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A Saint is a Sinner who Keeps Trying
Last week after Father Seamus preached his homily on the parable of the sower and the weeds, I said to him, “you could have summarized your homily by saying: “God is determined to do everything to get us into Heaven. The Devil is determined to do everything to get us into Hell.’” When I said that, Father Seamus said that while that was correct, life was never that simple. In fact life is always much more complicated. Life is full of times and instances when we never know what is right and what is wrong. We can find ourselves having to decide between two bad choices or two things that we would never have selected on our own. There are times when we doubt that we have the strength to do what is right and other times when the cost of doing what is right can seem just far too high for us to pay in the normal events of our lives. Continue reading
Please Welcome Fr. Kim D’Souza
From July 31 to August 14, Fr. Michael will be away on vacation. During that time, Fr. Kim D’Souza, a priest of the Archdiocese of Toronto, who is presently doing doctoral studies in theology in Rome, will be looking after the parish. Please welcome him. Fr. D’Souza will be celebrating all of the parish Masses, funerals and available for emergencies. For any other enquires related to baptism and marriage, please wait to speak with Fr. Michael after August 15th.
We pray for our Deceased
Catholic Cemeteries & Funeral Services – Archdiocese of Toronto wishes to invite all families within the Archdiocese of Toronto to participate in the Annual Mass for the Faithful Departed on Wednesday August 16, 2017 at 7:00 p.m.
Cemetery locations and Celebrants for this year’s Annual Mass are as follows:
| Cemetery | Celebrant |
|---|---|
| Assumption, Mississauga | Most Rev. John A. Boissonneau |
| Christ the King, Markham | Most Rev. Vincent Nguyen |
| Holy Cross, Thornhill | His Eminence Thomas Cardinal Collins |
| Mount Hope, Toronto | Rev. Monsignor Robert Nusca |
| Queen of Heaven, Woodbridge | Most Reverend Robert Kasun |
| Resurrection, Whitby | Rev. Monsignor John Pilkauskas |
| St. Mary’s, Barrie | Most Rev. Wayne Kirkpatrick |
All are Welcome!
In the event of rain:
Mass will be held in the mausoleum at Assumption, Holy Cross, Resurrection and Queen of Heaven Cemeteries, Christ the King Cemetery will celebrate Mass on site in the Reception Centre. Mount Hope Cemetery to St. Monica’s Parish, 44 Broadway Avenue, Toronto. St. Mary’s Cemetery to St. Mary’s Parish, 65 Amelia Street, Barrie.
Welcome to the Totus Tuus Missionaries
This week our parish will be hosting four young adults who will be working at the parish’s Totus Tuus summer camp. Throughout the summer they are travelling to different parishes as missionaries. This week the parish welcomes them and holds them in our prayers.
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Bulletin for week of July 23, 2017
During the summer months of July and August we will be issuing bulletins every other week. Our next bulletin will be published on August 6th.
Guidelines for the Celebration of the Sacraments with Persons and Families Considering or Opting for Death by Assisted Suicide or Euthanasia
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:
Our faith teaches us that all human life is a sacred gift that we receive from God and that God alone is to decide the beginning and the end of our life. For that reason, both the Scriptures and the Church have always taught that it is a grave sin to take a human life; either the life of another or our own.
While life is indeed a gift from God, there are many challenges and difficulties that we all encounter in life. It was to save us from these difficulties, and the sinful choices that they can cause us to make, that Christ came into the world. Confronted by the trials of life, and the suffering these can bring, Jesus speaks these comforting words to us: “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light” (Matthew 11:28-30). It is not for nothing that this passage is used as one of the series of scripture passages for the celebration of the Sacrament of the Sick. Jesus has come to help us to do the Father’s will in our difficult and challenging situations in life. To show us how this is to be done, Jesus Himself took up His cross and was obedient to the will of God the Father. Jesus, the way, the truth and the life has given us the example by which we are to embrace God’s will for us, ask His grace to strengthen us, and follow His example in the words of the perfect prayer, the “Our Father.” In this prayer we ask for the strength to do God’s will for us each day of our lives. Continue reading
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Bulletin for week of July 9, 2017
During the summer months of July and August we will be issuing bulletins every other week. Our next bulletin will be published on July 23.
Happy Canada Day!
God Keep our Land Glorious and Free
I was born in 1964. One of my first memories that I have in life is of my parents and grandparents taking me to Montreal for Expo 67 and the Centennial Celebrations for Canada’ s 100th birthday that year. I think one of the vague memories that I have of this experience is that it was the first time in my life that I recall having been exposed to persons from all of the different countries of the world. Expo 67 was a great moment of Canadian hospitality extended towards all of the people of the world who came to visit Canada for the Expo event. As it is one of my first memories of life, it has also become for me symbolic of what I believe this great country in which we live is all about.