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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...
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The Easter Vigil – From Darkness to Light
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...
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Easter Message from His Eminence Frank Cardinal Leo
Message for Easter20 April 2025His Eminence Frank Cardinal LeoMetropolitan Archbishop of Toronto
Easter 2025
My Dear Brothers and Sisters,
May Jesus and Mary be in your souls.
The greatest liturgical celebration of the Church is of course Easter. The enthusiastic...
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WE ARE AN EASTER PEOPLE April 20, 2025
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...
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Good Friday – Passion of Our Lord
On 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...
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Holy Thursday - Mass of the Lord’s Supper
Frank 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...
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More than 450 Priests Gather for Annual Chrism Mass
On 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...
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Cardinal Frank Leo's Holy Thursday Message to Priests
Message to Priests for Holy Thursday17 April 2025His Eminence Frank Cardinal LeoMetropolitan Archbishop of Toronto
Touching Christ’s Body
My dear Brother Priests,
May Jesus and Mary be in your souls.
I am reaching out to you this day...
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HOSANNA! - (OH LORD, SAVE US!) April 13, 2025
Palm 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...
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A Day With Mary – May 31 – Registration Now Open!
On Saturday, May 31 – the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary – the first annual archdiocesan “A Day With Mary” will be taking place outdoors at Villanova College in King City.
All are invited...
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PASSIONTIDE April 6, 2025
The 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...
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Unity Health Toronto Welcomes New President & CEO
On Friday, March 28, 2025, Unity Health Toronto announced the appointment of Mr. Altaf Stationwala as the new President and Chief Executive Officer, effective July 1.
Unity Health Toronto is one of Canada’s largest Catholic...
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DO GOOD TO THOSE WHO HATE YOU March 30, 2025
We 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...
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Clergy Changes for 2025
Below you will find the listing of clergy changes for the Archdiocese of Toronto. We give thanks for the priests of the archdiocese for their ongoing ministry and care for the faithful. We pray for the newly ordained, all those...
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Image of Mary Arrives at Jubilee Pilgrimage Churches
A special image of Mary, chosen by Cardinal Leo, has been delivered to the pilgrimage churches identified for the Year of Jubilee. This image will be displayed prominently in pilgrim churches throughout the Archdiocese of Toronto during this...