To say that “Christ died for us” can sometimes just be words, what does it mean?

In Jesus’ times the Jewish community celebrated Passover, where they would sacrifice a lamb to put themselves in right relationship with God.

Jesus Christ’s act of sacrificing himself (like a lamb) was such a huge thing because he WAS [...]

We live in a culture in Toronto, in Don Mills, where we focus on the good, the youthful, the comfortable, the daily parts of life that are super fun filled and exciting.

I can’t say it’s common to think of the sadness of life, the death, and the times when we hurt people.  We aren’t [...]

Today there are so many things you can do to help others, you can join Me2We or Kidz 4 Kidz to fundraise to send children to school.

You can help with a booksale for WarChild Canada, in Toronto you can serve food to kids at the Breakfast Club….

There are so many things that you [...]

Many of the youth who came with me to Assisi, Italy this past summer can tell you all about Taize style prayer.  It is an incredibly beautiful form of prayer started in Taize, France.

Check out some of the music (fast forward a little to see some beautiful images)

It is a style of repetitive music [...]

Last week the Confirmation Candidates, myself and Friar David met for our second Confirmation Preparation meeting. It was a fantastic session. We focused on the three different sides of our spirituality.

Vertical
Our relationship with God

Horizontal
Our relationship with others

Internal
The inner strength that we get from our faith

We even watched [...]

So, many of you know about the VOW of SILENCE campaign by Free The Children & MetoWe.  If you don’t know about it check out the details;
Vow of Silence - Free the Children - Inspired by Craig Keilburger

One young parishioner from St. Bonaventure took up the Vow of Silence and wrote a reflection so that [...]