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My name is Rachel Nazareth and I am the Youth Minister at the Franciscan Church of St. Bonaventure in Toronto.
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Celebrating 800 yeats of Franciscan life

Scared to ask….what’s a ‘Reconciliation Service’? Don’t be!

Okay, so let’s start from scratch….the word ‘reconciliation’ in the dictionary means “to restore to friendship or to harmony.”   In the Christian Roman Catholic sense, reconciliation is restoring to friendship our relationship with God and with our friends and family. This is important at Advent because we are preparing to receive God into our hearts [...]

And a Partridge in a Pear Treeeeee…….

Laughter was heard all around when we sang this song on Friday, Decmeber 11, 2009 at the Seniors Kris Kringle Party at Thompson House. Boy did we have fun

5 youth from our Parish & I volunteered at this Kris Kringle Party and in one night we laughed, we sang, we [...]

Caring for the Poor in Advent!

Yes, Advent is the time when we prepare ourselves for Christ’s birth.  It is also a time when we reach out to help those around us in Christ’s name.  But, what about during the rest of the year?

Ashley Devlin gave a great talk at our Church to our Youth about how she has been [...]

Music & Advent

Wow, Amanda from Dala Girls was amazing on Thursday, December 3rd. Amanda spoke to us about how she started out singing at our St. Bonaventure’s Family Choir and about how she met Sheila (her band mate and her best friend) at her high school, Mary Ward Catholic School in Scarborough. Through their meeting, slowly “Dala” [...]

Joyful Songs….a reflection on Advent.

Do you ever notice that Christmas is so short?  Its one day and it always seems to go by too quick!  Want to know the best way to make it longer? Start celebrating Advent!
Advent is all about preparing ourselves for Christmas.  No not shopping for gifts (though that is also nice); it’s all about [...]

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