Jesus said to him, “Go home to your friends, and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.” — Mk 5.19

Fr. Robert-Charles (Shane) Bengry, serves as the Parish Priest at St. John the Evangelist in Calgary, Canada — a Roman Catholic parish of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter. Father was born and raised on the Canadian prairie but has lived and served in British Columbia and Manitoba as well. He earned a Bachelor of Design, Diploma of Christian Studies and Master of Divinity in Vancouver and served a three-point rural parish in the Anglican Diocese of Brandon for seven years. He also completed a course of study and formation to become a Roman Catholic Priest. Father Bengry was ordained to the transitional diaconate at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Walsingham, Houston TX on the Feast of the Dedication of St. John Lateran Basilica, 2017 and ordained to the Priesthood on the Solemnity of Sts. Peter & Paul, 2018. He was appointed the Dean of the St. John the Baptist Deanery in 2022. This blog is a modest artistic offering.

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About the Photograph: This was taken of me at St. Stephen’s formerly of Harrisville. The town has dried up entirely except for this little Catholic Church and the adjoining cemetery. It’s about as close to a Bengry family chapel as we have. The Bengry’s were Church of England but there were a few Catholics here and there. My Great, Great Grandma used to worship here and I have relatives buried in the yard. I have permission from the Pastor to say Mass here and have done so from time to time. It’s a beautiful part of the Canadian prairie. — Fr. RS Bengry