Bulletin for week of February 11, 2024
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Group of Wisdom Meeting
The St. Peter’s Group of Wisdom would like to invite all interested parishioners to join us at our next meeting on Thursday, February 15th at 9:30am in the Parish Auditorium. We are very fortunate to have a guest instructor coming in to lead us in an introduction to tai chi practice. Tai chi is a gentle, low-impact form of mind-body practice which can have beneficial effects on both mental and physical health.
This is a wonderful opportunity to learn about the practice of this ancient martial art, and to discover how it might be helpful in our daily lives by reducing stress, promoting strength, balance and co-ordination, and supporting our overall wellbeing. Do join us in your most comfortable clothes and shoes!
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Lent Begins on Wednesday, February 14, 2024 (Ash Wednesday)
The 40 days of Lent are a special time of spiritual renewal in the Church. Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, February 14. The parish will have two Masses on Ash Wednesday with the distribution of Ashes. These will be at 8:00 AM and 7:00 PM in the Church. During Lent the Stations of the Cross will be prayed Friday evenings in the Church after 7:00 PM Mass.
On Ash Wednesday, confessions will take place in the Church after 7 PM Mass until 9 PM
Celebration of Marriage Sunday Mass Feb. 11, 2024 at 3:00 pm
As part of Marriage Sunday 2024 celebrations, Archbishop Francis Leo will preside at a special Mass to honour married couples, with special recognition for those celebrating 25th, 40th, 50th, 60th and 60+ wedding anniversaries in 2024. The Mass will take place at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 11, 2024 at St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica (65 Bond Street, Toronto). All married couples will have an opportunity to renew their marriage commitment.
All are welcome to attend. Couples celebrating a 25th, 40th, 50th, 60th or 60+ anniversary in 2024 may register for reserved seating. All other seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Those who are unable to attend at the Cathedral are invited to join the celebration via livestream Mass. The broadcast will begin at 2:45 p.m.
Registration and other important information can be found at www.archtoronto.org/marriage.
“O that today you would listen to the voice of the Lord. Do not harden your hearts.”
This past January 1, 2024, Archbishop Leo issued his first pastoral letter as Archbishop of Toronto. It is entitled, “Seeking the Kingdom of God Above and Beyond All Other Things.” In this beautiful letter, the Archbishop speaks of the life of discipleship that you and I are called to as baptized members of the Church of Toronto. He states that “the spiritual and social renewal of our lives and community requires that we deepen our understanding of and appreciation for the Church’s perennial teachings of our faith and let ourselves be challenged and formed by the Words of Christ which are eternal and forever life-giving” (page 2). This is necessary because “[m]any of our contemporaries, most regrettably, have lost a living sense of the faith and have distanced themselves from the Lord and his Church” (page 3). In the face of this situation, we are called to “more boldly proclaim and witness to the truths of his (Christ’s) Gospel. [For] Pope Francis reminds us that to evangelize is to make the Kingdom of God present in our world” (page 3). Continue reading