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...
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...
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...
Fr. 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...
Fr. 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...
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...
Fr. 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...
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...
Fr. 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...
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...
Fr. 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...
THE 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...
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 Christ, your...
The 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...
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...
Dr. 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...
Fr. 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...
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...
Fr. 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...
Our 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...