May the Hope and Joy of Easter remain in your heart and in your family forever. - Fr. Joseph Tap Tran, Pastor
Jesus said to her, "Mary!" She turned and said to him in Hebrew, "Rabbouni!" Jesus said to her "Do not hold on to me, because I have not yet ascended to the Father. But
go to my brothers and say to them, "I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God." Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, "I have seen the Lord"; and she told them that he said these things to her. - John 20. 16-18
Parish Schedule
LOCKDOWN RESTRICTION SCHEDULE
Effective Monday, March 16, 2021 (15% capacity)
DAILY MASS
Monday - Saturday: 9:05 a.m.
No registration required.
SUNDAY MASS (resumes Saturday March 20th)
Saturday: 7 p.m.
Sunday: 9 a.m. and 11 a.m.
Eventbrite Registration Mandatory. 15% capacity
Opens Monday at 2 p.m. closes Friday at 2 p.m. each week
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
DIVINE MERCY NOVENA
Good Friday
April 2nd at 2:45 p.m.
Holy Saturday
April 3rd at 12:15 p.m.
Easter Sunday
April 4th at 8:45 a.m.
Monday, April 5th - Saturday April 10th
at 9:30 a.m.
SUNDAY, APRIL 11TH
DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY
PSALMS AND CANTICLES
NEXT Sunday, April 11, 2021
With My God I Can Scale Any Wall
(Psalm 18:1-30)
Vespers (Evening Prayer) at 7 p.m.
Lectio Divina 7:30 to 8:15 p.m.
LIVESTREAM: via www.stmichaelscathedral.com/live
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!
CONFIRMATION CLASS of 2020
We await direction from the Archdiocese regarding scheduling of postponed 2020 Confirmations. We will schedule them as soon as we are permitted to do so. We pray that we will soon celebrate your full initiation with you!
ST. MICHAEL CHOIR SCHOOL Holy Week Videos and Auditions for 2021
Every year the Junior Choir participates in the Stations of the Cross at St. Michael's Cathedral-Basilica. This year, the Grade 6 class has created a virtual Stations of
the Cross in partnership with the Cathedral-Basilica. To view, see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOqgBLrXBVA. The Choir School Alumni Association, in cooperation
with the Archdiocese, has produced a video of Msgr. Ronan’s Tenebrae for Holy Week 2021. The link can be found here: https://bit.ly/smcsaatenebrae . St. Michael's Choir School is holding auditions now for placements in September.
For more information, website: https://smcs.on.ca/auditions recruitment video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQEdbdc1WxI&t=10s
Phone: (647) 613-6367
SONGS FROM THE SEMINARY: An Evening of Music in Honour of Our Blessed Mother
April 15, 2021 - 7:00-8:00 p.m.
Join us virtually from the seminary for an evening of music in honour of Our Blessed Mother:
The concert is free. Donations are welcome.
Support the Chapel Restoration with your donation:
http://bit.ly/SeminaryChapelRestoration
(type chapel in the comments box to direct your donation
2021 SHARELIFE CAMPAIGN
SHARELIFE: SUPPORTING MENTAL HEALTH IN OUR COMMUNITY
Living the Gospel by sharing our blessings
ShareLife Sunday is April 18th.
Our parish goal for this year’s campaign is $39, 300.
This year we are encouraging you to give at sharelife.org, where you may make a one-time or monthly gift by credit card and designate it to our parish campaign. Monthly giving is a convenient way to spread your ShareLife contribution over the course of a year. You may also use a ShareLife envelope (available at the back of the church) for monthly giving. Simply fill out the envelope, include a void cheque and drop the envelope in the offertory basket or in the mail slot of the parish office.
Contact ShareLife at slife@archtoronto.org or 416-934-3411 if you have any questions about pre-authorized giving.
Thank you for supporting ShareLife!
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
LITURGICAL PUBLICATIONS
Liturgical Publications will be setting up the advertisements for our church bulletin. The advertising will begin May 2021 & supports the bulletin service. Please support the bulletin and advertise your product or service. Call Liturgical Publications at 905 624 4422
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, April 11 2021
Divine Mercy Sunday
First Reading: Acts 4 : 32 - 35
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 118
Second Reading: 1 John 5 : 1 - 6
Gospel: John 20 : 19 - 31
MASS INTENTIONS OF THE WEEK
Mon. April 5 - Sun. April 11, 2021
Monday 9:05 a.m.
Marilina Cinelli (INT)
Req. by The Rosary Apostolate, Toronto North
Tuesday 9:05 a.m.
Brendan Clough (INT)
For healing
Req. by The Clough Family
Wednesday 9:05 a.m.
Jardelina Melo (RIP)
Req. by Dan and Liz Bruce
Thursday 9:05 a.m.
Maria Kita Weronika Grzybek (RIP)
Req. by Sofia Grzybek
Friday 9:05 am.
Theresa Balthazar (RIP)
Req. by Frances McKee
Saturday 9:05 a.m.
Blessings for the Grzybek Family (INT)
Req. by Sophia Grzybek
Saturday 7 p.m.
Intentions of the Parish Community
Sunday 9:00 a.m.
Jardelina Melo and Manuel Umbelina (RIP)
Req. by Their Children
Sunday 11 a.m.
Antonio Grasso (RIP)
Req. by his wife and children
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, Susan Murphy, and John Sherman.
Please notify the office of any changes to the list.
OFFERTORY
Donate Now March 1 - 15 $1,240.00
Envelopes will be reported next bulletin. as this bulletin had to go to print early.
Thank you for your support!
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.