Transfiguration of Our Lord
We are God’s instruments who strive to grow by sharing and nurturing our joint commitment to Christ’s message of love, and by committing ourselves to serve the needs of the parish as stewards for the sake of God’s kingdom

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Looking for adults to bake cookies, brownies, etc…, for the youth group. Water and juices welcome. Contact Sr. Patricia Melanson at [email protected]

The casseroles are picked up on the last Sunday of each month (Dec.28th & 29th) and are put to good use by the Good Shepherd Centre in Toronto. Your support is much needed.

Please support the Knights of Columbus “Coats for Kids” program so that no child in our community goes without a coat this winter. Donation envelopes found in the front of the church.

The CWL’s Christmas get together will take place on Monday, December 16th at 6:30pm in the parish hall. Service pins will be presented.

Please support most urgently needed are packaged snacks, water, personal hygiene products, underwear and socks . Items can be placed in the blue bin located by the main office

Novena for Cancer All are welcome to join us for Mass every Tuesday at 9:30am. After the Mass, we pray a novena to Saint Michael of the Saints: A Trinitarian mystic and patron saint of cancer patients.

Adoration will take place at 4:00pm on Christmas Day until Boxing Day. We will keep the Blessed Sacrament in the tabernacle. Please use the access code to enter the Church.

Advent Confessions

  • Tuesday, December 10 at 10:15am to 12:00pm
  • Tuesday, December 10 at 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Christmas Mass Schedule

Tuesday, December 24th, (Christmas Eve)
  • 9:30am – Morning Mass
  • 5:30pm – Family Christmas Mass
  • 11:15pm – Carols with the Choir Members
  • 12 midnight – Christmas Mass
Wednesday, December 25th (Christmas Day)
  • 7:45am
  • 9:00am (Italian)
  • 10:30am
  • 12noon
  • 7:00pm

New Year’s Mass Schedule

Tuesday, December 31st (New Year’s Eve)
  • 9:30am Morning Mass
  • 12 midnight – New Year’s Day Mass
Wednesday, January 1st (New Year’s Day)
  • 7:45am
  • 9:00am (Italian)
  • 10:30am
  • 12noon
  • 7:00pm

Mary, The Source of Joy

Christians have always recognized Mary as the source of joy. According to the liturgical prayer of the Church, she is “the cause of our joy”, “the joy of Israel”, that is, the joy of the world renewed by God. The recognition is also evident in how Christians throughout the world celebrate the feasts of Our Lady and frequent the Marian shrines. Why all this? First of all because Mary is Immaculate, that is, all of God who is eternal happiness. But there is even a deeper reason: Mary is the worthy Mother of the Son of God, “who came to give us joy and to give it to us in abundance” (See John 15:11). Precisely because with her wonderful “yes” she became the Mother of the Savior, Mary has reason to rejoice for the presence of the Son of God in her womb abd feels the need to manifest this incomparable joy: “My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior” (Lk 1:46-55) https://www.the latheotokos.it/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=2205