Please Get Involved

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Decorative ImageThe parish invites parishioners to consider getting involved in different ministries. The parish needs Children’s Liturgy Ministry, Ushers and Ministers of Hospitality, Lectors, Eucharistic Ministers, Eucharistic Ministers for sick and shut-ins and Altar Servers.
Please consider attending workshops:

  • Children’s Liturgy Ministry – Saturday, September 25 from 10 am to 2 pm in the Auditorium
  • Eucharistic Ministers for sick and shut-ins – Thursday, October 14 from 2 pm – 4 pm in the Church
  • Lectors – Saturday, October 16, from 1:30 pm – 3 pm in the Church
  • Eucharistic Ministers -Saturday, October 30 from 1:30 pm – 3 pm in the Church
  • Ushers and Ministers of Hospitality – Saturday, November 6 from 1:30 pm – 3 pm in the Church

Please call the parish office at 416-534-4219 to register

Happy Rosh Hashanah to our Jewish Brothers and Sisters!

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Decorative ImageThe parishioners of St. Peter’s Parish joyfully wish our Jewish brothers and sisters a blessed and good beginning to the New Year 5782. In particular, we extend these wishes to Rabbi Aaron Levy, his family, and the entire community of Makom Centre for Creative Downtown Judaism. Thank you for celebrating these High Holidays with us and for the privilege of your trust and friendship. May the one God who created us all bless all of you and keep you throughout the coming year.

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“The Lord Jesus made the deaf hear and the mute speak. May he soon touch your ears to receive his word, and your mouth to proclaim his faith, to the praise and glory of God the Father, Amen (The Ephphetha Prayer from the rite of Baptism of Infants)

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Decorative ImageThere is a beautiful prayer that is used in the rite of Baptism for an infant. It is based on today’s Gospel that tells of Jesus healing the deaf and the mute man. As he does so, he touches the deaf man’s ears and mouth and says “ephphetha,” the Aramaic word for “be open.”  Although most people who are baptized can hear and speak, this prayer asks that the ears of the individual will be opened to hear God’s Word in faith and that hearing it they may also speak it in faith. This is an important prayer in the world we live in today. Throughout our lifetimes, each one of us hears so many words and are invited to speak in different ways. As Christians, we are called upon to discern what we listen to and ask if it corresponds to our Gospel values and to speak and act according to these values. Continue reading →

A message from Sr. Gabriel

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Decorative ImageA sincere and heartfelt thanks to all those at St. Peter’s who prayed for my healing, who visited me, made inquiries and sent cards. God bless you and your families for your kindness to me. I am progressing well and hope to return once my treatments are completed.

United in prayer – Sr. Gabriel Mary Riddle, cps

Eucharistic Adoration Update

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Decorative ImageEucharistic Adoration in the Church takes place Monday to Friday after the 8:00 AM Mass until 9:30 AM. Please note that due to security reasons the Church will be closed at 9:30 AM soon after the Blessed sacrament has been reposed.

St. Peter’s 125th Anniversary Celebration!

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St. Peter's Church 125 anniversary celebration. September 18 & 19, 2021

All are Welcome!
Please join us for our Celebration at our Sunday Masses:

Saturday, September 18th, 2021

  • 5:00 pm Mass

Sunday, September 19th, 2021

  • 9:00 am and 11:15 am Mass
  • Discipleship Fair and Open House ~ 12 noon to 4:00 pm
  • Solemn Vespers in the Church ~ 4:00 pm

Limited Seating Due to Covid-19 ~ First Come, First Served

“Hear me all who understand. Nothing that enters one form outside can defile that person; but the things that come out from the heart are what defile” (Mark 7:15)

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Decorative ImageIn our first reading this Sunday, from the Book of Deuteronomy, we hear the people of Israel asking what other nation has a god who lives so closely with them as the God of Israel dwells with them. They believed that by observing the commandments, they were God’s people and God dwelt with them. As the psalmist proclaims: “The one who does justice will live in the presence of the Lord.” As a sign that the Lord lived with them, the people of Israel kept the Ark of the Covenant, containing the Ten Commandments given them by God, in the Temple in Jerusalem.

For us as Christians, the idea that God dwells with us actually takes on a much greater significance. We believe that God sends His Holy Spirit to dwell in our hearts. We no longer have the idea that God dwells in a building. For the Christian, each human being is called to be a Temple of the Holy Spirit. This reality, that God desires to come and dwell within us, is why Jesus places such a significance on the interior life. In this Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus draws our attention to the reality that it is what is in a person’s heart that determines whether the Lord Himself is able to dwell within that heart. As many of the great spiritual writers of our tradition have written, God cannot dwell in a heart that is full of hatred, envy, pride and greed. The heart must be a place that is open and free to contain the Lord. Continue reading →