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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 16:1-13
    1 And the Lord said to Samuel: How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, whom I have rejected from reigning over Israel? fill thy...
  • Psalm - Ps 89:20,21-22,27-28
    20 Then thou spokest in a vision to thy saints, and saidst: I have laid help upon one that is mighty, and have exalted...
  • Gospel - Mk 2:23-28
    23 And it came to pass again, as the Lord walked through the corn fields on the sabbath, that his disciples began to go...

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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
    Listen Here!

    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. Anthony the Abbot
    St. Anthony was born in 251 at Heracleus, Egypt. Following the death of his parents when he was about 20, he ensured that his sister complete her education, then sold his house, furniture, and the land he owned. He gave the proceeds to the poor and joined the Anchorites who lived nearby, and moved into an empty sepulchre. At age 35 he moved alone to the desert, and lived in an abandoned fort for 20 years. Anthony barracaded the fort in order to acheive solitude, but admirers who had heard of his holiness broke in. He miraculously healed people, and agreed to be the spiritual counselor of many. His recommendation for how to live ones life was to base life on the gospel. Word of him continued to spread, and many deisciples began to come. So many disciples arrived that Anthony founded two monasteries on the Nile; one at Pispir, and one at Arsinoe. Many of those who lived near him supported themselves by making baskets and brushes, and from this comes his patronage of those trades. Anthony briefly left his seclusion in 311, going to Alexandria to fight Arianism, and to comfort the victims of Maximinus' persecution. At some point in his life, he met with his sister again. She, too, had withdrawn from the world, and directed a community of nuns. Anthony eventually retired to the desert, living in a cave on Mount Colzim. Descriptions paint him as uniformly modest and courteous. His example led many to take up the monastic life, and to follow his way. He became a friend of Saint Paul the hermit late in Paul's life, and buried the aged Anchorite, leading to his patronage of gravediggers. His biography was written by his friend Saint Athanasius. His relationship with pigs and patronage of swineherds is a little complicated. Skin diseases were...