St. Bartholomew's Parish, Scarborough
Our Faith Alive
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A Palm Sunday Reflection: Truth Lies in Being Faithful to Your VocationThe account of the Passion we have heard today invites us to silence, prayer and reflection. In Matthew's Gospel, we find aspects that can help us let the Word of God enter our hearts. The liturgy of this Palm...Sunday, March 29, 2026 -
Lent 2026: Living as More Intentional Disciples of Christ“Before man are life and death, good and evil, whichever he chooses shall be given to him (Sirach 15: 17). The readings that we hear proclaimed on the Sunday before the Lenten season speak to us of a choice...Sunday, February 15, 2026 -
Seeing with the Eyes of FaithLast Sunday we celebrated the feast of the Baptism of Jesus. The Lord, like any other human being, allowed himself to be baptized by John the Baptist and is thus revealed by the Father, as the Chosen One and his...Sunday, January 18, 2026 -
Christmas 2025: Embracing the Light of Christ“Though He was in the form of God, Jesus did not regard equality with God as something to be grasped at, rather He made Himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness...Thursday, December 25, 2025 -
Campus Ministry Students Visit the Martyrs’ Shrine as Pilgrims of HopeOn Sept. 27, more than 100 students from the Catholic campus ministries throughout the Archdiocese journeyed to the Martyrs’ Shrine in Midland for their annual inter-chaplaincy walking pilgrimage. This year’s event had special significance because...Wednesday, November 12, 2025 -
Season of Creation – September 1 – October 4, 2025The Season of Creation challenges the entire Christian family around the world to care for God's creation through prayer and action. In his address for the 10th World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, Pope Leo XIV...Thursday, August 21, 2025 -
From Students to GraduatesThis spring, students from the university and college campus ministries across the Archdiocese of Toronto gathered to mark an important milestone – their graduation. On Sunday, May 4, Auxiliary Bishop John Boissonneau celebrated Mass at St. Paul’s Basilica...Friday, May 30, 2025 -
Feast of Divine Mercy at Divine Retreat Centre TorontoThe Divine Retreat Centre Toronto is a religious and clerical society. The pre-eminent purpose of the Vincentian Congregation is the evangelization of the poor. Through leading retreats, preaching, outreach ministries and doing missionary work through charitable social and educational...Friday, May 09, 2025 -
Vatican Photography Contest for Youth - “Sport in Motion” – Deadline April 30, 2025The Archdiocese of Toronto is pleased to share information and invite those young people with a passion for photography to participate in the international photography competition “Sport in Motion,” organized by the Holy See's Dicastery for Culture...Wednesday, April 02, 2025 -
Lay Movements Annual Gathering – “Pilgrims of Hope”The Annual Meeting of the Leadership Representatives of the recognized Archdiocesan Lay Associations and Movements was held this year on Saturday, January 11th, 2025, at St. Edward the Confessor Parish in North York. Representatives from about 60 of our Lay...Tuesday, March 11, 2025 -
May the Lord Jesus grant that you may soon receive his word with your ears and profess the faith with your lips, to the glory and praise of God the FatherThis reflection based on the readings for the Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time—Year B: Isaiah 35: 4-7a, Psalm 146, James 2: 1-5, and Mark 7: 31-37. There is a man, by the name of...Friday, September 06, 2024 -
Hear me all who understand. Nothing that enters one form outside can defile that person; but the things that come out from the heart are what defileThis reflection based on the readings for the Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time—Year B: Deuteronomy 4: 1-2, 6-8; Psalm 15; James 1: 17-18, 21b-22, 27; and Mark 7: 1-8, 14-15, 21...Friday, August 30, 2024 -
Therefore we also will serve the Lord, for He is our GodThis reflection based on the readings for this Sunday, the Twenty First Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B: Joshua 24, 1-2a, 15-17, 18b; Psalm 34; Ephesians 4:32-5:1-2, 21-32; and John 5:53, 60...Friday, August 23, 2024 -
Come, Eat of my Food and Drink of the WineThis reflection based on the readings for the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time- Year B: Proverbs 9: 1-6; Psalm 34; Ephesians 5:15-20; and John 6: 51-58. This Sunday’s first reading, from the Book...Friday, August 16, 2024 -
Get up and eat, otherwise the journey will be too much for youThis reflection is based on the readings for the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B: 1 Kings 19:4-8; Psalm 34; Ephesians 4:30-5:2; and John 6:41-51. I always like it when I can...Saturday, August 10, 2024 -
The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not wantThis reflection based on the readings for the Sixteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time—Year B: Jeremiah 23: 1-6; Psalm 23; Ephesians 2: 13-18 and Mark 6: 30-34. During these summer months, when many people take a...Friday, July 19, 2024 -
Inside Myself, I Found the Heart of Someone ElseBefore my diaconate ordination, I had the opportunity to make a 30-day retreat called the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola with some of my classmates. Each day was comprised of many hours of meditation on the Scriptures...Monday, June 24, 2024 -
“Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”This reflection is based on the readings for the Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time—Year B: Job 38: 1-4,8-11; Psalm 107; 2 Corinthians 5: 14, 14-17; and Mark 4: 35-41. One of the scariest...Thursday, June 20, 2024 -
Back to Basics: Sunday, Baptism, and EucharistThis reflection based on the readings for Pentecost Sunday—Year B: Acts 2:1-11; Psalm 104; 1 Corinthians 3-7, 12-13; and John 20:19-23. The reading from the Gospel of John for this Pentecost Sunday...Sunday, May 19, 2024 -
Ash Wednesday: The Law of Prayer is the Law of BeliefReflection by Fr. Seamus Hogan We have a special axiom in the Catholic Church. It is a special statement that is very ancient. It says, "Lex orandi, lex credenda," and it means that the law of prayer is...Wednesday, February 14, 2024
