News and Events 2022

Work at Saint Peter in Chains Chapel - 2

3 December 2022

Work has started at Saint Peter in Chains. The old stage and the two rooms on each side of the sanctuary have been demolished and the new sacristy and altar boy room on each side of the sanctuary have been framed.

Many thanks to our workers!

Work at Saint Peter in Chains Chapel - 1

25 November 2022

The work is about to start in the new Saint Peter in Chains chapel in Saint-André, New Brunswick.

We had today a Mass in the main room with the new pews. This is a temporary set up, as demolition is supposed to start tomorrow in order to make the room a suitable chapel.

In the meantime, having Mass in the main room gave us a sense of what the new chapel will be.

New Church Pews

4 novembre 2022

We picked up new pews for the Saint Peter in Chains chapel in Saint-André, New Brunswick

What an adventure…

The pews were on the fourth floor of the convent of the Sisters of Saint Anne in Lachine, Québec.

After bringing four benches down narrow stairs, we were able to find cables to lower them through the balconies…

A huge convent of nuns that has been sold.

They built a building for the remaining 150 sisters and will make 250 apartments with the convent.

The chapel will be transformed into a theatre/cinema...

A mix of joy and sadness for us…

A New Association

14 October, 2022

We now have a new association alongside Our Lady of Joy. The association owns a chapel in Saint-André, New Brunswick and Father Pierre Roy has been elected the president of the association, which gives us a new chapel in New Brunswick.

This new chapel will be called Saint Peter in Chains Chapel.

Deo gratias!

News from the Maritimes and Beyond - 5

7 October 2022

How can we remember everything that has happened since March 2021, when our last letter was published? So much has happened!

We will nevertheless try to do our usual overview and remember the benefits of God. It will be an opportunity for us to give thanks to God for all his blessings.

We also worked hard to restore the men's community house, also called St Michael Rectory, to prevent it from being damaged: excavation work, painting, sanding and caulking of part of the wood of the house, installation of gutters, construction of new parking spaces, etc. A concrete floor was poured in the garage; we also removed the garage door to put a window there and be able to create two additional bedrooms. The men's house therefore now has four bedrooms.

The new window that replaces the garage door

Half of the outside of the house is now renovated

The new rooms in the old garage

Father Pierre Roy celebrated his ten years of priesthood in June 2021. A small party was organized on this occasion. The faithful offered him beautiful altar cards to add to the liturgical treasure of our chapel.

On 15 August, 2021, we marked the feast of the Assumption with a beautiful procession on the property, one of the first processions, given all the sanitary restrictions in place since 2020. On this occasion, we had a pig-barbecue which was memorable.

Cutting of the pig

Our communion rail was completed towards the end of 2021. We still have to build the altar and the rest of the sanctuary furniture. Our chapel being rather dark, it was difficult to choose the colours for the inscriptions which were painted there. The communion rail bears the words ITE AD JOSEPH, which means GO TO JOSEPH.

The new Communion Rail

In December, the faithful built us a chicken coop which produces fresh eggs every day; and in the spring of 2022, we started raising rabbits. About 100 rabbits were born on the farm this summer; many of them now are in the freezer.

The new chicken coop

The summer of 2022 has been very busy: visit of Bishop Ribeiro da Silva for the confirmations, tonsure and minor orders of Reverend de Haan, four weddings, the taking of habit of Sister Véronique de Jésus, etc. We also built the Convent of the Holy Face. We had to divide an acre and a half of the property, apply for the necessary permits and exemptions, make a new septic field, dig a new well, move the power lines, etc. On Sunday, 2nd October, we finally blessed the new convent.

Visit of Bishop Ribeiro da Silva

The Tonsure and the Minor Orders of Reverend Alexander de Haan

Sister Véronique de Jésus and her parents

The Convent of the Holy Face under construction

The blessing of the new convent

The Convent of the Holy Face in our magnificent autumn

Sister Véronique de Jésus has completed her postulancy and now wears the white novice veil. She follows formation courses every day: spirituality, liturgy, Sacred Scripture, etc. Reverend de Haan, for his part, began his theology and continues his course towards the priesthood.

Many blessings, time goes fast. Every day the community meets for prayer, meals, work. We are still few in number, but thanks to God well-united to work for his glory, and very happy in our respective vocations.

2021 has seen the relocation of many faithful to near Stilesville. Nearly a hundred faithful now attend Sunday Mass. Fifty-five baptisms have been celebrated by Our Lady of Joy Mission since 2016, more than half of which are adult baptisms. Ninety confirmations took place this summer. Six marriages have taken place in the last three years. Here are the photos of a few of them.

Marc-André Michaud and Heather Campbell

Joël Delarosbil and Madison Howe

William Bridge and Daïsha Saliba

Star of the Sea Mission – Prince Edward Island

The Star of the Sea Mission of Prince Edward Island has been reduced by the moving of most of its members to Stilesville during the year 2021. In addition, it has been difficult for the priest to get there from spring 2021 until summer 2022.

Thanks to God, travel is now possible there and a few faithful have joined the little flock which is holding firm despite all the storms. Circumstances have forced us to return to the domestic church, that is to say that we celebrate Mass during the week in houses for the moment for about twenty faithful.

Our Lady of the Assumption Mission – Nova Scotia

In Nova Scotia we now celebrate Mass near Truro, which is located in the heart of the province. This allows the faithful to come from everywhere: Cape Breton and New Glasgow, Amherst, Halifax and the Annapolis Valley mainly. Visits are also organized on Cape Breton Island and in Amherst (Mary the Mystical Rose Mission). About seventy faithful attend Mass when it is celebrated on Sundays every three weeks.

We want to express our gratitude to the families of Nova Scotia who have hosted the Masses of the Mission in their homes for nearly two years, with all the inconvenience, to allow divine worship to continue amidst the sanitary madness.

The number of faithful in Nova Scotia would certainly justify the purchase of a small church where Mass could be celebrated. Please pray for this intention. In the meantime, we meet in a room that we rent.

Queen of the Angels Mission  – Acadian Peninsula

In the Acadian Peninsula, there are now two Masses celebrated on each visit. One takes place in Saumarez and the other in Bathurst. The number of the faithful remains stable but is divided in two. The test of time does not seem to get the better of the Acadians of the peninsula who persevere year after year.

The faithful come from everywhere: Dundee , Bathurst, Caraquet, Tracadie-Sheila, Saumarez, Shippagan, etc. The Acadian Peninsula has some very beautiful churches that bear witness to the faith in this part of New Brunswick.

Saint Peter in Chains Mission – Madawaska

The Madawaska faithful do not yet know that their mission is called Saint Peter in Chains Mission. This letter will tell them. We decided to name this new mission thus to honour the sufferings of which the Roman See is afflicted in this period of darkness. As St. Peter was delivered by a theophany from his prison, we pray and hope that the Papacy will be delivered from the hands of Freemasonry by the intervention of God.

This community of faithful in Madawaska joined our missions in the fall of 2021, a year ago already. Their geographical position, which is on the road to Québec, allows us to give them Mass every three weeks.

We have a building in sight that could become a permanent chapel in the area and we ask your prayers for this.

Our Lady of Compassion Mission – Newfoundland and Labrador

The Newfoundland mission received a new name for various reasons that would take too long to explain here. The faithful persevered and installed a permanent chapel in the basement of a house. Visits were difficult due to government mandates, but as soon as a door opened, they received a visit. The number of the faithful increased slightly to approach fifteen.

A profound piety is certainly the mark of this mission located at the most eastern point of our country. As you can see, Our Lady of Joy Mission extends over an immense territory. We need more workers to work in the Lord's vineyard. Lord, give us many holy priests!

St John the Baptist Mission – Québec and Ontario

After our easternmost mission, our westernmost missions. The St John the Baptist Mission of Québec and Ontario has about a hundred faithful. Providence allowed regular visits despite the health restrictions, and the celebration of the Mass, even if it was somewhat spaced out, was never interrupted. Masses now take place mainly in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse and Beaumont, as well as in Candiac and Brinston in Ontario. There again, it is the domestic church, in the basements of the houses. However, it is necessary to rent a hall in Beaumont on Sundays because of the number of faithful.

Let us highlight the death of Sister Marie-des-Sept-Douleurs on 2nd September, 2022, an Oblate of the Society of Saint Pius X, who has always discreetly supported us despite her precarious situation in her community. She always welcomed our discreet visits with a big smile and did not hesitate to remind us of her disagreement with the orientations of her community in the direction of apostate Rome.

Joys and Crosses

Like all Christians, our life is marked with joys and crosses. We cannot express enough our gratitude to the Lord for all the blessings he has poured abundantly on us throughout the existence of Our Lady of Joy Mission. In September 2023 we will celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Mission.

We have for some time been under attack from those who have chosen to compromise in the Faith. We are accused of being wicked schismatics. This causes us suffering and turns away from us the faithful who allow themselves to be seized by the fear of being separated from the Church. In reality, it is the modernists who are separated from the Church, and they occupy all the positions of authority in the Church. These same people who attack us think that a notorious heretic may be the true Vicar of Jesus Christ and give their allegiance to an enemy of the Church, thus blaspheming the Papacy and the Church as established by Jesus Christ. Never in its history has the Church praised compromises and time will prove us right. Let us be patient.

We ask you to pray for the perseverance of the three members of our community: Father Pierre Roy, Reverend de Haan and Sister Véronique de Jésus. The balance of our community is delicate: we are few in number, and if we were to lose one or the other of us, life would be difficult. What would we do without either of us? For now, thank God, everything is fine and we ask for your prayers just so that we can persevere. We thank the faithful who give us their constant support through their prayers, their alms and the manual work they generously carry out.

Of course, we also pray that other young men and young women will hear the call of the Lord and leave behind this passing world to give themselves entirely to His service. This is probably what we need most at this time: holy priests, holy brothers and holy nuns.

May God bless you all abundantly!

Our Lady of Joy, pray for us!

Star of the Sea, pray for us!

Our Lady of the Assumption, pray for us!

Mary, the Mystical Rose, pray for us!

Queen of Angels, pray for us!

Our Lady of Compassion, pray for us!

Saint John the Baptist, pray for us!

Saint Peter in Chains, pray for us!

St. Joseph's Church – Stilesville

The summer of 2021 was marked by a lot of work on the 37-acres property that we bought in September 2020. Given the circumstances of the world, we thought it prudent to make large gardens. These allowed us to feed the community with their abundant fruits and vegetables: tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, potatoes, beans, squash, etc.

Taking of the Habit - Sister Véronique de Jésus

21 August, 2022

On the Solemnity of Our Lady of Liesse, Véronique Delarosbil took her religious habit and will now be called Sister Véronique de Jésus.

May God be blessed forever!

Assumption Procession

15 August, 2022

Here are a few pictures of our Assumption Procession in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Quebec.

Convent - 9

19 July, 2022

Here are the latest pictures from our convent. Please continue praying for Véronique Delarosbil who will take the habit on 21st August.

Corpus Christi 2022

19 July, 2022

Holy Providence blessed us with a wonderful weather for the feast of Corpus Christi this year again.

After 2 years of interruption due to sanitary restrictions, we were happy to celebrate again the feast of Corpus Christi with a solemn procession on the property of St. Joseph church.

Confirmations

18 June, 2022

Close to 50 of the Faithful have received Confirmations today. Another 25 will receive it tomorrow on the feast of Corpus Christi and 20 more on the 22nd of June in Québec.

May God be blessed!

Tonsure and Minor Orders

17 June, 2022

Brother Pierre-Marie has received the tonsure on the 16th of June and the four Minor Orders on the 17th of June by the hands of His Excellency Bishop Rodrigo Ribeiro da Silva.

He will now go by the name of Reverend Alexander de Haan. He has completed successfully his studies of philosophy in the last two years and will now start the three years of theology.

Ad multos annos!

Convent - 8

11 June 2022

All trusses are now up! Getting ready to put a metal roof.

Convent - 7

6 June, 2022

The walls of the convent are now built. We are working on the front deck.

Convent - 6

27 May, 2022

Construction itself has started. Deo Gratias!

Convent - 5

24 May, 2022

Here are some pictures of the progress made on the building of the convent.
We now have a floor and will start building the walls.

Convent - 4

16 May, 2022

The work continues for the building of our convent. Trees and branches have been cut to allow NB Power to move the lines to a different location. They are at the moment just above the convent.

The floor of the basement has been poured and the hole around the new foundations has been filled.

Convent - 3

2nd May, 2022

The basement’s walls are being poured today!

Convent - 2

April 22, 2022

Today the foundations were poured.

Small steps ahead.

Convent - 1

18 April 2022

The work has started for the building of our small convent.

Today the hole was dug!

Blessed be God in all his works!

Two New Bedrooms

18 February 2022

Here are a few pictures of two new bedrooms that have been built in the garage of the Community House in Stilesville to accommodate new vocations.

Many thanks to our benefactors and to all those who help build them!

Servez le Seigneur dans la joie! Psaume 99

Serve ye the Lord with Gladness! Psalm 99