Transfiguration of Our Lord
Parish Mission Statement
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
Announcements
2025 SACRAMENTS
All children who wish to receive the Sacrament of Holy First Communion (Grade 2+) and Confirmation (Grade 7+) are required to attend catechism classes facilitated by our parish.
Two information meetings have been scheduled: Monday, September 16th at 7 pm or Tuesday, September 17th at 7 pm. These meetings will take place here at the parish and the parents/guardians are required to attend one of them. Registration for the sacraments will also commence on this night.
We would ask that you bring the following:
- Your child’s baptismal certificate
- Your child’s birth certificate
- $50.00 for the registration fee
- Sacrament of Holy Communion Form (Grade2+) or Sacrament of Confirmation Form (Grade 7+)
(payable by cheque or cash as we have no means to process a debit or credit card)
Kindly note that if you and your families are not registered parishioners, have no affiliation, and/or do not reside within the immediate boundaries of our church, a letter of permission is required from your home parish to allow the sacrament to be celebrated in our church.
*REGISTRATION FOR OUR SACRAMENT PROGRAMS WILL ONLY BE OPEN UNTIL OCTOBER 31, 2024.*
Novena of Cancer
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. We will pray for all who are affected by cancer and pray for prevention of getting this illness.
FORMED
FORMED is a web-based platform, designed to help adults grow in their faith. Free to all parishioners. Register at formed.org.
QUEEN OF APOSTLES RENEWAL CENTRE
November 9: Day of Retreat with the Saints & Holy Souls
November 26: Day of Retreat Meditating on the Last Things: Death, Judgement, Heaven, and Hell
December 7: Advent Day of Retreat
December 14: Bereavement Day of Retreat
Fee Payment: Tel: 905.278.5229; Website: www. qoa.ca
THE OUTREACH PROGRAM
Most urgently needed are individually packaged snacks, juices, bottled water, toothpaste, toothbrushes, deodorant, bar soap, shampoo, conditioner, shaving cream, men’s new
underwear, socks, jackets, coats, jeans, Advil, Ensure/Boost, art supplies, blank notebooks. Items can be placed in the blue bin located at the reception area of the parish office
GOOD SHEPHERD CASSEROLE PROGRAM
The casseroles are picked up on the last Sunday of each month and are put to good use by the Good Shepherd Centre in Toronto. Your support is much needed.
October 26-27 / November 23-24 / December 28-29
Chapel Adoration “Spiritual Walk-in Clinic”
Our parish is honoured with an opportunity to have an adoration of the Blessed Sacrament 24 hours/day, 7 days/week exposed in our chapel for the last 21 years. If you would like to commit one hour a week, please leave your name and contact number in the parish office. All are welcome to come and pray.
OUR LADY OF THE EUCHARIST
The Virgin Mary as the prayerful woman. When the world still knew nothing of her, when she was a simple girl engaged to a man of the house of David, Mary prayed. We can imagine the young girl of Nazareth wrapped in silence, in continual dialogue with God who would soon entrust her with a mission. She is already full of grace and immaculate from the moment she was conceived; but she knows nothing yet of her surprising and extraordinary vocation and the stormy sea she will have to cross. Mary did not autonomously conduct her life: she waits for God to take the reins of her path and guide her where He wants. she is docile, and with her availability she prepares the grand events in which God takes part in the world. The Catechism explains: “In the faith of his humble handmaid, the Gift of God”, that is, the Holy Spirit, “found the acceptance he had awaited from the beginning of time”. (Pope Francis, November 18, 2020)
