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2023 Donation EnvelopesPlease pick up your 2023 Donation Envelopes arranged in numerical order. If you cannot remember your number, one of us from the gift shop will gladly help you. New parishioners who wish to use donation envelopes please register in the...Posted: Jan-12-2023 -
Movable Liturgical DatesPlease note that this year Ash Wednesday is February 22 and Easter Sunday is on April 9.Posted: Jan-12-2023 -
Students’ Confirmation Enrolment CeremonyEnrolment Ceremony will take place on Saturday January 21st at the 5:00 pm Mass and on Sunday January 22nd at the 12 noon Mass. Each confirmation student will receive a wooden cross at these Masses. Confirmation Classes will start...Posted: Jan-12-2023 -
Mother Teresa Documentary Coming to Toronto TheatresMother Teresa: No Greater Love, the newest film from the Knights of Columbus, will be showing at two theatres in the Archdiocese of Toronto this month. On Sunday, January 22, it will be screening at Scotiabank Theatre in downtown Toronto...Posted: Jan-10-2023 -
Online Course: Introduction to Christian MeditationMonday, January 9 to February 13 - 6:30 p.m. The Canadian Christian Meditation Community is offering a 6-week online course on an ancient Christian prayer form that is seeing a revival globally. Participants will be introduced to practical...Posted: Jan-06-2023 -
New Year’s Eve AdorationOn Saturday December 31, after our evening 5:00 pm Mass we will have adoration of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament until midnight. The church will remain open until then. It is a good way to usher in...Posted: Dec-31-2022 -
Statement from Cardinal Thomas Collins, Archbishop of Toronto on the death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVIThroughout the Archdiocese of Toronto, we join in mourning the loss of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. We give thanks for his years of faithful, thoughtful and inspiring service to the Church. As a priest for more than 70 years and...Posted: Dec-31-2022 -
First Friday DevotionsAt the end of the 17th century Our Lord appeared to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque and asked her to spread devotion to His Most Sacred Heart by promoting the First Friday devotions. Our Lord made these promises to St. Mary...Posted: Dec-29-2022 -
New Year’s Message from Father StevenDuring the past few years we have lived through some difficult times. We may wonder, “What does the New Year have in store for us?” New Year’s celebrations are usually occasions to hope for better things...Posted: Dec-29-2022 -
A Reminder about Reception of Holy CommunionThe Catholic Church welcomes greater numbers of people at Christmas time, including those who have been away from the Sacraments. Reception of Holy Communion is reserved for those who are baptized Catholics in a state of grace, having observed the...Posted: Dec-29-2022 -
Grade 7/8 Students’ Confirmation ProgramWe finally have some information available for those students who will receive the Sacrament of Confirmation this School Year. Enrolment Ceremony will be the weekend of January 21/22 and Classes will start on Sunday January 29th. Please see our...Posted: Dec-29-2022 -
Cardinal Collins asks faithful to pray for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVIIn a brief statement, Cardinal Thomas Collins, Archbishop of Toronto, has invited the faithful to join in prayer for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. Cardinal Collins stated: "Let us all join in prayer for Pope Emeritus Benedict in his grave illness...Posted: Dec-28-2022 -
Christmas and New Year’s ScheduleCatholics are required to attend Mass on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation. Christmas and New Year’s Day are Holy Days of Obligation. Attending the 5 pm Vigil Mass of New Year’s on December 31st also...Posted: Dec-24-2022 -
Christmas and New Year ScheduleSaturday December 24 - Christmas Eve Masses: 6:00 pm, 8:00 pm, 12 midnight. No 5:00 pm Mass Sunday December 25 - Christmas Day Masses: 9:00 am, 10:30 am, 12 noon Saturday December 31 - New Year’s...Posted: Dec-24-2022 -
New Year SchedulesSaturday December 31 - New Year’s Eve Mass: 5:00 pm Sunday January 1 - New Year’s Day Masses: 9:00 am, 10:30 am, 12 noonPosted: Dec-24-2022 -
Christmas MessageAs we continue to return to more normal circumstances let us be ever grateful for the many blessings that God has bestowed upon us. His greatest gift to us His Divine Son, Jesus Christ. He came into the world to...Posted: Dec-22-2022 -
Statement from the Archdiocese of Toronto re: Fr. Joseph WasikOn Friday, December 16, 2022, the Archdiocese of Toronto learned that Fr. Joseph Wasik, 84, a retired priest of the Archdiocese of Toronto, has been charged by Peel Police with gross indecency and indecent assault on a male (minor). The...Posted: Dec-16-2022 -
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Reflection on the Role of Bishop from Cardinal Thomas CollinsOn Monday, December 12, 2022, Fr. Gary Franken of the Archdiocese of Vancouver, B.C. was ordained to the episcopate and installed as the new Bishop of St. Paul, Alberta. Cardinal Thomas Collins, Archbishop of Toronto, gave the homily at...Posted: Dec-14-2022 -
CNEWA Canada Welcomes New National DirectorDr. Adriana Bara is the new national director of the Catholic Near East Welfare Association in Canada (CNEWA). Until her appointment, Dr. Bara directed the Canadian Centre for Ecumenism in Montreal, a not-for-profit organization founded in...Posted: Dec-13-2022
