Living the Gospel by supporting mental health wellness
In 2016, over 2,000 people accessed individual, couple and family counselling at Catholic Family Services of Peel-Dufferin, a ShareLife-funded agency. Often, clients sought help to address depression. Given that depression has replaced back injury as the number one reason for absenteeism at work, these services are helping clients maintain employment and stay out of poverty. By supporting ShareLife agencies like CFS Peel-Dufferin, you’re helping people find health and happiness.
May 27 is the next ShareLife Sunday. Please give generously.
Please pray for Mr. Alexander MacDonald and Mr. Raymond So, who will be ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Toronto on Saturday, May 12 at 10:00 AM at St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica. There will be an Ordination prayer Vigil held at St. Augustine’s Seminary on Friday, May 11, 2018 from 6:00 pm to Midnight. Please keep them in your prayers.
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Fr. Gilles Mongeau sj, has been appointed by the superior general of the Society of Jesus to be the new socius of the Canadian province of the Jesuits. He will be moving to Montreal at the end of June. The parish is very grateful to Fr. Gilles for all of the assistance that he has given to our community. His last weekend at St. Peter’s Parish will be June 9th and 10th. Please pray for Fr. Gilles in his new role. Thank you Fr. Gilles!!!
We invite all parishioners to join in celebrating Catholic Education Week 2018, which runs from May 6-11. For more than 165 years, Ontario’s publicly funded Catholic schools have been integrating our faith into all aspects of school life, nurturing the gifts and talents of every student. We celebrate the distinctive contribution that Catholic schools provide, giving thanks and offering our prayers for all those who faithfully journey with our young people each day. For more information about Catholic Education Week visit 
The Parish Community of St. Peter’s is a very socially conscious and active community. The parish hosts many outreach programmes. Despite that, we do not have a Social Justice Committee. Such a Committee would direct the parish’s efforts to study and understand the Church’s social teachings. In the hopes of starting a Social Justice Committee, Mr. Porfirio Garcia, from the Office of Faith Formation and Discipleship, will be visiting our parish to lead an evening discussion on hope to start a Social Justice Committee in our parish. Anyone who might be interested in assisting with this project is invited this important meeting on Tuesday, May 8th at 7:00 pm in the St. Paul’s room in the Centre at 830 Bathurst Street. Please consider coming!
The parish will celebrate a Mass with the Sacrament of the Anointing of the sick on Sunday, May 27, at 3 PM. The Sacrament of the sick can be celebrated for any person who is ill and in danger of death or elderly. The sacrament is intended to bring physical and spiritual healing to those who are seriously ill. It also asks God for the grace to accept the suffering that comes with serious illness or diminished health due to age. If this applies to you or anyone you know, please consider attending or telling others about this celebration.
Please let those gently used items you can do without benefit our neighbours in need.