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On Holy Thursday we remember the beginning of Jesus’ passion.

We recall Jesus washing the apostles’ feet, the institution of the Eucharist, the institution of the priesthood, and the Last Supper – where Jesus offers Himself as the Passover sacrifice, a sacrifice which concludes on the cross. Jesus will conclude the Passover sacrifice on the cross when He drinks the fourth cup of the Jewish Passover ritual.

At the end of the Mass, the Blessed Sacrament is solemnly processed to the chapel. *Jesus goes into the garden of Gethsemane and agonizes over His upcoming death* (Mt. 26:40) and all leave quietly.

You can adore our eucharistic Lord after Mass in the chapel. We will wait with Him in silent prayer for an hour and end with evening prayer at 9:45

“Not my will, but yours be done.”
Mt 26:39, 42, 44

Easter, the Resurrection of Our Lord, is the single greatest holy day in the Christian Life; so great that we celebrate it for eight consecutive days. The Triduum, the three days of Our Lord’s passion, death and resurrection are the three most holy and important days in our calendar.

Easter Mass Times

Easter Vigil Mass – Saturday April 19, 2025:

• 8:00 pm

Easter Morning mass – Sunday April 20, 2025:

• 8:30 am
• 10:15 am
• 12:00 pm

Have a blessed Easter!

TRIVIA NIGHT 2025
It’s time to show off your trivia skills. Our Annual Parish Trivia Night is happening Saturday, April 26th, 2025. The start time is 6:15 pm in the parish centre. Join the fun, as our Trivia Master, Marco challenges the teams gathered with a variety of new questions from a wide selection of categories. Tickets will be on sale following each Mass the weekends of April 5th/6th and April 12th/13th. Space is limited, you can join us as an individual, couple or build your own team of 8 players. The Champion Team will have all members’ names engraved on our Annual Trivia Champions Trophy. The cost to attend is $10 and includes pizza and prizes.

Marian Council Knights of Columbus have arranged a coach bus to transport people to Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday May 08, 2025 to participate in the Annual March for Life. The bus will leave from Saint Dominic Church on May 8th at 6:30 am sharp. The bus will stop once for a short break and arrive in Ottawa at noon. The bus will return to Saint Dominic Church by 9:00 pm the same day with a short break along the way. Coffee and water will be served on the bus. We encourage participants to pack a lunch.

The cost is $10 per person, however we encourage all to take advantage of this opportunity to join the March for Life regardless of being able to pay as subsidy is available. We encourage everyone interested to contact Charles Thomas as soon as possible to reserve a seat as the seats will fill quickly.

Charles Thomas (416) 997-2786 [email protected]

Jesuit missionaries worked among the Huron (Wendat), an Iroquoian-speaking people who occupied territory in the Georgian Bay area of Central Ontario. (They were not part of the Iroquois Confederacy, initially made up of five tribes south and east of the Great Lakes.) The area of their traditional territory is called Huronia. The Huron in this area were farmers, fishermen and traders who lived in villages surrounded by defensive wooden palisades for protection. Sainte-Marie among the Hurons was the headquarters for the French Jesuit Mission to the Huron Wendat people.

By the late 1640s, the Jesuits believed they were making progress in their mission to the Huron, and claimed to have made many converts. But, the priests were not universally trusted. Many Huron considered them to be malevolent shamans who brought death and disease wherever they travelled; after European contact, the Huron had suffered high fatalities in epidemics after 1634 of smallpox and other Eurasian infectious diseases.

The nations of the Iroquois Confederacy considered the Jesuits legitimate targets of their raids and warfare, as the missionaries were nominally allies of the Huron and French fur traders. Retaliating for French colonial attacks against the Iroquois was also a reason for their raids against the Huron and Jesuits.

In 1642, the Mohawk captured René Goupil, and Father Isaac Jogues, bringing them back to their village of Ossernenon south of the Mohawk River. They ritually tortured both men and killed Goupil. After several months of captivity, Jogues was ransomed by Dutch traders and the minister Johannes Megapolensis from New Netherland (later Albany). He returned for a time to France, but then sailed back to Quebec. In 1646 he and Jean de Lalande were killed during a visit to Ossernenon intended to achieve peace between the French and the Mohawk.

Other Jesuit missionaries were killed by the Mohawk and martyred in the following years: Antoine Daniel (1648), Jean de Brébeuf (1649), Noël Chabanel (1649), Charles Garnier (1649), and Gabriel Lalemant (1649). All were canonized in 1930 as the Canadian Martyrs, also known as the North American Martyrs.

The Martyrs’ Shrine in Midland, Ontario, the site of the Jesuits’ missionary work among the Huron, is the National Shrine to the Canadian Martyrs.

Christmas Mass Times:

Dec 24 – Christmas Eve:

• 5:00 pm – (Carols begin at 4:30 pm)
• 7:15 pm – (Carols begin at 7:00 pm)
• 11:30 pm Midnight Mass – (Carols begin at 11:10 pm)

Dec 25 – Christmas Day:

• 9:00 am
• 11:00 am

Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God – Holy Day of Obligation

• Dec 31 – 5:00 pm
• Jan 01 – 10:00 am

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Reservations are NOT required for any Masses. Have a blessed Christmas!