St. Gabriel's Passionist Parish

Casseroles for the Good Shepherd Centre

Once a month, casseroles prepared by parishioners are collected and sent on to the Good Shepherd Centre, a drop-in center for homeless men. Volunteers from the parish also help to serve lunch at the Centre once a month.

Fair Trade Coffee

Every third Sunday of the month, a group of volunteers provide parishioners with the opportunity to buy fair trade coffee, tea and chocolate bars. Fair trade practices raise our awareness of injustices inherent in our trade relations with the developing world and ensure that the farmers concerned receive a price that recognizes the true cost of labour and production.

Ministry to the Sick

St Gabriel’s assists chaplains at the North York General Hospital in ministering to the sick. Three times a week communion is brought to Catholic patients at the Hospital who wish to receive the sacrament. The pastor usually visits the hospital every Friday morning, and as needed in emergencies. Volunteers from the parish visit on Wednesdays and Sundays.
Communion is also brought on a regular basis by volunteers to those who are confined to the home. Arrangements can be made through the parish office should there be a need.

Saint Vincent de Paul Society

This organization assists families within the parish who are in material need. Funding for this work comes from the donations of our parishioners to the St. Vincent de Paul boxes.

St Gabriel’s Youth Group

Young people in the parish age 14 and up meet every month as a group to pray, talk, have fun, and to provide help wherever help is needed. In the past year, for example, they have raised funds to build a water tank in a remote village among the indigenous people in the Philippines, helped in collecting donation for the relief of the hurricane victims in Asia, and sold chocolates for the Marguerite Bourgeoys Family Center.