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Around St. Mary's This Week (19 September 2021)St. Vincent de Paul Collection this weekend... This month, The Society of St. Vincent de Paul celebrates our founder, Blessed Frederick Ozanam. Our annual collection (green envelopes) is today, September 18/19. We are able to serve our...Posted: Sep-16-2021 -
Around St. Mary's This Week (12 September 2021)The Week of September 12, 2021.... Praying for the Sick If you or a family member is sick please let us know and we shall add their name to our prayer list which is posted in the gathering space of...Posted: Sep-09-2021
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Around St. Mary's This Week (22 August 2021)Posted: Aug-26-2021HOLY HOUR AND BENEDICTION Friday, September 3 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Praying for the Sick As the baptized we all share in the ministry of prayer. If you or a family member is sick...
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Around St. Mary's This Week (22 August 2021)...August 22, 2021 --21st Sunday in Ordinary Time As the baptized we all share in the ministry of prayer. If you or a family member is sick please let us know and we shall add their name to our...Posted: Aug-19-2021 -
Around St. Mary's This Week (15 August 2021)ANNUAL MASS FOR THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED Due to the protocols surrounding COVID-19, this year’s Annual Mass for the Faithful Departed has unfortunately been cancelled at our seven Catholic cemeteries. His Eminence Thomas Cardinal Collins will celebrate...Posted: Aug-11-2021 -
Around St. Mary's This Week (8 August 2021)...As the baptized we all share in the ministry of prayer. If you or a family member is sick please let us know and we shall add their name to our prayer list which is posted in the gathering...Posted: Aug-05-2021 -
Toronto’s Native Peoples’ Mission: Serving, Learning, AccompanyingFr. Wilson Andrade is the administrator of the Native Peoples' Mission in Toronto. Personal Story I have been part of the ministry at the Native Peoples’ Mission since I arrived in Canada from India, in 2007, as a student...Posted: Jul-29-2021 -
The Bread of Christ Sustains UsFr. Frank McDevitt is the pastor of Our Lady of Grace Parish in Aurora, Ont. When I was a child, we always had dessert with dinner. Often it was fruit that had been stewed in some way. Apple sauce, rhubarb...Posted: Jul-29-2021 -
Around St. Mary's This Week (1 August 2021)HOLY HOUR AND BENEDICTION Friday, August 6 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. EUCHARISTIC ADORATION Held daily in the church on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays after the 12:10 p.m. Mass until 3:00...Posted: Jul-29-2021
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Grandparents and Elders: Witnesses to the FaithFr. Wilson Andrade is the pastor of St. Ann Parish and the Native Peoples’ Mission, both in Toronto, Ont. There is a classic story of a people who were suffering through a severe drought. They decided to go to...Posted: Jul-23-2021 -
Around St. Mary's This Week (25 July 2021)Praying for the Sick St. James reminds us of our calling to pray for those in need and for the sick. As the baptized we all share in the ministry of prayer. If you have a family member who is...Posted: Jul-22-2021
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A Time to RestFr. Biju Kannampuzha is the pastor of St. John Vianney Parish in Barrie, Ont. Many years ago, in Athens, in what is today Greece, the great storyteller Aesop was playing with a group of children. A passerby laughed and jeered...Posted: Jul-16-2021 -
Around St. Mary's This Week (18 July 2021)...MINISTRY WITH MATURING ADULTS Christian Meditation meets weekly, online. The next session is on Tuesday, July 20th at 10:30 a.m. This ancient form of Christian contemplative prayer invites us into a time of sacred silence. All are welcome...Posted: Jul-15-2021 -
Everyone Has a Role to Play in God’s HarvestFr. Frank McDevitt is the pastor of Our Lady of Grace Parish in Aurora, Ont. Jesus teaches with urgency in today’s Gospel. He sends out the disciples, but in sending them out, He challenges them to see the...Posted: Jul-09-2021 -
Around St. Mary's This Week (11 July 2021)...Posted: Jul-08-2021THE ANNUAL MASS OF THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED Due to the protocols surrounding COVID-19, this year’s Annual Mass for the Faithful Departed has unfortunately been cancelled at our seven Catholic cemeteries. His Eminence Thomas Cardinal...
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Around St. Mary's This Week (4 July 2021)....Posted: Jun-30-2021A Prayer for Ordinary Time God of wisdom and love, source of all good, send your Spirit to teach us your truth and guide our actions in your way of peace. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your... -
Letter to Chief Cadmus and the People of Cowessess First NationThe following letter was written by Archbishop Don Bolen, Archbishop of Regina, after the discovery of unmarked graves at the former site of the Marieval Residential School, in the Cowessess First Nation in southeastern Saskatchewan. We ask that everyone continues...Posted: Jun-25-2021 -
Around Our Parish This Week (27 June 2021).....JUNE IS SENIORS' MONTH IN THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO! We thank God for the many parishioners in the second half of life who contribute to the health of our parish and community. We pray for all residents in long...Posted: Jun-23-2021
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New Film Invites Us to Really Know the Blessed Virgin MaryDr. Josephine Lombardi is a faculty member at St. Augustine’s Seminary in Toronto. She recently released, “The First Lady and Her Successors,” a film that explores the many ways that the Blessed Mother Mary can guide...Posted: Jun-23-2021 -
Jesus Is with You in the StormFr. Biju Kannampuzha is the pastor of St. John Vianney Parish in Barrie, Ont. Today’s readings feature a God who is calming the storms of life. In the first reading we hear the Lord speaking to Job, whose...Posted: Jun-18-2021
