AUGUST 2022 – ACTIVITIES

August 8, 2022

This is how August looks like, thus far:

Aug   2, First Tue,  6:30 pm:   Novena to St. Anthony (Tamil)

Aug   4, First Thu,  3:00 pm:   Hour of Eucharistic Adoration for the Sanctification                                                       of the Priesthood and for Vocations 

Aug   5, First Fri,    7:30 pm:   Community Eucharistic Adoration (after 7 pm Mass)

                               9:00 pm:   All-night Vigil with the Blessed Sacrament (continues                                                   to Saturday until 7:00 am) 

Aug   6, First Sat, 12:00 am:   Continuation of the All-night Vigil (until 7:00 am)

                               1:00 pm:   Children’s Rosary Group in Church

Aug   7, Sunday,   11:30 am:   Mass followed by Catechists’ Lunch & Retreat

Aug   8, Monday   10:00 am    Week One – Siena Summer Camp for Grades 1 – 6                                                       begins (ends on  the 12th)

Aug   15, Monday  10:00 am   Week Two –  Siena Summer Camp for Grades 1 – 6 

                                                begins (ends on the 19th)

Aug  11, 12, 13       7:00 pm:   Triduum Mass and Talk in preparation for the Feast of                                                  the Assumption

Aug 13, Saturday,   4:00 pm:   Information Session for “To Know, Love and Serve:  A

                                                Pathway to Marital Fulfilment”.  Refreshments and                                                        childcare provided.

Aug 14, Sunday,     7:00 pm:   (After the 6 pm Spanish Mass) Vespers, Eucharistic                                                     Adoration and (Fraternitas) Renewal of  Consecration

                                                to our Blessed Mother and to St. Joseph 

Aug 15, Monday,     7:00 pm:  Solemn Mass of the Assumption followed by a                                                             candlelight procession around the parking lot.      

Aug  20, Saturday,  8:00 am:   Day pilgrimage to the Shrine of St. Therese of Lisieux

                                                (The second bus is filling up fast.)

Aug  21, Sunday,   11:30 am:  Mass, Retreat and Bar-b-que with the Knights of                                                           Columbus

                                                First Communion for the children who missed the                                                         scheduled celebration in June.  

Aug 25, Thursday,   7:00 pm:  Retreat with Fr. Sam from Divine Retreat Center –                                                        Holy Mass, Special preaching on the Word of God,                                                      Eucharistic Adoration, Praise and Worship, Healing                                                      Service

Aug 26, Friday,       6:00 pm:  Baptismal Preparation Retreat for parents and                                                              godparents of those scheduled to be baptized.

Aug 28, Sunday,   11:30 am:  Special Children’s Mass followed by a special activity                                                   in the main hall.  (Special invitation to the First                                                             Communion children and their families)

And of course, the Holy Eucharist is exposed daily after the morning Mass up to the evening Mass, so there’s ample time to come and visit our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament.  

About Fr. Walter

Father Walter Tonelotto was born in Italy in 1947 and entered the Scalabrini Seminary at an early age. At 20 he was sent by his superiors to study Theology at St. Joseph’s Seminary in Dunwoodie, New York and then to the Toronto School of Theology. He holds a Master in Divinity from St. Paul’s University in Ottawa and a Master in Moral Theology from Union Theological Seminary at Columbia University, New York City.