The Mission of Office of our Archdiocese each year invites a missionary group to share about their mission work in all the parishes. On June 6-7, we will have guest speaker, Mr. Tom Chitta at all the masses. Foundation for Children in Need is a Catholic lay organization doing mission work in the interior villages of India. FCN sponsors 2500 children and college students. They have been responsible for building several schools, boarding homes, a community health center and two homes for the elderly. They provide free medical check-ups and medicine to thousands of needy people and children. 800 children born with Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate are helped with free corrective surgeries in the past 5 years. We welcome Tom and encourage you to support their mission work generously. There will be a second collection taken up on the weekend of July 6-7 for their mission work. To know more about their mission work, Please visit: www.fcn-usa.org.
Sunday Coffee Hour ~June 30, 2019
You all are welcome to join the Coffee Hour on Sunday, June 30, after the 9 AM and 11:15 AM Masses in the Church Auditorium. See you there!!
Adult Funeral Servers Needed
The parish is in urgent need of adult funeral services. These individuals are needed are needed to serve at funeral Masses. The parish has about 25 funerals a year. This would be a great ministry for a retired person. Training will be provided. Please if you are interested call Father Michael at 416-534-4219
Sponsors for Movie Night
Are you interested in a sponsorship opportunity with our annual St. Peter’s Courtyard Movies event? During select Saturdays this summer, the parish will be hosting movie screenings on the main lawn of Saint Peter’s Catholic Church. The movie series will comprise of a great mix of classic films as well as several recent releases.
Our theme this year is community awareness, and we’re looking for sponsors to help make this event possible. Consider making a donation to help sponsor our event, example donations; gift cards, movie passes, game tickets etc. By giving to the St. Peter’s Courtyard Movies event we will advertise your business/ name on our movie night pamphlets, website and pre-screening film. For more details about our Courtyard Movie Night events please visit our website at www.courtyardmovies.ca or contact the parish office.
Happy Father’s Day
The Parish Community of St. Peter’s Church wish a very Happy Father’s Day and all of God’s blessings to our fathers, grandfathers, godfathers and many other father figures in our lives. We also remember fathers who are no longer with us, but whose memories we will always cherish. HAPPY FATHER’S DAY!!!
“In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.” Holy Trinity Sunday
As Catholics, every time that we pray, we begin by invoking the names of the three persons of the Holy Trinity, whose feast we celebrate this Sunday. This custom can be so habitual that at times we may do it without realizing how profound the words are that we are saying. Each time we name the three persons of the Holy Trinity, we are articulating a great mystery about God and his proximity to us that has been revealed to us by God Himself. The only way that we know about the Trinity and the names of the persons contained within God is because Jesus Himself has told us about Them. As the Son of God sent from the Father, Jesus has told us to call God “Our Father” and has repeatedly spoken to us about the Father. During His life Jesus promised His disciples that He would send them the Holy Spirit after He had returned to the Father. At Pentecost the Holy Spirit was poured out upon the Church by Jesus and His Father in Heaven. That the three cannot be separated is witnessed to in the Gospel passage from Matthew where Jesus commissions His disciples to baptize all people “In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.” Everything that we know about God as the Trinity has been revealed to us by the Trinity Himself. We can learn so much about God’s love for us in reflecting upon this great mystery of our faith. Continue reading
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Bulletin for week of June 16, 2019
Formation and Training Day for Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion—Saturday, Jul 6, 2019—9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
All Eucharistic Ministers (Extra-ordinary Ministers of Holy Communion), are asked to attend a formation day that the parish will be hosting for this important ministry. It will take place on Saturday, July 6, 2019 from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm in the church auditorium. Anyone who is interested in becoming a Eucharistic Minister should contact Fr. Michael (416-534-4219) and plan on attending this workshop. Please confirm you attendance by calling the parish office so that we may prepare enough handouts. Please bring your own lunch and refreshments.
Congratulations and Prayerful Wishes to –
Sidney Amarela, Santana Atapuma, Alejandra Atapuma, Aurianne Beaudoin,Vanessa Carneiro, Noah Carreiro, Michaela Cauchi, Alyssa DaSilva, Eleasha Ebhote, Maya Fazari-Colino, Michael Fazari-Colino, Percival Francis, Avry Frias, Nora Grande, Delia Henriques, Jamie Huchez, Wilhelm Melo, Lexia Milan, Nicholas Muzzi, Aidan Ramirez, Joselle Tuliao, and Chloe Hollott-Lo, who received the sacrament of Confirmation.
Also to Alejandra Atapuma, Caroline Atapuma, Joshua Ebhote who received the sacrament of First Holy Communion this weekend.
Pentecost— Fulfilling the Promise to be With Us Until the End of the Ages!
At the beginning of this Easter Season, you and I celebrated Easter by renewing our baptismal promises. In the Ritual for Infant Baptism, there are about a hundred different readings that can be used at a Baptism for a child. Despite this great variety, I find that I have used only one reading at almost all of the Baptisms that I have celebrated in my years as a priest. The reading that I always use at Baptism is the text from Matthew in which Jesus commissions His disciples to go out into the world and baptize all nations. The exact words that Jesus used are as follows: “Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the ages” (Matthew 28: 19-20). What strikes me most about this passage is the amazing promise that Christ has made to all of us through our Baptisms: “Behold, I am with you always, until the end of the ages.” Christ promises all of us that He is with us always, forever, until the end of time. Today, as we celebrate Pentecost Sunday, Jesus tells us that He will fulfill this promise to be with us always by sending the Holy Spirit to dwell in our hearts. Continue reading