This week, the Church celebrates the Feast of the Presentation on February 2nd. This feast has traditionally been associated with the blessing of candles. This year, as a result of the pandemic, parishioners may bring their own candles to the Mass at 8:00 am on Wednesday, February 2 and the candles will be blessed at the beginning of Mass.
On Thursday, February 3, 2022 the Feast of St. Blaise, the blessing of throats will take place following the 8:00 am Mass.
Love is patient; love is kind; love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends. But as for prophecies, they will come to an end; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will come to an end. (1 Corinthians 13: 4-8)
If you have been to a wedding lately, it is very likely that you heard the second reading from the First Letter to the Corinthians that we heard proclaimed this Sunday. In fact, I think this would be the second reading that has been used at about ninety percent of the weddings that I have ever celebrated. So often is this reading used at weddings, that I think for many people they may assume that it is the love between a couple that St. Paul is writing about. For that reason, I thought it would be good to speak this week about St. Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians and the place that this passage plays within it. Continue reading
Worksheet for the week of: January 30, 2022
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GREAT NEWS!
Beginning February 6th at the 11:15 am Mass, we will, once again, be providing in-person Children’s Liturgy sessions. Even with Children’s Liturgy moving back to in-person meetings, we will also be proceeding with our planned monthly online program.
If you are interested in participating in the online meetings please send your email address to youngadult-youthmin@stpeterstoronto.ca to receive the class Zoom link. The first session will take place on Sunday February 13th at 11:15 AM, with a special Valentine theme.
Bulletin for week of January 30, 2022
St. Peter’s is looking to host an Alpha series starting on Thursday March 3, 2022 at 7:00 pm. As the Covid cases continue to rise in Ontario, our parish is looking to host an Alpha series online. If you’re interested in joining, please let us know via email, by no later than Friday Feb 18, 2022. We can be contacted at youngadult-youthmin@stpeterstoronto.ca
Once registered you will receive the program details and access link each week. The first session will be on Thursday March 3, 2022 at 7:00pm, and will run every Thursday evening until April 7, 2022.
What is Alpha?
It is time once again for the Friars’ Student Writing Award. Students aged 13-19 are invited to submit a 450-500-word essay for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, celebrated from January 18 to 25, 2022.
This year, the theme and the resources for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2022 have been prepared by the Middle East Council of Churches based in Beirut, Lebanon. The theme of the contest is:
“We saw the star in the East, and we came to worship him” (Mt. 2:2).
The deadline for the writing contest is Monday, February 14, 2022 at 2 p.m.
Please see the poster for more contest details:
“We Have Seen His Star in the East.” This is the theme that was chosen for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity this year. The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity takes place each year in the week leading up to the Solemnity of the Conversion of St. Paul, which is celebrated on January 25th. Along with this theme, the organizing committee for this international week of prayer also wrote a meditation to accompany this week’s prayer intention. At the same time that we are celebrating the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, this Sunday in the Catholic Tradition is Word of God Sunday; a celebration introduced to the Church by Pope Francis in 2019. Continue reading
Worksheet for the week of: January 23, 2022
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On a temporary basis the Children’s Liturgy Program will be hosting sessions once a month online. If interested in participating please send your email address to youngadult-youthmin@stpeterstoronto.ca to receive the class link. The first session will be on Sunday February 13th at 11:15 AM, with a special Valentine theme.
Bulletin for week of January 23, 2022
As a result of the rising number of COVID cases the music ministers who offer the sung office of Vespers has decided to cancel the celebration of Vespers on Sunday, January 16th, 2022 at 5:00 pm. Sorry for the inconvenient. Please keep safe.
