October 6th, 2019
After the completion of portrait reservations last weekend, 257 sitting times have been reserved. Confirmation of the sitting times for the six days from Monday, October 7th to Saturday, October 12th were sent out by email this last week.
If you missed signing-up and still wish to do so, as of October 1, 2019, there were 14 sitting times still available on the following days as shown below: Monday, October 7th – 3:30 PM Friday, October 11th – 6:45 pm Thursday, October 24th – 4:45 PM & 5:00 PM Tuesday, October 29th – 4:15 PM, 4:30 PM & 4:45 PM Thursday, October 31st – 3:30 PM, 3:45 PM, 4:00 PM, 4:15 PM, 4:45 PM, 5:00 PM & 5:30 PM
Please call the parish office to request a sitting time. Do not be disappointed!
Sunday, October 6th after 12:30 PM Mass
The St. Gabriel’s Youth Group will be having their kick-off meeting on Sunday, October 6th after the 12:30 PM mass. Join us for an afternoon of games, worship, food and fellowship. Come join us and bring a friend. New members from Grades 6-12 are welcome!
The Local Health Initiative Network will be offering a 4-session Spiritual Care Visitor Training at Markham Stouffville Hospital on October 17th 24th, 31st and Nov7th, 2019. This is a mandatory training for all those who are interested in visiting the sick at a hospital or for those who are homebound. If you are interested, please contact Sr. Maria Lucia at 416-221-8866.
October 7th to October 13th
MONDAY – STEPHEN & CECILIA HUH – Requested by Bona Oh TUESDAY – SARAH RAMON – Requested by Mary Anne Barnes WEDNESDAY – BISHOP JOHN MICHAEL SHERLOCK – Requested by Margaret Anne Leckie THURSDAY – FRIDAY – LAU KOON TING – Requested by Linda Law & Family SATURDAY – VICTOR PAUL – Requested by Sophie & Candida Pereira SUNDAY 10:30 AM – ROSALINA REMENTILLA – Requested by the Family SUNDAY 12:30 PM –
Meetings in preparation for the R.C.I.A. (Rites of Christian Initiation of Adults) will begin in October. These meetings are for persons interested in learning more about the Catholic Faith. The exploration may lead the candidate to seek baptism, and become a member of the Catholic Christian community; or for Christians already baptized into another Christian denomination, the reception into the Catholic Church.
Adult Catholics who have not received the sacrament of Confirmation, but who wish to do so, are also encouraged to attend these sessions.
As well, these meetings may be an opportunity for “Born Catholics” to deepen their understanding of our faith. Very often, especially for those of us who received our religious instruction at an early age, we tend to grow physically, mentally, psychologically, etc., but the understanding of our faith does not grow correspondingly. The RCIA may serve as a good opportunity for us to ask questions and to develop a more adult understanding of our faith.
If you are interested in joining the RCIA meetings or if you would like to have more information about it, please contact the Parish Office at 416-221-8866.
If you have, or know of, school age children (ages 7 to 14) who wish to prepare for Baptism, please contact the Parish Office at 416-221-8866. Classes for them will begin after Thanksgiving.
If anyone missed the three evenings of Sacramental registration but wish to have their child receive the sacrament of First Communion, Confirmation or Reconciliation, please come to the parish office as soon as possible.
A copy of the child’s Baptismal Certificate is required if registering for First Communion or Confirmation.
$30 is required at registration for Confirmation to defray related costs.
The Toronto Catholic District School is looking for occasional/supply Educational Assistants. The requirements for an interview include a Grade 12 diploma. If you are interested in applying, please email your covering letter with resume and contact information to Antonella De Roma (antonella.deroma@tcdsb.org), the school principal at St. Gabriel’s Catholic School who will forward the information to the Human Resources department for a possible interview.
October 6th to 12th, 2019
During National Catholic Health Care Week, October 6 – 12, we give thanks for the courageous gift of Catholic health care. Whether it be in hospitals, community health centres, nursing homes, and long-term care homes. Catholic health care works to provide purpose-driven care with compassion and innovation. Each year, Catholic health care providers serve more than five million people in need. Every person who contributes to working in Catholic health care is living out the healing ministry of Jesus Christ and we give thanks for the thousands of physicians, nurses, employees, and volunteers who give of themselves to care for all in need.
You can make a difference in the lives of the hungry and homeless this Thanksgiving by participating in the annual Thanksgiving Food Drive.
Good Shepherd provides hot meals and shelter for the homeless in our city as well as a chance to start again through the Resettlement or DARE Programs.
Rosalie Hall assists young parents and their children to realize their potential through the provision of a wide range of child development, community, residential and educational services.
Urgently needed items include: rice, pasta and pasta sauces, peanut butter cooking spices hot chocolate powdered milk black/Orange Pekoe tea ground or instant coffee, sugar cookies and crackers, vegetable oil jams canned tuna, soups, stews, meats, fruits and vegetables Please no fresh or frozen foods.
We thank you for your generous support!
The bridge group which meets at St. Gabriel’s Parish is looking for bridge players and “subs” on Thursday afternoon from 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM. For more information, please call Anne Deck at 416-221-8248.
Monday, October 7th at 4:45 PM
St. Augustine’s Seminary, 2661 Kingston Road
Inviting men in Grades 12 and older to come and experience seminary life. The evening will include Mass and supper with the seminary community followed by a short talk by Fr. Chris Lemieux. Please register online at www.vocationstoronto.ca.
For more information, please contact the Office of Vocations at: 416-968-0997 or email: vocations@archtoronto.org.
Wednesday, October 9th From 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
131 Farnham Avenue
On behalf of the De Le Salle College Community, we would like to thank you sincerely for considering “Oaklands” for your son or daughter. With its rich history in the City of Toronto dating back to 1851, De La Salle has provided a human and Christian education to thousands of young men and women who continue to live out the school’s motto of “Enter to Learn. Leave to Serve.”
Open Houses for interested parents and their daughters and sons will be held on Wednesday, October 9th from7:30 PM to 9:00 PM at the school. For more information, please contact the Office of Admissions at 416-969-8771.
Saturday, October 12 – 9:30 AM at Blessed Trinity Parish Hall
Women in the Bible played pivotal roles in Salvation History. They were used by the Lord in diverse ways to influence and fulfil His plans. This presentation will focus on some significant female “super heroes” of sacred Scripture and how God used them to make a difference. The session goes from after the 9 AM Mass until noon. $15 per person and a light breakfast will be provided.
Contact: Kay by phone at 416-357-5378 or by Email: kaymax@sympatico.ca
Tuesday, October 15th – 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Blessed Trinity Parish Hall
This night will feature personal stories of spiritual searching that have led each of our speakers “home” to the Catholic Church. Coming from different backgrounds and cultures, they will share how God led them through various religious affiliations to find their identity and centre in Jesus in the church. We will also feature some Jewish testimonies of faith, including St. Teresa of Avila, whose feast day it is. All are welcome.
CONTACT: Fellowship of St. Joseph – Association for Hebrew Catholics – EMAIL: ahctoronto@gmail.com
Closing of Diocesan Investigation Process Sunday, October 20th at 4:00 PM
The Passionist Sisters would like to invite all the good people of this parish to the closing of the diocesan investigation process for Sr. Carmelina Tarantino of the Cross. We would like to share our joy for this great event with you and hope that you might attend. Please come and see the wonders the Lord has worked for those who believe in Him. The event will take place on Sunday, October 20th at ST. Leo’s Church, 277 Royal York Road (south of QEW) at 4:00 PM. His Eminence, Thomas Cardinal Collins will preside over the Celebration.
Friday, October 25th (7:30 PM) to Sunday, October 27th
Manresa Jesuit Retreat Centre 2325 Liverpool Rd., Pickering
“A contemplative approach to making decisions” Decisions, Decisions – Yes, No, maybe? with Fr. Henk van Meijel SJ. Step forward to a restful weekend of open fields and fall colors, away from the frenzy, to hear God’s gentle whisper. Private room, Mass, spiritual direction and more – even a movie night!
Contact: Mary at 416-497-7059 EMAIL: pilgrimagecanadianshrines@gmail.com, registration@manresa.ca / 905-839-2864
After a summer of beauty and bountiful harvests, October is the month when we put the gardens to bed and we could use your help. Please check this spot next week for activities and dates when you can get involved.
For more information on the Garden Ministry, visit the parish website at https://stgabrielsparish.ca/ministries/garden-ministry/ or email Heather Bennett at heathermjb@gmail.com
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September 29th, 2019
We’re all so familiar with this parable of the rich man dressed in purple and fine linen and feasted sumptuously every day.
Then there is poor Lazarus, a derelict covered with sores hoping to feast on the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. How we live, the decisions we make have consequences. Both men died. Lazarus lives in the bosom of Abraham. The rich man goes to hell. The rich man wants Abraham to send Lazarus to warn his brother not to live as he did. Not possible. If they haven’t learned how to live from the teachings and example of Moses and prophets like Amos they won’t listen to someone like Lazarus.
I think a modern version of this parable happened this past week at that United Nations conference of global warming. The modern Lazarus was the teenager from Sweden, Greta Thunber. In today’s parable Lazarus says nothing, but Greta castigated world leaders for the failure to face our reality of global warming, melting glaciers and rising sea levels, and changing weather systems. She warned these people of power that we are on the verge of massive extinctions. Greta accused them of giving lip service to these realities and of not living up to promises they’ve made to change things. She told them all they were interested in was economic gains and business as usual.
Speaking on behalf of young people around the world she told these world leaders; ‘The eyes of all the future generations are on you, her voice quivering with rage. If you choose to fail us, we will never forgive you.’
Greta was applauded by many and dismissed by others, President Trump and the Prime Minister of Australia, a country that is one of the world’s greatest exporters of coal, dismissed her as a seeker of publicity. Greta’s words to people of power brought thousands of young people in cities all across Canada to march on Friday seeking a healing of the earth.
Will we ever see the day when the powerful listen to the powerless, the haves hear the cries of the have nots?
Pope Francis recently spoke these encouraging words;
“With honesty, responsibility and courage we have to put our intelligence at the service of another type of progress, one which is healthier, more human, more social, more integral and capable of placing economy at the service of the human person, building peace and protecting the environment.”
But the climate crisis will require not only an ethical vision but a religious one. Throughout human history, religion has motivated people to do extraordinary things, sometimes bad but also good. The cathedrals of Europe were begun and mostly built by people who never saw their completion. How do you motivate someone to take the first shovel of dirt for a building that will not be completed for centuries?
The same can be asked about our response to the environmental crisis we as members of the human family are facing? What can we do to avoid a calamity that will face future seventh generations from today? Let’s go back to those people who broke ground for the cathedrals of old. They would never see the completion of their labor but they believed in what they were doing. As men and women of that same Catholic faith any effort each one of us makes to live simply that others may simply live is an act of faith in a future we’ll never see, but a future of a healed and healthier earth that we will leave to future generations. Like Lazarus and the rich man our ways of living have their consequences.
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We encourage you to sign up for a specific sitting time to have your portrait taken by a professional photographer to be included in the 2020 St. Gabriel’s Pictorial Directory which is expected to be completed and distributed in early 2020. Each family or person photographed will receive a FREE Directory and a FREE 8″ x 10″ colour portrait.
There are approximately 65 spaces still available on October 23rd, 24th, 29th, 30th and 31st. Please consider signing up after Mass this weekend in order to make the Directory a success – no one is too old or too young!
Presented by the Ministry for Maturing Adults St. Gabriel’s Passionist Parish Beginning October 3rd from 9:30 to 11:30 AM
“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
Sr. Mary Rose Marrin CSJ will facilitate the reflection on life experience in each decade of life and 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.
The group will meet for a total of 8 sessions on consecutive Thursdays beginning October 3rd to November 21st from 9:30 to 11:30 AM. The cost for the workbook is $20.
Please register by contacting Sr. Maria Lucia at 416 221 8866.
Sunday, October 6th after 12:30 Mass
The St. Gabriel’s Youth Group will be having their kick-off meeting on Sunday, October 6th after the 12:30 mass. Join us for an afternoon of games, worship, food, and fellowship. Come join us and bring a friend. New members from Grades 6-12 are welcome!
September 30th to October 6th
MONDAY – FOR THE INTENTIONS OF WANDA WROBEL – Requested by Parish staff TUESDAY – IN THANKSGIVING TO ST. GABRIEL’S PARISH – Requested by Robert Cordy & Family WEDNESDAY – ALL SOULS IN PURGATORY – Requested by the Nguyen Family THURSDAY – SIL RE PARK – Requested by Moon Young Park FRIDAY – CATHERINE MINNAN-WONG – Requested by her sister Noreen SATURDAY – GUS & MARIE CALDERONE – Requested by their Family SUNDAY – 10:30 AM – INTENTIONS OF SERENA MEHARCHAND – Requested by Friends in the Music Ministry SUNDAY – 12:30 PM – 25th ANNIVERSARY of PETER & ANA BASCOM – Requested by the Family
Sunday September 29th after the 10:30 Mass
This Sunday, September 29th there will be an altar server welcome back and retraining session after the 10:30 Mass. Every altar server is invited. Interested boys and girls, ages 9 and older, who are willing to train to be an altar server are very much welcome. Refreshments will be provided.
Friday, October 4th from 9:30 AM to 12 Noon
English: Rosary – Saturday, October 5th at 3:15 PM in the Gabriel Room Chinese Rosary – Sunday, October 6th at 3:30 PM in the Gabriel Room
For information, please contact Linda Law at 416-918-8029.
Sunday, October 6th at 11:30 AM in the Gabriel Room
On the first Sunday of each month, the Passionist Centre for Ecology and Spirituality facilitates a 30 minute reflection and discussion prompted by the readings for that Sunday’s liturgy.
All are welcome to attend.
As well, these meetings may be an opportunity for “Born Catholics” to deepen their understanding of our faith. Very often, especially for those of us who received our religious instruction at an early age, we tend to grow physically, mentally, psychologically, etc., but the understanding of our faith does not grow correspondingly. The RCIA may serve as a good opportunity for us to ask questions and to develop a more adult understanding of our faith.
If you have, or know of, school age children (ages 7 to 14) who wish to prepare for Baptism, please contact Sr. Maria Lucia at 416-221-8866. Classes for them will begin after Thanksgiving.
Urgently needed items include: rice, pasta and pasta sauces, peanut butter cooking spices hot chocolate powdered milk black/Orange Pekoe tea ground or instant coffee, sugar cookies and crackers, vegetable oil jams canned tuna, soups, stews, meats, fruits and vegetables Please no fresh or frozen foods. We thank you for your generous support!
In an effort to support those have been most directly impacted by Hurricane Dorian, the Archdiocese of Toronto is accepting funds that will be sent through our Catholic relief partners. Contributions can be made by those wishing to help in the following ways:
The bridge group which meets at St. Gabriel’s Parish is looking for bridge players and “subs” on Thursday afternoon from 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM.
For more information, please call Anne Deck at 416-221-8248.
Thursday, October 3rd at 7:00 PM
St. Joseph Morrow Park is holding an Information Night for students who are entering secondary school. It will be held on Thursday, October 3rd at 7:00 PM.
Parents/Guardians and students are cordially invited to attend. Join them at 3379 Bayview Avenue, just south of Steeles on the east side. For more information please call 416-393-5516.
Brebeuf College is holding an Open House for students who are entering high school. It will be held on Thursday, October 3rd at 7:00 PM. Parents/Guardians and students are cordially invited to attend. Join them at 211 Steeles Avenue East. They can be reached at 416 393-5508 for more information.
Are you new on campus and looking for a place to belong? Check out Catholic campus ministry! Find your Catholic home on campuses in the GTA and across Canada by connecting at www.chaplaincyconnect.ca.
Friday, October 25 to Sunday, October 27 – 7:30 PM
Manresa Jesuit Retreat Centre 2325 Liverpool Rd., Pickering With Fr. Henk van Majel, SJ.
“A contemplative approach to making decisions” Decisions, Decisions – Yes, No, maybe?
Step forward to a restful weekend of open fields and fall colors, away from the frenzy, to hear God’s gentle whisper. Private room, Mass, spiritual direction and more – even a movie night!
On Sunday, September 29th, from 1:30 to 3:00, Cameron Couchman, a familiar face from previous workshops and on-site in the gardens, will lead a workshop on Seed-Saving. Topics covered will be identifying plants that have set seed and are ready for harvest, collecting and storing seeds as well as cold stratification and mimicking natural processes to promote germination. We will meet in the Gabriel Room but dress for the outdoors.
For more information on the Garden Ministry, visit our website at https://stgabrielsparish.ca/ministries/garden-ministry/ or email Heather Bennett at heathermjb@gmail.com.
September 22nd, 2019
Around the world young people are staging demonstrations on what they call ‘Fridays for the Future’. It is a concerted effort of these young people to sensitize men and women and children and especially politicians to the realities of climate change, a change that is effecting and will affect the lives of all of us in not too many years from now.
Many of these demonstrations are inspired by the young Danish activist Greta Thunberg who sailed from Denmark to New York to speak at the United Nations Climate Action Summit tomorrow, a meeting President Trump will not attend. These world-wide protests are meant to send a message to politicians to take climate change seriously and to work toward keeping global warming to a maximum of 1.5 Celsius.
Ms. Thunberg says that these worldwide demonstrations are meant to hold those who are the most responsible for the global crisis accountable. Well that’s all of us, not just politicians. This present crisis didn’t just happen yesterday. Scientists had been warning us for years about global warming and climate change. We’ve been warned many times that we humans have to live with the limits of Earth’s resources, resources that are not equally shared by the human family. There are the haves and the have nots, we’re among the ‘haves’. We are living on a sick planet, a planet polluted and diminished by toxic air, polluted water and toxic soil. The destruction of the manmade fires destroying the rain forests in Brazil and Indonesian are a crime against Earth and humanity. And it’s all for profit. Our own Mayor tells us something we already know, ‘in the past few years our city has been dealing with the effects of more flooding, our city in getting hotter, wetter and wilder and our climate risks are increasing.
What has all this got to do with today’s gospel? Just go to the words of the rich man who caught his steward abusing his trust and stealing; ‘you can be steward no longer.’
In one of the stories of creation found in the Book of Genesis we’re told of God deciding,’ let us make humankind in our own image and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air and over all the wild animals.’ One of our hymns sings,’ made us lords of all creation, everything is ours to use and abuse. These texts have given humankind a twisted attitude toward God’s good creation. We exploit nature, abuse nature, even try to control nature. We humans believe we are over and above nature. That’s our ingrained mindset and that’s why humanity, us, are in the mess we are in.
The human family is enmeshed in the life systems of Earth. As I’ve said before ‘The earth does not belong to us, we belong to the earth and what we do to the earth we do to ourselves. We did not weave the web of life; we are a strand in the web and what we do to the web we do to ourselves.
You can be steward no longer – that might be the message of the countless young people from around the world to us. We’ve blown it and they’ve been part of that by their own lives styles and throw away mentality. Hopefully their sense of social justice and ecological awareness, their concern for the future of the planet and their future will have an impact on the leaders of the world meeting at the UN. Hopefully.
Before and after all masses today, all members of St. Gabriel’s community (whether a single person, two spouses, or a family) are encouraged to sign up for a specific sitting time to have their portrait taken by a professional photographer to be included in the 2020 St. Gabriel’s Pictorial Directory which is expected to be completed and distributed in early 2020. Each family or person photographed will receive a FREE Directory and a FREE 8′ x 10″ colour portrait.
There are still some sitting times on October 9th, 10th, & 11th (Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday). As well new appointment times are now available on Wednesday & Thursday (October 23rd & 24th) and on Wednesday & Thursday (October 30th & 31st). Sitting times will be on the quarter hour starting at 2:30 PM until 8:30 PM and on Saturday from 10:00 AM until 3:15 PM
We need many more parishioners to register for the Parish Directory in order to make it successful – no one is too old or too young! Please consider signing up today.
If you are attending St. Gabriel’s on a regular basis, but have not formally registered at the Parish office, you are encouraged to do so.
“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
The group will meet for a total of 8 sessions on consecutive Thursdays beginning October 3rd to November 21st from 9:30 to 11:30. AM. The cost for the workbook is $20.
September 23rd to September 29th
MONDAY – GERRY HATCH – Requested by his Family TUESDAY – AURITA FERNANDES – Requested by Tony Fernandes WEDNESDAY – RENATO BELLISARI – Requested by Chiara & Tina Intini THURSDAY – KENG OWYONG – Requested by Helen Owyong FRIDAY – MARION & BOB DESROCHES – Requested by Mark DesRoches SATURDAY – JOHN POWELL – Requested by Pat Kathleen Olden Powell SUNDAY – 10:30 AM – FRANK YORKE – Requested by the Scanga Family SUNDAY – 12:30 PM
On Sunday, September 29th there will be an altar server welcome back and retraining session after the 10:30 Mass. Every altar server is invited. Interested boys and girls, ages 9 and older, who are willing to train to be an altar server are very much welcome. Refreshments will be provided.
St. Gabriel’s Church September 24th 25th and 26th from 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM
Registration for children who wish to receive the Sacraments of First Communion, Reconciliation and Confirmation will be held at St. Gabriel’s Church on the following dates:
Tuesday, September 24th from 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM Wednesday, September 25th from 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM Thursday, September 26th from 7.30 PM to 9:00 PM
Please Note: A copy of the child’s Baptismal Certificate is required if registering for First Communion or Confirmation. A fee of $30 is required at registration for Confirmation to defray related costs.
Sunday September 29th
The theme announced by His Holiness Pope Francis for the 105th World Day of Migrants and Refugees is “It Is Not Just About Migrants.” In his message, Pope Francis reminds us that “the presence of migrants and refugees, is an invitation to recover some of those essential dimensions of our Christian existence and our humanity that risk being overlooked in a prosperous society. That is why it is not just about migrants. ‘
“For if you love those who love you, what recompense will you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?’ (Matt: 5:46).”
Adult Catholics who have not received the sacrament of Confirmation but who wish to do so are also encouraged to attend these sessions.
As well, these meetings may be an opportunity for “Born Catholics” to deepen their understanding of our faith. Very often, especially for those of us who received our religious instruction at an early age, we tend to grow physically, mentally, psychologically etc., but the understanding of our faith does not grow correspondingly. The RCIA may serve as a good opportunity for us to ask questions and to develop a more adult understanding of our faith.
If you are interested in joining the RCIA meetings or if you would like to have more information about it, please contact Sr. Maria Lucia at 416-221-8866.
If you have, or know of, school age children (ages 7 to 14) who wish to prepare for Baptism, please contact the Sr. Maria Lucia at 416-221-8866. Classes for them will begin in October.
Gabriel Room Saturday, September 28th at 2:00 PM
“Thus faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the word of Christ.” Romans: 10:17
Are you a good story teller? Would you like to share with others? On Saturday, September 28th at 2:00 PM join the Lectors to learn more about the ministry at a workshop in the Gabriel room. The workshop will provide time for lectors to share their experience and learn some of the best kept secrets of proclaiming the Word. Those who would like to join this ministry are asked to RSVP to the Parish office by September 23rd, 2019.
Last week, Hurricane Dorian devastated the Caribbean nation of the Bahamas, and caused significant damage in Nova Scotia and along the Atlantic coast of the United States.
The hurricane moved excruciatingly slowly across the Bahamian island of Abaco, leaving most buildings and infrastructure destroyed. More than 70,000 people in the Bahamas are expected to need emergency assistance, including food, shelter, electricity and safe drinking water. A still unknown number of people are missing and at least 50 people dead — a number that is expected to rise quickly over the coming weeks as more bodies are recovered.
Online through the Archdiocese of Toronto website: www.archtoronto.org
By phone through the Development Office – 416-934-3411
Through the parish, making cheques payable to: St. Gabriel’s Parish – 2019 Hurricane Dorian – Disaster Relief
You can make a difference in the lives of the hungry and homeless this Thanksgiving by participating in the annual Good Shepherd Ministries Thanksgiving Food Drive. Good Shepherd provides hot meals and shelter for the homeless in our city as well as a chance to start again through the Resettlement or DARE Programs.
Urgently needed items include: rice, pasta and pasta sauces, peanut butter, jam cooking spices hot chocolate powdered milk black/Orange Pekoe tea ground or instant coffee, sugar cookies and crackers, vegetable oil jams canned tuna, soups, stews, meats, fruits and vegetables. Please no fresh or frozen foods. We thank you for your generous support.
Thursday, October 3rd at 7:00 PM.
St. Joseph Morrow Park is holding an Information Night for students who are entering secondary school. It will be held on Thursday, October 3rd, 2019, at 7:00 PM.
Brebeuf College School is holding an Open House on Thursday, October 3rd at 7:00 PM for students who are entering secondary school. Parents/Guardians and students are invited to attend. Join them at 211 Steeles Avenue East, just west of Bayview on the south side of Steeles. They can be reached at (416) 393-5508.
Congratulations to Olga Bonilla, the winner of our blueberry pie raffle! Thank you to everyone who generously helped us raise $339 for supplies for our Good Shepherd community garden.
On Sunday, September 29th, from 1:30 to 3:00 PM in the Gabriel Room, Cameron Couchman, a familiar face from previous workshops and on-site in the gardens, will lead a workshop on Seed-Saving. Topics covered will be identifying plants that have set seed and are ready for harvest, collecting and storing seeds as well as cold stratification and mimicking natural processes to promote germination.
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