WELCOME

We take this opportunity to extend a warm welcome to all those who will be visiting us. We are pleased that you have come to worship with us. The doors and hearts of our parish family of FAITH are always open, and we invite you to contact us at any time.  

 Lenten Mid-Day Talks

Lenten Midday Lecture Talks - Mar 27th to Mar 31st, 2023 at Sacred Heart Church beginning at 12:10pm daily.
Guest Speaker is Fr. Eugene Hensell.

 Theology of the Body for Teens: Middle School Edition 

“A New Language for A New Generation”

This is a program aimed at the unique situation of young Catholics ages 11 - 14 and uses a great mix of stories, real-life examples, activities, prayers, to help answer the questions teens have about their own bodies, issues on sexual morality, how they were uniquely created for greatness, and the tools they need to successfully and safely navigate through life.

Sessions will be held at St. Thomas More Activity Centre as follows:

Friday, March 24: 6:30pm-10:30pm
Saturday, March 25: 8:30am-6:30pm 
(Parents are asked to join teens at St. Thomas More for 6:30pm mass)

Please contact Mrs. Julie Ritchie-Bingham at the Archdiocesan Youth Office for further details at: Tel: 322-8919/322-7711/44 or email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 Three key pillars characterize the Lenten season: prayer, fasting and almsgiving (charity).

The USCCB tells us that during Lent, “we seek the Lord in prayer by reading Sacred Scripture; we serve by giving alms; and we practice self-control through fasting.”

While most Catholics are familiar with “no meat on Fridays” during Lent, fasting and abstinence are important components throughout Lent. This may look like giving up things like gossip, your favorite coffee, or forgoing music in the car and replacing it with prayer.

Almsgiving reminds us of Jesus’ call to serve and connects us in solidarity with our brothers and sisters.

And lastly: prayer. Above all, Lent is a season of prayer. Deepening our relationship with God during Lent gives meaning to our fasting and strengthens our call to Almsgiving. This Lenten season, draw closer to God through prayer.

  Lent - Pray, Fast, Give. 

  Marriage Preparation Course

The WINTER 2023 session for Marriage Preparation begins Wednesday, January 18, 2023 and ends on Wednesday, March 29th, 2023.

Couples wishing to marry by June, 2023 are encouraged to attend this course. 
Sessions will be held at Emmaus Centre, Fox Hill between the hours of 7:00pm and 9:00pm.

Interested couples may contact The Office of Family Life at 322-8919 or email Mrs. Eulie Elliott @ This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for further information.

UPDATE OF SAFETY PROTOCOLS
(October 1, 2022)  

In both human and divine relationships, there can be no romance without a reverent listening to the other. When we make room in our lives for silence, the heaven and earth within us find each other. Then the Word of God is able to put down deep roots. These listening roots sense our desire for bonding with the Holy One.  

 Pope Francis' Urbi et orbi meditation

 Pope Francis meditated on the calming of the storm from the Gospel of Mark during the prayer service over which he presided on the steps of St Peter's Basilica on Friday evening. Here is the full text.

“When evening had come” (Mk 4:35). The Gospel passage we have just heard begins like this. For weeks now it has been evening. Thick darkness has gathered over our squares, our streets and our cities; it has taken over our lives, filling everything with a deafening silence and a distressing void, that stops everything as it passes by; we feel it in the air, we notice in people’s gestures, their glances give them away. We find ourselves afraid and lost. Like the disciples in the Gospel we were caught off guard by an unexpected, turbulent storm. We have realized that we are on the same boat, all of us fragile and disoriented, but at the same time important and needed, all of us called to row together, each of us in need of comforting the other. On this boat… are all of us. Just like those disciples, who spoke anxiously with one voice, saying “We are perishing” (v. 38), so we too have realized that we cannot go on thinking of ourselves, but only together can we do this.

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