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Easter Schedule

Palm SundayMarch 28, 2021 9:00 a.m.  Good FridayApril 2, 2021 12:00 noon  Easter SundayApril 4, 2021 9:00 a.m. Confessions Times prior to Easter Thursday, March 25th – after 9:00 a.m. mass Tuesday, March 30th – after 7:00 p.m. mass OR by appointment please call the office.


Decree from Bishop Crosby regarding Easter Duty During the Pandemic

“[D]uring the present pandemic it may not be possible for people to receive Holy Communion either because they cannot attend church or because of a delicate conscience relative to receiving Communion on the hand; I hereby dispense the faithful of the Diocese of Hamilton from the Easter Duty this year, 2021.” Click Here to Read… [read more]


A Letter from Bishop Crosby: Conscience Rights in Ontario

Over the last several years, doctors and healthcare professionals have been fighting to have their individual conscience rights recognized by both the Federal and Provincial governments. An Angus Reid poll last year found that 80% of Ontarians favour conscience rights legislation to protect healthcare providers from having to violate their conscience when caring for a… [read more]


6th Sunday in Ordinary Time

6th Sunday in Ordinary Time  February 14, 2021  Leviticus 13:1-2,44-46  Mark 1:40-45  During this time of the pandemic, in celebrating the Sacrament of Anointing,  the masked priest does not touch the person he is anointing. The laying of hands is  done “at a distance” and the anointing is done with a cotton swab. The sense… [read more]


Ash Wednesday Liturgy

Ash Wednesday, February 17th, 2021, begins the Holy Season of Lent. The Diocesan Office for Evangelization and Catechesis and the Diocesan Office for Liturgy have prepared an Ash Wednesday program that can be celebrated at home – with the Gospel proclamation and a brief reflection by His Excellency, Bishop Douglas Crosby. Parents may bless their children by tracing the… [read more]


5th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Job 7:1-4,6-7  Mark 1:29-39  A short while ago I’m sure a lot of you tuned into the inauguration of Joe  Biden as president of the United States. We recognize that in some ways he is a  “wounded healer”, a quote of Henri Nourwen. His suffering in the past was an opportunity to grow and the… [read more]