Thank you to the Pastoral Council and to all who attended the Coffee Sunday for my Twenty-Fifth anniversary of ordination. I am grateful for your kindness, warm wishes and cards. Most of all, I am grateful to God to be a priest and to be your pastor. Let us continue to pray for one another.
– Fr. Michael
Today we honour mothers. We take time to celebrate our mothers and the many maternal figures in our lives. We are grateful for the gift of their love, care and nurturing, not only today, but always. We also remember the mothers who are no longer with us, but whose memories we will always cherish. Happy Mother’s Day!
Living the Gospel by welcoming refugee families to Canada…
Julie and her younger sister arrived in Canada through the help of the Office for Refugees to meet a resettlement group that welcomed them with a home and open arms. As orphans from a Refugee Camp in Ghana, they now have a safe place to call home in a country where their lives are not threatened. Julie is interested in studying and becoming a nurse in the maternity ward. She feels it is a passion she wants to pursue after watching her mother become ill and pass away after her sister’s birth. They now have hope for a better future and are no longer alone because of the work done through ShareLife-supported Office for Refugees. Last year, the ShareLife-supported Office For Refugees assisted 6,000 people with their resettlement needs.
Next ShareLife Sunday is June 4, 2017. Please give generously.
Bulletin for week of May 14, 2017
The Legion of Mary is sponsoring a Marian Pilgrimage to Quebec on Victoria Day weekend May 20, 21, 22, 2017. Cost $250. First come first served. If interested please call the parish office at 416-534-2326.
Monday, May 15 – 7 p.m. at the Catholic Pastoral Centre, 4th Floor 1155 Yonge St., Toronto. Speaker, Fr. Alexander Laschuk from the Catholic Marriage Tribunal in the Archdiocese of Toronto will discuss the Church’s teaching on the Sacrament of Marriage and why in some cases a declaration of nullity (annulment) is granted.
Living the Gospel by providing for those in need…
“One of the core components of our Pastoral Plan is Catholic Outreach in Justice and Love. As a Catholic community we are called to be the hands and face of Jesus in our communities. One of the ways that we do this is through our annual ShareLife appeal, which provides resources to agencies serving the poor and marginalized not only in our archdiocese, but also around the world. ShareLife is a tangible way that we can put the Gospel value to love one another as I have loved you into action, and I invite all parishioners to support the mission work of the Catholic church by making a sacrificial gift to ShareLife.” —Thomas Cardinal Collins, Archbishop of Toronto.
Today is ShareLife Sunday – May 7, 2017. Thank you for your generosity.
Bulletin for week of May 7, 2017
“Homosexuality, Gender Identity, and the Catholic Faith: Welcoming and Accompanying with the Heart of Christ”
A talk by Father Kevin Belgrave at 7:00 pm on Wednesday May 10, 2017 in the Parish Hall.
“Questions of sexual identity in our time are as important as they are challenging. Often the subject of much attention, and tension, both within and outside the Church, they can evoke different reactions in each of us. This talk will allow an opportunity to explore the Catholic vision of the human person, love, and sexuality, and how this vision shapes our response to our brothers and sisters experiencing same-sex attraction or questions of gender identity.”