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Cardinal Collins on Faith in Our LivesAt the 43rd annual Cardinal's Dinner that took place November 15, 2022, Cardinal Thomas Collins, Archbishop of Toronto spoke about living a faithful life in a secular society by going deeper in prayer and in the study of our...Wednesday, November 16, 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...Friday, June 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...Friday, 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...Friday, April 22, 2022 -
Encountering Christ on the RCIA journeyRebecca Spellacy, who became Catholic as an adult, is the Director of Worship for the Diocese of Austin, Texas, and the former Associate Director, Liturgy, for the Office of Formation for Discipleship at the Archdiocese of Toronto. Below, she shares...Friday, April 08, 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...Monday, March 28, 2022 -
War in Ukraine: Finding ‘God With Us’Fr. Alexander Laschuk is a priest of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Toronto and Judicial Vicar of the Archdiocese of Toronto. He is also Director of Eastern Christian Studies at the University of St Michael’s College in the...Friday, March 11, 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...Friday, February 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...Thursday, January 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...Friday, December 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...Friday, December 24, 2021 -
Synode 2021-2023Synod Survey (French) (For the Synod survey in English, please click here)Tuesday, December 14, 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...Friday, December 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...Friday, November 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...Friday, November 05, 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...Friday, October 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...Friday, October 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...Saturday, September 25, 2021 -
Upcoming Workshop Explores Some of the Bible’s Most Difficult QuestionsFriday, September 24, 2021Fr. Fred Chung is a faculty member at St. Augustine’s Seminary in Toronto, Ont. On Saturday, October 2, he will host an online Lay Spiritual Formation workshop on “The Soul’s Search for Joy and Meaning... -
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...Friday, September 10, 2021
