Sunday, February 9th after 12:30 PM Mass
Wednesday, January 29th marks the beginning of Lunar New Year for 2025. This year is the Year of the Snake. For many years, the Asian community in our parish has gifted our parish community with a wonderful Lunar New Year Party.
This year, the Lunar New Year Celebration will take place on Sunday, February 9th after the 12:30 PM Mass in the Gathering Space. There will be foods,candies, Chinese goodies, coffee and tea. All are welcome.
If you are interested in being part of a new group helping with special events at the parish, please take a look at the poster on either of the bulletin boards, in the gathering space or downstairs by the elevator, for more information.
Please send us an email at office@stgabrielsparish.ca. We look forward to hearing from you and meeting with you.
January 27th – February 2nd, 2025
MONDAY – THANKSGIVING – Requested by the Pinto Family TUESDAY – CHIARA INTINI ✞ – Requested by the Annibale & Oakie Families WEDNESDAY – SUNNY JOSEPH ✞ – Requested by Tony THURSDAY – GENARA MARTINEZ ✞ – Requested by Anna Bascom & Family FRIDAY – FR. KEN O’BRIEN ✞ – Requested by Dan & Carolyn Letters SATURDAY – THE SICK AND THE DYING – Requested by Lydia McGrann SUNDAY – 8:30 AM – FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE PARISH SUNDAY – 10:30 AM – ANTHONY & AGATHA PAUL ✞ – Requested by Sophie & Candida Pereira SUNDAY – 12:30 PM – KOK SHING WING ✞ – Requested by Kok Yau Lam
Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Psalm 19
Today’s Liturgy offers a midsection of the psalm (v 7-9) featuring a celebration of God’s law as perfect, sure, right, clear, and true.
The law of the Lord revives the soul, makes wise the simple, rejoices the heart, enlightens the eyes, endures forever and is altogether righteous.
With this psalm we respond to our reading from the Book of Nehemiah describing the celebration of the reading of the Law.
A line from this poem to hold firm in our hearts: “O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.”
Sunday, February 9th at 2:30 PM
St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica, 65 Bond St. Toronto
As part of Marriage Sunday 2025 celebrations, Bishop Ivan Camilleri will preside at a special Mass to honour married couples, with special recognition for those celebrating 25th, 40th, 50th, 60th and 60+ wedding anniversaries in 2025. This occasion highlights the importance of the institution of marriage rooted in faith, affirms couples who strengthen our faith community through their witness, and complements World Marriage Sunday celebrations that take place across North America.
The Mass will take place at 2:30 PM on Sunday, February 9th, 2025 at St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica All married couples will have an opportunity to renew their marriage commitment. All are welcome to attend. Couples celebrating a 25th, 40th, 50th, 60th or 60+ anniversary in 2025 may register for reserved seating. All other seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.
For those unable to attend in person, the Mass will be streamed live on the St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica website: https://www.stmichaelscathedral.com/live/ for those wishing to tune in. The broadcast will begin at 2:15 PM.
All Parishioners are invited to celebrate the Opening Jubilee Year Masses in the Central Region of the Archdiocese of Toronto.
The masses include: St. Paul’s Basilica (83 Power Street) on Wednesday Feb.12th, celebrated by Bishop Kasun St. Mary’s Church (588 Adelaide Street) on Thursday, Feb. 20th, celebrated by Bishop Kasun St. Edward the Confessor Church (75 Churchill Ave) on Tuesday Feb 25th, celebrated by Cardinal Francis Leo
All Masses begin at 7:00 PM Confession time from 5:30 PM to 6:45 PM
No need to register. Just come!
What do you call a boomerang that won’t come back?
A stick
If you are planning to be a teacher, it is important for you to know that to be hired to teach in any Catholic school board in Ontario, there must be a reference form from your pastor as part of your application.
The form explaining that you belong to and participate in the community cannot be written if your pastor does not know you. It is recommended that you have a conversation with him early in the process well before the applications are to be submitted.
Begins Wednesday, January 22nd at 10:00 AM
The Toronto Catholic District School Board welcomes families with junior kindergarten-aged children (born in 2021) to register for the September 2025/2026 school year.
The Elementary Student Online Registration 2025/26 is now available. Please complete an application at http://soar.tcdsb.org.
The following original documents for your child are required upon registration:
For more registration information, please email: admissions.registration@tcdsb.org or phone 416-222-8282 ext. 5320
Thank you for your generous support of Rosalie Hall and the Good Shepherd Centre.
Rosalie Hall is an accredited children’s mental health facility focusing on the needs of pregnant and parenting youth ages 12-25, their children, and their families. The food we donate from our parish often replenishes their empty food bank.
Good Shepherd provides hot meals, clean clothes and shelter for the homeless in our city They help find housing and provide follow up support. They provide a chance to start again through the Resettlement or DARE Programs.
Your food donations are so important as numbers of people in need continue to increase. Please check the expiry dates before donating since we cannot pass on food that has expired.
Monday, January 27th, 2025 from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
East End United, 310 Danforth Ave., Toronto
An in-person event sponsored and recommended by the Office for Promoting Christian unity and Religious Relations with Judaism
The Archdiocese of Toronto, a member of the Christian Jewish Dialogue of Toronto, invites you to join them as they honour the memory of the victims of the Holocaust, and recommit to a culture of encounter, “living in an open and neighbourly spirit, sharing our joys and sorrows, our human problems and preoccupations” (Dialogue and Proclamation, #42). This city-wide event is part of The Dialogue of Life “In Our Time,” a commemoration marking the 60th anniversary of the Vatican Declaration on Interreligious Dialogue, Nostra Aetate.
Thursdays, February 20th, 27th, March 6th, 13th, 20th & 27th, From 7:00 to 8:30 PM
Registration is now open for the annual archdiocesan training for bereavement ministry. Training will be offered online on Thursdays, February 20th, 27th, March 6th, 13th, 20th & 27th, 2025 from 7:00 to 8:30 PM.
This training is designed for new and seasoned parish bereavement ministers. Registrants are required to participate in all online sessions, complete pre-homework and pass final assessment to receive full training. There is no cost to attend but registration is required.
Please let Sr. Maria Lucia know via email if you are interested so she can have a conversation with you about it no later than February 1st. Capacity is limited, so contact Sr. Maria Lucia at: stgabrielbereavement@gmail.com so that she can register you directly for the training sessions.
Reflection and prayer, a journey through the Nicene Creed
Christians from various traditions in the Archdiocese of Toronto will celebrate the unity that we share in Jesus Christ throughout 2025 in the Greater Toronto Area and commemorate the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea.
All are cordially welcomed to join their neighbourhood events. For details, please see the poster on our bulletin boards.
Contact ecumenical@archtoronto.org or call 416-934-3400 ext. 527 for more information.
July 23rd to August 5th, 2025
Calling all young adults (ages 19 – 39), join Fr. Paul Magyar and the OCY team for a pilgrimage of a life time! We will be embarking on a pilgrimage to Venice, Padua, Florence, Assisi and Rome from July 23rd to August 5th, 2025.
Please contact youth@archtoronto.org to receive the pilgrim information package and detailed itinerary.
Please consider giving your offertory by picking up Envelopes, enrolling in Pre-Authorized Giving (PAG), or Donate Now (through the Archdiocese of Toronto website).
Offertory envelopes for 2025 are still available in the Gathering Space. Boxes are usually not assigned to parishioners who are donating via Pre-Authorized Giving or Donate Now through the Archdiocese.
To ensure the proper recording for tax receipt purposes, please do not use any envelopes from 2024 or any prior year for any 2025 donations.
Please contact the parish office if you have any questions at 416 -221-8866.
This Bulletin entry was posted on Saturday, January 25th, 2025.
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