This week the parish learned that we could finally move from the Centre to the new offices in the rectory. For this reason the office will be closed this entire week from December 10 to 17. In the event of an emergency, please call the office and leave a message.

The parish is looking for volunteers to help decorate this year’s Christmas Tree on Saturday, December 15th at St. Peter’s Church following the 5pm Mass. All volunteers who wish to help, are asked to meet at the back of the church near the confessional. Coffee and festive treats will be served. See you there!

Every year the parish relies on the generosity of parishioners to decorate the church with flowers. If you would like to make a donation to purchase flowers, please make your donation by using the envelope “Flowers for Christmas” marked with your name, address and envelope numbers. Thank you for your generosity.

Advent confessions will be held in the Church on Saturday, December 22, from 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM. Please plan on joining your fellow parishioners in this time of spiritual healing as we prepare to celebrate the birth of Christ.

During this holy Advent season, two sessions will be given on the Advent Prophets highlighted in the Cycle C Sunday readings. Thursdays, December 6 and 13 at 7:00 p.m. in the Church basement. All welcome.

The live Christmas trees will be on sale beginning the weekend of Dec.1-2 until December 24, the same company as in years past will be selling Christmas trees on the Markham Street lot of our church. Please consider getting your tree (or trees) from them. You would be helping St. Peter’s operating budget by purchasing your live trees from our Markham Street lot. There are many beautiful trees available and your purchase of a Christmas tree helps to financially support the Winter Welcome table’s outreach efforts. The lot will be open every day from 10 AM to 8 PM.

Christmas Ornaments are available at the back of the Church to help the people of the Winter Welcome Table. Instructions for the ornaments are on the reverse side…donations are accepted until December 16. Any questions or for further information please contact Marie at 416-531-3846. Thank you for your ongoing support for our program.

The signup sheets for Eucharistic Ministers is now available in the Sacristy. The deadline for the sign-up will be the weekend of December 8-9. New schedule for the Christmas week will be available in the sacristy the weekend of December 15-16.

Presented by: Paulist Father Frank Desiderio, CSP; Missionary Preacher, Movie Producer, Preaching Professor, Pastor, Poet.

The Three Great Loves – Take some time to cultivate love in your life. Based on the Great Commandment, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength… You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” Fr. Frank Desiderio, CSP, uses a multi-media presentation to explore how we can love God, receive God’s love and extend that love to others, including ourselves. Join us Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday night from Dec. 10 to 12 at 7:30 p.m. in the church. Fr. Frank is a member of the Paulist Fathers, an order which ministered at St. Peter’s for over 100 years. His presentation is organized by the St. Peter’s Paulist Associates, a lay group which meets monthly for faith sharing and to pray for the Paulist’s missionary work in North America.