The Theology of the Body Program for our Youth. Thank you OCY for facilitating these inspiring lectures!
Sunday Glaze Craze Event, Hosted by the Youth Ministry
Join us on Sunday, April 2nd, 2017 for a pizza lunch and some crazy fun crafts. Kids get a fun afternoon making amazing pottery painting creations, with the assistance of our Glaze Craze party coordinator. This activity is suitable for kids of all ages!
You are more than welcome to bring in your own food, but as we are a nut free facility, please be aware that any food suspected of containing nuts will not be permitted.
Details Below:
Date: Sunday, April 2nd, 2017
Time: 12:30pm- 2pm
Location: 840 Bathurst Street, via side door under archway.
St. Peter’s Church, located in the Church Auditorium
Price: No Cost to attend.
If interested please R.S.V.P with the parish office by March 20th, 2017 by:
Tel: 416-534-4219 or
Email: youngadult-youthmin@stpeterstoronto.ca
Women’s Lenten Retreat Day
When: Sunday, March 19, 2017
Where: St. Bernard’s Convent, 685 Finch Ave. West, North York
Contact: 416-630-3298
Time: 11:00 AM Eucharist to 4:00 PM Closing
Facilitator: Sr. Gabriel Mary, cps
Photos from February 28th’s Lecture with Fr. Seamus
Another outstanding lecture by Fr. Seamus!
Come and See Weekend
March 17 – 19 at St. Augustine’s Seminary
Inviting single Catholic men 17 years and older, to cultivate a deeper prayer life and relationship with Jesus Christ; leading to a better discernment of God’s call for their lives. Time for prayer, reflection and information on the process of becoming one of Christ’s disciples as a Catholic priest. Please contact the Office of Vocations at: 416-968-0997; or email: vocations@archtoronto.org
First Sunday of Lent – March 5, 2017
“Living the Gospel” by supporting ShareLife agencies…
As we begin our ShareLife campaign, we are encouraged to “Live the Gospel,” in all that we do. How do we demonstrate that in our community? Living the Gospel may mean helping single mothers to care for their newborn children, or being available to families facing difficulties, or welcoming refugee families to our community. Over the past forty years, countless individuals have experienced this compassionate care offered by our agencies; as an archdiocese we continue to demonstrate our Catholic commitment to serving the needs of the greater community and around the world.
Please help us celebrate our ShareLife’s 41st anniversary by supporting our annual Archdiocesan appeal during this Lenten season! —Thomas Cardinal Collins, Archbishop of Toronto.
Sunday April 2, 2017 is ShareLife Sunday
Please give generously.
Latest Bulletin
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Bulletin for week of March 5, 2017
Stations of the Cross
A great Lenten spiritual devotion held on Friday evenings during Lent after the 7:00 p.m. Mass on the First and Last Friday of the month and at 7:00 p.m. every other Friday.
Coalition for HealthCARE & Conscience Call for Conscience Campaign
Join the “Call for Conscience” – February 6 – March 31, 2017
In the coming weeks, members of Ontario’s Provincial Parliament will review Bill 84 which deals with legal issues related to euthanasia/assisted suicide. At present, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario is forcing doctors to participate, despite their objections, when a patient decides to end their life. No other country does this. Please visit www.CanadiansforConscience.ca to learn more, join the “Call for Conscience” and write directly to your elected MPP asking them to amend Bill 84 to add conscience protection.
Lent – The Season of Vocational Awareness and for the Renewal of Baptismal Promises
This coming Wednesday, March 1st is an important day in the life of our Church. It is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the forty day season of preparation for the celebration of Easter. For that reason, I would like to speak a little bit about Lent and its importance in the spiritual life of each one of us.
In the history of the Church, Lent began as that season when the Catechumens who were preparing for baptism would enter into their final stages of preparation before being baptized at Easter. In the first few centuries of the Church’s history, many adults prepared to be baptized at the Easter Vigil. However, as by the ninth and tenth centuries most adults were baptized, Lent became a season not just for baptism but also for the repentance of those Christians who were already baptized and would prepare for the renewal of their baptismal promises at Easter. This is also now what the majority of us are called to do in the approaching season of Lent. Because most of us are already baptized, Lent is a time for us to prepare to renew our baptismal promises by turning away from what prevents us from living our baptisms and being the people that God has called each one of us to be as a result of our baptisms. At Easter, our community will celebrate the baptisms of those joining the Church at Easter, but each one of us is also called to renew our baptismal promises at the Easter Sunday Mass that we will attend this year. For that reason, I would like to say just a few words about what it means for each of us to be baptized. Continue reading