Merry Christmas! I hope you receive one blessing after another this coming year. May the true spirit of Christmas shine in your heart and light your path. Every Christmas is merrier because you’re a part of it, wouldn’t be Christmas without you! So glad to have you in our Family of Parishes, year after year. Whatever is beautiful, meaningful and brings you happiness, May it be yours this season and throughout the coming year. Fr. Romeo Fernandes OFM Cap, Pastor Fr. Christophe Mbunzu OFM Cap, Co-Pastor Deacons Marcel and Fred
“Canada Needs Our Lady" is holding a Canada wide Public Square Rosary Rally on Saturday, October 15th at 12:00 noon. Currently there are over 800 groups across Canada who will join in prayer asking Our Blessed Mother to intercede for our country. Our Family of Parishes will gather in front of St. Michaels Church to pray outside. Please mark this date on your calendar and join us for this very important event as we pray for the many needs of our country.
God works in our lives in mysterious ways. Our lives are all interconnected and each of us has a story. When someone shares the story of their faith journey with us it is a gift. Each month, a member of our family of parishes will share a little bit of their journey on our Facebook page and You Tube channel. This month our new pastor, Fr. Romeo will share his faith journey with us and how God has worked in his life. Be sure to check it out and follow us on Facebook or subscribe to our You Tube channel! What is your story?!
South Kent Catholic Family of Parishes is starting something new! Each month, a member of our family of parishes will share a little bit of their journey on our Facebook page and/or our You Tube channel. Be sure to check it out! Follow us on Facebook and subscribe to our YouTube channel!
Bishop Fabbro and Auxiliary Bishop Dabrowski will be joining Pope Francis, other bishops and the faithful from around the world in consecrating Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary this Friday, March 25, after the noon Mass at St. Peter's Cathedral Basilica (approximately 12:30). The Mass and consecration will be livestreamed on the Cathedral's YouTube channel at this link. As Bishop said in his letter: "We need to pray for a change of hearts that will lead to reconciliation and so that 'enemies may speak to each other again, adversaries join hands, and peoples seek to meet together' ... The faithful who are not able to join in the consecration on Friday may offer one decade of the Rosary to our Blessed Mother for this intention." As well, for the guidance of the leaders of NATO who meet on Thursday, March 24, the faithful are asked to pray the following that day: God of реасе and justice, we pray for the реорlе of Ukraine today. We pray for реaсе and the laying down of weapons. We pray for аll those who fear for tomorrow, that your Spirit of comfort would draw near to them. We pray for those with power over war or реасе, for wisdom, discernment and compassion to guide their decisions. Above аll, we pray for аll your precious children, at-risk and in fear, that you would hold and protect them. We pray in the name of Jesus, the Prince of Реасе. Amen.
Dear brothers and sisters, Thirty years ago, Saint John Paul II instituted the World Day of the Sick to encourage the people of God, Catholic health institutions and civil society to be increasingly attentive to the sick and to those who care for them. [
Bishop Fabbro issued his personal Apology to the Indigenous Peoples of this Land today and committed the Diocese of London to five actions to help advance healing and reconciliation. You can read the full apology and five actions here, and it is posted on the diocesan website.
Bishop Fabbro's Statement on the Tragic Discovery at the Former Kamloops Residential School May 31, 2021 - "I am shocked and profoundly saddened by the horrifying discovery of the remains of at least 215 children at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School on the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation." (read more)
As per Bishop Fabbro and beginning this weekend in accordance with Ontario's reopening plan, St. Mary's, St. Paul's and St. Michael's will be offering masses at regularly scheduled times. Attendance is still capped at 15% and masses are presently first come, first served. We look forward to seeing you soon!
Please keep Fr. Doss Velanganni and his family in your prayers after the passing of his mother in India due to Covid-19. May her soul through the mercy of God Rest In Peace and may this family find consolation and peace in the love of Christ.
Effective Monday April 19th, in order to comply with the newly announced public health measures, we are unable to welcome you in-person for Masses. Online viewing of Mass will continue to be available Wednesday and Friday mornings at 8:30am and Sunday mornings at 11:00am. Let us keep one another in prayer!
Parish offices are closed to the public and the secretaries are working from home and checking emails and phone messages. They will return your calls and emails during regular office hours. Thank you for your patience.
Since the effects of the pandemic continue in our daily lives, as well as the need for wearing masks and maintaining physical distancing, Bishop Fabbro hereby extends the dispensation from Sunday obligation until the end of the Easter Season; that is, up to and including Pentecost Sunday.
Regarding Bill C-7, further safeguards withdrawn regarding euthanasia and assisted suicide. "This Bill removes, among other things, the requirement in the law that a person’s death must be “reasonably foreseen” and extends the provision of euthanasia and assisted suicide to those who are not dying." Read more: https://dol.ca/bill-c-7-maid