Chrism Mass
His Excellency, Bishop Crosby, will celebrate the Mass of Chrism on Monday, March 29th, 2021 in the Cathedral Basilica of Christ the King, Hamilton. This year, due to COVID capacity limitations and social distancing requirements, attendance at the Chrism Mass will be limited to Priests only. Each year at the Mass of Chrism, the Bishop blesses […]
In Memoriam: Murat Emiroglu Sr.
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February 28, 2021
Second Sunday in Lent
Finance Committee Report: 2020
The 2020 Finance Committee report is now available on the website.
Backgrounder: February 24, 2021
Covenant with the Nations In the first reading, from Genesis 22, we meet Abraham at the most dramatic moment of his life. Will he offer up Isaac, his beloved son, when God asks? God chose Abraham and Sarah to be father and mother of a nation who could be his own. God chose them because up […]
February 21, 2021
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Reel Justice Film Festival
A free online film festival put on by the Bishop Farrell library and Development and Peace. THE TRUE COST: Thursday February 25 at 7 pm. Examine the true cost of the fast fashion industry. TO THE ARCTIC: Thursday March 25 at 6:30 pm. A family friendly movie about climate change and animals. LIFE ON OUR […]
In Memoriam: Ralph Poechman
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Bill C-7: A Video
Bill C-7, which will expand the eligibility criteria for euthanasia and assisted suicide, passed in the Legislature and was sent to the Senate for approval. In the Senate further changes were made that would allow MAID (Medical Assistance in Dying) to occur more often by removing the “reasonable foreseeability of natural death” criterion currently in […]
Backgrounder: February 17, 2021
GENERAL BACKGROUND Genesis 1:1 describes the earth being “formless and void” – as chaos – which is worse than what we might imagine as a vacuum or nothing. Chaos is an active, malevolent force which constantly threatens everything, even our very selves. (Chaos = tohu wa bohu) The goodness of God’s creation culminates in the […]