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EVANGELIUM VITAETo the Bishops, Priests and Deacons, Men and Women Religious, Lay Faithful, and all People of Good Will on the Value...Posted: Apr-10-2024 -
Ordinandi Youth Event Highlights the Joy of Priesthood and Religious LifeThe 2024 Ordinandi Youth Event took place on Tuesday, March 19. 850 youth from school boards across the archdiocese came together to pray, reflect and learn about the vocation stories of the 2024 ordinandi class and Sister Beata Victoria from...Posted: Mar-26-2024 -
When we throw ourselves into Jesus’ arms, we always win!Posted: Mar-21-2024The 2024 Ordinandi Youth Event took place on Tuesday, March 19. The following is a reflection on the day written by DPCDSB student Kierra who was in attendance. My name is Kierra and I’m a student at St... -
FATHER! SAVE ME FROM MY SUFFERINGSAs we enter the final part of Lent, known as, “Passiontide”, in today’s passage from St. John’s Gospel we hear Our Lord’s prayer to His Father to be...Posted: Mar-13-2024 -
SPE SALVI—SAVED BY HOPE March 3, 2024Benedict XVI wrote an encyclical letter entitled “Saved by Hope”, in 2007. He reminded us that of the three great theological virtues, Faith, Hope and Charity, Hope is probably the least understood nowadays. Benedict saw the problem in...Posted: Feb-28-2024
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A SPIRITUAL BATTLE FOR JESUSOn the First Sunday of Lent, we hear each year one of the Gospel accounts of Our Lord’s temptations in the Wilderness. This year we hear that of St. Mark. St. Mark’s is the shortest Gospel...Posted: Feb-16-2024 -
University of Dayton Formation Courses AvailableAs part of an ongoing partnership with University of Dayton in Ohio, the Archdiocese of Toronto is pleased to inform you that a new cycle of online courses offered by the university's Virtual Learning Community for Faith Formation is...Posted: Feb-15-2024 -
Registration Open for New Cycle of Formation CoursesIn partnership with the University of Dayton in Ohio, the Archdiocese of Toronto is once again offering a discounted rate for the upcoming cycle of online courses and seminars offered by the Virtual Learning Community for Faith Formation at...Posted: Dec-19-2023 -
OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, KING OF THE UNIVERSE!Today, the last Sunday of the liturgical year, we are celebrating the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe. We know from the Gospels that Jesus refused the title of king when it was meant...Posted: Nov-22-2023 -
WELL DONE, GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT! November 19, 2023What is the best thing anyone has ever said to you? Maybe you have a particularly strong memory of some word of appreciation or praise from a person whom you really admired and loved, and whose good opinion you longed...Posted: Nov-15-2023 -
IT’S NOT ALL IN THE PAST, YOU KNOW!It is true that we owe a special debt to those who “for our tomorrow gave their today”. Yet we not only owe it to them to pray for the repose of their souls, but also to defend...Posted: Nov-08-2023 -
LOVE OF GOD AND LOVE OF NEIGHBOURAfter Our Lord had confounded the Pharisees as we heard last week, their great opponents the Sadducees decided that they also would like to try Our Lord’s intelligence themselves. So they asked Him: “what is the greatest...Posted: Oct-25-2023 -
FOR GREATER THINGS YOU WERE BORNOctober is respect life month and this year’s theme is: “Made for Greater Things!” This message of love comes directly from Archbishop José H. Gomez, in his second Pastoral Letter &lsquo...Posted: Oct-18-2023
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ST. MARGUERITE D'YOUVILLE (1701-1771)The first native Canadian to be elevated to sainthood, was born at Varennes, Quebec, the eldest of six. Her father died when she was seven years old leaving this family in great poverty. Marguerite always fought...Posted: Oct-11-2023 -
ST. PAUL - ON LIFE AND DEATHToday’s second reading is the first of a series of four over the next few Sundays taken from St. Paul’s Letter to the Christians of Philippi in ancient Macedonia, one of the...Posted: Sep-27-2023 -
FORGIVENESSForgiveness is one of the defining characteristics of Christianity, both that we can receive forgiveness and that we must of-fer it. Let’s dispel some misconceptions about forgiveness, to indicate why we NEED to offer forgiveness, and to...Posted: Sep-13-2023
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The Gathering together of God’s PeopleECCLESIA is the Greek word which translates the Hebrew word for ‘assembly’; meaning the whole People of God gathered together in His Name. The same word is used in Latin, and we translate it into English as &lsquo...Posted: Sep-06-2023
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Online Faith Formation Study Opportunity: Now also Offered in ArabicIn ongoing partnership with the University of Dayton in Ohio, the Archdiocese of Toronto is continuing to offer a discounted rate for the upcoming cycle of online courses and seminars offered by the Virtual Learning Community for Faith...Posted: Jun-23-2023 -
THE LORD AND GIVER OF LIFEWe name the Holy Spirit “Lord and Giver of Life” in the creed. This declaration reminds us that the gift of life itself is of God. God created us in His own image and likeness when He breathed...Posted: May-24-2023 -
THE ASCENSION OF OUR LORDThe Ascension of Our Lord to the right side of His Father in heaven, is the climax of His earthly existence. After His resurrection He said to Mary Magdalene, ‘I have not yet ascended to My Father.’ Now...Posted: May-17-2023
