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Vaccination Ethics - A Catholic PerspectiveSome Catholics ask if Covid-19 vaccines are ethically acceptable. This message from the Office of Spiritual Affairs for the Archdiocese of Toronto speaks to their concerns and encourages full vaccination for all Catholics. "Unless there is a...Posted: Aug-23-2021 -
Federal Election ResourcesFEDERAL ELECTION RESOURCES FROM A CATHOLIC PERSPECTIVE Federal Election Resources from a Catholic Perspective With a federal election scheduled for September 20, Catholics are encouraged to learn more about the parties and candidates seeking our vote. Catholic...Posted: Aug-20-2021 -
Toronto’s Native Peoples’ Mission: Serving, Learning, AccompanyingFr. Wilson Andrade is the administrator of the Native Peoples' Mission in Toronto. Personal Story I have been part of the ministry at the Native Peoples’ Mission since I arrived in Canada from India, in 2007, as a student...Posted: Jul-29-2021 -
The Bread of Christ Sustains UsFr. Frank McDevitt is the pastor of Our Lady of Grace Parish in Aurora, Ont. When I was a child, we always had dessert with dinner. Often it was fruit that had been stewed in some way. Apple sauce, rhubarb...Posted: Jul-29-2021 -
Grandparents and Elders: Witnesses to the FaithFr. Wilson Andrade is the pastor of St. Ann Parish and the Native Peoples’ Mission, both in Toronto, Ont. There is a classic story of a people who were suffering through a severe drought. They decided to go to...Posted: Jul-23-2021 -
Update on the Ongoing Journey to Healing and ReconciliationJuly 19, 2021 As Canadians reflect on how we can respond to the pain and suffering experienced by survivors of residential schools and their loved ones, the Archdiocese of Toronto is committed to being directly engaged in the ongoing...Posted: Jul-19-2021 -
A Time to RestFr. Biju Kannampuzha is the pastor of St. John Vianney Parish in Barrie, Ont. Many years ago, in Athens, in what is today Greece, the great storyteller Aesop was playing with a group of children. A passerby laughed and jeered...Posted: Jul-16-2021 -
Why Stay in the Church?Several weeks ago after giving a lecture at a religious conference, the first question from the audience was this one: How can you continue to stay in a church that played such a pivotal part in setting up and maintaining...Posted: Jul-15-2021 -
Residential Schools - Information from the Archdiocese of TorontoJuly 9, 2021Dear friends of the Archdiocese of Toronto,Over the past several weeks, there has been a painful national conversation on the tragic history of residential schools in Canada. The role of the Catholic Church in the...Posted: Jul-09-2021
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Everyone Has a Role to Play in God’s HarvestFr. Frank McDevitt is the pastor of Our Lady of Grace Parish in Aurora, Ont. Jesus teaches with urgency in today’s Gospel. He sends out the disciples, but in sending them out, He challenges them to see the...Posted: Jul-09-2021 -
Camp Monica - Virtual Summer CampSt. Monica’s Parish Virtual Summer Camp Weekdays: Monday, July 12 to Friday, August 13 A VIRTUAL EVENT HOSTED BY ST. MONICA’S PARISH All youth, ages 4 to 12 years old, are invited to register...Posted: Jun-29-2021 -
Kid's CornerA new Kid's Corner section has been added to our website in the Carousels section, just below our main Rotator headers at the top of the website. Currently, there are two links for parents to use with their...Posted: Jun-29-2021 -
Letter to Chief Cadmus and the People of Cowessess First NationThe following letter was written by Archbishop Don Bolen, Archbishop of Regina, after the discovery of unmarked graves at the former site of the Marieval Residential School, in the Cowessess First Nation in southeastern Saskatchewan. We ask that everyone continues...Posted: Jun-25-2021 -
New Film Invites Us to Really Know the Blessed Virgin MaryDr. Josephine Lombardi is a faculty member at St. Augustine’s Seminary in Toronto. She recently released, “The First Lady and Her Successors,” a film that explores the many ways that the Blessed Mother Mary can guide...Posted: Jun-23-2021 -
One Final NoteThe end of the school year is traditionally a time to take a break from normal routines. For me, that translates into closing down this personal blogsite. I began my weekly musings when the Covid Pandemic arrived on the scene...Posted: Jun-23-2021 -
Jesus Is with You in the StormFr. Biju Kannampuzha is the pastor of St. John Vianney Parish in Barrie, Ont. Today’s readings feature a God who is calming the storms of life. In the first reading we hear the Lord speaking to Job, whose...Posted: Jun-18-2021 -
Remember Pandemic LessonsMore and more parishioners have now been fully vaccinated against the Corona Virus. And an even greater number have already received their first dose of vaccine. This is good news indeed. With full vaccination comes a new sense of hope...Posted: Jun-17-2021 -
Growing into What God Dreams Us to BeFr. Wilson Andrade is the pastor of St. Ann Parish and the Native Peoples’ Mission, both in Toronto. “It is with the smallest brushes that the artist paints the most exquisitely beautiful pictures.” These words from the...Posted: Jun-11-2021 -
Sharelife - The Beating Heart of ChristThe Covid-19 Pandemic has disrupted many things, including the 2021 ShareLife Appeal. With our churches shut down during the Lenten Season, we were unable to effectively communicate with parishioners or to follow our regular schedule of official collections. Revenues...Posted: Jun-10-2021 -
Bishop and Indigenous Leader in Dialogue on Residential SchoolsChief J. Wilton “Willie” Littlechild and Edmonton’s Archbishop Richard Smith recently came together in Maskwacis, Alberta to discuss reconciliation with the Indigenous peoples in Canada, and the response to the finding at the Kamloops Residential School...Posted: Jun-08-2021
