Registration for Junior Kindergarten (September 2019) at St. Bruno/St. Raymond Catholic School will begin on Wednesday, January 16th, 2019 at 10:00 am.
Parents/guardians are asked to apply on-line using the “Student On-line Admission and Registration” platform known as S.O.A.R. and found at the following link: http://soar.tcdsb.org
An extended registration session will also take place on Thursday, January 24th from 4:30 pm to 6:30 p.m. As part of the registration process, a meeting will be scheduled on the electronic application or in person at the school. During the meeting, the following original documentation is required for your child during registration: Baptismal Certificate, Birth Certificate and/or Passport, Immunization Record, Proof of Residence within school catchment boundary, Immigration papers if not born in Canada, and Application for Direction of School support.
Registration will NOT be deemed complete until all necessary documentation is on file with the school.
For further information, please contact our school office at (416-393-5237). For general inquires or further information you may contact 416-222-8282 extension 5320 or visit the TCDSB website at www.tcdsb.org
A three part meditative approach to the Gospel of St. John will be given in January for all those who are drawn to” the disciple Jesus loved”. Wednesdays January 16, 23, 30 at 7:00 p.m. in the Church. All welcome, bring your Bibles
Beginning in February, the parish will have a First Friday Healing Mass. Those in need of spiritual, physical, psychological or emotional healing are invited to present their petitions for healing at the time of the prayers of the faithful. These petitions can be written down and placed in a special petition box at the altar.
The newly formed Social Justice Committee at St. Peter’s has invited Mr. Matthew Marquardt, from Catholic Conscience, to give a two evening seminar on the Church’s teaching on Social Justice and how you can get involved. On the evening of Thursday, January 17th, 2019, Mr. Marquardt will present the “Seven Themes of the Church’s Social Teaching.” On Thursday, January 24th, 2019, he and a number of Social Outreach groups will explore how members of the parish can get involved in Social Justice. Both these sessions will take place in the church auditorium from 7:00 to 9:00 pm. Please consider attending and mark this event in your calendar.
Thank you to all who helped to make our Christmas celebrations so beautiful through music, service, donations and decorations. Thank you also to the many parishioners for your Christmas cards, gifts and food to Fr. Michael, Sr. Gabriel and the St. Peter’s staff during the Christmas season.
One of the things about being here at St. Peter’s Parish that I find a little funny at times, is that often I will be walking between the Centre and the Church, and as I do so someone will roll down their car window, and stop me on Bathurst Street, to demand that I give them a blessing as they are driving by on the street. My first inclination is to try to have a conversation with them to find out what they think that a blessing signifies. However, as the traffic is often heavy and they are in a hurry, they frequently get a little angry with me and demand that I stop my small talk and quickly give them the blessing that they are seeking before they drive off. These experiences have helped me to realize that many people may not even know what a blessing signifies or be aware of what is required for a blessing to really be of any value. 
Every year, on the first Sunday following Christmas, the Church celebrates the beautiful feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. The purpose of this beautiful feast is to remind each and every one of us that the most important place where we are to encounter God’s love for us is within the family. Like all of us, Jesus was born into a human family so that we might all be reminded that it is first and foremost within the family that we are to make Christ’s love present to our brothers and sisters and where we are to encounter the love and acceptance that we all desire and long to know. This beautiful feast is to remind all of us that every family—mine and yours—is a sacred place where God’s love is to be encountered.