Changes to Mass attendance restrictions

The Diocese received approval from the Public Health Office to use the maximum occupancy of the church to determine the number of persons allowed in the building during Phase 2 of Emerging Wisely, provided that social distancing is maintained. After months of the previous restrictions, ie. requiring...

New book about “Our Church”

Bishop Emeritus, Denis Croteau, OMI, has completed and published his book, recounting his time in the Diocese of Mackenzie – Fort Smith from the time as a young priest until the present day. Copies of the book will arrive in Hay River on August 7, 2020. The book retails for $40.00, but, if bought in Hay...

Good news on the roof project!

You may have noticed some extra equipment and materials on the church property recently – the roofing materials arrived last week and work began on the roof replacement project! Work will not affect Saturday and Sunday Masses, however, weekday Masses and Tuesday rosary will be held in the Rectory (the...

Suspension of live streaming

In person attendance at Masses has been possible for over a month now (with appropriate social distancing and other safety precautions, as required by the Public Health Office) and, in light of this, live streaming of Masses on Facebook is suspended, as of Sunday, August 2, 2020. Live streams may resume in...

Emerging Wisely Phase 2: resumption of all Masses

Since the announcement of Phase 2 of NWT’s Emerging Wisely plan in response to COVID-19 on Friday, June 12, 2020, all Masses may resume inside the church. This means daily Masses have resumed as of Monday, June 15, 2020, Tuesday Rosary has resumed as of today (June 16, 2020), Saturday evening Mass has...

Suspension of live streaming

I want to acknowledge how much work Gerry Engen has done over the past months to make live streaming Mass possible. Sadly, there has been a death in the family and the Engens will be away and then in isolation in the coming weeks. We offer our condolences and prayers for Gerry’s family during this...