We remember on this day the many Irish people who were some of the very first parishioners, and who helped to build St. Lawrence the Martyr Parish. St. Patrick pray for us!
Charitable Tax receipts for 2022 have been delivered/mailed. If you made a donation to the Parish in 2022 through our envelopes and did not receive a receipt, please contact the parish office.
Online donations are receipted by our online gift platform – CanadaHelps.
They don’t mail out paper receipts but rather they issue them online via email – to download your receipts from them go to https://www.canadahelps.org/en/tax-receipts/ and follow the instructions on that page.
On February 6th, parts of Turkey and Syria experienced a devastating earthquake. It is estimated that over 11,200 people have lost their lives and 40,900 reported injured. The earthquake has left both countries in a state of crisis that is made worse by exposure to aftershocks and winter storms.
Those wishing to support the relief effort are encouraged to contribute to one of the following Catholic entities currently mounting humanitarian responses on the ground:
Catholic Near East Welfare Association (CNEWA) has been a lifeline for the poor throughout the Middle East, Northeast Africa, India and Eastern Europe for 90 years. They are currently serving 2,000 families specifically in Syria seeking emergency shelter.
https://cnewa.org/ca/work/emergency-syria/
The International Caritas team is rallying to support Caritas Turkey whose facilities, staff and volunteers have all been impacted by the earthquake. Caritas Turkey has begun working with local authorities to raise shelters, medical supplies and communication pathways between survivors and support services.
CRS is partnering with Caritas Turkey, Caritas Syria and Caritas Anatolia, all hardest hit by the earthquake.
https://support.crs.org/
Aid to the Church in Need, like CNEWA is serving impacted Christian communities specifically in Syria:
https://acn-canada.square.site/
The inspiration for #TheBibleSpeaks comes from Pope Francis’ letter for the conclusion of the Year of Mercy, Misericordia et misera, #7, in which he states, “It would be beneficial if every Christian community, on one Sunday of the liturgical year, could renew its efforts to make the Sacred Scriptures better known and more widely diffused. It would be a Sunday given over entirely to the word of God, so as to appreciate the inexhaustible riches contained in that constant dialogue between the Lord and his people.”
Click here to find out more (Diocese of Hamilton Resource)