Outbreak: "Respiratory Outbreak" (Unspecified Pathogen)

Facility: St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital
Facility Type: Hospital (Acute Care)
Unit/Floor/Area: NICU
Location: #StThomas #Ontario
Facility Tracking Hash: #SWPH0034

Date: 2026-05-04

Public Health Unit: Southwestern Public Health
PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObSWPH

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Outbreak: #RSV

Facility: Caressant Care Bonnie Place
Facility Type: LTC Home
Unit/Floor/Area: Facility Wide
Location: #StThomas #Ontario
Facility Tracking Hash: #SWPH0017

Date: 2026-04-27

Public Health Unit: Southwestern Public Health
PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObSWPH

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This afternoon is some fabulous music on St. Thomas's Miller-Scott organ with Katelyn Emerson

#music #concert #StThomas

#FightFord #DougFord #Ontario #onpoli #StThomas #ElginCounty

April 25th - St. Thomas, Ontario

St Thomas in the US Virgin Islands for #MeerMittwoch this week. This was from our November cruise around the Caribbean and this was our first port of call after departing Puerto Rico.

#Photography #Travel #SeaWednesday #StThomas #USVI #USVirginIslands #Caribbean #Cruise #Yacht #Sea

Quote of the day, 12 April: Silvio José Báez, ocd

Now a week later his disciples were again inside and Thomas was with them. Jesus came, although the doors were locked, and stood in their midst and said, “Peace be with you.” Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and see my hands, and bring your hand and put it into my side, and do not be unbelieving, but believe.” Thomas answered and said to him, “My Lord and my God!” Jesus said to him, “Have you come to believe because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed” (John 20:26-29).

The disciples experienced the encounter with the Risen Christ as a moment of infinite mercy. Before his Passion, one betrayed and sold him, another denied him, all the others fled and are now locked in, filled with fear. There were reasons for Jesus to rebuke and even reject them. However, that wasn’t the case. Jesus appears in their midst and greets them in a surprising way: “Peace be with you!” (Jn 20:19,21,26), a phrase that is repeated three times in today’s Gospel. Jesus doesn’t reproach or accuse them. Just one word: “peace.”

The phrase “peace be with you!”, which was spoken by Jesus, isn’t simply a greeting, best wishes, or a promise, but an affirmation: peace is here and now, peace is a reality within you. It’s a peace that falls down upon you because it comes from God. It’s a peace that gives health to ailing bodies and makes us overcome the fears that overwhelm us; it’s a peace that frees us from the sense of guilt and gives us the strength to fulfill our broken dreams; it’s a peace that gives us hope and strength in the midst of the dissatisfactions and problems that color our days with sadness.

Peace is the great gift of the Risen Jesus. Only with the peace that comes from above, which heals the heart and opens it to love, can we be witnesses and peacemakers in the world. Those who are brokenhearted, bitter, and full of selfish ambitions still haven’t come to know the peace that comes from above.

Without the peace of the Risen Lord we risk living with a profound inner emptiness, never being able to communicate any peace, joy, or hope—only suspicion and fear.

Bishop Silvio José Báez, o.c.d.

Auxiliary Bishop of Managua

Translation from the Spanish text is the blogger’s own work product and may not be reproduced without permission.

Featured image: The Incredulity of Saint Thomas, Simon Vouet (French, 1590–1649). Oil on canvas, 1637. Image credit: Museum of Fine Arts, Lyon (Public domain)