Dear Parishioners,
Today, we begin the blessed Season of Advent and with it, the new Church year. A beautiful prayer of the Church captures the spirit of Advent: Lord, our God, help us to prepare for the coming of Christ...
Dear Parishioners,
This Sunday, we celebrate the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, commonly known as the Feast of Christ the King, which marks the end of our liturgical year, Year C. We will begin the...
Dear Parishioners,
On Wednesday, November 19, 2025, people around the world will mark Red Wednesday, an initiative of Aid to the Church in Need (ACN). This global day highlights the persecution and injustice faced by Christians worldwide. When it comes...
Dear Parishioners,
As a Catholic community, we continue our journey through the Jubilee Year on the theme of “Pilgrims of Hope.” The jubilee theme invites us and encourages us to renew our faith through sacraments and acts of...
Dear Parishioners,
Saturday, November 1st, we celebrated the Feast of All Saints, in which we celebrate ‘all the saints’ canonized and not, who are models for us of living the gospel and putting into practice the gospel invitation...
Dear Parishioners,
In the Archdiocese of Toronto, this Sunday, the last Sunday of October, is commemorated as the Day of Palliative Care, a day to appreciate the gift of life and to promote palliative care. Palliative care is the...
Dear Parishioners,
This Sunday, October 19th, we celebrate the 99th World Mission Sunday and this year’s theme is “Missionaries of Hope Among All Peoples”. This theme, inspired by the Jubilee Year of Hope, calls...
Dear Parishioners,
This weekend we celebrate Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is more than a holiday or a long weekend. Thanksgiving is a sacred time to pause, look back and recognize the countless blessings of God that go unnoticed in the hustle and...
Dear Parishioners,
I would like to highlight a couple of points this weekend: The First, as I announced in the masses last weekend, October is the month of the Holy Rosary—a time to draw closer to Christ through...
Dear Parishioners,
Hope the first few weeks of September were not too hard, especially for those with young families who have to deal with issues around back-to-school. You all continue to be in our parish’s thoughts...
Dear Parishioners,
Stewardship Sunday is celebrated annually across the entire Archdiocese of Toronto on the 25th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Stewardship Sunday normally occurs on the third Sunday in September, which is this Sunday. Stewardship Sunday gives us, the priests...
Dear Parishioners,
Fr. Sojan and I invite the members of our parish community to be in solidarity of prayer with our religious community, the Congregation of Holy Cross, as we celebrate the feast of our Congregational patroness, Our Lady of...
Dear Parishioners,
I hope that all of you have had a peaceful and restful summer. Another school year is upon us and the summer is over…almost! The beginning of the school year signals the resuming of the numerous...
St. Rose of Lima Youth Ministry is hosting a Board Game Cafe!
Join us for an afternoon of board games, card games and friendly competition.
January 3, 2026, Saturday, from 2 PM to 5 PM in the Parish Hall.
This...
St. Rose of Lima Parish is excited to announce the revival of its Youth Ministry!
Starting in September 2025, we will host Edge Nights for Youth in Grades 6, 7, 8. These events will take place on the last...
Dear Parishioners,
Hope summer is going well for you and for your families. The summer days leading up to the Labour Day weekend are a bit of a down time for us in the parish with schools closed and a...
Dear Parishioners,
On behalf of Fr. Sojan and myself, I wish you all a Happy and restful summer. Thanks be to God for the warm, sunny days. We find ourselves in that time of the year that so many...
Dear Parishioners,
Today we celebrate the Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ or Corpus Christi. The gathering every week for Mass or Eucharist, or what we often call “breaking of the bread,” began with the very...
Dear Parishioners,
We are happy to provide you—inserted in this bulletin—with the Financial Statement of our Parish for 2024. This statement is a way of being accountable to you for your generous financial contributions to the...
JOIN Us every Monday from 7:30 pm to 8:45 pm at St. Paul’s Room in the Hall.
Current Study: The Book of Exodus.
We will examine the Israelites' deliverance from slavery to freedom, focusing on God...