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  • Weekday Mass (see bulletin)
  • Sunday - 8:00am
  • Sunday - 11:00am
  • Last Sunday of each month
    Latin Mass in Extra-Ordinary form - 9:15am
  • Confessions:

    Wednesday 6:30-6:50pm
    Friday 6:00-6:50pm
    Saturday 11:00-noon
    Sunday 1:30-10:50am
    ... and by arrangement
  • Eucharistic Adoration:

    Monday to Thursday
    (schedule)
  • Children's Holy Half-Hour:
    after the Sunday 8:00AM Mass


Rev. Fr. Chris Shalla (Parish Priest),
35 Karol Wojtyla Square,
P.O. Box 309, Barry’s Bay, Ontario K0J 1B0

Office/Rectory: 613-756-2243
Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9:00AM to 3:00PM

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  • First Reading - 1 Sam 24:3-21
    3 Saul therefore took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went out to seek after David, and his men, even upon...
  • Psalm - Ps 57:2,3-4,6,11
    2 If in very deed you speak justice: judge right things, ye sons of men.3 For in your heart you work iniquity: your...
  • Gospel - Mk 3:13-19
    13 And going up into a mountain, he called unto him whom he would himself: and they came to him.14 And he made...

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  • Welcome to Saint Hedwig's online where you can access a dimension of the spiritual and corporal Body of Christ that is our Roman Catholic community. Located in Barry's Bay and area, in the heart of the Madawaska Valley, Ontario, we are proud of our rich cultural heritage -- Kashub, Polish, Irish, French-Canadian, Native, and a colourful sprinkling of other backgrounds from the human family. Here, it is our baptismal sharing in the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ that brings us together as families, a family of faith, to worship and transmit a knowledge of the Living God who is Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

  • Pope's General Intention: That Catholic Universities may more and more be places where, in the light of the Gospel, it is possible to experience the harmonious unity existing between faith and reason.

    Our Parish Intention: That through our participation in the spiritual and social activities of the parish, that we may grow in our unity as a parish family dedicated to the service and love of God and each other.

  • Saint Hedwig Church serves as the "campus church" for Our Lady Seat of Wisdom Academy -- a fresh, magesterially faithful, Catholic College that draws on the rich inheretance of classical liberal arts in the formation of its students. With the support of our devoted parishoners, the complexities of utlizing the church's facilities for OLSWA's main kitchen and adjunct classrooms, are made possible.

    For more information please visit Our Lady Seat of Wisdom Academy

  • Gifts appropriate for all sacramental celebrations such as baptism, first Holy Communion, confirmation and marriage are available as well as catechetical material and Holy Bibles.

    Please contact Frances Coulas at 756-2175 to purchase items or to place an order on items that may not be in stock.

  • Our parish has a vibrant Sacred heart League. Devotion to the Sacred Heart is a worshipful relationship to the person of Christ and His redeeming love, under the aspect or symbol of his heart (see CCC #2011). Its scriptural Origins include:  The human heart, a person’s deepest self, is where God has written his covenant  (Jeremiah 31:31-34; CCC #s 1764-1765) | Jesus of John’s Gospel:  At the Feast of the Tabernacles (John 7:37-39);  “Out of his heart shall flow rivers of living water.” | Find out more...

The First Years: St. Hedwig Parish
Thursday October 08, 2009

The first Polish-Kashub church was built on Siberia Road, two miles from the villag

Our lineage of Priests
Saint Hedwig Church has been blessed
About our patron, Swata Jadwiga
Thursday October 08, 2009

Also known as Hedwig, Jadwiga, was the daughter of Count Berthold IV of Andechs, Bavaria, where she was

The Kashub's Catholic Heritage
The Kashubs formed the largest and m
Free Audio Bible Study with Scott Hahn
Thursday September 30, 2010

The Splendor of the Church, audio course examines the Church in the Pauline and Johannine writings and in the Synoptic Gospels. All of this is containe

A Parish Based Bible Study Program
This dynamic series combines live pr

Scott Hahn Reflections

  • January 22nd, 2012 - Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
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    Following Him

    Readings:
    Jonah 3:1-5,10
    Psalm 25:4-9
    1 Corinthians 7:29-31
    Mark 1:14-20


    The calling of the brothers in today’s Gospel evokes Elisha’s commissioning by the prophet Elijah (see 1 Kings 19:19-21).

    As Elijah comes upon Elisha working on his family’s farm, so Jesus sees the brothers working by the seaside. And as Elisha left his mother and father to follow Elijah, so the brothers leave their father to come after Jesus.

    Jesus’ promise - to make them “fishers of men” - evokes Israel’s deepest hopes. The prophet Jeremiah announced a new exodus in which God would send “many fishermen” to restore the Israelites from exile, as once He brought them out of slavery in...

Today's Saint

  • St. Sebastian
    Sebastian was the son of a wealthy Roman family. He was educated in Milan and became an officer of the imperial Roman army, and Captain of the Guard. He was a favorite of Emperor Diocletian. During Diocletian's persecution of the Christians, Sebastian visited them in prison, bringing both supplies and comfort. He is reported to have healed the wife of a fellow soldier by making the sign of the cross over her. During his time in the army he converted many soldiers and a governor. Charged as a Christian in 288 in Rome, Sebastian was tied to a tree, shot with arrows, and left for dead. However, he survived, recovered, and returned to preach to Diocletian, whre the emperor then had him beaten to death. During the 14th century, the random nature of the blak plague caused people to say that the plague was intruduced to thier villages through being shot by natures archers. In desparation they prayed for the intercession of a saint associated with archers, and Saint Sebastian became associated with the plague.