“Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him” (John 3:17)

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The Sisters of Life, who have their Centre for Life in the rectory of St. Peter’s Church, run a ministry for those who have had an abortion called “Hope and Healing.” This ministry is intended to help bring Christ’s “light into the midst of darkness.” Through this ministry, the Sisters of Life invite those who have had an abortion, or helped an individual to receive one, to “step into His mercy and receive a new beginning.”

This ministry is “Hope and Healing” is so important because it is central to the kind of healing which Christ came into the world to bring to all people. Continue reading →

St. Peter’s Church is Now Livestreaming!

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Thanks to a generous grant that the parish received from the Family of Faith Campaign of the Archdiocese of Toronto, St. Peter’s Parish has been able to install equipment for livestreaming.

For as long as Mass cannot be celebrated publicly, due to the Covid pandemic, Mass will be livestreamed Monday to Friday at 6:30 a.m. and on Sundays at 7:30 a.m.

Once we are permitted to celebrate Mass publicly, the parish will return to its regular Mass schedule and these celebrations will be livestreamed to allow those who cannot come to the celebration to participate form home.

Thank you very much to the Family of Faith Campaign for this generous grant.

*UPDATE:  Beginning Monday, March 15th, 2021, parishes in the grey zone will be permitted to celebrate Mass publicly with 15% occupancy. For St. Peter’s, this means a capacity of 115.  We will return to our normal Mass schedule of celebrating weekday Mass Monday to Friday at 8:00 a.m., Saturday at 5:00 p.m. and Sunday at 9:00 and 11:15 a.m.

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Mass Times
Mon – Fri: 8:00 am
Saturday: 5:00 pm
Sunday: 9:00 am & 11:15 am

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A Guided Tour of St. Peter’s Church!

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Every year the parish normally gives a guided tour of the church to the young people who are preparing for First Communion. This is to help them feel more at home in their parish church. This year, because the preparations are online, the tour was pre-recorded for them. You can also download a pdf tour of our stain glass windows here.  If you have been missing St. Peter’s, please join us for a video tour of your parish church. Although the church is open every day for prayer, we are very much looking forward to when we can be back together for the celebration of Mass. Hope to see you soon!!!

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The People of God—Called to be Saved Within the Church

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Some time ago, in an effort to support my ministry in a downtown parish, I enrolled in degree program for addiction counselling. This semester, the course that I am taking is for individual addiction counselling. Recently, as I was watching one of the counselling teaching videos for the course, I was struck by what one of the individuals in the video said about why she found it difficult to accept help from other people. She recounted that because of her Christian faith, she had been raised to be very autonomous and not to accept help from other people. At this point, the counsellor in this teaching video, also acknowledged that he was a Christian and had also been raised not to accept or need help from other people. He said that his Christianity had taught the need for both the individual Christian, and each Christian community, to be able to stand on her/his/its own and look after her/him/itself. The individual was to turn to Christ and find all that he or she needed in his or her relationship with Him. Help was not to be sought from other people. Continue reading →