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FOR YOUR INFORMATION OUR COFFEE & TREAT MEETS ARE…
January 25th / 26th, 2025
May 10th / 11th, 2025 (Celebrating Fr. Joe Durkacz’s 40th anniversary as a Diocesan priest)
September 20th / 21st, 2025
November 29th / 30th, 2025
All our hospitality socials follow our Saturday 5pm & Sunday 10am Masses in our parish hall.
These socials are complimentary and our thanks for having you members of our parish.
HOSPITALITY SOCIAL - Jan. 25/26, 2025 Chinese New Year
Every Friday during Lent following our 6pm Mass in the main church.
March 7th to April 18th, 2025
There are 14 stations and takes about 30 minutes to complete.
When meditating on the Stations of the Cross, the celebrant—or the faithful individually—move from station to station as they recall the specific events along the Way of the Cross. This usually involves reading passages from Scripture and meditations on the events, and praying various prayers, often accompanied by genuflections. A very common prayer that is prayed with the Stations of the Cross came from St. Francis himself:
“We adore You, O Christ, and we praise You; because by Your Holy Cross You have redeemed the world.”
MASS EVERY FRIDAY EVENING through Lent at 6:00pm (starting Friday, March 7th until Good Friday)
Followed by the Way of the Cross
PASSION / PALM SUNDAY, April 12th & 13th
Saturday at 5:00pm / Sunday at 10:00am
Blessing of Palm branches at all weekend Masses
HOLY THURSDAY, April 17th at 7:00pm adoration to follow until 9:00pm
Mass of the Lord’s Supper (there will not be washing of the feet)
GOOD FRIDAY, April 18th at 3:00pm
Solemn Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion – Veneration of the Cross with Communion Service
GOOD FRIDAY, April 18th at 6:00pm
The Way of the Cross (final)
BLESSING OF EASTER FOOD, SATURDAY, April 19th at 1:00pm
Bring your basket to the main church (Baskets lined with white linen/napkin filled with eggs, butter, sugar, bread, ham, sausage and salt or other foods you will be using for your Easter dinner)
SOLEMN EASTER VIGIL, SATURDAY, April 19th at 7:00 p.m.
Service of Light and Renewal of Baptismal Promises
(Service will be approximately 2 hours and may not be suitable for young children)
EASTER SUNDAY, April 20th at 10:00 a.m.
Alleluia! The Resurrection of the Lord (Mass will be 1 hour)
Fr. Joe Durkacz will celebrate Ash Wednesday Masses on Wednesday, March 5, 2025
8:30am in the chapel
12:00 Noon in the main church (School Mass, all welcome)
6:00pm in the main church
Ash Wednesday invites us into
almsgiving, prayer and fasting,
the three traditional Lenten
practices that can draw us into a
deeper relationship with the Lord.
The command of the Gospel is to give alms, pray and fast in ways that only God can see. “Your Father who sees in secret will reward you.” It can be difficult in our complicated lives to set aside time for prayer, and yet prayer is the essential element that guides and sanctifies our fasting and our almsgiving. There are a variety of ways to pray, and the weeks of Lent are a good time to explore a new practice or to renew an old familiar one. The Lord’s invitation is extended to each one of us.
Accept this invitation.
*We are obliged to join the Church around the world in fast and abstinence on Ash Wednesday and on Good Friday.
The Disciplines of Fasting and Abstaining
Fasting from food means that one full meal and two small meals may be eaten on prescribed days (no snacking). On Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, and all Fridays of Lent: Everyone of age 14 and up must abstain from consuming meat. On Ash Wednesday and Good Friday: Everyone of age 18 to 59 must fast, unless exempt due to usually a medical reason.
Abstaining from meat binds those 18 years - 59 years of age. In Canada the two mandatory days of abstinence are Ash Wednesday & Good Friday. In the USA every Friday is a mandatory day of abstinence.
Exemptions to the above are those who are very young, the aged, the seriously ill, pregnant women. Please, do not observe these disciplines if it causes you to be sick or prevents you from fulfilling your daily duties. Lent begins Ash Wednesday and ends Holy Thursday. Sundays are not part of Lent. You may relax your penance this day and resume on Monday.
The Knights of Columbus Council #5860 will be hosting a Communion Pancake Breakfast in our parish hall on Sunday, March 2nd, 2025 following our 10am Mass.
Pancakes, Sausage, Bacon, Beverage
Adults $ 10.00
Children under 12 $ 5.00
ALL ARE WELCOME! Bring your family and friends. Enjoy some fellowship in our parish hall.
Advance Tickets only. We will not be selling the day of the breakfast.
Tickets sold following our weekend Masses (Saturday 5pm or Sunday 10am) or in the parish office Tuesday to Thursday 9am to 2:30pm.
Please consider supporting the Parish!
Sts. Peter & Paul parish community is able to thrive because of your generosity!
Donations can be made at Mass or by dropping off your envelopes at the Office rectory mail box.
However please consider registering for the PRE-AUTHORIZED GIVING PLAN (EFT - Electronic Fund Transfer) for your Church contributions.
EFT helps especially during these uncertain pandemic times by:
eliminating any chance of COVID-19 transmission on paper/money for our counters
saving the expense of purchasing boxes of contribution envelopes (approx. $1 500 / year)
enabling your support to the parish to be continued, allowing the parish's re-occurring maintenance expenses to be paid, even if you are not present on the weekend or if mass is cancelled
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED GENEROSITY.
Please contact the office if you require assistance. We require quite a few parishioners to use this method since the banking fees are quite high. Please consider using this method of donating.
We celebrate the feast day of Sts. Peter and Paul on June 29th.
Both apostles share the same feast day, for these two were one; and even though they suffered on different days, they were as one. Peter went first, and Paul followed. And so we celebrate this day made holy for us by the apostles’ blood. Let us embrace what they believed, their life, their labors, their sufferings, their preaching, and their confession of faith. ~Saint Augustine of Hippo
Simon was born in Bethsaida, near the Sea of Galilee. He and his brother Andrew were fishermen, accepting Jesus’ invitation to become His first disciples and “fishers of men” (Matthew 4:19). John’s Gospel has Andrew following Jesus first and bringing Simon to Him. Jesus tells Simon, “‘You are Simon the son of John; you will be called Cephas (which is translated Peter)” (John 1:42). In Matthew’s Gospel, Jesus changed Simon’s name to Peter when He said to him, “I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven” (Matthew 16:18–19).
Peter emerged as the Church’s central leader after Pentecost. For a decade in Jerusalem, he preached, performed miracles, and converted many. He then traveled to Rome, established the Church there, and became its first bishop. Around AD 64, he was martyred during Emperor Nero’s persecutions. Tradition says that Peter asked to be crucified upside down because he did not deem himself worthy to die the same way that Jesus died. His tomb lies under the main altar of Saint Peter’s Basilica.
Saul was a Roman citizen born in Tarsus, modern-day Turkey. As a young man, he studied at the rabbi Gamaliel’s school in Jerusalem. After Jesus’ ascension, Saul fiercely persecuted the early Church, in part responsible for the proto-martyr Stephen’s death (Acts 7:58). While traveling to Damascus to persecute Christians, Paul was knocked to the ground and struck blind. He heard Jesus say, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?” (Acts 9:4). Jesus directed Saul to a disciple named Ananias who baptized him. Saul spent three years in intense prayer and study, eventually returning to Jerusalem where Barnabas testified to the truth of Paul’s conversion to the other disciples.
Using his Roman name, Paul spent ten years as a missionary throughout the Mediterranean. Imprisoned in Jerusalem for a couple of years, he was sent to Rome for trial and met up with Saint Peter. According to tradition, Paul was beheaded just outside the city. When his head fell, it bounced three times, giving rise to three springs of water, marked today by the Abbey of the Three Fountains.
Saints Peter and Paul are the Church’s foundational pillars. Peter represents the Church’s stability and the office of the Vicar of Christ. Paul represents the Church’s mission of evangelization and is the Church’s first theologian for his epistles that expound on the Gospels. One tradition holds that both died on June 29, making them twin martyrs and reminding us that as the Church remains grounded in the ancient Truth, it must grow and flower in its understanding of the mysteries of faith.
Saints Peter and Paul, you responded to Christ’s call with total abandonment to His holy will. Through you, the Church was founded and began to grow. Please pray that I will fully devote myself to the ongoing mission of the Church, so that God can use me according to His holy will. Saints Peter and Paul, pray for me. Jesus, I trust in You.
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On May 9, 2024 Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Elementary School celebrated Mass in the church and crowned Mary at the altar. The church was full and the students did an amazing job of singing, altar serving and crowning Mary while adorning her with beautiful flowers.
SATURDAY 5:00 p.m.
SUNDAY 10:00 a.m.
Please arrive in time for the start of Mass.
We look forward to seeing you at Mass.
If you are new to our parish and plan to make us your spiritual home regularly. Please fill out a blue registration form located at the church entrances. You can complete and return by collection plate, drop off in our mailbox or hand it to Fr. Joe and introduce yourself.
When looking for any sacramental celebrations such as baptisms, first holy communion, confirmation or weddings, we check our parish records for your registration. Please note that if you do not live in our geographical boundaries (unless you are registered), we will ask you to obtain a sacramental permission form from your home parish. Many parishes have one priest to provide ministries for their members while other parishes depending on the number of registered families may have more than one priest to assist.
If you are looking for a personal reference, you must be a registered member of the parish. It’s always good to volunteer at the parish so that Fr. Joe can get to know you. There are many ways you can assist without a big time commitment.
