FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT

Our next Catholic Mom’s Group Meetup is:

March 3rd at 9:30am

Our Theme this month with speaker Sister Christina:

“When a Sister mothers her Sister”

Mothers of all ages are invited to attend.

Please use Parish Office doors

Father Sean will be screening episode 7 of the

Lectio Divina series with Cardinal Collins, The call of Samuel

(1 Samuel 3:1-21) Sunday, March 1, 2020 7:00 PM: Vespers (Evening Prayer)

7:30 PM: Lectio Divina

Mass Readings & Intentions

Sun., Mar 1 Gn 2.7-9, 16-18, 25; 3.1-7~Rom 5.12-19~Mt 4.1-11

9:00am For the intentions of all the Ordinandi in

the Archdiocese of Toronto

11:00am For our parishioners and their families

Mon., March 2 Lv 19.1-2, 11-18 ~ Mt 25.31-46

Tues., March 3 Is 55.10-11 ~ Mt 6.7-15

7:30 pm Kitty Higgins deceased

Wed., March 4 Jon 3.1-10 ~ Lk 11.29-32

Saint Casimir

9:00 am Kitty Higgins deceased

Thur., March 5 Est 14.1, 3-5, 12-14 ~ Mt 7.7-12

9:00 am Carm Langlois deceased

Fri., March 6 Ez 18.21-28 ~ Mt 5.20-26

9:00 am For the intentions Diane Giroux

Sat., March 7 Dt 26.16-19 ~ Mt 5.43-48

Saint Perpetua and Felicity

5:00 pm For the living and deceased members of

the Thickett family, Luisa Fera

Romuald & Wladyslawa Borysewicz

Ricardo & Sofia & deceased family

Members, Edmund Lipp deceased

Sun., March 8 Gn 12.1-4 ~ 2 Tm 1.8b-10 ~ Mt 17.1-9

9:00am Angela Bartolomeo deceased

11:00am For our parishioners and their families

Please pray for the sick especially, Bernie Smith,

Danielle McIndoo, Estelle Cowe, and those whose names

are recorded in our Parish book of intentions.

And for the repose of the souls of those who have

died; may the souls in Purgatory, through the mercy

of God, rest in peace.

FIRST TUESDAY

March 3rd

Holy Hour & confessions – 6:00pm

Benediction - 7:15pm

Mass – multiple intentions - 7:30pm

FIRST Friday

March 6th

Mass – 9:00am

Holy Hour – 9:30am – 10:30am

Stations of the Cross

Every Friday during Lent at 7:00pm.

All are welcome.

Daylight Saving Time Don’t forget to set your clock forward

one hour on Saturday March 7, 2020

MARCH 1, 2020

Lenten Retreat “Up and Down the Mountain with

Jesus, Peter, James & John”

To be facilitated by Monsignor Jim Hutton of the

Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie

at

Our Lady of Peace Church

March 7 / 8 Vigil & Sunday Masses

The Transfiguration event for Jesus.

Monday, March 9 – Mass at 7 PM

The Transfiguration event for Peter and us.

Tuesday, March 10 – Mass at 7 PM

The Transfiguration event for James and us.

Wednesday, March 11 – Mass at 7 PM

The Transfiguration event for John and us.

Please join us!

2020 Lift Jesus Higher Rally Saturday, March 7, 2020 9:00 am to 5:30 pm

Metro Toronto Convention Centre

255 Front St. W., Toronto

The theme of this year's rally is "JESUS, LIGHT OF

THE WORLD." Featuring inspired talks by: Ralph

Martin; Christy Dupuis; Monsignor Gregory N. Smith;

and keynote speaker Fr. James Mallon. An adult High

Mass (with Sunday readings) will be celebrated by His

Eminence Cardinal Thomas Collins; a youth Mass (with

Sunday readings); a separate youth event with great

music, dynamic talks and inspirational skits (ages 13-

18).

COST: $25 for adults, $15 for youth

CONTACT: Catholic Renewal Ministries

PHONE: (647) 243-9441

EMAIL: contact@ljhr.ca

WEBSITE: www.ljhr.ca

POSTERS: http://bit.ly/LiftJesusHigherYouth2020 (Youth)

http://bit.ly/LiftJesusHigherAdult2020 (Adult)

All parishioners are invited to a Book Reading on Feb

2nd at noon in the parish hall. A light lunch will be

served. There will be a reading of “Caught between Two

Devils” by author Mark Creedon a former Executive

Director of Catholic Family Services Peel Dufferin. The

book, a true story, illustrates how his mother and father-

in law survived being in a Nazi work camp with the help

of their Catholic Faith.

If you have any questions, please call the Parish

office.

Weekly Expenses Weekly Offertory (Feb. 22/23)

$9,600.00* $7,808.50

*Weekly Average expenses calculated from the 2017 and 2018 Financial Reports

Important news on PAG

Parishioners who participate in our parish’s Pre-

Authorized Giving Tree Program (PAG) will soon

receive a letter from ShareLife. If you are not

currently making your ShareLife gift via PAG, you

are encouraged to sign up. And, if you already use

PAG for ShareLife, please consider increasing your

gift to help those who rely on your generous

support.

ShareLife Collections for 2020

1st Collection – March 29th

2nd Collection – May 3rd

3rd Collection – June 7th

We are looking for

10 committed parishioners

willing to help with our

Parish events.

If you are interested please

call our office at 416 239-4831.

Thank you

Daily Lenten Reflections

This Lenten Season you are invited to take part in an

online Catholic Daily Devotional Reflection with

St. Gregory's Parish Catechist Julia Kozak. Each day on

her blog, a new daily reflection will be posted to help

our growth in faith through this season.

The reflections this season will be centred around

Living with Purpose looking especially in the life of

the Prophet Daniel.

To subscribe to receive the daily reflection on your

email, please email Julia at LentenReflections@hotmail.com