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.

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

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.  

A five (5) week bereavement support group will be starting at St. Peter’s Parish starting on Thursday, September 29 to October 27, 2022 from 1:30 – 3:30 pm in the rectory/auditorium. If you or someone you know is dealing with the loss of a loved one and would like to join this group, please register at the parish office (416-534-4219) or email: contactus@stpeterstoronto.ca. Facilitator: Sr. Gabriel Mary Riddle, cps.

*Please note that this group rotation may be canceled due to lack of registrations, however it is offered multiple times throughout the year.

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• Topic: End of Summer: leaving behind and looking beyond
• Venue: St. Peter’s Auditorium (Please note there is no wheelchair access to the parish hall. Green P parking available on Markham St.)
• Date: Sept. 21 @ 1:00 PM

Register at: https://nbbes.eventbrite.ca. For more info contact: Arcangelo Limanni, MRE at alimanni@cfstoronto.com or 647-215-3978.

Worksheet for the week of: September 04, 2022

Worksheet Links

• • Watch a video on the Gospel of St. Luke (14:25-33): Link 1
  • Coloring Page: Link 1
  • God is #1 Activity: Link 1