LAST UPDATED:  Saturday March 28th

Important notice - Events at St. Basil's are being changed due to the Covid-19 outbreak to follow advice from Ottawa Public Health's updates.  Please see Facebook, Fr. Daryold's e-mail or check back here for updates.  We will look to keep this up-to-date.  Questions should be made to the Parish Office by e-mail or phone please.

A change, from a request from Ottawa Public Health all churches are closed in the Ottawa diocese until further notice including events, Masses and private prayer.  The latest bulletin for March 29, 2020 is posted and includes a message from our Archbishop Terrence Prendergast.  This was a difficult decision, not taken lightly because of the central role that the Mass plays in Catholic life.  Decisions regarding the celebration of Holy Week and Easter will be taken later.  

A new section has been added to the website called Audio and Visual which has an MP3 file you can play on your phone or computer from Bob Czerny (with a media player).  Click here to read more and hear Bob sing “The King of Glory”.

The latest bulletin for March 28, 2020 talks about how you can support St. Basil's Parish during the closure through Pre-Authorized Donation (PAD) via the Parish Office or Canada Helps (available though this website).

Let us keep in our prayers the medical professionals -- the doctors, nurses --public health and civil authorities striving to assist those who are ill and to contain the outbreak.  

St. Basil, pray for us.

Fr. Daryold Winkler

Please stay informed and make decisions to reduce the spread to keep the additional stress on our healthcare system low as we pray for and look to support those on the front lines or that are vulnerable.  Also, please remember those with jobs that may be impacted by reduced income at this time (in restaurants, hotels and other service type of postions) and consider some ways you may help.

Last Sunday's bulletin is available by clicking here.  Keep in mind the cancellations above would apply to any event before April 5th and may continue after.

Let's join Pope Francis in his prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary during the Covid-19 special measures.
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O Mary, you shine continuously along our journey as a sign of salvation and hope.

We entrust ourselves to you, Health of the Sick, who at the Cross were near to the pain of Jesus, keeping your faith firm.

You, Salvation of the Roman people, know what we need, and we trust that you will provide for those needs so that, as at Cana of Galilee, joy and celebration may return after this moment of trial.

Help us, Mother of Divine Love, to conform ourselves to the will of the Father and to do what Jesus tells us, He who took our sufferings upon Himself, and took up our sorrows to bring us, through the Cross, to the joy of the Resurrection. Amen.

We seek refuge under your protection, O Holy Mother of God. Do not despise our pleas – we who are put to the test – and deliver us from every danger, O glorious and blessed Virgin.