The Diocese of Bathurst is a French Catholic Diocese in Northeastern New Brunswick serving 12 parishes comprised of 51 Christian communities, of which 8 are english-speaking.
From the Bishop's Office
You will find below a few pictures of the steeple and the bells that will soon be installed at the Saint-Paul church in Bas-Caraquet.
The steeple that will soon be erected in front of the church will be 50 feet high with a luminous 12 foot cross, an identical reproduction of the one that once stood on the old church. The bells will also be illuminated in the evening.
The three (3) bells that will soon be installed in the steeple of the church were made in France by the Bollé Company in 1955. They are high quality bronze bells with the following specifications:
Zone 5 has been put into the Orange Phase until further notice. This affects three of our parishes :
- Marie-de-l’Assomption Parish which includes the Christian communities of Campbellton and Val d’Amours
- Saint-Joseph, serviteur fidèle Parish which includes the Christian communities of Dalhousie, Balmoral, Charlo and Dundee/Eel River Crossing
- The Good Shepherd parish which includes the Christian communities of Belledune, Lorne, Campbellton, Dalhousie and Glen Levit
This means that :
To the parish priests and administrators,
Friday, Premier Blaine Higgs announced additional health measures to contain the latest pandemic wave that is affecting our province. These measures are effective today.
To comply with these new government guidelines, here are the additional measures added to our protocol already in place in our parishes:
From the Bishop's Office
At the last general assembly of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, our Bishop was elected president of the Committee on Liturgy and Sacraments (French sector) for the next three years. He was also appointed member of the Committee for the dissemination of liturgical celebrations. We congratulate him and wish him good luck in these new tasks entrusted to him.
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In our parishes... on our bulletins
Here is a small peak at the stained glass windows that have already been installed in the new Saint Paul church in Bas-Caraquet.
More stained glass windows will be installed in the next few days.
From the Bishop's Office
National Collections
Due to the confinement we have lived through since the spring, certain collections were unable to be fulfilled. The Holy See has decided to reschedule these collections in the fall. Here are the five national collections that will occur over the next couple of months :
Mano Teroiatea, seminarian for the Diocese of Bathurst, has begun his 2020-2021 school year at the Grand Seminaire de Montréal. The Grand Seminaire is not located in the Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie area of Montreal next to the St. Arsène church.
Happy studies Mano.