As we celebrate the joy of Easter, we are deeply thankful for the 120 of our parish families who have responded generously. We have reached 49% of our goal.
Please join us at the Information session this Wednesday April 8th at 7:00 PM or visit our Stewardship Team in the Gathering Space after all the Masses on April 18th & 19th. Light refreshments will be provided. All are welcome!
If you have not yet had a chance to respond, we invite you to do so. Copies of the Annual Impact Report are available at the back of the church. Complete the form inside and return it in the collection basket or the box in the Gathering Space.
We are available to answer any questions. Contact the office! (416 221 8866 or office@stgabrielsparish.ca).
We will be celebrating a Gratitude Weekend on April 26th & 27th, giving thanks for all the gifts committed. We invite you to prayerfully discern your response before then. Every commitment, large or small, is a blessing to this community. For more information, go to www.stgabrielsparish.ca/annual-stewardship
On this Easter, as we celebrate the Resurrection, we take a moment to keep our brothers and sisters in the Holy Land in our thoughts and prayers. We also take a moment to thank all our fellow parishioners who help make St. Gabriel’s Parish the vital and welcoming church that we are.
We are grateful to our Musicians, Cantors and Choirs, our Lectors, Altar Servers, our Youth, Ministers of Hospitality, the Counting ministry, our Finance Council, the Building Committee, the Events Committee, the Garden ministry, those responsible for decorating the church, those keeping the altar linens fresh and our Mission Coordinators. Thank you!
The office is closed on Easter Monday, April 6th. There will be no 9:00 AM Mass.
April 6th to April 12th MONDAY − EASTER MONDAY − No 9:00 AM Mass TUESDAY − VLADO PETRANOVIC ✞ − Requested by Mira Petranovic WEDNESDAY − FRIEDRICH BRANSCHAT ✞ − Requested by his Family THURSDAY − ANSGAR CASTELINO ✞ − Requested by Jean Castelino FRIDAY − CELINE CHIU KO ✞ − Requested by the Chiu Family SATURDAY – DELFINO & SANDRA CANDIDO ✞ − Requested by Janet Candido SUNDAY − 8:30 AM − FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE PARISH SUNDAY – 10:30 AM – BRUNO CORTESE ✞ − Requested by his Family SUNDAY – 12:30 PM − EAMON GAUGHAN ✞ − Requested by the Gaughan Family
Easter Sunday Psalm 118
This thanksgiving psalm and song of victory encourages us to rejoice, be glad, and give thanks. It’s our response to the sermon of Peter as recorded in Acts, chapter 10.
There Peter summarizes the work of Jesus, from his baptism, through his teaching, doing good and healing the sick, to his passion, death and resurrection.
Our response: our faith in the goodness of God whose love is steadfast, our hope that we shall live forever, and our love for Jesus, the one rejected by the builders who becomes the cornerstone of the Church, the People of God.
Psalm 118 begins and ends with this same line:
“O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his mercy endures forever!”
Mid-psalm, after the psalmist has described his distress and difficulties, he exclaims:
“The Lord is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation.”
This psalm gives us the language we need to celebrate the Resurrection of the Lord. No wonder the Church selects Psalm 118 for today’s liturgy.
With your support of ShareLife, despair turns into hope
When Eulogio learned his wife was pregnant — not just with one baby, but with twins — his joy multiplied. He dreamed of raising David and Emmanuel with the same love and care he had given his firstborn, determined to provide them with a warm home and a future full of possibility.
But then, a devastating accident cost Eulogio his job, leaving his family without a reliable way to put food on the table or keep warm in the bitter cold. The weight of hunger and uncertainty grew heavier each day. Because of your kindness, ShareLife and Canadian Food for Children were able to step in, ensuring this family had food to sustain them. But there are more families in need. With your gift to ShareLife, you can enable more fathers like Eulogio to hold their children close and carry the strength to face tomorrow.
Please give at the parish using a ShareLife envelope, online through our parish website, or at sharelife.org/donate.
Thank you to the volunteers who prepared 42 casseroles for March. For April, your prepared frozen casseroles will be collected at all the Masses on the weekend of April 25th/26th to be delivered to the Good Shepherd Centre.
More volunteers are urgently needed to help feed the hungry in our city. For more information, please contact the Parish Office at 416 221 8866.
SAVE THE DATES
When Sunday, April 12th, 10:30 AM Mass What LET’S GET PLANTING! Where Community Boxes, South Garden, St. Gabriel’s Parish grounds When Sunday, April 26th, after the 12:30 PM Mass (weather permitting) What EXTERNAL GROUNDS CLEAN UP DAY Where Meet in Meditation Circle, South Garden
Calling all Students! Community service hours are available for volunteers. Contact garden@stgabrielsparish.ca
April 15th from 1:00 to 3:00 PM
We would like to invite anyone who likes to knit, crochet or do needlework to bring their craft along and join us. Our next session is Wed. April 15th from 1:00 to 3:00 PM.
Conversations and friendships form while our hands are busy.
Saturday, April 18th, 2026, at 2:30 PM in the Gabriel Room
The Maturing Adults Ministry invites you to attend a Seminar on planning your funeral arrangements in advance to protect your loved ones from difficult emotional and financial decisions at a time when all they want to think about is you.
To reserve your space, please call (416) 698-3121 or email mam@stgabrielsparish.ca by April 14.
Presented by the Ministry for Maturing Adults St. Gabriel’s Passionist Parish Thursday, April 16th to Thursday, June 4tth, from 2:00 to 3:30
“The life story programme provides an opportunity to stop, take stock, and look back over the process of life in order to gain deeper understanding, clearer perspective and a more integrated view. Undertaken from a faith perspective, it is a search for evidence in your life that God has been with you and is still with you.”
Dr. Richard Johnson, author of The 12 Keys to Spiritual Vitality: Powerful Lessons on Living Agelessly
Members of the Ministry for Maturing Adults will facilitate the reflection on life experience in each decade of life. From these reflections, the participants will write stories that are significant to them. Later on, each person will choose what they wish to share from their personal reflection and writing.
We will meet for a total of 8 sessions on consecutive Thursdays, April 16th to June 4th from 2:00 to 3:30 PM.
The cost for the workbook is $20. Please register by April 9th, by sending an email to mam@stgabrielsparish.ca, and include your name and telephone number.
Saturday, April 18th
The 2026 Ching Ming Remembrance Mass will be held at the Holy Family Mausoleum at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery in Thornhill on Saturday, April 18th at 2:00 PM.
This Mass is organized by Catholic Cemeteries and Funeral Services, Archdiocese of Toronto and will be celebrated in Cantonese and Mandarin with the support of the Chinese Pastoral council. Of the Archdiocese of Toronto. For further details please refer to the poster on the bulletin board.
The Finance Council wishes to share this with all who come together as our worshipping community: “The financial burden of the Parish is the responsibility of each and all parishioners to the extent that your means allow.”
Please consider giving your offertory by picking up Envelopes, enrolling in Pre-Authorized Giving (PAG), or Donate Now (through the Archdiocese of Toronto website).
We are in the process of updating our parish records. If you have changed your address or phone number, please let us know so our records will be accurate.
By Hare Mail.
This Bulletin entry was posted on Saturday, April 4th, 2026.
Founded by St. Paul of the Cross, every Passionist takes a special vow to spend his or her energies in promoting remembrance of the sufferings of Jesus, the memory of the Cross, and reflection of the meaning of the Cross for the world.
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