National Day of Prayer in Solidarity with Indigenous Peoples December 12, 2018 Young People, the Faith and Vocational Discernment

Published December 12, 2018 / by St. Lawrence Hamilton

National Day of Prayer in Solidarity with Indigenous Peoples December 12, 2018 Young People, the Faith and Vocational Discernment The National Day of Prayer in Solidarity with Indigenous People is celebrated by the Catholic Church in Canada every year on December 12, the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe, patroness of the Americas. This […]

From the Pastor’s Desk : The Second Sunday of Advent

Published December 09, 2018 / by St. Lawrence Hamilton

The Liturgy of the Second Sunday of Advent introduces to us to Saint John the Baptist. He is identified as the “Voice in the wilderness” mentioned in the prophesies of Isaiah. Isaiah has been called the evangelist of The Old Testament because he wrote a lot about the coming Saviour. However it is only St. […]

From the Pastor’s Desk – First Week of Advent

Published December 02, 2018 / by St. Lawrence Hamilton

Today we begin a new liturgical year with the First Sunday of Advent. The season of Advent is significant in two ways: It prepares us for Christmas, as we recall Christ’s nativity in Bethlehem and it is also a time when we look forward to Christ’s second coming at the end of the ages that […]

Advent Retreat – Friendship and Solitude

Published November 30, 2018 / by St. Lawrence Hamilton

Solitude and time alone can sometimes seem at odds with our need for connections through friendship. As both human and Divine, Jesus provides us with many examples of the connection between solitude and friendship and what God teaches us about the need to seek out the solitary to prepare for friendship. December 16th, 2018 – […]

Turkey Roll This Friday December 7th 2018

Published November 29, 2018 / by St. Lawrence Hamilton

From the Pastor’s Desk, November 25th – Christ the King

Published November 27, 2018 / by St. Lawrence Hamilton

Today we celebrate the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe that was established in 1921 by Pope Pius XI in his encyclical letter Quas Primas. The Pope connected the increasing denial of Christ as king to the rise of secularism throughout Europe. At that time many Christians began doubting Christ’s existence […]

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