UTSC Catholic Chaplaincy – FREEDOM. PURPOSE. TRUTH.

MASS TIMES

To be announced

Participate in St. Barnabas virtual Mass

CONFESSION

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E-mail utscchaplaincy@gmail.com for an appointment at St. Barnabas Parish

Thank you to all those who came to our bubble tea social on Monday!

Today is the feast day of Sts. Philip and James, who were apostles.

Monday, May 9th is my (Andrea) last day serving the chaplaincy as your re:gen missionary. To celebrate a year of ministry with all of you, we will be having a bubble tea social at Albert Campbell Square (close to Scarborough Town Centre) on May 9th, from 4-6 pm. The cost is $5 per person, with chaplaincy covering the rest of the drink cost. Please bring exact change with you to the social.

Thank you everyone for coming out to our end of year dance! We had a lot of fun!!

St. Catherine of Siena (1347-1380) was a third-order Dominican. She spent the first three years after her entrance at the age of 18 in seclusion and prayer. However, she developed a strong following through her letters which she used to instruct and encourage her followers. She spent the last few years of her life praying for the unity of the Church, in light of the divisions in the Church that led to multiple popes and saints on opposite sides of the Church.

Today is the feast day of St. Mark. His Gospel was written from Peter’s perspective, since has a disciple of St. Peter. His Gospel is the shortest of the four Gospels and was the earliest one written.

On the Second Sunday of Easter of 2000, St. Pope John Paul II declared that the Sunday after Easter will henceforth be known as Divine Mercy Sunday. This was the same Sunday that St. Faustina Kowalska was canonized as a saint. According to her diary, Jesus said, “I want the Image [of Divine Mercy] to be solemnly blessed on the first Sunday after Easter, and I want it to be venerated publicly so that every soul may know about it.” Furthermore, Jesus revealed that those who receive confession and communion on this Sunday would receive total forgiveness of sins.

At that first Easter Sunday, Mary Magdalene must have felt like the world was crashing all around her. Her Lord had just died, and now here she was visiting the tomb, but her Lord’s body was missing. It was understandable that she was weeping outside the tomb. However, in her weeping, the Lord, who she mistakes as a gardener, appears to her. It is by calling Mary by name that she recognizes that it was indeed Jesus, her Lord and Saviour, who was speaking to her.

He is risen, alleluia!