March 27th, 2021
Online Registration Required for all Services
Due to Parishioner Limits, there will be No Walk-Ins allowed.
Palm Sunday, March 28th Masses Sat., 4:30 PM Sun., 8:30 AM, 10:30 AM, 12:30 PM
Holy Thursday, April 1st No 9:00 A.M. Mass 7:30 PM Mass of the Lord’s Supper No Adoration
Good Friday, April 2nd 3:00 PM – Solemn Passion of Our Lord Please do not touch the Cross 7:30 PM – Stations of the Cross
Holy Saturday, April 3rd No 4:30 PM Mass 8:00 PM Easter Vigil No Adoration
Easter Sunday, April 4th Masses 8:30 AM, 10:30 AM, 12:30 PM, 2:00 PM 2:00 PM Mass for Easter Sunday Only
Easter Monday, April 5th No 9:00 AM Mass Office Closed
EXTRA PARKING AT ELKHORN PUBLIC SCHOOL
As of March 18th, weekday and weekend Masses have resumed at the Church.
In order to attend Sunday masses, a reservation for each attendee is required. Please review the Protocol for Sunday Mass celebrations before making any reservations. Please click Sunday Mass Reservations to make your reservations on Eventbrite. Registration is available on Wednesday of each week. Due to limited capacity, there will be no walk-ins allowed. If you have any difficulty in registering, please call the parish office during regular office hours.
There is no reservation required for the 9:00 am Monday to Friday weekday Mass but sign in upon arrival is required.
For the safety and health of our community, please remain home if you show or have any signs or symptoms of Covid-19. Under a City of Toronto by-law, all attendees are required to wear non-medical grade masks or face coverings throughout their entire time of attendance at church while at the same time respecting the physically distance rules of 2 metres (6 feet). We are looking forward to seeing you.
The parish office received a scam or phishing email from Fr. Brando requesting for assistance. You may have also received one. When you are in doubt if these emails are genuine, please always call the parish office to check before you reply or click on any attachment.
March 29th to April 4th, 2021
MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY – HOLY THURSDAY No 9:00 AM Mass
FRIDAY – GOOD FRIDAY See Schedule
SATURDAY- HOLY SATURDAY No 4:30 Mass See Schedule
SUNDAY – 10:30 AM
SUNDAY – 12:30 PM
Each month the food we collect is sent to Rosalie Hall and the Good Shepherd Centre. These agencies provide essential services to young parents and the homeless in our city.
With everyone struggling at this time, your food donations are more important than ever. Please check the expiry dates before donating since we cannot pass on food that has expired. Thank you for your generous support!
Canada legalized euthanasia in June, 2016. The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition (EPC) has worked with many groups and individuals to create a strong opposition to the expansion of euthanasia in Canada by Bill C-7. The COVID shut-down and media bias did not stop them.
Last week, the Canadian Senate voted to pass Bill C-7 with 5 amendments which included expanding euthanasia to people with mental illness.
Legalizing euthanasia gives medical professionals the right in law to lethally inject their patients, but permitting euthanasia for mental illness and through advanced directives directly contradicts the need for effective consent.
Oppose Bill C-7 now and demand that parliament reject euthanasia for mental illness and incompetent people.
To sign this petition opposing Bill-C7 and for more information about the organization please go to Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Canada or epcc.ca
This organization is built on donations from members and other supporters. Regular and monthly donors are the life-blood of the EPC. They are thankful to everyone who has enabled them to do this important work.
Catholic Family Services of Toronto is now offering online quick access single sessions. The single-session consultation is a quick and effective way for individuals, couples or families to address a mental health or relationship concern. To arrange for a session, please contact: info@cfstoronto.com or at 416-921-1163 or 416-222-0048. Leave them a message with your name, email and phone number, and a staff person will contact you.
Clients who are interested in pursuing other or additional services in the agency have the option to access their ongoing counselling, wellness or group programs.
Counselling fees are charged according to a client’s income level. No one is denied service because of his/her inability to pay fees.
Monday, March 29th from 7:30 AM to 8:30 AM.
A VIRTUAL EVENT
The 53rd Ontario Prayer Breakfast will be held virtually this year on Monday, March 29th from 7:30 to 8:30 AM. Join us at the beginning of Holy Week as we enjoy a time of prayer, musical reflection and hear from individuals whose faith has sustained and guided them on the frontline of care and ministry during the pandemic.
The Ontario Prayer Breakfast is organized by the Christian community, bringing together a diverse group of professional, political, corporate and faith leaders from across our province. In past years, close to 1,000 attendees would gather together, regardless of denominational, political or ideological affiliations to join in a time of prayer for our leaders, our province and our communities.
Complimentary registration and more information can be found at: ontarioprayerbreakfast.ca.
Reserve your ticket early. Space is limited to 1,000 virtual guests.
Friday, April 9 at 7:00 PM
St. Dunstan’s Parish invites you to a virtual Easter Praise Night. It will be aired live on our website: https://stdunstanssc.archtoronto.org/en/.
Pre-celebration music starts from 6:00 PM. Anyone wishing to make a presentation can also contact us at: stdunstan@rogers.com.
Come join us as we celebrate the victory of Christ, a victory that knows no bounds. Not even the pandemic can limit our joy at His resurrection, for we are an Easter people and Alleluia is our song!
An Evening of Music in Honour of Our Blessed Mother
A Virtual Event Hosted by St. Augustine’s Seminary Thursday, April 15th from 7:00 to 8:00 PM
The pandemic prevents us from gathering in person, so we will bring this concert to your home!
Join us virtually from the seminary for an evening of music in honour of Our Blessed Mother.
Join online at: youtube.com/archtoronto
The concert is free but donations are welcome. Support the Chapel Restoration with your donation at: http://bit.ly/SeminaryChapelRestoration (type “chapel” in the comments box to direct your donation to this specific project).
The Spring issue of our new newsletter, “Growing News,” is now available from the home page and the Garden Ministry page of the parish website. We hope you enjoy it and look forward to your “letters to the editor.”
Although nature bestows sunlight, soil and water on the garden, it falls to us to love and care for it. If you can contribute a couple of hours a week to working “Hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature” – Alfred Austin, please get in touch. Garden care days are Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays (except for Mar. 27th) from 9 to 11:30
Our community garden, which provides vegetables and herbs to the Good Shepherd Ministries, begins its third season on March 27th with the indoor planting of seeds. Cash donations to help defray the costs of soil, seedling planters, trellises, etc. would be gratefully accepted.
If you are an experienced gardener, perhaps missing your own garden and would like to take on the leadership of St. Gabriel’s community garden, growing vegetables for the Good Shepherd Ministries and providing direction to our team, please get in touch.
You can reach the Garden Ministry at sgpgardenministry@gmail.com.
Envelopes for the Good Friday Collection to support the needs of Christians in the Holy Land will be available on Good Friday. Please be as generous as your means allow.
Offertory envelopes for 2021 are available at the parish Office. If you would like to pick yours up, please call before coming so that we will have them ready for you. If you are unable to pick yours up, please call the Parish Office and we will make other arrangements.
Your parish has been there for you and your family during the most important moments of your lives. Help keep your Catholic community active and alive for years to come.
Please consider your parish in your will or through a planned gift. A bequest is a beautiful way to express your faith and gratitude for a lifetime of blessings – a lasting legacy of love that will help the Church continue with its many ministries.
For more details, please call the Parish Office at 416-221-8866 or contact Peter Okonski, Manager of Planned Giving and Personal Gifts at 416 934 3400 Ext. 519 or by email at development@archtoronto.org.
All calls are confidential.
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March 21st, 2021
In order to attend Sunday masses, a reservation for each attendee is required. Please review the Protocol for Sunday Mass celebrations before making any reservations. Please click Sunday Mass Reservations to make your reservations on Eventbrite. If you have any difficulty in registering, please call the parish office during regular office hours.
The parish office is currently open only on Monday to Friday from 8:30 AM to 12:00 noon and 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM. Please call before you come.
March 22nd to March 28th, 2021
There are no announced Masses this week.
This Lenten season, each parish in the Archdiocese of Toronto will be holding a Day of Confessions. Let us make the journey into the heart of our relationship with God. Take a long, loving look at the ways God calls us to grow. Take this challenge and hold it in readiness for the rich blessing that is manifest in the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
In our parish, the schedule for confessions is as follows: March 19th from 3:00 to 5:00 PM March 26th from 3:00 to 5:00 PM
Wednesday, March, 24th
This is the final Wednesday program for those who might be interested in deepening their prayer life during lent. This week the focus will be on ways of praying with mandalas and Taizé Prayer. For the first hour, a brief explanation regarding a mode of prayer for that day will be given. The next hour will be devoted to a guided prayer experience itself in that mode of prayer.
TIME: Afternoon Session: 3:00 pm to 5:00 PM; Evening Session: 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM COST: Your time and an open heart and mind. PLACE: Virtual (via Zoom)
Schedule: March 24, 2021 Taizé Prayer Praying with Mandalas
For more information, please contact Sr. Malou via email at StGabrielMMA@gmail.com or call her at (416) 221-8866 Ext. 228 during the week on Thursdays or Fridays.
The following programs will begin within and after the Lenten Season:
Writing Circle For those who attend the Life Story Programme members that was offered in January and February 2020. We will meet once a month and will run for the next several months.
Scripture Programme For those interested in deepening their understanding and praying with the Sacred Scriptures. This will run once a month.
Technology Learn how to connect with others virtually and via social networking apps safely and with ease.
Milk Bag Weaving Learn how to weave milk bags into mats via virtual workshop or training session which will be conducted by Sharon Gusz and other members of the MMA Team.
Thursday, March 25th at 12:30 PM
A Virtual Event
This event is organized by the two well-known Catholic Institutions in Rome: The Centro Pro Unione and John Paul II Center for Interreligious Dialogue (Angelicum University).
It will be presented by Prof. Menachem Lorberbaum, Professor of Jewish Philosophy and Talmud, Tel Aviv University.
For more information and registration please go to: https://bit.ly/EthicsOfLawOfJudaism
Friday, March 26th from7:00 PM to 9:00 PM and Saturday, March 27th from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
The Office of Vocations will be hosting a virtual Come & See Weekend, via Zoom, for men who are 17 years of age and older. This event will take start on Friday, March 26th from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM until Saturday, March 27th from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM. The weekend offers a way for men to discern a possible call to priesthood at our seminary.
To register go to www.vocationstoronto.ca For more information, email vocations@archtoronto.org
The Extra ordinary through the Ordinary Via Zoom
Monday March 29th from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Join the Sisters of St. Joseph for a conversation on the extraordinary expressions of love and justice that are found in very ordinary ways. Learn more about the rich history of Catholic Social Teaching and how we apply the principals and evolving practical expressions in our own, individual and everyday lives today.
The great excitement this week, thanks to the generosity of William Dam Seeds, a family-based company in Dundas, Ontario, was the arrival of seeds for the community garden. Indoor planting will take place on March 27th (not March 20 as stated in last week’s bulletin).
Also exciting is the launch later this month of our Garden Ministry newsletter, to be published quarterly to coincide with the 2 solstices (summer and winter) and the 2 equinoxes (spring and fall). Those of you who are on our email list and were receiving garden news updates in previous years will automatically receive the newsletter in your email. If you would like to join our email list, please send a request to the email address below. The newsletter will also be posted on our webpage.
Looking to deepen your connection with the land? To volunteer or to obtain more information please email sgpgardenministry@gmail.com.
March 14th, 2021
Daylight Savings Time begins on this Sunday, March 14th. Please remember to set your clocks forward 1 hour
Under current provincial guidelines under Grey (Lockdown) designation, restrictions of no more than 10 people in the church, including the priest and those assisting with the liturgy remain in place. Cardinal Collins encourages the faithful to write or call their MPP to respectfully request that any restrictions for places of worship use a percentage of capacity as opposed to an arbitrary number. You can do this by visiting the website aplacetoworship.ca.
March 15th to March 21st, 2021
MONDAY – TUESDAY – WEDNESDAY – THURSDAY – ARMAND OAKIE – Requested by his Family FRIDAY – SATURDAY – LISA CALLAHAN – Requested by Cecilia & Gary Kernan SUNDAY – 10:30 AM SUNDAY – 12:30 PM
Wednesdays, During Lent: March 17th, 24th
This program is for those who might be interested in deepening their prayer life during lent via different ways or methods such as Lectio Divina, Centering Prayer, Taizé Prayer, praying with mandalas, Divine Office, etc. For the first hour, a brief explanation regarding a mode of prayer for that day will be given. The next hour will be devoted to a guided prayer experience itself in that mode of prayer.
Schedule: March 17, 2021 Lectio Divina March 24, 2021 Taizé Prayer Praying with Mandalas
Tuesday, March 16th at 11:00AM
Virtual at www.ph500toronto.com, Facebook: www.facebook.com/500yocTO and YouTube: http://bit.ly/GiftedToGive
His Eminence Thomas Cardinal Collins and His Excellency Archbishop Romulo Valles, President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines, will deliver pre-recorded inspirational remarks. It was on March 16th, 1521 when Christianity first came to the Philippines and from then on, the faith spread throughout the archipelago, making it the only predominantly Catholic nation in Asia. The faithful of the Archdiocese of Toronto are in unity with Filipino communities around the world as we celebrate this significant moment in the history of the Church in the Philippines.
For details, please visit: www.ph500toronto.com/events.html or email ph500@archtoronto.org
Wednesday, March 17th at 10:00 AM
A Virtual Mass Celebrated at St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica
All are invited to join the livestream of the annual Mass of St. Patrick from St. Michael’s Cathedral in Toronto. The Eucharistic celebration will take place on Wednesday, March 17th at 10:00 AM. The celebrant and homilist will be Cardinal Thomas Collins, Archbishop of Toronto. The livestream can be accessed at: www.stmichaelscathedral.com/live.
Thursday, March 18th from 7:00 to 8:00 PM
A VIRTUAL EVENT HOSTED BY WOMEN ON THE WORD TORONTO
Join Women of the Word Toronto for a coffee chat with His Eminence Cardinal Thomas Collins. Take advantage of this rare opportunity to speak to one of the successors of the Apostles! If you have a question for Cardinal Collins, send them in advance to: mary@wowblessingstoronto.com. Kindly note, that names will not be used when questions are being addressed and we will get to as many questions as time permits. Registration is required.
To register go to www.wowblessingstoronto.com
Beginning March 18th at 7:00 PM
The Online Separated/Divorced Introductory Program offers both women and men a learning environment which is safe, welcoming and non-judgmental. The program provides 4 weeks of psycho-education which assists and accompanies the separated/divorced in exploring grief, experiencing healing and renewing faith. The program resources include PowerPoint, audio/video media and time will be allocated for questions and group discussion.
The ideal candidate is ready and able to participate in a group setting. Each candidate will be screened prior, to being considered for admittance into the program. We welcome people from all ethnic, cultural and religious backgrounds.
Start date & time: Thursday March 18th, 2021 at 7:00 PM
There is no charge.
Contact: For more information and to register please contact: Arcangelo Limanni, MRE (416) 921-1163 ext. 2225 alimanni@cfstoronto.com
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March 6th, 2021
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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Companion for the Walk of the Stations of the Cosmic Earth
St. Gabriel’s Garden – Guided Sensory Reflective Walk
