LAST UPDATED:  Sunday September 20, 2020 

St. Basil's is open but please arrive early (so that you can provide contact information).  Please see the video on attending Mass (though the instruction have changed slightly as sign-up ahead of time is no longer required)  above or read the newly updated version of the guide available in PDF format here (REVISED Sept 6).  Updated:  Weekend Masses are 5 PM Mass Saturday and 10 AM Mass Sunday until further notice (so for the Fall as well).

A video of Mass will still be posted Sunday as not everyone will be able to attend or be comfortable attending.  A video of Mass for Sunday September 20th was released Sunday morning on our homepage.  Another is planned for next week.  

The Audio and Visual section also has material posted for all 3 weekend Masses by our fabulous musicians that lead music at our Masses.  Click here to read more and hear the playlists.  

The latest bulletin for September 20, 2020 is posted (click here to see it).  Please see the Parish Facebook page, Fr. Daryold's e-mail or check back here for updates.  Questions should be made to the Parish Office by e-mail or phone please.

You can support St. Basil's Parish during the closure through Pre-Authorized Donation (PAD) via the Parish Office or Canada Helps (available though the Donate Now! button on the homepage of 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.

A Few Resources

During the Covid-19 changes Living with Christ is making their Mass Texts available without charge at:  https://www.livingwithchrist.ca/index.php/intentions

For your awareness, a parishioner has shared some information from Crime Prevention Ottawa on some things to be aware of during this time related to Fraud and Theft - To learn more the link is https://www.crimepreventionottawa.ca/covid-19-related-fraud-and-property-crime/

 

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.