Marking Ash Wednesday At St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica
Ash Wednesday began the holy season of Lent. We are reminded that Lent “is a gracious gift by which we prepare ourselves for the paschal feasts with joy of minds made pure” (Lenten Preface 1). Through prayer, fasting and almsgiving, we remain open to God’s grace, and live as beloved sons and daughters of God. The four masses celebrated ...
Message For Lent 2026 From His Eminence Frank Cardinal Leo
My Dear Brothers and Sisters, May Jesus and Mary be in your hearts. As we enter into the holy season of Lent, I would like to share some words of spiritual nourishment and encouragement. Each year, while Ash Wednesday emphasizes repentance, prayer, fasting, and almsgiving, on the First Sunday of Lent especially, we are invited to pursue our journey of ...
2025 Tax Receipts
All parishioners with a registered email address should now have received their tax receipts for donations in 2025. Kindly check your spam folder if you have not yet received yours. Those without an email address will receive their tax receipts by mail on or before March 2nd. Thank you for your support of our parish.
Seven Things To Know About Ash Wednesday
Michelle Brylowski is Associate Director, RCIA and Liturgical Formation, for the Office of Formation for Discipleship. Below, she helps us prepare for Ash Wednesday. 1. What do the ashes on the forehead represent? Biblically, ashes symbolize mourning, mortality and penance. One would put ashes on one’s head (or even sit in ashes) as an outward demonstration of penance. In ...
Mass With Anointing Of The Sick
Mass with Anointing of the Sick Saturday February 14, 2026 12:10 p.m. Mass The Church observes the World Day of the Sick on February 11, coinciding with the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. To honour this observance, we will offer healing ministry by having a Mass with anointing on Saturday, February 14 at our 12:10 p.m. Mass. This ...
Message For World Day For Consecrated Life
My Dear Brothers and Sisters in Consecrated Life, May Jesus and Mary be in your souls. In anticipation of the upcoming celebration of the 30th World Day of Consecrated Life, celebrated annually on the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, along with the faithful of the archdiocese, and indeed the universal Church, I wish to reach out to you ...
Toronto Cardinals Join Pope Leo XIV For Rome Meetings
His Holiness, Pope Leo XIV summoned the world’s cardinals to Rome recently for an extraordinary consistory. The two-day gathering of prayer, reflection and dialogue began Jan. 7, a day after the closing of the Holy Door at St. Peter’s Basilica, marking the conclusion of the Jubilee Year inaugurated by his predecessor, Pope Francis. Among those participating were Frank Cardinal ...
Pilgrims Gather For Mass To Close The Year Of Jubilee
More than 1,000 Catholics from throughout the archdiocese along with parishioners of St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica gathered on December 28, 2025 for a Eucharistic Celebration to close the Year of Jubilee. Attendees included dozens of priests from the archdiocese, along with Auxiliary Bishops, religious men and women, representatives of lay movements and parishioners coming together from every region of ...