Saint Benedict Parish

Updated Messaged from Father Jim Petrie: July 15, 2021 Effective July 16th, 2021, churches are permitted to celebrate Masses and other liturgies at capacity with social distancing. This roughly works out to 250 people in…

FTPD – Message – June 30, 2021

June 30, 2021

Effective June 30th 2021, churches are permitted to celebrate Masses and other liturgies at 25% capacity. This roughly works out to 210 people in the church. As a result of this, we are returning…

Pastoral Letter of his Excellency, Bishop Douglas Crosby, OMI

June 18, 2021

PASTORAL LETTER OF HIS EXCELLENCY , BISHOP DOUGLAS CROSBY

Church is re-opening – June 11, 2021

June 14, 2021

Beginning Friday, June 11, 2021, churches are permitted to re-open at 15% capacity. St. Benedict Parish will be resuming in-church masses starting this Friday for the Daily Mass at 9:00 a.m. Weekend masses are…

Stay At Home – Effective April 19, 2021

April 18, 2021

EFFECTIVE MONDAY APRIL 19th, 2021, THE GOVERNMENT OF ONTARIO HAS ENFORCED FURTHER MEASURES TO THEIR “STAY-AT-HOME” ORDER TO KEEP ONTARIANS SAFE AND TO CURB THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS AND ITS VARIANTS. THIS HAS…

Easter Message 2021

March 31, 2021

FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK The scriptures tell us on this day of the Resurrection of Jesus: “(The women) went to the tomb…and found the stone rolled away…and they did not find the body of…

Lent – 2021

February 16, 2021

Dear Parishioners and friends of Saint Benedict Parish, Tomorrow we enter into the holy season of Lent – Ash Wednesday is the day when reignite our relationship with the Lord by attempting to remove…

Christmas Message Most Rev. Douglas Crosby

December 24, 2020

2020 Christmas Message Christmas 2020 As the Christmas feasts begin, I am pleased to send you greetings in the form of an excerpt from the 2019 Christmas homily of Pope Francis: “A charming legend…

Nov 2020 New Church Message

November 25, 2020