Christ is risen from the dead: and become the first fruits of them that slept. For since by man came death: by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die: even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

10/01/2025

🙂 Happy Feast of St. Therese of Lisieux, Patroness of Missions!

It was due to the pious petitions of one of our very own local Catholic missionaries, Venerable Ovide Charlebois, that St. Therese was declared the Patroness of Missions.

In 1917, Ovide Charlebois was the missionary Bishop of Le Pas in Manitoba (he regularly travelled by canoe and dogsled to minister in remote communities). The Oblate Mission in the community of Hudson Bay was sadly about to be closed by the Oblate superior, so the local priest had his parishioners pray a novena to St. Therese. After the novena ended, the superior decided that the Mission would remain open. The community credited this miracle to the intercession of St. Therese.

Bishop Charlebois heard of this miraculous novena and was so moved by this that he sent a request to Rome signed by 226 missionary bishops from all around the world to designate St. Therese of Lisieux as the patroness of all missionaries. Finally, ten years later, on December 14, 1927, Pope Pius XI proclaimed St. Therese the Patroness of Missions!

St. Therese of Lisieux, pray for us!
Venerable Ovide Charlebois, pray for us!
St. Alban, pray for us!

08/30/2025

🙂 Today marks the anniversary of a fascinating event in the history of Anglo-Catholicism in Britain.

On August 30, 1880, a Marian apparition occurred at the Anglo-Catholic Benedictine monastery of Llanthony in Capel-Y-Ffin, Wales. Although the Holy See has neither approved nor condemned this apparition, it is nevertheless an important event in the history of the Patrimony!

On the evening of the 30th, four choir boys were playing in the meadow below the monastery buildings when they were startled to see a female figure apparently gliding across the surface of the field. They identified the figure as the Blessed Virgin Mary, and the apparition was seen on three further occasions over the following two weeks.

Devotion to 'Our Lady of Llanthony' quickly took root in the region. The anniversary of the first apparition was chosen as her special festival, when annually the abbey church is crowded with pilgrims from far and wide. The special annual pilgrimage day ends after Evensong with a procession to the site of the 'holy bush.' This was where Our Lady had been seen to alight; eventually a commemorative statue of Our Lady was erected on the spot.

In 1913, the monks of Llanthony abbey came into full communion with the Holy See of Rome, and one might wonder how much the earlier apparition as well as their deep devotion to Our Lady had to do with this! 🙏

08/15/2025

Happy Assumption Day!

"The holy Prophets, Priests, and Kings of former times rose again in anticipation of the last day. Can we suppose that Abraham, or David, or Isaias, or Ezechias, should have been thus favoured, and not God’s own Mother? Had she not a claim on the love of her Son to have what any others had? Was she not nearer to Him than the greatest of the Saints before her? And is it conceivable that the law of the grave should admit of relaxation in their case, and not in hers? Therefore we confidently say that our Lord, having preserved her from sin and the consequences of sin by His Passion, lost no time in pouring out the full merits of that Passion upon her body as well as her soul." (St. John Henry Newman, Doctor of the Church)

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who didst assume the Immaculate Virgin Mary, Mother of thy Son, body and soul to the glory of heaven: grant us, we beseech thee; that being ever intent on things above, we may be worthy to be partakers of her glory hereafter; through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen.

08/01/2025

🙂 Happy Lammas (Loaf Mass) Day!! 🍞🥖🥐

Lammas Day (from Old English hlāfmæsse, "loaf-mass") is a holiday that draws our attention in a special way to the Holy Bread of the altar which really, truly, and substantially becomes the Body of Christ at the Mass. It is a festival to mark the blessing of the First Fruits of harvest, reminding us that Our Lord is the First Fruit of the Resurrection. On this day, it is traditional to bring loaves of bread to the church to be blessed by the priest and consumed by the faithful after Mass. It is also customary to have processions to local bakeries where the priest will impart a special blessing to the bakers.

Today, when you break bread together, or when you go to Mass, remember the meaning behind today's festival. "And Jesus said unto them, I am the Bread of Life..." (John 6:35)

07/31/2025

🥳 Thanks be to God! 😊

07/01/2025

🇨🇦 Happy Canada Day! 🇨🇦

O God, who providest for thy people by thy power, and rulest over them in love: vouchsafe so to bless thy servant our King, and his Government in this Dominion of Canada; that thy people may dwell in peace and safety; through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen.

God keep our land glorious and free!

God save our King and heaven bless the Maple Leaf Forever!

06/27/2025

❤️ Blessed Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus! ❤️‍🔥

O GOD, who hast suffered the Heart of thy Son to be wounded by our sins, and in that very Heart hast bestowed on us the abundant riches of thy love: grant, we beseech thee; that the devout homage of our hearts which we render unto him, may of thy mercy be deemed a recompense acceptable in thy sight; through the same Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen.

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O most Sacred, most loving Heart of Jesus, Thou art concealed in the Holy Eucharist, and Thou beatest for us still… I worship Thee with all my best love and awe, with my fervent affection, with my most subdued, most resolved will.

O my God, when Thou dost condescend to suffer me to receive Thee, to eat and drink Thee, and Thou for a while takest up Thy abode within me, O make my heart beat with Thy Heart.

Purify it of all that is earthly, all that is proud and sensual, all that is hard and cruel, of all perversity, of all disorder, of all deadness.

So fill it with Thee, that neither the events of the day nor the circumstances of the time may have power to ruffle it, but that in Thy love and Thy fear it may have peace. Amen.

(St. John Henry Newman)

06/19/2025

9️⃣ ST. ALBAN NOVENA - DAY NINE (19 June, Final Day)

St. Alban’s Witness Ends the Persecution:
After so many heavenly miracles, the judge, astonished at the great portents and prodigies, ordered that the persecution should cease immediately, beginning thus to honour the saints for their patience and constancy, in suffering that death by the terrors of which he had expected to have withdrawn them from their adherence to the Christian faith.

St. Alban suffered on 20 June, near the city of Verulamium, now, for him, called St. Alban's; a church of most exquisite workmanship, and suitable to commemorate his martyrdom, having been afterwards erected there as soon as peace was restored to the Catholic Church. With the holy saint’s relics, there cease not to this day the miraculous cures of many sick persons, and the frequent working of wonders.

At the same time suffered Saints Aaron and Julius, inhabitants of the city of Caerleon, and many others of both sexes, in other places; who, having been tormented on the rack till their members were dislocated, and having endured various other unheard-of cruelties, yielded their souls, after the conflict was over, to the joys of the city above.
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✝ THE LITANY OF ST. ALBAN (prayed every day of the Novena)

Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy. Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
Christ, hear us. Christ, graciously hear us.
God the Father of heaven, have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us.
God the Holy Ghost, have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, one God, have mercy on us.
Holy Mary, pray for us.
Holy Michael the Archangel, pray for us.
St. Alban, pray for us.
First Martyr of England's shores, pray for us.
Friend of Travellers, pray for us.
Protector of Persecuted Catholics, pray for us.
Sure support of those fleeing persecution, pray for us.
Devout presence at Holy Mass, pray for us.
Silent adorer of the Blessed Sacrament, pray for us.
Unfeigned in the face of the mob, pray for us.
Defender of the Catholic Priesthood, pray for us.
Soldier of Jesus Christ, pray for us.
Alban most just, pray for us.
Alban most temperate, pray for us.
Alban most prudent, pray for us.
Alban most courageous, pray for us.
Alban most faithful, pray for us.
Alban most hopeful, pray for us.
Alban most loving, pray for us.
Model of devotion, pray for us.
Exemplar to pagans, pray for us.
True Roman and true Christian, pray for us.
Guardian of the clergy, pray for us.
Labourer for honour, pray for us.
Preserver of wisdom, pray for us.
Victor over oppressors, pray for us.
Witness of God’s glory, pray for us.
Keeper of God’s commandments, pray for us.
Finder of God’s Kingdom, pray for us.
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
have mercy on us.
Christ, hear us. Christ, graciously hear us.
℣ He has given him his heart’s desire.
℟ And has set upon his head a crown of precious stones.

Let us pray.
O God, by whose grace Saint Alban gave himself up for his friend and received the martyr’s crown as the first in England to shed his blood for Christ; grant, we pray, that following his example and supported by his prayers, we may worship you, the living God, and give true witness to Christ our Lord.

Almighty and merciful God, who brought your Martyr blessed Alban to overcome the torments of his passion, grant that we, who celebrate his triumph, may remain invincible under your protection against the snares of the enemy.

O God, who were pleased to give light to your Church by adorning blessed Alban with the victory of martyrdom, graciously grant that, as he imitated the Lord’s Passion, so we may, by following in his footsteps, be worthy to attain eternal joys. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.
℟ Amen.

06/18/2025

8️⃣ ST. ALBAN NOVENA - DAY EIGHT (18 June)

St. Alban’s Former Executioner is Martyred:
After St. Alban was beheaded, the executioner, who was so wicked as to embrue his sacrilegious hands in the martyr's sacred blood, was not permitted to rejoice at his death; for the executioner’s eyes dropped to the ground at the same moment as the blessed martyr's head.

At the same time that St. Alban was martyred, the pagans also beheaded there the soldier, who before, through a divine inspiration, had refused to execute the sentence on the martyr.

Concerning this soldier, it is evident, that, though he was not baptised at the baptismal font, yet he was cleansed with the laver of his own blood, and made worthy to enter into the kingdom of heaven.
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✝ THE LITANY OF ST. ALBAN (prayed every day of the Novena)

Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy. Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
Christ, hear us. Christ, graciously hear us.
God the Father of heaven, have mercy on us.
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us.
God the Holy Ghost, have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, one God, have mercy on us.
Holy Mary, pray for us.
Holy Michael the Archangel, pray for us.
St. Alban, pray for us.
First Martyr of England's shores, pray for us.
Friend of Travellers, pray for us.
Protector of Persecuted Catholics, pray for us.
Sure support of those fleeing persecution, pray for us.
Devout presence at Holy Mass, pray for us.
Silent adorer of the Blessed Sacrament, pray for us.
Unfeigned in the face of the mob, pray for us.
Defender of the Catholic Priesthood, pray for us.
Soldier of Jesus Christ, pray for us.
Alban most just, pray for us.
Alban most temperate, pray for us.
Alban most prudent, pray for us.
Alban most courageous, pray for us.
Alban most faithful, pray for us.
Alban most hopeful, pray for us.
Alban most loving, pray for us.
Model of devotion, pray for us.
Exemplar to pagans, pray for us.
True Roman and true Christian, pray for us.
Guardian of the clergy, pray for us.
Labourer for honour, pray for us.
Preserver of wisdom, pray for us.
Victor over oppressors, pray for us.
Witness of God’s glory, pray for us.
Keeper of God’s commandments, pray for us.
Finder of God’s Kingdom, pray for us.
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world,
have mercy on us.
Christ, hear us. Christ, graciously hear us.
℣ He has given him his heart’s desire.
℟ And has set upon his head a crown of precious stones.

Let us pray.
O God, by whose grace Saint Alban gave himself up for his friend and received the martyr’s crown as the first in England to shed his blood for Christ; grant, we pray, that following his example and supported by his prayers, we may worship you, the living God, and give true witness to Christ our Lord.

Almighty and merciful God, who brought your Martyr blessed Alban to overcome the torments of his passion, grant that we, who celebrate his triumph, may remain invincible under your protection against the snares of the enemy.

O God, who were pleased to give light to your Church by adorning blessed Alban with the victory of martyrdom, graciously grant that, as he imitated the Lord’s Passion, so we may, by following in his footsteps, be worthy to attain eternal joys. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.
℟ Amen.

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