Please join us on Thursday, November 14th at 7 pm, in the parish auditorium, for an evening of education and conversation on Catholic Social Teaching. The event will be facilitated by Randy Haluza-Delay from Development and Peace. All are welcome!
Kindly note that our auditorium is NOT wheelchair accessible.
The parish’s Social Justice Committee would like to bring to people attention an important talk on the Catholic perspective on the Medical Assistance in Dying. The workshop, Witnesses to Hope – Building an Authentic Culture of Life in the Face of Legal and Expanding Euthanasia (MAiD) in Canada, will be led by Dr. Patricia Murphy on Saturday, October 26th at St. Augustine’s Seminary. For more information, please visit their website.
On Tuesday, April 9, 2024, from 7 pm to 8:30 pm, please join us in the Parish Hall for an informative presentation by Catherine Barry from Development and Peace. Catherine will share some short videos and speak to us about how we can engage with Development and Peace as a Parish community, or as individuals.
The St. Peter’s Social Justice Committee is pleased to invite you to join us for conversation and information about four actions that we can take towards the climate emergency taking place on Wednesday February 7, 2024 from 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. in the Rectory. Following a presentation on Pope Francis’ Laudate Deum, at our last meeting, the following actions emerged as doable ways to make a difference:As we approach the Lenten Season, consider giving up practices that hurt the environment.
Following the October 4th release of Pope Francis’ Laudate Deum (Praise God), a follow-up document to his 2015 encyclical Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home, please consider joining the Social Justice Committee on Tuesday, November 28, 2023 at 7 pm, in the Parish Hall for a conversation about this important update.
On the eve of Pope Francis’ release of a follow-up document to his 2015 encyclical Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home, St. Peter’s Social Justice Committee invites you to join us for a Screening of The Letter on Tuesday, October 3, 2023 at 7 pm, in the Parish Hall. The Letter tells the story of a journey to Rome of frontline leaders to discuss the encyclical letter, Laudato Si’, with Pope Francis. The exclusive dialogue with the Pope, included in the film, offers a revealing insight into the personal history of Pope Francis and stories never seen since he became the Bishop of Rome. The evening will be facilitated by Sister Lois Anne Bordowitz, FCJ.
With the October 4th release of Pope Francis’ second Encyclical, Laudato Si’: An Ongoing Dialogue of the Signs of the Times, please consider joining the Social Justice Committee on Tuesday, November 28, 2023 at 7 pm, in the Parish Hall for a conversation about this important update.
The mission statement of the parish’s Social Justice committee states: “The Social Justice Committee of St. Peter’s Parish seeks to create a window that provides opportunities for formation, greater Parish engagement and collaboration on social justice issues and activities.” If you are interested in joining this effort, please attend our next meeting on Wednesday, September 20, 2023 at 7:00 pm in the rectory.
Recently, members of the Social Justice Committee met with members from St. Gabriel’s Parish Refugee Committee. This meeting was to explore the possibility of a collaboration in support of their efforts to host Ukrainian families. Our Committee has decided that this would be a wonderful way to offer our Parish support by providing volunteers and later, some financial support. In the next few weeks, St. Gabriel’s Refugee Committee will come to St. Peter’s to make a presentation to anyone interested in supporting this new collaboration.
The Social Justice Committee of St. Peter’s Parish seeks to create a window that provides opportunities for formation, greater Parish engagement and collaboration in social justice issues and activities.
We invite you to attend a meeting on Thursday, February 2 at 7:00 PM in the parish auditorium. We will explore ways to support Ukrainian families and identify areas in which our Parish could extend our outreach and educate our parishioners about important topics.
If you would like more information about the Social Justice Committee, feel free to contact Fr. Michael (416-534-4219, ext. 211) or Sister Gabriel at 416-534-4219 or Vickie McNally at vick@total.net
Beginning Wednesday, February 12, the Social Justice Committee will be sponsoring a program of speakers to address us on Catholic Social teachings, street ministry, homelessness and loneliness and human rights. The talks and discussions to be held in the parish hall at 7:00 p.m. See flyer on the Social Justice bulletin board. All welcome!