The Source – Sisters of Life

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The Sisters of Life will be hosting “The Source” here in our Church on Thursday, January 31 at 7:00 PM. You are invited to come for an evening of Eucharistic Adoration (7:00 PM – 8:00 PM) followed by Christian fellowship (Social at 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM) in the Church Auditorium. Confession will also be available during Adoration

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity – January 18-25, 2019

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Theme:”Justice, Only Justice, You Shall Pursue”

Come and join the ecumenical prayer service led by Catholic, Anglican and Orthodox bishops along with Leaders from Christian Churches in GTA on Sunday, January 27, 2019 at 4:30 pm at St. James Anglican Cathedral, 106 King St. East Toronto (at King and Church Streets). Organized by (Greater Toronto Area Christian Council of Churches (GTACCC). Refreshments to follow. For further information, please contact The Ecumenical and Interfaith Affairs Office at 416-934-3400 ext.344 or ext. 527 or ecumenical@archtoronto.org

Parish Activities Survey

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The parish council would like your opinion on parish activities!

If you would like to participate, please print and fill out this survey (only two questions) and return it to the parish by January 27th.  You can drop it off at the office or email a scanned copy to contactus@stpeterstoronto.ca.

Baptized and Confirmed, We Are All Of Us Anointed as Members of the Body of Christ—Called to Stewardship

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Over the years, I have had many people ask me a very simple question when we celebrate the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord. That question is: “Why was Jesus baptized?  If Jesus is sinless and the Son of God made flesh, why does he need to be baptized?”

The reason why Jesus chooses to be baptized is connected with who Jesus is. Jesus is the way, the truth and the life. Jesus has become one of us in order to show us the way to salvation and how we are to live in order to be saved.  He is baptized, in order to show us that it is through Baptism that we are called to share in the life of the Holy Trinity. Jesus is anointed by the Holy Spirit before he begins His public ministry in order to show us that as we are anointed by the Spirit in the Sacraments of Initiation, we too share in His mission. Just as in Baptism the Father declares Jesus to be His beloved Son, so too through our Baptisms the Father claims us to be His beloved sons and daughters. As Jesus took up His ministry after His Baptism and anointing by the Spirit, so too each one of us is given a mission within the Church through our Baptism and anointing at Confirmation. Continue reading →