We believe that everyone should have the chance to explore the Christian faith, ask questions and share their point of view. Alpha is a series of sessions exploring Christianity and what it means. Our Alpha program, meant to explore life, faith and God in an informal environment. Everyone is welcome. At St-Augustine, our Alpha sessions generally have three key things in common: food, a talk and a good conversation ! Food Whether it’s a group of friends gathered around a kitchen table, or a quick catch-up over coffee, food has a way of bringing people together. It’s no different at Alpha. All sessions start with food, because it’s a great way to connect, relax and build friendships. Talk Th
There are dozens of reasons to come to St. Augustine. Here are 10 really good ones which explain it so well. We are a church involved in & caring about the community.
Laughter brings people together and can help us through the toughest of times. Regularly, we come across clever religious humour. This will be the place where we post them. We hope you enjoy the postings as much as we do !
Baptism is the first sacrament of initiation in the Catholic Church. Like any sacrament, Baptism makes visible an invisible experience. In other words, we use signs and rituals to express our experience of God and his grace in our lives. During a Baptism: The Sign of the Cross is traced on the forehead of the one being baptized. This ritual action expresses that the mystery of the cross is at the heart of our faith. The immersion in water (or pouring on of water) reminds us that we die with Jesus to conquer sin and rise with him so we might enter into new life. The words of Baptism, “I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,” are spoken while the wate
Father Francis Scott is a true Ottawan, an outdoorsman, an organist, and has served the Church in every part of the city. Shepherd of the Church Across our City. He went to school at St. Michael Corkery and Almonte High School, later graduating from Algonquin College (Ottawa) in Business Administration, majoring in Accounting. He worked in the Federal Government for three years and then took a vocation to priesthood. 1984 – Ordained from St. Paul University, right in the center of the city. Saint Paul University is a Catholic Pontifical university federated with the University of Ottawa. That same year, he started out ministry work at the St. Augustine Parish. 1988 – Named pa
The Sacramental Preparation Team at St. Augustine parish planned a wonderful Retreat Day on Saturday, December 2nd for our 1st Holy Eucharist and Confirmation families preparing for their children’s sacraments in the spring of 2018. What a glorious way to mark the beginning of Advent. The day started off with our Confirmation families arriving at 9:00 am. Parents were treated to the first two videos of Alpha - “What is Life All About” and “Who is Jesus” up in the sanctuary and the grade 6 children preparing for Confirmation watched a few videos from Dynamic Catholic. In-between videos the children passionately participated in some fun discussions about their faith including if they’d ever s
To encourage religious vocations, the St. Augustine Parish has launched a Traveling Chalice Program. The purpose of the Program is to encourage families to pray for vocations and to promote vocations within their own family. Each weekend an assigned family, couple or individual can come forward at the end of one of the masses to receive the chalice. In taking it in behalf of our parish, the household commits to praying for vocations (priesthood and/or religious life). This program is ideal to help parish families become more aware of the need for vocations and of the possibility that God may be calling a member of their family to serve the Church in this way. We suggest that you place it in
