O Immaculate Heart of Mary, full of goodness, show your love towards us.
Let the flame of your heart, O Mary, descend on all people.
We love you immensely.
Impress true love in our hearts so that we have a...
Live by the Spirit,..the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. (Gal 5:16,22)
There is therefore now no condemntion for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the...
Let us unite ourselves with Jesus in stillness through this Holy Week.
Through your Cross and Passion, deliver us Lord.
No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends. (John 15:13...
“On the day of Pentecost,
three thousand responded to the saving message when Peter preached it.
In the beginning the Church grew quickly.
It has always been God’s intention, as I read it,
that the Church...
During the final hours of His earthly time on the Cross, Jesus spoke seven statements that are powerful and profound.
Today and through this Holy Week,
Let us stay with Him and spend some time in reading the scripture and...
The archdiocesan website has made available some resources regarding the Residential Schools.
Please click the following link:
Residential Schools Information
Fr. Dr. Matthew M. Durham, D.Min is the Executive Director, Hospice Palliative Care & Community Development, Saint Elizabeth Foundation. Fr. Durham shares his insights on the ‘HopeLine’ created by the Archdiocese of Toronto and operated by Saint...
The desire of every human heart is for communion. And as we strive to fulfill this desire, often we are found wanting, until we go to the source: Jesus.
With this in mind, in 2014, the Sisters of Life began...
Julia and Adam Kozak, a married couple actively involved in bridge-building and peacemaking with Indigenous and non-indigenous peoples, reflect on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Adam, a Lay Pastoral Associate and musician, was the National Project...
“Those who hope in the Lord will run and not be weary” Isaiah 40:31
What is RENEW Toronto?
RENEW Toronto is OCY’s largest annual gathering of young adults from the Archdiocese of Toronto and beyond...
The Sept. 21st and 22nd weekend of 2024 will be a busy one for the Office of Catholic Youth (OCY). For 10 years now, the OCY has rolled out two days of training to help adults (on Saturday) and teens...
The beginning of autumn evokes feelings of excitement, anticipation and new beginnings!
There is a shift in the air. Can you feel it? A crispness in the air suggests the end of summer is just around the corner. It is...
Countless cars cross the intersection of Leslie Street and Lawrence Avenue in Toronto’s North York every day. The intersection is like thousands of other intersections in Canada’s largest city. In one corner a gas station, in...
Situated about 20-miles Southeast of the Delaware Water Gap, the popular American national recreation area on the Delaware River near the border of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, a Catholic summer camp called Camp Auxilium welcomes children as they arrive...
Diego Maratta is a retired permanent deacon of Toronto from St. Benedict Parish in Etobicoke. He is also a consecrated member of a lay monastic community, the “Community of the sons and daughters of God”. The community...
The following was written by James Cyfko, a seminarian at St. Augustine's Seminary in Toronto currently working as a summer student at the Office of Catholic Youth.
Totus Tuus, which translates as “Totally Yours” in English, was...
Julia and Adam Kozak, a married couple actively involved in bridge-building and peacemaking with Indigenous and non-indigenous peoples, reflect on National Indigenous Peoples Day. Adam, a Lay Pastoral Associate and musician, was the National Project Manager for...