JMJ
April 24, 2019
Easter Wednesday
Birthday of John Caswell
On 29th. St. W, in Saskatoon, Sask. there is a little church called Westmount Mennonite that supports 15 missionaries overseas. It is a well known dictum in evangelical churches that take their faith seriously that if you want your church to grow supports missions. St. Paul heard the Macedonian cry and responded. St. Patrick heard the Irish call this former slave to walk among us again and give them the Faith. St. John Cantius on Carpenter St. Chicago has heard the cry to buy a 2.2 million organ that originally was built in Quebec, Canada. They do not ignore their home turf in the inner city but to my knowledge they support no mission outside of Chicago especially in this country from when came the Gospel.
Fr. Marquette and a Metis ( French and Indian mix ) called Joliet in a canoe brought the Gospel in the area now called Chicago . They were from Quebec, Canada, a place that was spreading the Gospel a hundred years before the Mayflower ( Pilgrim boat). The first Bishop of what is now called the United States was Bishop Laval of Canada. (This does not include the Spanish missions ).
We have been sending a Macedonian cry to St. John Cantius since seventeen year old Joshua with his worldly goods in a Canadian army bag landed on the Cantian steps to help “restore the Sacred.” Since then we have given them a Father Nathan to join Father Joshua, we have produced countless blogs to defend attacked Pastor Phillips. These have reached several European countries including Rome and have been acclaimed by orthodox Cardinals. We are still fighting to defend the exiled, innocent Founder of St. John Cantius although it seems to some at times his home parish has quit the fight.
Last year on Ash Wednesday we went again to Chicago. We felt like pariahs at St. John Cantius so we hid out at St. Paul of the Cross. However the pastor there said he had been assured that some individuals in St. John Cantius would help us with our growth plans. This is the only time we heard this but of course St.Paul of the Cross then didn’t have to hear our plea after hearing this. We had made none.
We are trying once again to make a presentation of information and appeal. We have a place to stay. We have no room yet for a presentation. It will NOT be within St. John Cantius and will NOT be an official meeting of that parish. So far we have no plane fare. We are hoping to go for a week in May. Yes , I am a very good speaker . Some times I even gust to entertaining. John can even sing a few songs from his repertoire of Out Reach that he wrote himself or picked up from countless up home sources.
In answer to the question why don’t you go to your chancery office for funds? Our archdiocese office is about 1400 away round trip. It is a mission archdiocese, larger than the country of Germany with about 15 priests. In the 23 years of our mission we have never received any money from the Archdiocese and have never asked for any. We wish we could give to the archdiocese but make our donation the work of this mission. We are the only Catholic School north of Prince Albert . In Canada, Catholic Schools are protected and receive much public funds but we exist solely by private donations. Come to the information meeting in Chicago and you can learn more. But first we need your help to get there. Gay Caswell Happy Birthday Mission Partner John Caswell
Our phone number is 306-758- 2041 or 306-758-2046 E- mail is j.caswell@sasktel.net and we can be reached on facebook messenger under John Caswell
