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St. Paul’s Basilica – Celebrating 200 Years of Service
In 1822, St. Paul’s Basilica was established as the first Catholic parish in Toronto. In honour of this centuries-long milestone, Cardinal Thomas Collins will celebrate a 200th anniversary Mass on Sept. 18 at 11 a.m.
This...
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23rd Sunday Ordinary Time
Readings: Wisdom: 9:13-18b, Philemon 9b-10,12-17, Luke 14.25-33
We are invited this week to have strong foundations of our faith, to live in wisdom and recognize the hand of God in all that happens...
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22nd Sunday Ordinary Time
Readings: Sirach 3:17-18,20,28-29, Hebrews 12:18-19,22-24a, Luke 14:2,7-14
Jesus wants to talk to us about humility and what that might look like in our lives and what meanings it...
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21st Sunday Ordinary Time
Readings: Isaiah 66:18-21, Hebrews 12:5-7,11-13, Luke 13:22-30
Who will be saved? For most of us, that means who will be in heaven? Will you be or I’ll be...
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20th Sunday Ordinary Time
Readings: Jeremiah 38.4-6,8-10, Hebrews 12.1-4, Luke 12.49-53
Jeremiah tells the people not to fight but to surrender. He has a religious reason for doing this: he believes the people are defenseless because...
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19th Sunday Ordinary Time
Readings: Wisdom 18.6-9, Hebrews 11.1-2,8-19, Luke 12.32-48
Friends, you and I know what the end is supposed to look like. It's the Kingdom of heaven. But we have to keep that...
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18th Sunday Ordinary Time
Readings:Ecclesiastes 1.2;2.21-23, Colossians 3.1-5,9-11, Luke 12.13-21
"If you were raised with Christ, seek what is above." today most people find this way of thinking unacceptable. We want to live...
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Pray, Watch, Reflect: Walking Together
As we welcome Pope Francis to Canada, all are invited to participate in this historic journey.
In addition to television coverage of papal events, visit www.papalvisit.ca to access more than 10 livestream links of coverage featuring interpretation in...
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17th Sunday Ordinary Time
Readings: Genesis 18.20-32, Colossians 2.12-14, Luke 11.1-13
Perseverance in prayer! Keep asking God for all you need! God hears us and answers us if we keep pestering Him. Both the first reading...
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16th Sunday Ordinary Time
Readings: Genesis 18:1-10a, Colossians 1:24-28, Luke 10:38-42
The lesson today is that offering hospitality always brings a gift from God. Perhaps even more important than physical hospitality is simply listening to one another. The...
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Two Sisters of Life to Profess Final Vows in Toronto
Two Sisters of Life will profess final vows at St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica this Saturday, July 16 – the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Cardinal Thomas Collins will be the main celebrant and homilist.
Sr. Jeanne...
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Annual Mass for the Faithful Departed
After two years of COVID-19 restrictions, Catholic Cemeteries & Funeral Services of the Archdiocese of Toronto is once again celebrating the Annual Mass for the Faithful Departed in-person. Taking place on Wednesday, August 17 at 7 p.m...
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15th Sunday Ordinary Time July 10, 2022
Readings: Deuteronomy 30:10-14, Colossians 1:15-20, Luke 10:25-37
Teacher what must I do to inherit eternal life? This is the theme for our readings today. All of us want to know what we must for...
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14th Sunday Ordinary Time
Readings:Isaiah 66.10-14, Galatians 6.14-18, Luke 10.1-12, 17-20
"Nothing is lost by peace.. Jesus brings peace and leaves us peace"(Pius XII). On this fourteenth Sunday of Ordinary time the Churchy draws our...
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Find a Church Near You This Summer
With the summer now in full swing, many Catholics will be visiting the Archdiocese of Toronto from elsewhere in the world and many of our regular parishioners will find themselves in a different part of the archdiocese for a weekend...
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13th Sunday In Ordinary Time
Readings:1Kings 19. 16b, 19-21, Galatians 5.1, 13-18, Luke 9.51-62
We have readings about discipleship today. it means to follow Jesus Christ? Perhaps for many people, following the Lord meant keeping the rules of the...
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