The Annual Mass for the Faithful Departed will be celebrated on Wednesday, August 13, 2025, at 7 p.m. Masses throughout the Greater Toronto Area and Barrie will take place for the souls of the deceased buried at our Catholic...
Men & Women Ignatian Retreat: In November, the Church will begin to read Matthew’s Gospel at Sunday Mass. This retreat will explore themes of discipleship in the Sermon on the Mount and other passages in Matthew’s...
We celebrate today a particular feast of the Roman Church. Peter, chosen by Christ to be the First among the Apostles; and Paul, chosen by Christ ‘as one born out of due time’, because he encountered Our Lord...
Archdiocesan Filipino Catholic Mission, together with this year's host, Missionary Families of Christ 45th Annual, invites everyone to the 45th Annual Filipino Pilgrimage "Hope In Christ" as we celebrate the Year of Jubilee on Saturday, August 2, 2025, 9...
Today is Corpus Christi Sunday.
Since Holy Thursday was too close to the sufferings of Our Lord to offer any but the briefest celebration of such a momentous gift as the Eucharist, the Church took the...
Immediately after Pentecost we celebrate the central mystery of our faith: the One, Almighty God in three equal and undivided, yet distinct Persons. We call God the “Holy Trinity” to express this truth which Our Lord taught us...
We call today’s feast the “Birthday of the Church” because the outpouring of the Holy Spirit marked the beginning of the Apostles’ mission to the world, a mission which the Church on...
The 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...
The season of Eastertide lasts for eight weeks, during which time we celebrate the resurrection, the appearances of the Risen Lord to the disciples, and His preparing them for His Ascension and for the Coming of the Holy Spirit. So...
In today’s Gospel reading from the Last Supper discourse in St. John, Our Lord gives us a new commandment: “Love one another as I have loved you”.
As Catholics we know that...
On Sunday, May 11, 2025, Bishop John Boissonneau celebrated Mass at St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica with the newest Catholics from across the archdiocese.
Several hundreds of newly initiated Catholics attended the archdiocese's 2025 Neophyte Mass along with...
On Saturday, May 10, 2025 at 10 a.m., the His Excellency John A. Boissonneau, Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto, ordained three transitional deacons, Deacon James Cyfko, Deacon Alvin Joys, and Deacon Jesús Fidel Añón with the Sacrament of Holy Orders...
The 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...
In the Gospel of the Fourth Sunday of Eastertide each year we hear a passage from the tenth chapter of St. John’s Gospel in which Our Lord speaks to us about Himself as the...
I am sure you have noticed the frequency with which, after His Resurrection, Our Lord greets His disciples with those simple words: “Peace be with you”. They are words which also come to us in one form or...
The Entrance Antiphon and Collect of Today's Mass speak of the new life of the baptised. Today's Gospel tells of the appearances of Our Lord to the Apostles both on the day of His resurrection, and exactly one...
O God, faithful rewarder of souls, grant that your departed servant Pope Francis, whom you made successor of Peter and shepherd of your Church, may happily enjoy for ever in your presence in heaven the mysteries of your grace and...
Easter Sunday is more than just a celebration of an event that happened two thousand years ago. It is an invitation to experience a personal resurrection, to allow the light of Christ to penetrate the darkness within us, and to...
The Easter Vigil, held on Holy Saturday evening, is a profound and rich liturgy, moving us from the darkness to light, from death to life. This night is a powerful reminder of God's enduring promise of liberation and the...
The world sometimes accepts the death of Jesus but denies the resurrection as being outside history. For this very reason we Catholics, on this Easter Sunday, profess our faith.
Because God raised Jesus from the dead...