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Around St. Mary's This Week (20 June 2021)...Ministry with Maturing Adults Christian Meditation meets weekly, online. The next session is on Tuesday, June 22nd at 10:30 a.m. This ancient form of Christian contemplative prayer invites us into a time of sacred silence. All are...Posted: Jun-17-2021 -
Growing into What God Dreams Us to BeFr. Wilson Andrade is the pastor of St. Ann Parish and the Native Peoples’ Mission, both in Toronto. “It is with the smallest brushes that the artist paints the most exquisitely beautiful pictures.” These words from the...Posted: Jun-11-2021 -
Around St. Mary's This Week (13 June 2021)....Posted: Jun-10-2021Our Labyrinth As part of the 2010 renovation project a labyrinth was laid in 2011. The labyrinth is located directly in front of the main doors of the church. It is 43 feet in diameter with 8 circuits... -
Bishop and Indigenous Leader in Dialogue on Residential SchoolsChief J. Wilton “Willie” Littlechild and Edmonton’s Archbishop Richard Smith recently came together in Maskwacis, Alberta to discuss reconciliation with the Indigenous peoples in Canada, and the response to the finding at the Kamloops Residential School...Posted: Jun-08-2021 -
The Power and Poetry of Christ’s Gift at the Last SupperFr. Frank McDevitt is the pastor of Our Lady of Grace Parish in Aurora, Ont. Corpus Christi: This is the great feast of the imagination. The Church has traditions of great pomp connected to the Eucharist: processions and benediction. There...Posted: Jun-05-2021 -
Around St. Mary's This Week (6 June 2021)....Parish Feast Day Celebration! On December 15, 1872, the new Catholic Church in Barrie was blessed by Archbishop John Joseph Lynch and dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The Solemnity of the...Posted: Jun-03-2021 -
Cardinal Thomas Collins’ Book RecommendationsCardinal Thomas Collins, Archbishop of Toronto, is known to be an avid reader and, over the years, he has recommended a number of books while preaching at St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica. With summer right around the corner, we...Posted: Jun-02-2021 -
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy SpiritFr. Michael McGourty is the pastor of St. Peter’s Parish in Toronto, Ont. As Catholics, every time that we pray, we begin by invoking the names of the three persons of the Holy Trinity, whose feast we...Posted: May-29-2021 -
Around St. Mary's This Week (May 30, 2021)...A 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...Posted: May-27-2021
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Around St. Mary's This Week (May 23, 2021)Lord, send out your Spirit and renew the face of the earth! Psalm 104 Feast of Pentecost - Each year, 50 days after we celebrate Jesus’ resurrection from the dead we celebrate Pentecost. After Jesus’ resurrection...Posted: May-20-2021
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Becoming a Living Witness of the GospelFr. Wilson Andrade is the pastor of St. Ann Parish and the Native Peoples’ Mission, both in Toronto, Ont. Today we celebrate the Feast of the Ascension of the Lord. Sceptics say that Jesus had no need to take...Posted: May-14-2021 -
Giving Birth to Contemplation“Family, the Domestic Church: A Sign of Hope and Life” is the theme of this year’s National Week for Life and the Family, May 9-16. To mark this occasion, Catholic children’s author and...Posted: May-07-2021 -
God’s Love Is for All PeopleFr. Michael McGourty is the pastor of St. Peter’s Parish in Toronto, Ont. Normally, at this time of year, my parish and all the parishes in the Archdiocese of Toronto, would be celebrating First Communions. Sadly, this year...Posted: May-07-2021 -
Around St. Mary's This Week....Feast of Pentecost! The great 50 days of Easter draws to a close on the Feast of Pentecost. As we prepare to celebrate Pentecost we pray: Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in us the...Posted: May-06-2021 -
Pruning Away What Is Unnecessary to Bear the Fruit of the KingdomFr. Frank McDevitt is the pastor of Our Lady of Grace Parish in Aurora, Ont. We can safely assume that Jesus was not an automaton. That suddenly He would just make a statement about the Kingdom of God without context...Posted: Apr-30-2021 -
Around St. Mary's This Week (May 2, 2021)...Christ is Risen! Alleluia! As we continue to celebrate the season of Easter you are asked to pray in an intentional way for families preparing for Baptism, for our young people waiting to be confirmed and for all families...Posted: Apr-29-2021
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Take Up Your Cross and Follow MeCraig Fernandes, a former seminarian at St. Augustine’s Seminary, is now an engineering Master’s student at the University of Toronto. Spreading the Gospel can be difficult in our increasingly secular society. As stewards who are called...Posted: Apr-23-2021 -
Around St. Mary's This Week (April 25, 2021)....Posted: Apr-22-2021CATHOLIC WOMEN’S LEAGUE CWL is asking fellow parishioners to contribute to our drive for the Women's and Children's Shelter of Barrie on Mothers' Day weekend, May 8 and 9. Due to the Covid-19 restrictions, the...
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Christian Witness is Rooted in Life, Light and LoveFr. Wilson Andrade is the pastor of St. Ann Parish and the Native Peoples’ Mission, both in Toronto. There is an Indian story about teaching wisdom. A famous guru wanted to teach his disciples about God&rsquo...Posted: Apr-16-2021 -
Around St. Mary's This Week (April 18, 2021)....Posted: Apr-14-2021THANK YOU! On behalf of the Knights of Columbus (Council 1626) we would like to sincerely thank the parishioners of St. Mary’s for a tremendously successful Palm Sunday Foodbank Fundraiser and the special Holy Thursday Foodbank Collection with...
