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Making Room for Jesus
Fourth Sunday of Advent December 19, 2021
As Christmas fast approaches and Advent is drawing to a close, let us remind ourselves of the importance of this liturgical season. Advent is a time of preparation for the coming of Christ...
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Preparing for Christ
This Sunday marks the beginning of the beautiful season of Advent, a time to deepen our relationship with Christ. In the Gospel, Jesus exhorts us to “keep awake therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord...
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The Book of Life
“The Book of Life”
This special book is for remembering ALL SOULS especially the loved ones we have lost. Due to the pandemic and safety measures we need to implement this year, we will be supplying sheets...
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40 Days for Life
Saturday, October 02, 2021 - Sunday, October 31, 2021
We invite you to join the 40 Days for Life - Toronto campaign to end abortion through prayer and fasting.
During the campaign, we will not have a daily presence at the...
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Life Chain 2021
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3RD, 2021
Life Chain 2021
You are Invited to participate in Life Chain.
Join us from 2:30pm to 3:30 pm for an hour of prayer and witness with your fellow parishioners. Our assigned...
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Happy Father’s Day
Happy Father’s Day
Today is a day to be grateful for the gift of life, and for the man who did his best to show us love and helped us to learn how to live. What a blessing...
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Pentecost Sunday May 23, 2021
After the fast of Lent we pull out all stops to celebrate this most joyful season in the liturgical year. The fifty days of Easter come to an end with Pentecost. We’ve celebrated in many ways, singing Alleluias...
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Global Week of Prayer for China: May 23 to May 30, 2021
A global grassroots Catholic movement is offering prayer and solidarity with our persecuted Christian brothers and sisters who are living in China. We encourage you to join in this Global Week of Prayer for China from Sunday, May 23 to...
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Help Us Pray for Vocations
The Office of Vocations at the Archdiocese of Toronto is wrapping up a week of prayer for those discerning a call to vocation and they need your help. So many consecrated individuals and those who are determining whether they are...
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Renewing Our Covenant with God this Lent
Fr. Wilson Andrade, CSC, is the pastor of St. Ann’s Parish and the Native Peoples’ Mission, both in Toronto.
There is a story of a woman who had a shopping habit, which put her in a...
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Marriage Sunday 2021: Preparing for a Life Together
As the Archdiocese of Toronto prepares for Marriage Sunday on February 14, we acknowledge and thank all married couples – and especially those who are celebrating milestone anniversaries – for their commitment and witness to our community.
An essential...
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Let Us Pray for Christian Unity
Every year, the Canadian Church joins with our Christian brothers and sisters to pray for the restoration of the united church, as was willed by Jesus Christ.
This year’s Week of Prayer for Christian Unity service in the...
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Pray for Nova Scotia
Cardinal Thomas Collins, Archbishop of Toronto, offered Tuesday’s Mass at St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica to the people of Nova Scotia, after the terrible violence that occurred there on the weekend.
“Today, I think especially, we...
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Read or Watch Cardinal Collins’ Easter Triduum Homilies
In his Good Friday, Easter Vigil and Easter Sunday homilies, Cardinal Thomas Collins, Archbishop of Toronto, provided some wonderfully insightful reflections on being a Christian in these difficult times.
After multiple requests, we have created written transcripts and isolated the...
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Cardinal Collins' Easter Sunday Homily
Cardinal Thomas Collins, Archbishop of Toronto, gave the below homily at St. Michael's Cathedral Basilica on Easter Sunday, 2020.
There’s a little book on prayer, which I have always treasured. It is by the Russian Orthodox Archbishop...
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Cardinal Collins' Easter Vigil Homily
Cardinal Thomas Collins, Archbishop of Toronto, gave the below Easter Vigil homily at St. Michael's Cathedral Basilica during Holy Week, 2020.
There is a hilariously funny novel by a great English writer, Evelyn Waugh, and it's called Helena...
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