Message for World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly His Grace Most Reverend Francis Leo Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto
28 July 2024
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
In 2021 Pope Francis established World Day for...
If you are an adult, baptized in the Catholic Church and would like to be Confirmed please contact Catherine Ecker (cecker@archtoronto.org or 705 728 2985 ext. 115) for details regarding preparation. Confirmation will be celebrated close to the...
Seasons of Hope
Bereavement Group to Begin
Our Lord assured us that those who mourn and blessed and they shall be comforted. Seasons of Hope helps us come together to share in God’s love.
Whether your...
The Ontario Institute for Catholic Education (ICE) brings together, works with, and assists organizations
that share responsibility for English Catholic education in their efforts to promote and maintain publicly-funded Catholic schools
animated by the Gospel and reflecting...
Monday, April 17th, 2023 at 7:00 p.m.
St. Mary’s Parish is honoured to host a Northern Regional Welcome Mass for our new Archbishop Francis Leo on Monday, April 17th, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. ...
Rest in Peace Deacon Ron MacLellan
Date of Birth: January 29, 1940
Ordinated a Permanent Deacon: June 1983
Date of Death: July 14, 2022
Deacon Ron MacLellan died on July 14, 2022. He was 82 years...
St. Mary's Refugee Sponsorship group is an interfaith Refugee resettlement group. We are working on 2 families at the present time. The first is a Family from Sudan - who are presently in Jordan. There is a Father, a Mother...
The New cross on the Bell Tower was installed on Saturday September 4,2021.
It will be blessed at the beginning of the 7 PM Mass on Wednesday September 8, 2021.
This is the Feast of the Birth of Mary...
“Guide our feet into the way of peace.” Luke 1.79
St. Mary’s Labyrinth
This Labyrinth was laid in 2011, and is modelled after the famous labyrinth
at the Chartres Cathedral, France laid in 1201.
A...
St. Mary's Parish and the Georgian Centre for Changemaking and Social Innovation are connecting Seniors with Students at Georgian College in order to battle Isolation these days. Part of this project is HomeFeast - being held on March 25th, from...
Mr. Doug Downey (Barrie - Springwater - Oro-Medonte)
doug.downey@pc.ola.org
Ms. Andrea Khanjin (Barrie - Innisfil)
andrea.khanjin@pc.ola.org
March 1, 2021
As you know the Provincial Government has announced that Simcoe-Muskoka will be returning...
In preparation for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, which takes place on September 1, 2024, the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development recently released the message for this special occasion from Pope...
On the two-year anniversary of Pope Francis’s penitential pilgrimage to Canada, the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB), in a “Letter to the People of God”, has provided an update on the steps that the...
St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica, the cathedral church of the Archdiocese of Toronto, is planning a summer pilgrimage to Quebec City and Montreal from August 14-18, 2024.
This is an outstanding opportunity to visit prominent and historic Catholic...
On July 5, 2024, the Most Reverend Francis Leo, Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto traveled to St. Thomas the Apostle Parish in Markham to dedicate and consecrate the parish’s new altar.
“In a special way this evening &ndash...
The fourth World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly will be celebrated this year on Sunday, 28 July 2024. Pope Francis inaugurated this World Day to be celebrated by the universal Church each July, either on or...