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If You Are Struggling, Catholic Agencies Are Ready to Help
The Christmas season can be a difficult time for many people, but the COVID-19 pandemic will likely bring new challenges to what is supposed to be the happiest time of the year.
If you are experiencing loneliness, loss, depression...
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Advent Day of Confessions
The Advent season is an excellent time to seek forgiveness for our sins through the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Christmas is when we celebrate God’s love for us, as demonstrated by the birth of Jesus. As we reflect on...
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Please Donate to the Philippines Relief Effort
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Philippines is struggling through one of the worst typhoon seasons in decades after six significant storms made landfall on the Southeast Asian nation in just three weeks. The Archdiocese of Toronto...
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Join in on the Archdiocese’s Virtual Gathering of Families
Cardinal Thomas Collins, Archbishop of Toronto, is pleased to invite families from across the archdiocese to our third annual virtual gathering of families: Family at the Heart of Formation!
Happening on Saturday, November 28, 2020 starting at 10 a.m...
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Join Cardinal Collins for a Dinner and Show This Thursday
For 40 years, the archbishop of Toronto has raised funds for local charities by hosting an enormous in-person dinner. Over this time, more than $6 million have been raised to help our neighbours in need. But during the COVID...
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Religious Leaders Unite to Oppose Euthanasia
More than 50 religious leaders representing Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant, Jewish and Muslim communities have signed an open leader to Canadians explaining their collective opposition to the federal government’s proposed expansion of euthanasia.
“It perplexes our collective minds...
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Read Pope Francis’s Latest Encyclical, Fratelli Tutti
On the Feast of St. Francis Assisi, Pope Francis signed his latest encyclical, Fratelli Tutti, in the tomb of his papal namesake. Meaning, “Brothers All,” Fratelli Tutti tells us that the COVID-19 pandemic has both exposed the...
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Congratulations to the Archdiocese’s New Permanent Deacons
The Archdiocese of Toronto celebrated the ordination of seven new permanent deacons at St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica on Sunday, October 3, 2020.
We congratulate our newest permanent deacons:
Deacon Paul Bar
Deacon Michael Lewis
Deacon Daniel McPhee
Deacon...
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Moira McQueen Wins Prestigious Award
We are excited to announce that the latest winner of the Christian Culture Gold Medal Award is Moira McQueen, executive director of the Canadian Catholic Bioethics Institute at the University of St. Michael’s College at the University of...
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Cardinal Collins Wins International Stewardship Award
We are pleased to share that Cardinal Thomas Collins, Archbishop of Toronto, has won the International Catholic Stewardship Council’s (ICSC) 2020 Christian Stewardship Award.
From his pastoral letter to his keynotes and video messages, Cardinal Collins has been...
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Good Shepherd Ministries Needs Your Help This Thanksgiving
Many of our parishes have made it a tradition to host a food drive leading into Thanksgiving weekend to support the Good Shepherd Ministries. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Good Shepherd needs our parishes’ help more than ever.
Good...