In honour of the feast of St. Francis of Assisi on October 4, the parish will celebrate the blessing of pets on Tuesday, October 4, 2022 at 7:00 pm outside the main doors of the Church. All pets and owners are welcome. For the safety of all people and animals, all pets must be leashed, caged or held in owners’ control.
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Dessert Themed Coffee Hour: Cinnamon Roll Sunday!
On Sunday, October 9th, following the 11:15 am Mass,
join us for a dessert themed Coffee Hour!
Come for coffee, a featured dessert, friendly conversations and family activities!
Sick and Shut-in Ministry Meeting
There will be a meeting for Eucharistic Ministers to our sick and shut-in parishioners on Saturday October 8 at 1:00 pm in the Church auditorium. Anyone interested in volunteering and/or learning more about this ministry are also welcome. Police background check will be required.
Thanksgiving Food-Drive
The Good Shepherd Mission in Toronto looks after many of the city’s homeless and helps them find a warm meal all year round. Each year they rely on the generosity of Torontonians who are able to donate food to make their mission possible. This year the parish will be sponsoring a Thanksgiving Food Drive to support the Good Shepherd Mission. Please consider donating canned tuna, canned meat, canned fruit or vegetables, canned soups and stews, peanut butter, jam, cereal teabags, instant coffee, cookies, rice, and crackers. Please no fresh fruits or vegetables or frozen food. Some parishes decorate their sanctuaries with flowers on the Thanksgiving weekend. Let us decorate ours with food to be offered to those in need. Please bring your non-perishable food donations to any of our Sunday Masses on the Thanksgiving weekend – October 8 & 9.
In the Jesus Movement, Every Life Matters
Preparing for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
In the Anointed for Mission programme that the Archdiocese uses to prepare the candidates for the Sacrament of Confirmation, there is a game that is played to try and get the candidates to take a stand for justice. In this game, people are told to award themselves points for certain qualities about themselves and to subtract points for certain other qualities. The winner of the game is the person who gets the most points. That person is given a prize of a bag of a large number of small chocolate bars. Some of the things that they are told to award themselves points for are: if their family owns their own home; if they have more than two cars in the family; if they are boys; if they are good at sports; or if they were born in Canada. Some of the things that they lose points for are: if their family does not own their own home, if their family does not have a car; if they are girls; if they are bad at sports; and if they were born outside of Canada.
The purpose of the game is to try and get the young people who are preparing for Confirmation to see the injustice of the game and to get them to want to stand up against such an unjust game. By the time the game is over, they are supposed to be angry at the injustice and want to stand up for those who are being unjustly treated. The idea is that they will see that this is sometimes the way the world actually treats people. One of the reasons that the prize is a large bag of many small chocolate bars is because it is hoped the winner will also understand how unjust the game has been and decide to share the chocolate equally with all of the candidates who take part in the game. Happily, throughout all of the times I have been involved with this exercise, the winner has always decided to share his or her prize because he or she understood that the prize was only won because of a number of unjust situations and they have a desire to share with others. Continue reading
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Help us, help refugees!
On the weekend of Oct. 15/16 Deacon Rudy Ovcjak from the Office of the Refugees will address us on the immediate plight of refugees and how we as a parish can help them in housing, employment and adjustment to Canadian life. Please contact the office of refugees at: Orateducator@archtoronto.org
Our Annual Fall Fair!
Join us for our annual community event taking place on Saturday, October 15 from 12 pm to 7 pm and Sunday, October 16 from 10 am to 3 pm.
Come out and have fun with amazing food, great books, tasty desserts, chance to win fun prizes, flea market of hidden treasures and exciting entertainment!
All are Welcome!
Fall Fair Centrepieces – Donations Needed!
The parish is looking for volunteers to donate $20.00 to our Fall Fair (scheduled for Sat, Oct 15 and Sun, Oct 16) table centrepieces. We would like to purchase floral arrangements as the centrepieces for the tables and to decorate the stage.
Each person who donates for the flowers will be able to take home as many as they donated for.
If you wish to contribute please leave your name, contact information and $20 contribution with Diana at the parish office.
We will be ordering the flowers on Sept 26, so please have the money and your information in to the parish office by then.
Also, we will be marking the flowers noting who our generous sponsors are, i.e. “Donated by: Donors Name“, further, the flowers will be available for the donors to take home with them once the fair is over.