Parish Schedule
LOCKDOWN RESTRICTION SCHEDULE
Effective Monday, March 15, 2021
Monday, March 15, 2021 NO MASS
Private Prayer: 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
15% capacity. No registration required
DAILY MASS (resumes Tuesday, March 16th)
Monday - Saturday: 9:05 a.m.
No registration required. 15% capacity
SUNDAY MASS (resumes Saturday March 20th)
Saturday: 7 p.m.
Sunday: 9 a.m. and 11 a.m.
Eventbrite Registration Mandatory. 15% capacity
CONFESSION BY APPOINTMENT
WEDDINGS AND BAPTISMS restricted to 15% capacity
including those involved in ministry (priest, cantor, lector etc.)
FUNERALS capacity of 10 people (or 15% capacity with additional restrictions)
per Bereavement Authority of Ontario Bureau
OFFICE HOURS
Wednesday-Friday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
stceciliatoronto@gmail.com
(416) 769 8163
TELL YOUR MPP THAT PLACES OF WORSHIP DESERVE FAIR AND EQUITABLE TREATMENT
Throughout the pandemic, places of worship have followed provincial restrictions and their own strict health and safety protocols. The most recent announcement eases the rules for retailers, allowing 25% capacity while places of worship are restricted to 10 people, whether they can accommodate 100 or 1,000 people.
Please visit: aplacetoworship.ca and ask your MPP and Premier Ford to address this inequity today
2021 SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION REGISTRATION
We invite parish and school parents of children in grade 2, who wish to receive the sacraments of First Communion and Reconciliation in 2021 and parents of children in grades 7 or 8, who wish to be Confirmed in 2021, to register for the 2021 parish sacramental preparation programmes.
Registration forms will be available from our website this week.
The deadline to register is April 12, 2021.
The programmes will begin in late April 2021.
Once registration closes, you will receive an email with programme information.
You may submit your registration form and required documentation to the parish office by e-mail or by dropping off/mailing requirements to the parish office. The programme fee cannot be submitted electronically. When submitting the fee, please indicate the name of the student. Please contact the office if you have any questions/concerns with registration.
Thank you!
LENTEN DAY OF CONFESSIONS
Tuesday, March 23, 2021
Wednesday, March 24, 2021
Thursday, March 25, 2021
Each day at
9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
For how to go to Confession, what to do in Confession, etc. visit
https://www.archtoronto.org/confession
STATIONS OF THE CROSS with Adoration
This parish video premiered the first Friday of Lent, and is available to view on our Youtube channel. Visit saintcecilia.ca to link.
LENTEN RETREAT
Father Joseph prepared a Lenten retreat video to assist the parish community in preparing for Easter. Unfortunately, due to technical difficulties, Father Joseph had to re-record the video. Please look for it on our YouTube channel in the coming days. You can access our parish videos here.
LENTEN VIDEO
Peter Treen, our organist and choir director is putting together a Lenten video of music, scripture, reflections and prayer with scenes from St. Cecilia Church. Coming soon to our YouTube channel!
500TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARRIVAL OF CHRISTIANITY IN THE PHILIPPINES
INAUGURAL MASS FOR THE DIOCESAN CELEBRATION OF THE 500TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARRIVAL OF CHRISTIANITY IN THE PHILIPPINES
Tuesday, March 16, 2021 at 11:00 am
Online via
www.ph500toronto.com and www.facebook.com/500yocTO
or
Youtube: Gifted to Give – Toronto 2021
Mass of St. Patrick
Wednesday, March 17, 2021
10:00 a.m - 11:00 a.m.
All are invited to join the livestream of the annual Mass of St. Patrick from St. Michael’s Cathedral in Toronto. Celebrant and homilist will be Cardinal Thomas Collins, Archbishop of Toronto.
The livestream can be accessed at: www.stmichaelscathedral.com/live.
NEW BEGINNINGS INTRODUCTORY SUPPORT PROGRAMMES
Online Bereavement Support Group begins Wednesday March 17, 2021 @ 7:00 pm.
Online Separated/Divorce Support Group begins Thursday March 18, 2021 @ 7:00 pm.
For more information and to register please contact: Arcangelo Limanni, MRE alimanni@cfstoronto.com
TOLKIEN: FAITH AND IMAGINATION
Thursday, March 18, 2021 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
A live webinar offered by Newman Centre Catholic Mission
Presented by Dr. Holly Ordway, Cardinal Francis George Fellow of Faith and Culture for the Word on Fire Institute and a Visiting Professor of Apologetics at Houston Baptist University.
Her writing, speaking and teaching focus on imaginative and literary apologetics, and on the work of J.R.R. Tolkien.
REGISTRATION: http://bit.ly/TolkienTalk
CONTACT: lenita.lopes@newmantoronto.com
WEBSITE: www.newmantoronto.com
VIRTUAL COME & SEE WEEKEND
Friday, March 26 (5:00 – 9:00pm) until Saturday, March 27 (10:00am – 5:00pm)
The Office of Vocations will be hosting the first virtual Come & See Weekend for single Catholic men, ages of 17+ and older.
This event will include a special address from His Eminence, Cardinal Collins, seminarian stories, community prayer and breakout discussions.
On-line registration is required at https://www.vocationstoronto.ca/comesee.
FOR SEPTEMBER 2021
The Toronto Catholic District School Board invites parents to register their children for Junior Kindergarten beginning Wednesday, January 20th, 2021 at 10:00 am EST. Due to current COVID-19 conditions all applications (including the upload of required documents) must be completed online.
The following documents are required for registration:
1. Child's Birth Certificate (Certificate of Citizenship or Landed Immigrant Status)
2. Child's Catholic Baptismal Certificate (or proof of Catholicity)
3. Child's Immunization Record
4. Proof of residency in Toronto
FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF THE PARISH DURING THIS TIME
Weekly envelopes may be used - mailed to the parish or dropped off: 161 Annette Street, Toronto, ON M6P 1P5.
The easiest on-line options:
Archdiocese Donate Now link https://community.archtoronto.org/page.aspx?pid=416 Enables you to give to St. Cecilia parish by credit card. You choose St. Cecilia from a list of parishes and the Archdiocese directs your donation to our parish. The parish receives a monthly report of all donations made via this method. Tax receipts are issued to donors at year end by the Archdiocese (one-time gifts are receipted at time of giving).
Pre-Authorised giving A set donation figure of your choosing is withdrawn from your bank account on the 20th of each month. Please contact the parish office to set this up.
If you have any questions regarding methods of donating, please email or phone the parish office.
Thank you for your many and varied contributions to our parish community!
Dear parishioners,
I hope and pray that you are staying healthy – both physically and spiritually. Please let me know if the parish can help you during these difficult times.
No doubt you are aware that our parish relies on the support of our parishioners to operate – parish salaries, programs and ongoing operating costs (heating, water, electricity, etc.) – are funded through the generosity of our parish community. It will be a challenge for our parish to maintain operations without the weekly offertory collection.
In response to many queries that I have received from parishioners, I offer below some of the ways that you may continue to support our parish if you are in a position to do so. I recognise that many of you, like the parish, are experiencing financial strain at this time and I pray that those stresses are soon eased for you.
For those in a position to continue to give to our parish, the easiest on-line options would be through the Archdiocese Donate Now link. Through this link you can give to the parish by credit card. These donations are handled by the Archdiocese. The donation is directed to the parish of your choice. The parish receives a monthly report of all donations made to the parish via this method and tax receipts are issued to donors at year end by the Archdiocese (one-time gifts are receipted at time of giving).
Pre-Authorised giving is also an option. A set donation figure of your choosing is withdrawn from your bank account on the 20th of each month. We have a number of parishioners who give by this method. Please contact the office if you wish to set this up.
Weekly envelopes may still be used - mailed to the parish or dropped off.
Thank you for your many contributions to our parish community. I miss seeing all of you at the Mass and I pray daily that we will be able to gather together again soon.
Yours in Christ,
Father Joseph
Pastor, St. Cecilia
Scripture Readings for
Sunday, March 21, 2021
5th Sunday of Lent
First Reading: Jeremiah 31 : 31 - 34 ++
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 51
Second Reading: Ephesians 5 : 7 - 9
Gospel: John 12 : 20 - 33
MASS INTENTIONS OF THE WEEK
Mon. March 15 - Sun. March 20
Monday 9:05 a.m.
Brendan Clough (INT)
For healing
Req. by The Clough Family
Tuesday 9:05 a.m.
Brendan Clough (INT)
For healing
Req. by The Clough Family
Wednesday 9:05 a.m.
Nora O'Driscoll (INT)
90th Birthday
Req. by Lorraine Ostafew
Thursday 9:05 a.m.
Julie Martin (INT)
For healing
Req. by Frances McKee
Friday 9:05 a.m.
The Brendan Clough Family (INT)
Req. by The Rooney Family
Saturday 7 p.m.
Intentions of the Parish Community
Sunday 9:00 a.m.
Intentions of the Parish Community
Sunday 11 a.m.
Norma Achong (RIP)
Req. by Frances McKee
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK
Hang Sam Lee, Richard Mijares, Drew Fiala, Connie Tari-Kornhauser, Lisa Reardon, Stuart Robson, Rosa Maria Santos, Dory Kashin, Bianca Auriemma, Rosie Po, Frank Ferreira, Antonina Koziara, Julia Collins, Mary Ann Cuschieri, Sebastian Caravalho, Anne Tran Fazzalari, Gabriel Sebastian Romano, Robert Freimuts, Giuseppe R., Mikayla Haswell, Victoria Cooper, Anna Solims, Lorenza Varga, Steven McKinney, Krysten Telfer, Natalie Chabane, Edward Spiteri, Maria Ruccolo, John Conforzi, Ignacio Juarez Ednet, Dominic Coccimiglio, Winifred Ismail, Hector Balthazar, Mimi Ashton, Ann Baby, and Susan Murphy
Please notify the office of any changes to the list.
OFFERTORY
To be reported next bulletin.
2020 DONATION TAX RECEIPTS
Donation Tax Receipts for the Year 2020 were mailed out last week. We are especially grateful to those who were able to support the parish financially during this most difficult year. Thank you, thank you, everyone!
2021 OFFERTORY ENVELOPES may be picked up at the church during private prayer or you may call the office to make other arrangements.
CHANGE OF ADDRESS?
If you moved this year, please inform the office of your new address. Thank you.