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 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...
Come and join us in learning the Faith of Our Patriarchs in Breaking Open the Word (Bible Study). Breaking Open the Word will take place in St. Paul’s Room every Monday starting at 7:30 p.m. until...
Dear Parishioners,
Just as the month of May was dedicated to our Blessed Mother, the month of June is dedicated to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. The feast of the Sacred Heart is an important feast for the Church...
Dear Parishioners,
We begin a new month this Sunday and the month of June will be month that will bring to a closure a number of things, for example the schools will break for the summer at the end of...
Dear Parishioners,
Greeting over 200,000 pilgrims, leaders from around the world, and representatives of Christian denominations, Pope Leo XIV marked the joyous start to his Petrine Ministry, officially inaugurating it with Mass in Saint Peter’s Square on...
Dear Parishioners,
People around the world, especially Catholics, watched with rapt attention as our new Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV, appeared on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, after the College of Cardinals elected him as...
Dear Parishioners,
This weekend we celebrate Mother’s Day. It is a time to reflect on the gift of life and love of all mothers. We come to know the love and goodness of God first and foremost through...
Dear Parishioners,
Our Catholic School communities in Ontario celebrate this week as Catholic Education Week. This week provides an opportunity for the inclusion of all the partners in the Catholic education triad – home, parish, school – to celebrate our...
Dear Parishioners,
Here we are the Sunday after the solemn celebration of Easter and on this Divine Mercy Sunday. I am grateful for the wonderful Holy Week celebrations we had here at St. Rose of Lima Parish Community. It was...
Dear Parishioners,
On behalf of Fr. Sojan and myself and the Parish staff, I wish you, and your families and your loved ones, on this greatest and most important feast of the Church year. Easter gives us the joyful message...