WELCOME OUR NEW RECTOR​​

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hello! 

 

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ! 

 

I am Father Danny (or just Danny if you prefer!) and it fills me with great joy to say hello and welcome as the new Rector of St Thomas' Anglican Church. 

 

Joseph (my partner) and I, have settled into St Catharines this November and we cannot wait to meet you and begin our lives here with you. 

 

It is fitting that we start here at the start of the Church year in Advent, as we think about the coming of Jesus and his ultimate second coming - the alpha and the omega! Here come all the carols, the Christmas shopping and the turkeys! But amidst it all, in a small poor place tucked out of sight, two thousand years ago, we think of the pregnant woman who had a visit from an angel, proclaiming to her the best news in the universe. We think of that message that the angels gave the shepherds: 'Today, a Saviour is born to you!' We think about what that means for us now, that the very same truth then is true for us now: hope is here, a better way is here, and the darkness of this world has been told loud and clear that its time here is short! We stand here today proclaiming the same message and the same Good News. I cannot wait to see what that is going to look like here and to see what God has in store for all of us here in St Catharines! 

 

I'd love to get to know as many community members as I can so here's some immediate good news - the coffee is on me! Please be in touch, if you want to just meet me and say hi, or if you've got any burning questions and for anything in between, my door is open. I will be out visiting too - so if you're known to us here at St Thomas', you should expect to hear from me soon! 

 

Let's walk this Advent journey to Christmas together - and discover together all the more of God's grace, his presence with us and his peace. 

 

God bless you and all who you love, 

 

Fr. Danny 

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DECEMBER EVENTS

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• Saturday , December 13 10:00 am to 12:30 pm Advent Meditation​​​​​​​​ (see below for more info)

 

• December 14 @ 11:30 am Christmas Bake Sale.  Please see Fil or Wanda for details. 

 

• Friday December 19 @ 7:00 pm Niagara Classics Concert featuring Ari Cohen Mann (Oboe) and Benjamin Smith (Piano) (see below for more info)

 

• Sunday, December 21 @ 10:30 am Advent 4 - Nine Lessons & Carols

 

• Wednesday December 24 @ 4:00 pm Christmas Eve Service

 

• Thursday December 25 @ 10:00 am Christmas Day Service