This weekend, there will be a second collection for Marygrove Girls Camp run by the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. Each year, over 1,000 young girls with financial or domestic hardship enjoy a subsidized joyful camping experience at Marygrove. Please give generously to support this important initiative. Thank you for your support!
There have been a number of fake emails received pretending to be Chancery staff or clergy and soliciting donations in the form of gift cards and other items. These are fraudulent emails sent by criminals. Clergy and staff at the Archdiocese of Toronto and its parishes and missions do not solicit gifts by asking someone in an email to purchase gift cards. If you receive an unusual, unsolicited email from someone who works for the archdiocese, please check the email address of the sender. If it is not @archtoronto.org then it may be a fake message. Do not reply to these emails, as an increased reply rate encourages more fake emails. If in doubt, contact the sender by some alternate means such as emailing or calling the parish or chancery office associated with the sender.
Fr. Michael will be away on vacation from June 8 – 24. During this time Fr. Thomas Lim will be celebrating the Parish Masses and funerals. For baptismal and marriage inquires please call the Parish office after Fr. Michael returns on June 24.
…Our Confirmandi
Matthew Ciraco, Grace Ellen Considine, Noah Debrito, Antonio Fera, Lucas Huchez, Daniel Kenny, Matthew Lupiani, Kyle Tsarouchas Melo, Maya Peski, Cosimo Tassone, and Nathan Tavares who are receiving the sacrament of Confirmation this weekend.
… And to Elyse Tassone who celebrated her First Holy Communion this weekend.
At the beginning of this Easter Season, you and I celebrated Easter by renewing our baptismal promises. In the Ritual for Infant Baptism, there are about a hundred different readings that can be used at a Baptism for a child. Despite this great variety, I find that I have used only one reading at almost all of the Baptisms that I have celebrated in my years as a priest. The reading that I always use at Baptism is the text from Matthew in which Jesus commissions His disciples to go out into the world and baptize all nations. The exact words that Jesus used are as follows: “Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the ages” (Matthew 28: 19-20). What strikes me most about this passage is the amazing promise that Christ has made to all of us through our Baptisms: “Behold, I am with you always, until the end of the ages.” Christ promises all of us that He is with us always, forever, until the end of time. Today, as we celebrate Pentecost Sunday, Jesus tells us that He will fulfill this promise to be with us always by sending the Holy Spirit to dwell in our hearts. Continue reading
Bulletin for week of June 5, 2022
Today is our third ShareLife collection. Our goal this year is $42,000. To date we have achieved $20,939
You are encouraged to make your donation online via the parish website or at Sharelife.org.
Monthly Pre-Authorized Giving (PAG) is a convenient way to spread your ShareLife contribution throughout the year.
Simply submit a void cheque with the completed form to the parish office, or drop it in the offertory basket at any time. Contact ShareLife at slife@archtoronto.org or 416-934-3411 if you have any questions about pre-authorized giving.
Today is ShareLife Sunday. Thank you for your generosity.
On Sunday, June 12th, 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!
