A huge thank you to Fr. Larry Bagnall for filling in for Fr. Mariusz while he was on holiday. We greatly appreciate that you can come and do the weekend masses and the weekday and senior/nursing homes masses for us. We are truly Blessed!

The registration link is open online to register your child for 1st Reconciliation & 1st Communion starting July 1st.
Your child must be in Grade 2-6 for this Sacrament. (please note: deadline for registration is October 5, 2024) Please go to our website to register for these Sacraments https://www.francisdesaleshighriver.com/index.php/en/services/eucharist
The Parent Info Sessions for 1st Reconciliation & 1st Eucharist is September 21, at 6:00 pm in the church. Dates for the classes will be provided at this meeting. If you have any questions, please contact Nancy at the church office by phone: 403-652-2203 or by email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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The registration link is open online to register your child for 1st Reconciliation & 1st Communion starting July 1st.
Your child must be in Grade 7-12 for this Sacrament. (please note: deadline for registration is October 19, 2024) Please go to our website to register for these Sacraments https://www.francisdesaleshighriver.com/index.php/en/services/eucharist The Parent Only Info Sessions for 1st Reconciliation & 1st Eucharist is September 28, at 6:00 pm in the church. Dates for the classes will be provided at this meeting If you have any questions, please contact Nancy at the church office by phone: 403-652-220

Bible Study will be starting on September 4, 2024, From 6:45 pm—8:30 pm. If you would like to sign up, please call Nancy in the office at 403-652-2203 or email her at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The High River Pro Life meeting will be on Monday, Sept. 2 , 2024, at 7:00 pm in the church hall. All are welcome! It’s That Time of Year!! HR Pro Life Apple Sales! Watch for the upcoming announcement for the sales to begin.

There is a story about a young, newly ordained priest who went to serve his first church. He noticed that on the first Sunday, when he said the prayers, the congregation on the left side of the church stood at the beginning of the prayers, and the congregation on the right side remained seated. The young priest thought this was a bit odd, but he kept going in the prayers—until he began to hear some murmuring between the two sides, then the murmuring turned into grumbling and then people yelling at each other, each side proclaiming that THEY were doing the right thing when it came to the tradition of the church.

Distressed by what he had seen and all that was taking place, the young priest went to seek the council of the former, now elderly priest, who had served this congregation for years. He asked him, "So is it the tradition of the congregation to stand during the prayers?"

The older priest, whose memory was now failing, stroked his beard, replied, "No, that is not the tradition, as I recall."

"So, the tradition is that they remain seated during the prayers?"

To which the old priest responded, "No, that's not the tradition either."

The young priest threw his hands in the air in exasperation, and said, "There must be some solution to this! The way things are now, half stand and half sit and all end up screaming at one another during the prayers."

The old priest's face lit up in a smile; he lifted his finger high into the air and said, "Ahh, yes! Now I remember—that was the tradition!"