Marygrove:  Girls 5-13 yrs.
Ozanam:       Boys 6-13 yrs.

Our parish – St. Vincent De Paul Society conference is taking requests for the registration of children who would like to attend summer camp. This is a one-week excursion – free of charge – for those children who would not otherwise be able to afford a summer camp experience. For registration and further information, please call (416) 534-4219, ext.229 (SVDP), and leave the appropriate information (including a phone #); then a member of St. Vincent De Paul will contact you. Registration open until May 27.

The parish will be making a pilgrimage to Martyr’s Shrine in Midland on Saturday, July 22, 2017.

We will leave the parish at 8:00 am and arrive at the Shrine at 10:00 am. This will give time for prayer and a tour before attending the noon Mass at the Shrine. We will have an hour to buy or eat a lunch that has been brought by each person. At 2:00 pm we will have a tour of the Huron Village and return by bus at 4:00 pm for an expected arrival at 6:00 pm. Space is limited to one bus. Cost is $60 per person. To reserve a space, please call the office at 416-5834-4219

Catholic Women’s group will have their next gathering at Marylake Shrine on Saturday, May 20. We will meet at 10:00 am at the Parish Centre and then head to the Shrine. Anyone interested may join us.For more information please contact Sr. Gabriel Riddle at the parish office (416-534-219).

Thank you to the Pastoral Council and to all who attended the Coffee Sunday for my Twenty-Fifth anniversary of ordination. I am grateful for your kindness, warm wishes and cards. Most of all, I am grateful to God to be a priest and to be your pastor. Let us continue to pray for one another.

– Fr. Michael

Today we honour mothers. We take time to celebrate our mothers and the many maternal figures in our lives. We are grateful for the gift of their love, care and nurturing, not only today, but always. We also remember the mothers who are no longer with us, but whose memories we will always cherish. Happy Mother’s Day!

Living the Gospel by welcoming refugee families to Canada…

Julie and her younger sister arrived in Canada through the help of the Office for Refugees to meet a resettlement group that welcomed them with a home and open arms. As orphans from a Refugee Camp in Ghana, they now have a safe place to call home in a country where their lives are not threatened. Julie is interested in studying and becoming a nurse in the maternity ward. She feels it is a passion she wants to pursue after watching her mother become ill and pass away after her sister’s birth. They now have hope for a better future and are no longer alone because of the work done through ShareLife-supported Office for Refugees. Last year, the ShareLife-supported Office For Refugees assisted 6,000 people with their resettlement needs.

 Next ShareLife Sunday is June 4, 2017.  Please give generously.

The Legion of Mary is sponsoring a Marian Pilgrimage to Quebec on Victoria Day weekend May 20, 21, 22, 2017. Cost $250. First come first served. If interested please call the parish office at 416-534-2326.

Monday, May 15 – 7 p.m. at the Catholic Pastoral Centre, 4th Floor 1155 Yonge St., Toronto.  Speaker, Fr. Alexander Laschuk from the Catholic Marriage Tribunal in the Archdiocese of Toronto will discuss the Church’s teaching on the Sacrament of Marriage and why in some cases a declaration of nullity (annulment) is granted.