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Third Sunday of Lent – February 28, 2016

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sharelife2Working wonders for those in our community…

“At Mary Centre, the residents of our homes have developed friendships, yet they maintain their own individuality,” says Denise Tremblett, Program Manager, “Although some of their relatives may have passed on, they love to remain active with healthy recreational activities and visiting regularly with the rest of their friends and family members. We enjoy cooking and providing for them so they can remain at home here and enjoy their lives. We are extremely grateful that ShareLife donors have helped to make a difference for these very special people!” Last year, over 1,500 people with special needs received outreach services from ShareLife-supported agencies.

Sunday March 13, 2016 is ShareLife Sunday
Please give generously. You can work wonders!

Lectors and Eucharistic Ministers – Holy Week Sign Up

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volunteers_needed2Availability sheets for the Holy Week services for Palm Sunday – March 20, Holy Thursday – March 24, Good Friday – March 25, Easter Vigil – March 26 and Easter Sunday – March 27 are posted in the Sacristy. These are to indicate availability only. Names not on the list for a particular service will be presumed unavailable for that service.

Assignments for each service will be chosen from the names listed as available. Please sign up by March 5. Holy Week service assignments will be posted in the Sacristy on March 12.

First Sunday of Lent – February 14, 2016

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sharelife2Together we are continuing to work wonders…

“Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy.” Matthew 5:7 (NRSVCE)

Our Lord encourages us with a timely reminder about what our actions truly should be – to show mercy to others. Does showing mercy mean to take the time delivering food for the local food bank in our neighbourhood? Do we have time to help by serving on a weekend in the soup kitchen in our city or praying for a family who is dealing with a personal crisis? Or maybe the refugee family who needs some volunteer help resettling their family to a new life here in Canada. In essence, ShareLife becomes that connective bridge between the pulpit and the street. When we are called to action in the Catholic community, we know of so many ways we can make a difference by working together in the lives of those in need. Annually, we share in helping over 114,000 individuals, thanks to the support received through our collective efforts.

Please help us celebrate our ShareLife’s 40th anniversary by supporting our annual Archdiocesan appeal during this Lenten season! —Thomas Cardinal Collins, Archbishop of Toronto.

Sunday March 13, 2016 is ShareLife Sunday
Please give generously. You can work wonders!

The Year of Mercy— An Invitation to Discipleship!

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jesus gpsOver the past two weeks, I was away visiting my parents at what has become their home in the United States. Now because I was born and grew up here in Toronto, and they did not move to the United States until I was finished university, I always feel like I am a visitor when I go down to visit them. In fact, I have never gotten used to the streets in the city where they live and the constant development in the area makes me feel like each visit is a visit to a new place. For that reason, I am very happy that they have GPS in their cars. Whenever I go anywhere on my own, I always set the GPS to my desired destination and rely on the good assistance of the person who speaks to me from that tiny little devise. Now as hard as I try to follow the good directions that I am given by the GPS, my parents live in a place where there are lots of fancy bridges and over-passes. I usually miss a turn here and there and inevitably go the wrong way. In fact, on occasion I am actually convinced that I actually know the correct way to go and ignore the GPS and head off on my own route. Continue reading →