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Family Spotlight: The Postill Family
The Postills live in the Leaside neighbourhood in Toronto. David (dad) is a VP of Marketing; Shannon (mom) is an executive in a global consulting firm. They have three children ages 18, 16 and 13 (Gemma, Anna, Jacob) and often...
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Walking Forward Together: Catholic Education Week 2017
April 30 to May 5 is Catholic Education Week in Ontario. This year's theme is "Walking Forward Together."
In the Archdiocese of Toronto, we are grateful for the partnership and collaboration we have with Catholic schools, which are an...
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A Little Less Canada
This post originally appeared on the website of the University of St. Michael's College on March 27, 2017.
Given the political turmoil and ugly nativist sentiment roiling the politics of so many countries, it is hard not to think...
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"Ashes to Palms" Lenten Video Series
Ashes to Palms is a video series freely distributed to Catholics around the world during the season of Lent. This Lent, it will be seen on various social media, Catholic television and internet channels, as well as on archtoronto.org...
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World Day of Prayer for Consecrated
In the Archdiocese of Toronto, we are blessed to have more than 900 religious men and women serving in our midst, representing about 120 religious congregations. They each make significant contributions to our community in parish ministry, education, healthcare, outreach...
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Teams of Our Lady: Enriching Marriage Spirituality
Teams of Our Lady is an international Catholic movement to enrich marriage spirituality. The aim of the movement is to help couples live out a married spirituality and to discover the full richness of the sacrament of marriage. Below, Jodi...
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IN SEARCH OF TRUTH
In this week's homily, I tried to make the point that it is our responsibility to educate ourselves in our Catholic faith- To seek the truth is ultimately to seek Christ. In St. John's Gospel, Jesus...
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Chalking the Door 2017: An Epiphany House Blessing
On this Solemnity of the Epiphany, I would like to draw your attention to the European custom of marking the doorways of houses. Epiphany is the celebration of the...
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Away in a Manger: Christmas Story Told by Children
Away in a Manger
The Good Shepherd Catechesis is an approach to the religious formation/development of children from birth through adolescence that was established in the Archdiocese of Toronto more than twenty-five years ago. The Good...
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First Pastoral Letter to Archdiocese of Toronto, 1842
Below is the text of the first pastoral letter written in 1842 to the faithful of the newly established Diocese of Toronto from its first bishop, Michael Power. The Archdiocese of Toronto kicks off its 175th anniversary year on December...
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CONFESSION
On the 2nd Sunday of Advent, in the Gospel, we saw the image of people going to St. John the Baptist to be Baptized in the Jordan and they were confessing their sins. In my homily, I spoke about...
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Come to Christ this Advent
Advent marks the beginning of the liturgical year. While it expresses the deep longing of all humanity for God, it celebrates the three-fold coming of the Lord: remembering the events that surrounded the Lord’s coming long ago...
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CHRIST THE KING
On the Solemnity of Christ the King, may I suggest a reading of the two paragraphs quoted during the homily. The first paragraph was the introduction to the Encyclical Quas Primas, by Pope Pius XI, which...
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St. Michael's Cathedral: Visible Sign of the Faith
"…the Cathedral Church belongs properly to no particular parish, but that it is the Mother Church of the whole Diocese, such a temple should be built in a manner and style suitable to the Greatness and Majesty of Our...
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Sign of Peace
Further to my homilies where I mentioned the Sign of Peace, here are some references and links about this practice in the Catholic Church in Canada.
The following is found in the GIRM (General Instruction of the Roman Missal...
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Called to Be "Totally Yours": Totus Tuus Week 2
Totus Tuus is a program for Catholic youth in the Archdiocese of Toronto. For three months, teams of post-secondary students work as missionaries to facilitate week-long summer camps at various parishes. The following post is written by Christopher...
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World Refugee Day
Monday, June 20 is World Refugee Day. As the Office for Refugees, Archdiocese of Toronto continues its important work of resettling those seeking to escape war and persecution, we invite you to pray for all those involved in resettlement efforts...