By the Episcopal Commission for Justice and Peace
Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops
Our parish of St Augustine’s is the Mother Parish of the Diocese of Hamilton. In 1827, Fr. James Campion built a small wooden chapel in Dundas, marking the beginning of St. Augustine’s Parish. The first baptism recorded in our register is August 06, 1827, and since then a vibrant community of faith has called St. Augustine’s home to this very day. (photo courtesy of Dundas Museum and Archives – GN-0060)
Saturday at 5 p.m.; Sunday at 9 a.m. & 11 a.m.
Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.;
Wednesdays, Thursdays* & First Fridays of the month (September to June) and Fridays in Advent, Lent & Easter at 8 a.m.
Saturdays 3:45 to 4:40 p.m. (last penitent at 4:30 p.m.); and by appointment;
Additional hours in lent: Wednesdays, February 28, and March 6, 13, 20 & 27, 7:15 – 8:15 p.m. (following Benediction at 7)
Fridays, March 8, 15 & 22 (Following the Stations of the Cross for an hour)
In Lent, Friday, March 8, 15 & 22 at 7 p.m.
Following the Wednesday-Friday morning Masses.
From end of Wednesday morning Mass to 7 p.m.
Owning to organ installation work, Adoration/Benediction will not be offered in January
— Tentative Resumption is February 14 (Ash Wednesday)
Following the Thursday morning Mass
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The parish welcomed Father Albert McGettrick, C.Ss.R., the weekend of September 14 & 15, to celebrate mass, preach and speak to us about his missionary work in the northeast of Brazil. Through the diocese’s Missionary Cooperative Program, mission appeals are organized for parishes, and our guest this year was from the Redemptorist Vice-Province of Fortaleza, Brazil. Fr. McGettrick shared with us
Our parish “Infant of Prague” statue has moved. The “infant” — a copy of an original statue of the infant Jesus imagined as a medieval king that is in the oratory of the monastery of Our Lady of Victory, Prague — has been consigned to one of our parish offices for some time, out of sight of parishioners. While plans are pending to determine the
St. Augustine’s hosted a training session for One Heart, One Soul volunteers the evening of September 18. Led by Bob McDonald, a consultant from the Steier Group, about two dozen parishioners from both St. Augustine’s and sister parish, St. Pius X, Brantford, received orientation and training for the capital campaign that will run from September to the end of November
The diocese’s One Heart, One Soul campaign has come to the parish of St. Augustine, Dundas! Launched at the masses of September 20 & 21, parishioners watched a video presentation outlining the broader program goals of strengthening parishes and supporting shared ministries such as chaplaincies in our universities, hospitals and prisons, as well as outreach to migrant workers and assistance
The parish celebrated the harvest season Thursday with the help of the students and staff of St. Bernadette Catholic Elementary School. The children’s choir lent their angelic voices to the liturgy which highlighted the season’s importance as a time of offering thanks for all the good gifts God has given us.In his homily, Fr. Whitfield touched on the spiritual need
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Mass readings for the 5th Sunday of Easter:Acts 9.26-31 Psalm 22.25b-26, 27, 29, 30-31 1 John 3. 18-24 John 15.1-8 Today’s gospel is familiar, it’s about our connection to Christ, and to each other through him; and of the expectation that this will bear fruit. It seems so lovely! A romantic image evoking a sundrenched rolling Mediterranean landscape; rows of
Mass readings for the 4th Sunday of Easter:Acts 4.1-12 Psalm 118.1, 8-9, 21-23, 26, 28-29 1 John 3.1-2 John 10.11-18 Today Jesus talks about sheep, and shepherds and hired hands; and says he is “the Good Shepherd.” What makes him a “good” shepherd is his willingness to lay down his life for the sheep; the “bad” shepherds, the “hired hands”
Mass readings for the 3rd Sunday of Easter:Acts 3.13-15, 17-19 Psalm 4.1, 3, 6, 8 1 John 2.1-5 Luke 24.35-48 We are faced with choices; and there’s a persistent human desire to avoid choices, to “have one’s cake and to eat it too,” to “have it both ways” even when a decision is needed and has real consequences. There is
Mass readings for the 2nd Sunday of Easter:Acts 4.32-35 Psalm 118.2-4, 16-18, 22-24 1 John 5.1-6 John 20.19-31 In the run up to Easter, there were a number of stories about Christian revival in the United Kingdom, in Europe, among notable public intellectuals around the world. And we might say, ‘hallelujah!’ but for what we find when we delve a
There was an item in the National Post recently concerning an RCMP briefing paper for the federal government. While heavily redacted – that is, censored to protect sensitive information – there was still enough to make it a depressing read. Our national police force’s analysts forecast serious civil unrest in this country in the next five years. This will arise
Our gospel today says, “He who saw this has testified so that you may also believe.” Our own St. Augustine commented, “he didn’t say, that you may also know, but that you may believe…” The passion of our Lord Jesus Christ was not read today as information; and this liturgy is not for our education. I think we all already
Catholics age 14 and older do not eat meat on Ash Wednesday and all Fridays during Lent, including Good Friday. Instead of meat many Catholics choose to eat fish.
On Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, Catholics age 18 to 59 also limit the amount of food they eat. Only one full meal, and two smaller meals that together do not equal a full meal, are eaten. The best rule of thumb is to make sure your meals are smaller than what you would eat on a normal day – and to avoid snacks. Exemption is allowed for pregnant women and those who need regular meals for medical reasons.
You may have heard the words “fasting” and “abstinence” used when talking about Lent. “Fasting” is the word used when the amount of food eaten is limited. “Abstinence” is when you completely give something up, like meat, for a set period of time. Both “fasting” and “abstinence” play a role during Lent.
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