Consecration of OCSP to the Immaculate Heart of Mary - Sunday, Oct. 15

Bishop Steven Lopes will consecrate the Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter to Mary’s Immaculate Heart on Sunday, Oct. 15, by praying the consecration publicly at the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham in Houston.

Blessed Mary exhorts us to pray with the children of Fatima.  She taught the children how to pray, silently fingering rosary beads as the children recited their prayers aloud. Catholic Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary always leads to a deeper relationship with Jesus.

At Fatima, Mary also exhorts us to engage in acts of penance and reparation.  The Blessed Virgin is addressing the violence and offenses against God present in our world. 

At its heart, then, Fatima is a missionary mandate, relying on the witness of real people to communicate the profound truths of God and the life-giving relationship with our Lord.  Fatima is proof that even the most unlikely of missionaries can produce abundant fruit by relying on the grace of God.

Here is the prayer that we will use in Ordinariate parishes consecrating all of us to the Immaculate Heart of Mary: 

The prayer of Consecration of the World to Mary’s Immaculate Heart written by Pope John Paul II. 

This prayer will be offered at the 12:30 noon Mass on Sunday, Oct. 15 at 

The Catholic Parish St. Thomas More,  263 Roncesvalles Avenue, TORONTO

All Saints, Receptions and the Sacrament of Confirmation

Music this Sunday, Sept. 24,

 Mass for XV Trinity 12:30 noon

Kyrie:
Missa Doulce Mémoire – Orlandus Lassus

Motets: 
Jesu! dulcis memoria – Richard Shephard

Domine, Deus miserator
(from “Inclina, Domine, aurem tuam II”) – Cristóbal de Morales

Music this Sunday, Sept 15 at 12:30 Mass -- XIV Trinity at STM, Toronto

Kyrie:  Mass for Four Voices by William Byrd

Motets:  

Diffusa est gratia – Giovanni Maria Nanino

Ego sum panis vivus – William Byrd

William Byrd - Musician and devout Catholic despite persecution in England

First Strategic Goals Achieved at STM

STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS   2017 – 2022       

I       Part-time priest to become full time 2018 – 2021

II      SATB Parish Choir – paid leads with volunteer – ACHIEVED

III    Live Streaming of Sunday Mass & Events –  ACHIEVED

IV     Pledges (over five years)

V      Children’s Music Programme

PARISH BUDGET  2017 - 2022

July 1, 2017 - June 30, 2018      

$ 105,000                                        $ 90,000 pledged to date!

         

July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2019     

$ 120,000

         

July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2020    

$ 130,000

July 1, 2020 - June 30, 2021    

$ 140,000     

         

July 1, 2021 - June 30, 2022     

$ 150,000

       

TOTAL – Campaign Goal over five years         $ 645,000

Almost 90% of Financial Goal Reached in first quarter of STM's fiscal year!

Pledge your support for STM, Toronto.

The Pledge Goal for 2017 – 2018 is $105,000 

Already Pledged $90,000!

Please fill out a Pledge Form to support STM’s 2017 – 2022 Strategic Plan for Worship and Outreach. 

Forms are available at the entrance on Sundays with the Mass Booklets or go to stmtoronto.ca and look for the "Giving" tab. 

You can help STM grow by making a pledge for five years.

(Pledges may be revised at any time in light of changes in personal circumstances.)

Live Streaming of STM Sunday Mass

Beginning this Sunday, Sept. 10,  STM, Toronto will live stream the Sunday Sung or Solemn High Mass weekly at 12:30 noon until June. 

We have a number of people who are sick, shut-in or away at any given time and this is a way for people to connect with the parish and hear Mass.

This broadcast is to open to all by going to the STM webpage  www.stmtoronto.ca

We celebrate XIII Trinity this Sunday as "Welcome Home Sunday" and invite everyone to join us for reception with lots of food for all following the 12:30 Mass.

Please pass the word along! 

Sunday, September 10

is 

Welcome Home Sunday at STM, Toronto

We encourage all to attend 12:30 p.m. High Mass 

with family and friends on this day.

 Our SATB (four part) choir will sing the first of the Sung and Solemn Masses in the English Choral Tradition

to be offered, D.V., every Sunday and on Solemnities from September to June.  

A reception will follow with special thanks to Lillias de Lom and all who provide food on these occasions.

STM Strategic Plan underway

Update on STM Strategic Plan 2017 – 2022 

I        Part-time priest to become full time 2018 – 2021

Bishop Lopes is considering an appointment for 2018 or 2019.  In the meantime, Fr. Hodgins along with the support of Oratorian and other priests will continue to offer Confession times and 12:30 Sunday Sung Mass  at St. Vincent de Paul Church as well as formation for those entering full communion.

II      Music Programme

  

         a)    SATB Parish Choir is to begin Sunday, September 10 with weekly Sunday   Sung Mass at 12:30 and Solemn High Mass on certain Sundays and other Solemnities. These liturgies will be broadcast with live-streaming on YouTube.

         b)     Organ upgrade in association with St. Vincent’s 

            A professional assessment of the organ is underway which will provide estimates by 2018 for the various stages of work needed. 

III     Wiring for Live Streaming of  Mass & Events

Wiring is complete and live streaming will commence in September thanks to the efforts of Joseph DeCaria and the generosity of a parishioner.

IV     Financial Commitment - Pledges over five years 

Currently we have over $ 90,000 in annual pledges for 2017 – 2018.  If these commitments are confirmed for five years we will have reached 70% of the financial goal when we ask the congregation in general to make five year pledges.

During September – October we will be asking all who attend STM to consider a five year pledge in conjunction with our commitment to the Ordinariate financial requirements (Cathedraticum, Bishop’s Appeal and Second Collections). 

V      Children’s Music Programme

Ongoing discussions with interested families and educators are underway.