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SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE

Courses are usually given in the Winter, starting in January and February. These dates could vary with the demand for Marriage Preparation in the Parish.
Schedule of Talks:

    1. Focus & Readiness for Marriage
    2. Communication
    3. Spousal Love
    4. Sexuality
    5. Natural Family Planning
    6. Finance
    7. Humanae Vitae (Human Life)
    8. Sacrament of Marriage

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THE EUCHARIST/HOLY COMMUNION

To provide parents and students from Public School of our parish information on events relating to their preparation for the Sacraments of Reconciliation and Holy Communion.

SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION

To provide parents and students from Public Secondary School of our parish with information on events relating to their preparation for the Sacrament of Confirmation.

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION (Confession)

"Love the sacrament and receive it often"
-Pope John Paul II

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SACRAMENT OF THE ANOINTING OF THE SICK

The Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick is celebrated with those who are seriously ill, those who are preparing for surgery, and the elderly. This sacrament of healing is meant to heal the whole person, spiritually and physically while at the same time reassuring the person of God’s love and mercy. The preferred place for celebrating this sacrament is in the church with family and members of the church community present. Celebrating the sacrament before entering the hospital means the ill person can better appreciate the prayers and symbols of the rite.

VIATICUM

For those who are about to die, the Church, in addition to the Anointing of the Sick, offers the Eucharist as viaticum - food for their journey home.

HOLY ORDERS

Holy Orders is the sacrament through which the mission entrusted by Christ to his apostles continues to be exercised in the Church until the end of time; thus it is the sacrament of apostolic ministry. It includes three degrees: episcopate (bishops), presbyterate (priests) and diaconate (deacons) (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1536).

The essential rite of this sacrament for all three degrees consists in the bishop’s imposition of hands on the head of the ordained and his specific consecratory prayer asking God for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit and his gifts proper to the ministry to which the candidate is being ordained. It is desirable that the ceremony take place within the Eucharistic liturgy and that as many of the faithful as possible take part.

If you wish more information on the priesthood or assistance with discerning whether or not God is calling you please contact Fr. Slawek at 905-432-2300.

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