From 29 June to 3 July, St Bernadette’s hosted its annual Holiday Club in the parish centre. This year’s theme was “Living the Fruits of the Spirit in the Spirit of St Francis”. Thank you to all who attended (we hope you had fun!) and to all those who assisted throughout the week.
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The readings today ask us a simple question: who has room in our lives? Who shapes your decisions? Who receives your attention and your energy? Who or what has the ability to change the way you live? Let us begin with the first reading from the Book of Kings. We a very simple story which
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Monday is the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul. This great feast of the Apostles commemorates the Prince of the Apostles, St Peter, placed by Christ along with his Successors over the entire Church, and St Paul, the Apostle to the Gentiles, who was entrusted in a special way with the proclamation of the Gospel
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We keep each year in St Bernadette’s the memorial of St Oliver Plunkett, a saint not included in the universal calendar but celebrated locally. An Irish saint and martyr, St Oliver studied for the priesthood in Rome before becoming Archbishop of Armagh. His tireless pastoral zeal did much to build up the church in the
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How different is your life from what you imagined it would be when you finished school? Is this the city in which you expected to live? Did you know your spouse at the time? Did you imagine the career you would follow, the responsibilities you would carry, or the challenges you would face? Perhaps you
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On Wednesday 17th June Father Paul Pearson gave an informative and stimulating talk in St Bernadette’s parish hall, with a fascinating account of the history of the Toronto Oratory and a thought-provoking introduction to Aligheri Dante and his Divine Comedy. We are really grateful to Father Paul for encouraging us on our Oratorian pilgrimage, with the remarkable
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Wednesday 24th June is the Solemnity of Nativity of St John the Baptist. At St Bernadette’s, as well as the usual 6.30am and 8.30am Masses, there is an additional Mass at 1.10pm (Extraordinary Form, Latin) and also a solemn sung Mass at 5.30pm. In preparation for this feast we reproduce teaching of Pope Benedict XVI, given at
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In this month of the Sacred Heart, we find among the Church’s treasures of devotion that of the Litany of the Sacred Heart, which is regularly recited in our church after Masses on the first Friday of the month. This litany is also ideal for use in private prayer at any time of year, but
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The Easter season finished a few weeks ago, but the feasts of the Holy Trinity and Corpus Christi (last Sunday) mean that only this Sunday do we return to the green vestments of what the Church describes as “Ordinary Time”. In the older Catholic calendar (used also partly among Anglicans and Lutherans) the Sundays of
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As we celebrate the solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in a month dedicated to this holy devotion, we find this feast of Our Lord followed by one of Our Lady, honouring on the next day, a Saturday, Mary’s Most Immaculate Heart. In placing these two feasts next to one another the Church gives
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