Help relieve local hunger: make a casserole for St. Patrick’s ‘Out of the Cold’ program. Your frozen meal will be delivered downtown to Good Shepherd Ministries and served during their meal program to people struggling with food insecurity and homelessness. High school students can earn 3 community service hours for each meal prepared! Learn More
Casserole Delivery Dates for 2024: (all Saturdays)
January 13, February 17, March 16, April 13, May 18, June 15
Participate in a dialogue circle for Listening to Indigenous Voices: A Dialogue Guide on Justice and Right Relationships!
One of the key goals of Listening to Indigenous Voices is to help us open ourselves to a transformation that seeks to redress past wrongs and move towards relationships based on respecting and celebrating diversity, addressing injustices, sharing and caring for the land, and engaging in person-to person relationships with Indigenous communities.
Program Details
The Healing and Reconciliation Committee at St Patrick’s Parish invites you to join them as they start a process of dialogue. There will be three sessions starting in April (April 8, May 6 and June 3) starting at 6:30 pm in the St. Aidan's Room.
How to Register & Cost
Register at the parish office and pick-up the workbook. The cost of the workbook is $20. (Cash or cheque payable to St. Patrick’s).
For more information, please email Yvonne Hoogeveen @ hoogeveen71@hotmail.com
Horizons of Hope: A Toolkit for Catholic Parishes is a FOUR part series on Palliative Care. It is designed to help each of us – caregivers, the sick and dying and family members – to find support and concrete assistance. When confronted with a life-limiting diagnosis, we can find ourselves in an unfamiliar and even frightening situation. These moments are usually marked by having to make numerous practical decisions surrounding care and support for loved ones and ourselves. More often than not, such decisions require moral discernment through the lens of our faith. We believe in the dignity and sacredness of human life at all stages, from conception to natural death. At the same time, our faith does not demand that life is to be sustained at all costs. As Catholics, our faith in Jesus Christ has much to teach us about living and dying well.
Date-Location-Time
The FOUR part series will be held on Wednesdays (April 17, April 24, May 1 and May 8) from 7:00pm to 9:00pm in the Large Hall
Register
Register today at the parish office in person or by calling the parish office at 905-294-5955. If you have questions, email Victor, Seminarian at seminarian@stpatrick.on.ca
What themes do the four modules cover?
Module 1 – Understanding the human experience of dying and death (2-hour parish-based program)
Module 2 – Discerning and making decisions at the end of life (2-hour parish-based program)
Module 3 – Accompanying those at the end of life (2-hour parish-based program)
Module 4 – Supporting and integrating within the wider community (2-hour parish-based program)
Join us as a parish community in serving the vulnerable in our community by supporting our Bundle Up Weekends. The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul is pleased to accept clothing, linens, draperies and housewares. Donated goods are provided to neighbours in need in communities across the GTA and to those whom they serve through their supportive housing and outreach programs.
To view the collection schedule and items to donate, click here
Young Adults R3 Nights
Join our Young Adults R3 nights on the last Saturday of every month for a night of Adoration and Confession and fellowship! The next R3 night is scheduled for April 27th at 7pm. For more information on the R3 Nights, visit the parish website CONNECT page.
Multi-Sports Night
Join our Young Adults weekly for a time of fun and fellowship. Come out and have some fun! To view the schedule and location details, click here!
For many years parishioners of St. Patrick’s Parish have participated in the Canadian March for Life in Ottawa. This is the largest and most important annual show of support for the rights of unborn chiSizeldren in Canada. This year's theme is "I will never forget you"
How to Register/ Contact Information
The cost for the trip will be $35 per person. If you would like to participate, click here for more information!
Bus to Ottawa
The Knights of Columbus will be sponsoring a bus to take people to the March for Life in Ottawa on Thursday, May 9th. The bus will leave from St. Patrick’s parking lot at 6:45 AM and returning by 9:30 PM. After the parade in Ottawa, the bus will leave at 4:00 PM to return to Markham. For those travelling by bus, click here.
Additional IMPORTANT details, click here