Calling all young aspiring actors and actresses (ages 4 to 12)! If you would like to be part of the parish’s Christmas Pageant, please attend a rehearsal after the 11:15 AM Mass on Sundays of December 4, 11 and 18 in the Church. This year the Christmas Pageant will take place immediately before the parish’s 5:00 PM Christmas Eve Family Mass (December 24th).
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St. Peter’s Young Adults- Pub Night!! November 27th, 2016
Are you in the Toronto area? Are you curious about the St. Peter’s Young Adults Group or just plain thirsty? If so, you’re invited to join the St. Peter’s Young Adult Group for our monthly pub nights scheduled for every fourth Sunday of the month! Our next pub night is scheduled for Sunday, November 27th, 2016, following the 6 pm mass.
If interested in attending please meet at the back of St. Peter’s Church (near the doors going out to 840 Bathurst St), following 6 pm mass or meet us at Paupers Pub, located at 539 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON M5S 1Y5.
For more details please feel free to email Alessya D’Anna at youngadult-youthmin@stpeterstoronto.ca
Thank You Fr. Seamus!
The lecture held last week was a tremendous success thanks to Fr. Seamus. On behalf of the parish, we send our sincere appreciation to Fr. Seamus for his outstanding presentation.
Thank you so much for sharing your time and experiences with us. We all agreed that your lecture was the most interesting we have had this year.
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Advent Cheer, Bazaar and Bake Sale! December 3-4, 2016
Join us for Advent Bazaar and Bake Sale on Saturday, December 3 from 2:00 PM – 7:00 PM and on Sunday, December 4 from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM in the Church Auditorium. Come celebrate this wonderful time of the year in fellowship and cheer.
Free Catholic Estate Planning Seminar
On Wednesday, November 30th , 2016 at 7:00 PM, Catholic Cemeteries and the Archdiocese of Toronto estate planning team will share:
- How to protect your loved ones with a proper Will
- How to ensure your wishes are legally protected –
- About Powers of Attorney & Estate Trustee selection
- Finding lawyers and estate planning advisors
- Legacy planning
- Our Catholic traditions around wills, burial and funerals
An estate planning kit will be provided at no cost.
Location: The session will be held at the Parish Hall of Holy Rosary Parish (354 St. Clair Avenue W, Toronto) The parish is easily accessible by streetcar. Refreshments will be provided.
RSVP: Frank Jannetta, Catholic Cemeteries at 416-733-8544 ext. 2023 or fjannetta@cc-fs.ca
A Week Long Busy Persons Advent Retreat
Opening Session: In the Church after any Mass, weekend of December 10 -11, 2016
Closing Session: will be on Saturday, December 17, after 5:00 PM Mass
Description of Retreat: The retreatants will meet after Mass in the Church for an explanatory introduction where they will be given reflections booklets ($3:00 each) for the week of prayer. They will be asked to commit themselves to an hour of prayer daily (can be divided up i.e. 1/2 hour in morning and ½ hour in evening or in 15 min. sections). It is strongly recommended that retreatants meet with a spiritual guide for 1/2 hour appointment at the Centre from Monday to Thursday ( 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM) and on Friday from 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM or in the evenings of Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 6:30 – 9:00 PM
Closure will include debriefing / sharing, suggestions on how to continue one’s spiritual journey and a social.
St. Peter’s 90th Anniversary Celebration
Did you know our church is turning 90 this December? All are invited to join in a liturgical celebration of the 90th anniversary of the founding of St. Peter’s Church, on Sunday, December 11 at 7:30 PM. A special Vigil with music, prayer, and the Office of Readings will be celebrated. A musical prelude will begin at 7:15 PM. Please join us in marking this important milestone!
“The Day of the Lord is NOW”
Each year, the priests of the Archdiocese of Toronto go on retreat together in the month of May. These retreats used to take place at St. Augustine’s seminary in Scarborough. I can remember well an experience that I had there when I was on retreat in May of 1999. After one of the talks I went out for a walk. While out on my walk I ran into one of the other priests who was on retreat. As we walked along Kingston Road, this priest began to tell me with great certainty about his conviction that the world was going to end in 2000. He quoted many of the news stories of the time and emphasized the expected collapse of the computer systems that control all of the daily aspects of society’s life with the approach of the new year and the expected glitch for the year 2000. For him there was no doubt that the end was near. I was actually a little concerned about the amount of joy that he seemed to take in thinking about the impending chaos. As we walked along Kingston Road and got to the intersection of Kingston Road and Midland Avenue, my companion who was so caught up in his description of the end of the world, stepped out into the intersection in front of a quickly moving car. He was so caught up in his view of the way the world was going to end, that he was not paying any attention to what was happening to him in the present moment. After I pulled him back from the approaching car, I remember saying that if he did not watch for God in the present, he might not live to see the end of the world, which he seemed to be so excited about. He had such a strong conviction about the way that world was going to end, that he almost missed the fact that he was about to meet God in a completely different manner if he did not stay awake and keep his eyes on the present. Continue reading
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Bulletin for week of November 13, 2016