Next weekend is ShareLife Sunday
Have you considered supporting ShareLife through our monthly giving?
You can enroll in monthly giving via our website by clicking on the “donate” button. You can also do so at sharelife.org. If you need help or have any questions, please call 416-934-3411 or email slife@archtoronto.org.
Our parish goal is $42000. March 27th is ShareLife Sunday. Please give generously.
Lenten Reconciliation Services will take place on:
These uncertain Covid times have shone a light on the pressing need for mental health support services. St. Peter’s Parish and Dr. Egit have teamed up in addressing that need.
When is it time for mental health support? The question is puzzling. Are we; depressed enough, anxious enough, stressed enough, worthy enough? Those are imponderable quandaries on which to base a decision. The simpler questions are, “Have I been unhappy” and ,”Is my daily life a struggle?” If the answer is yes, then mental health supports are appropriate.
The service is free. There are a limited number of hours dedicated to this program. Dr. Egit will be available for appointments Wednesdays between 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Each appointment will be 45 minutes in length. The sessions will be conducted online or by telephone. To arrange to speak with him, you are asked to call and book an appointment with the parish office (416-534-4219).
Dr. Egit is a psychotherapist and a psychoanalyst experienced in working with individuals and couples. He holds an MA and a Ph.D. from The University of Toronto and had completed his psychoanalytic training and certification from the Toronto Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis. He is registered with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario
Live the Gospel by supporting ShareLife
ShareLife Sunday is March 27th. Our parish goal for this year’s campaign is $42,000
This year, we are encouraging you to make your donation online via sharelife.org.
Monthly Pre-Authorized Giving (PAG) is a convenient way to spread your ShareLife contribution throughout the year. Simply fill out the form on a ShareLife pew envelope, include a void cheque, and then give it 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.
Parishioners who have previously supported our parish campaign are being sent a letter from Cardinal Collins. Information about how to again support our campaign is also found in the included letter from His Eminence. Thank you for supporting ShareLife!
This weekend, March 13, is the beginning of Daylight Savings Time. We ask you to please remember to set your clocks, watches, and other time keeping devices ahead one hour next Saturday evening before retiring for the evening so that you will arrive on time for Sunday Mass.
We are having a meeting for anyone who would like to volunteer to help with this event. Past volunteers and new volunteers are encouraged to attend this meeting. The meeting will cover volunteer logistics and next steps.
The meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 23, 2022, 7:00-8pm, in the St. Peter’s Parish basement hall.
If you are unable to attend and would like to volunteer feel free to contact St. Peter’s Church via email at youngadult-youthmin@stpeterstoronto.ca or phone the parish office at 416 534-4219.
We look forward to seeing as many people as possible to make this event a success.
Thank you!
Support our Lenten ShareLife Appeal
Our parish’s ShareLife Campaign is now underway. In this time of Lent, please reflect on the great needs of our brothers and sisters who are helped through your kind support of ShareLife.
Last year, ShareLife supporters like you enabled 21,000 people to receive affordable mental health care through family service agencies across the Archdiocese of Toronto, including our community.
Our parish goal for this year’s campaign is $42, 000. Please give generously on ShareLife Sunday, which is March 27.
The parishioners of Saint Peter’s Parish in Toronto join with our brothers and sisters around the world praying for peace in the Ukraine and for the safety of all of the people of the Ukraine.
Today, Pope Francis asked that all Catholics observe Wednesday, March 2, 2022—Ash Wednesday—as a day of prayer and fasting for peace. Pope Francis stated:
My heart aches greatly at the worsening situation in Ukraine. Despite the diplomatic efforts of the last two weeks, increasingly alarming scenarios are opening up. Like me, many people all over the world are feeling anguish and concern. Once again the peace of all is threatened by partisan interests. I would like to appeal to those politically responsible to examine their consciences seriously before God, who is the God of peace and not war; who is the Father of all, not just some, who wants us to be brothers [and sisters] and not enemies. I pray that all parties involved refrain from any action that would cause even more suffering to the people, destabilising coexistence between nations and bringing international law into dispute.
And now I would like to appeal to everyone, believers and non0-believers alike. Jesus taught us that the diabolical senselessness of violence is answered with God’s weapons , with prayer and fasting. I invite everyone to make next March 2, Ash Wednesday, a Day of Fasting for Peace. I encourage believers in a special way to dedicate themselves intensely to prayer and fasting on that day. May the Queen of Peace preserve the world from the madness of war.
Let us all pray for peace and observe Ash Wednesday- March 2, 2022—as a day of prayer and fasting for the peace.
As the province lessens COVID restrictions, our parish offices will re-open to their regular weekday hours. They will be open Monday to Thursday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and Fridays from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Unfortunately, the reduced revenues that the parish has faced during the pandemic does not make it possible for the parish to pay a receptionist on evenings and weekends.
At our Sunday Masses beginning on February 26th and 27th, seating will be every other pew instead of every third pew. This decision was made by the pastoral council in consultation with other parishioners. As the province allows full capacity as of March 1, 2022, there will be further measures to open up seating in the coming weeks.
I am grateful to all those who have worked at the doors of our parish to maintain safe worship throughout the pandemic. This has been a time of frustration for many. All of the measures that have been implemented at the parish have been discerned in full consultation with the parish community. Apologies to the few who have been disappointed that the parish did not follow their individual instructions but rather implemented measures that were discerned through wider consultation with the entire parish community.
Masks must continue to be worn by all who attend celebrations at St. Peter’s Church.