PARISH POLICY

 

Parish Office

Open:

Tuesday 9-5pm, Wednesday 9-5pm and 6-9pm, Thursdays 9-5pm, Fridays 9-5pm, and Saturdays 9-12 noon. During lunch breaks from 12-1pm.  On Mondays the office is closed. On this day, please use the answering machine only in necessary instances. The office does not give away confidential information and information that is not linked with the parish’s activity.

 

The Priests’ Duties

On several days of the week (except on Mondays) there exists the possibility of meeting with the priest on duty. Those who are interested should contact the given priest to meet at a convenient time.

 

Registration

We are an ethnic parish, which means that the members of our parish are those who are formally registered. The registration forms (blue) and changes of address (green) are located in the church hall. After filling them out, please throw them in the basket during Sunday’s collection. We ask also to inform us about address changes. 

 

Parish Envelopes

People who wish to help the parish financially can do so using the envelopes. Regular users receive them once a year, usually in December. New users are asked to contact the parish office in November. Contributions for the church can be deducted from income tax. Income tax return for each year is sent to parishioners at the end of February.

 

The Parish Bulletin

The bulletin is printed every week and its goal is to regularly inform the parishioners about all the most important parish events. Information to be added to the bulletin is accepted every Tuesday. Regular information concerning the parish’s activity is found on the exterior side of the bulletin.

 

Advertisement

Those who wish to advertise their business in the parish bulletin are asked to contact the office at the turn of the months June and July. New advertisements are found in the bulletin in October. Parishioners have precedence. All advertisement that deals with entertainment and profit, and that is not linked with the parish, is to be paid for.

 

Certificates, Reference Letters, Consents

These are given only to parishioners registered at least 6 months after they previously confirm over the telephone with a priest (not by hand). Waiting time is 3 days.

 

Passport Applications 

These are signed for people who are known by the priests and officially registered in the parish for at least two years. Please give us two days for this.

 

Pope’s Blessings

On the occasion of family anniversaries, they must be ordered at least one month earlier.

 

Mass Intentions

One family can order 3 Mass intentions throughout the whole year – 1 on Sunday and 2 during the week. The Mass intentions are ordered directly in the parish office, not by telephone. Please make your offering at the office at the time of ordering.

REMINDER: A service to Mary of Perpetual Help is held every Wednesday after the evening Mass. The amount of Mass intentions on this day is unlimited. Those, who missed their chance to order or because of lack of space did not order a Mass with an individual intention can take advantage of this Mass with collective intentions. Intentions are received by the parish office.

MASS INTENTIONS can also be sent for the Mission. Their validity does not depend on the hour of day or place of performance. Let’s be understanding and give all an even chance in ordering Mass intentions.

 

Baptisms

The Sacrament of Holy Baptism:

- in Polish is accorded every Sunday during Mass at 2:30pm.

- in English is accorded on Saturday at 5pm or Sunday at 9:30am. Preparation is compulsory for parents and godparents. (If it is the first child baptised in our parish 2 meetings are obligatory – the first for the child’s parents and the second for the parents and godparents. If it is the second or following child, only one meeting is compulsory. The parents have to be members of our parish or have the agreement of the parish that they belong to.)

 

Blessing of Children on their First Year Baptism Anniversary

On the last Sunday of the month (with small exceptions) during the 1:00pm Mass there is a blessing of children who are celebrating their first baptism anniversary. We ask that the names of the children be given to us on the month that they were baptised.

 

Weddings

Couples that wish to be joined in the sacrament of marriage should make an appointment directly with a priest. It is compulsory that they are members of the parish or they must have the approval of their native parish for the wedding. They must take a pre-marital course and show a baptism certificate with a date not exceeding half a year. Those who are planning to be married outside Canada’s borders and outside the parish that they belong to should contact the priest in order to receive the approval of the diocese, that is the License of the Assistance for the Marriage. 

 

Pre-marital courses 

These are organised two times a year – at the end of October and February. The course is held in the evenings and is comprised of 7 meetings. The exact dates are given in the bulletin.

 

Natural Family Planning Clinic

Those interested in learning the natural method of regulating conception (the ovulation method) are asked to contact the instructor by telephone. For info: (416) 481-5465, ext. 2.

 

RCIA

This is a preparatory program for adults (19 and up) who wish to fully take part in the life of the Catholic Church, who wish to be married, as well as for those who have not yet been baptised, confirmed or have not yet received their First Holy Communion. Courses begin in September and run until April of the following year. Meetings are held on Tuesdays at 8:00pm in the room under the presbytery.

 

Religion classes for children going to First Holy Communion and Confirmation

These start in the parish in September for children from public schools and in January for children from Catholic schools. Registration is in September. When registering, please bring a copy of the baptism certificate, as well as a $75 fee to cover the needed materials.

 

Altar Servers and Candidates

Meetings are on the 2nd and 4th Friday of each month at 6:00pm. Candidates are asked to come to the sacristy at 5:30pm for a half-hour practise before the meeting. (There are no meetings on the first Fridays of the month.)

 

Youth Groups

Youth groups meet after the evening Mass in the Brother Anthony Room. On Thursdays for high school students (16-18) and on Fridays students of 19 years and up. www.kolbe.ca/students

 

Holy Sacrament Adoration

The Adoration is experiencing continual lacks of people, which causes frequent and serious disturbances in the continuity of the adoration. Those who are willing to help, especially in the summer time, are asked to contact the adoration coordinator by telephone: (905) 949-1237.

 

The Holy Rosary

The Holy Rosary is prayed all week – from Monday to Friday before the evening Mass, and it starts at 6:30pm, Saturdays after the morning 8:00am Mass, and Sundays before evening Mass, and it starts at 6:30pm. The Rosary is led by individual members of the Roses of the Living Rosary.

 

The Oblate Cross

Families who wish to join the prayer chain for priestly vocations are asked to contact the parish office at (905) 848-2420.

 

Rental of Parish Halls

Parish halls are rented only for the needs of parish organizations, as well as to parishioners who take part in the life of the church. Organizations who use the parish rooms are asked to contact the office in July in order to reserve the halls for their activity. (The planning of a party must be preceded by the reservation of a hall.) All those who use the halls are asked to leave it clean.

 

Catholic Youth Radio Live in Toronto on 530 AM

 

International Religious Song Festival

It is organized once a year in the month of November. For Info: www.ksmradio.com or (416) 767-2996.

Walking Pilgrimage to Midland Begins usually in August on Monday of the long weekend (Civic Holiday).

Contact us at: pielgrzymka@yahoo.ca 

 

Please Note 

On private parking territory the by-law is compulsory, and all the parking lot users are obliged to abide by it. The priests are not responsible for tickets given on the parking lot.

 

Parking for the Handicapped

This parking space should not be taken by those who do not possess a special permit. This also concerns those, who drive handicapped people to church but do not possess such a permit. They must be dropped off and you should drive to a further parking space.

 

Bulletins on the Parking Lot

Handing out bulletins on the Church parking lot is not permitted. Those interested in propagating their business are asked to contact the parish office.

 

Remember !

The church and the territory around the church is our common good and let us treat it as our common property.