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Archdiocese of Toronto: All Souls’ Day Masses

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Archdiocese of Toronto wishes to invite all families to participate in the All Souls’ Day Mass on Saturday November 4 at 2 p.m. All Masses will be held indoors at the following locations:

  • Assumption Cemetery, Mississauga – Our Lady of Fatima Mausoleum
  • Christ the King Cemetery, Markham – Reception Centre
  • Holy Cross Cemetery, Thornhill – Holy Family Mausoleum
  • Queen of Heaven Cemetery, Woodbridge – St. Anthony’s Mausoleum (Liturgy in Italian and English)
  • Resurrection Cemetery, Whitby – Our Lady of the Assumption Mausoleum

All are welcome!

November 2nd, 2023 – All Souls Day Mass Schedule and Praying for Our Faithful Departed in November

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On November 2, All Souls day, the parish will celebrate Masses for All Souls at 8:00 AM and 7:00 PM. The parish invites the families and friends of those who have had a death this year to the 7:00 PM Mass.

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In the month of November it is our tradition to pray for our beloved who have gone before us. The parish will have a “Book of Remembrance” for the faithful departed and the names of all those family members written in it will be remembered at all masses throughout November. Parishioners may add names of deceased family members or friends for whom they wish the parish to offer prayers during this season of remembrance.

 

“Render Unto Caesar What Belongs to Caesar and to God What Belongs to God.”

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As we hear in the Gospel this Sunday, Jesus asking those who question Him if they should pay the tax about whose image they find on the coin, I thought I would like to begin today’s homily by reflecting on why we have the images of leaders on our coins. In the case of our Canadian coins, we have the image of Queen Elizabeth. Coins in Canada are stamped with her image with her name and in Latin it states” D. G. Regina,” which means “Dei Gratia Regina,” or by the “Grace of God Queen.” The reason why the name of a nation’s king or queen appears on a coin is to state that they back up its value. When someone presents the money with his or her name upon it, that leader, or his or her government, will back up its value. In case of Canadian money, it means that ultimately the Government of Canada will back up its value when someone seeks to redeem it. Continue reading →