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THE HOLY SPIRIT IS THE “SOUL OF THE CHURCH” June 8, 2025We 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...Posted: Jun-04-2025 -
THE ASCENSION June 1, 2025The 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-28-2025 -
SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER May 25, 2025The 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...Posted: May-21-2025
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CITIZENS OF THIS WORLD - AND THE NEXT May 18, 2025In 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...Posted: May-15-2025
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Newly Initiated Catholics Gather at St. Michael's Cathedral Basilica for MassOn 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...Posted: May-13-2025 -
Archdiocese of Toronto Celebrates the Ordination of Three PriestsOn 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...Posted: May-10-2025 -
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...Posted: May-09-2025 -
WHAT MAKES A SHEPHERD “GOOD”? May 11, 2025In 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...Posted: May-08-2025
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THE RISEN SAVIOUR'S GIFT OF PEACE! May 4, 2025I 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...Posted: Apr-30-2025
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ALLELUIA! April 27, 2025The 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...Posted: Apr-23-2025
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Mass for the Repose of the Soul of Pope FrancisO 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...Posted: Apr-22-2025 -
Easter Sunday – He is Risen!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...Posted: Apr-20-2025 -
The Easter Vigil – From Darkness to LightThe 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...Posted: Apr-20-2025 -
WE ARE AN EASTER PEOPLE April 20, 2025The 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...Posted: Apr-19-2025 -
Good Friday – Passion of Our LordOn Friday, April 18, Frank Cardinal Leo, Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto presided at the 3 p.m. Good Friday service at St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica. Considered the holiest day of the year for Christians worldwide, Good Friday recounts...Posted: Apr-18-2025 -
Holy Thursday - Mass of the Lord’s SupperFrank Cardinal Leo, Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto presided at Holy Thursday Mass at St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica. Holy Thursday marks the beginning of the Paschal Triduum, the three day period that commemorates the Passion, Death and Resurrection of...Posted: Apr-17-2025 -
More than 450 Priests Gather for Annual Chrism MassOn Tuesday, April 15, 2025, Frank Cardinal Leo, Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto, celebrated the annual Chrism Mass at St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica. This prayerful moment during Holy Week brought together more than 450 priests serving in the Archdiocese...Posted: Apr-16-2025 -
HOSANNA! - (OH LORD, SAVE US!) April 13, 2025Palm Sunday recalls Our Lord’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem at the very beginning of the same week in which He would be arrested, tortured, condemned to death and executed on the cross. All four...Posted: Apr-09-2025 -
PASSIONTIDE April 6, 2025The Fifth Sunday of Lent is often known as the "First Sunday in Passiontide", because now the "time of Our Lord's saving Passion is drawing closer". This week ahead takes on many of the characteristics...Posted: Apr-02-2025 -
DO GOOD TO THOSE WHO HATE YOU March 30, 2025We live in an era in which verbal attack is commonplace. Politically, much of western society has become divided to the point of extreme polarization, in which one side views the other as positively evil. One politician running for the...Posted: Mar-26-2025
