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Stewardship Sunday: See, Judge, Act"That is our mission: to see the needs around us, to judge not according to our selfishness, but according to the Gospel of our Lord, Jesus Christ, and then to act carefully, clearly, creatively and effectively, in order to serve...Posted: Sep-13-2022 -
Pentecost — Inviting Us to Join Christ in His living Church TodayFr. Michael McGourty is the pastor of St. Peter’s Parish in Toronto. At the beginning of this Easter Season, you and I celebrated Easter by renewing our baptismal promises. In the Ritual for Infant Baptism, there are about...Posted: Jun-03-2022 -
Stewards Sent to Continue Building the Church in a Post- Pandemic WorldFr. Michael McGourty is the pastor of St. Peter’s Parish in Toronto. In the days following Jesus’ resurrection, the disciples of Jesus locked themselves away in self-isolation for fear that the Romans and Jews might arrest...Posted: May-27-2022 -
Understanding the Funeral Liturgy through Our Baptism and God’s Divine MercyFr. Michael McGourty is the pastor of St. Peter’s Parish in Toronto. Have you ever noticed how people speak to one another when they fall in love? Once they have first gained the courage to tell the other...Posted: Apr-22-2022 -
Setting aside time for prayer and reflection this LentThe below Lenten reflection was written by Sr. Margaret Moran, a Daughter of St. Paul based in Toronto. The Season of Lent is moving ahead and for some of us it may feel it is going too fast and for...Posted: Mar-28-2022 -
Join us for the Virtual Ordinandi Dinner | March 1, 2022 @ 7pmSponsored by the Serra Foundation of Canada and the six Serra Clubs in the Archdiocese of Toronto, the annual Ordinandi Dinner celebrates the men being ordained to the priesthood from St. Augustine’s Seminary and Redemptoris Mater Seminary...Posted: Feb-28-2022 -
Back to Life, Back to Reality!Fr. Michael McGourty is the pastor of St. Peter’s Parish in Toronto, Ontario. During these past few Sundays, leading up to the beginning of Lent 2022, the second readings at Mass has been taken from St. Paul&rsquo...Posted: Feb-25-2022 -
“We Have Seen His Star in the East…” Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2022Fr. Michael McGourty is the pastor of St. Peter’s Parish in Toronto. “We Have Seen His Star in the East.” This is the theme for this year's Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. The Week...Posted: Jan-20-2022 -
Book of Revelation: Finding Hope in a Time of CrisisMsgr. Robert Nusca is the pastor of Merciful Redeemer Parish in Mississauga, Ont. He was president and rector of St. Augustine’s Seminary from 2001 to 2014. To learn more about Msgr. Nusca’s work on the Book...Posted: Dec-31-2021 -
Christmas is Holiness Hidden in the Divine HumilityFr. Wilson Andrade is the pastor of St. Ann Parish and the Native Peoples’ Mission, both in Toronto. There is a story of a father who came home to see that his five-year-old daughter had torn the...Posted: Dec-24-2021 -
Living in the Real World Leads to RepentanceFr. Frank McDevitt is the pastor of Our Lady of Grace Parish in Aurora, Ont. Recently, I was talking to a friend’s seven year old son about school. He was telling me that the best thing about school...Posted: Dec-03-2021 -
Jesus Challenges Us to Respond with Hope, Faith and LoveFr. Wilson Andrade is the pastor of St. Ann Parish and the Native Peoples’ Mission, both in Toronto. There is a story of a typical last-minute Christmas shopper, a mother who was busily running from store to store...Posted: Nov-26-2021 -
A Call to You: Reflecting on the PriesthoodFr. Frank McDevitt is the pastor of Our Lady of Grace in Aurora, Ont. I want to give some thought to priesthood this weekend. Today’s readings speak well to the priestly life. And The Shepherds’ Trust collection...Posted: Nov-05-2021 -
To Fall in Love with God is the Greatest RomanceFr. Wilson Andrade is the pastor of St. Ann Parish and the Native Peoples’ Mission, both in Toronto, Ont.“Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est.” (translated as, “Where charity and love are, there God is...Posted: Oct-29-2021 -
We Come to the Lord in Our BlindnessFr. Frank McDevitt is the pastor of Our Lady of Grace Parish in Aurora, Ont. We encounter Jesus and His disciples today outside of Jericho on their way to Jerusalem. How could you blame them for lacking patience with Bartimaeus...Posted: Oct-22-2021 -
Thoughts on Marriage and DivorceFr. Frank McDevitt is the pastor of Our Lady of Grace Parish in Aurora, Ont. Our first reading today, from Genesis, takes us to the very idea of God’s role in the creation of man and woman. The...Posted: Oct-01-2021 -
Living Not For OneselfFr. Wilson Andrade is the pastor of St. Ann Parish and the Native Peoples’ Mission, both in Toronto, Ont. There is a story of a devout Buddhist nun who went to the temple regularly to do her ritual prayer...Posted: Sep-24-2021 -
Celebrating Stewardship Sunday – Weekend of September 19, 2021An annual celebration in the Archdiocese of Toronto, Cardinal Thomas Collins has asked parishes to reflect, in a special way, on the theme of stewardship the weekend of September 19, 2021, also known as Stewardship Sunday. You can find special...Posted: Sep-17-2021 -
Understanding SufferingFr. Frank McDevitt is the pastor of Our Lady of Grace Parish in Aurora, Ont. I believe that most people of a certain age can recount stories of suffering. An illness that may have led to death at an early...Posted: Sep-10-2021 -
Hearing and Speaking with Faith During This ElectionFr. Michael McGourty is the pastor of St. Peter’s Parish in Toronto. There is a beautiful prayer that is used in the rite of baptism for an infant that is based on today’s Gospel. The passage...Posted: Sep-03-2021
