MARCH 23RD 2025, 3RD SUNDAY IN LENT (YEAR C)
- Posted On 22nd Mar 2025
Masses for the Week
| Sat Mar 22 09:00 AM | † Joan Williams |
| Sat Mar 22 05:00 PM | † Mathilda Gracias |
| Sun Mar 23 09:00 AM | † Merlyn Rebello |
| Sun Mar 23 11:00 AM | People of the Parish |
| Sun Mar 23 07:00 PM | † Jeneba Fofana |
| Mon Mar 24 09:00 AM | † All Souls in Purgatory |
| Tue Mar 25 09:00 AM | † Bertie Fernandes |
| Wed Mar 26 09:00 AM | † Michael Boyle |
| Thu Mar 27 09:00 AM | † Clive D'Silva |
| Fri Mar 28 09:00 AM | † May Shiekh † Gabriel Bozic Intention of Anastasia Mass |
| Fri Mar 28 07:30 PM | † Tony Ugarte † Milagros Manguerra Intention of April Rose Silla |
| Sat Mar 29 09:00 AM | † Chao Wen Liu |
| Sat Mar 29 05:00 PM | † Mathilda Gracias |
REFLECTION
How tempting it is to speculate about other people’s relationships to God and to forget our own. When two catastrophes were reported to Jesus, he made them the occasion for calling his listeners once again to repent. Jesus refused to conclude that disasters are God’s judgement against the victims. Rather, misfortunes provoke us to reform our own lives. Now is the time for decision; thanks to God’s patience, we still have time to ask forgiveness. In the parable of the fig tree, which is a call to reform an unproductive life, God postpones carrying out the judgment already made until the gardener, like Christ, makes one more attempt. But we must not keep presuming God’s patience indefinitely. Lent’s invitation to reform must be taken seriously. The Holy One is as ready to save us his children now as when he revealed his name to Moses on Mount Horeb. St. Paul warns about unfaithfulness; we who are members of Christ through baptism and are nourished with the spiritual food of the eucharist must not fall prey presuming God’s mercy.
Sunday Mass Book
Prayer Group Lenten Talks 2025
LENT: PREPARE YOUR HEARTS TO REFLECT AND REPENT
SPEAKER | DATE |
FR. ARINZE ONWUZULIKE, ASSOCIATE PASTOR – ST. JOSEPH’S CHURCH | THURSDAY, APRIL 10Th |
TIME: 7.25 P.M. / DIVINE MERCY CHAPLET
PLEASE BRING ALONG YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS
St. Joseph’s Parish Annual Lenten Retreat
The Knights of Columbus invite all parishioners to St. Joseph’s Parish Annual Lenten Retreat
Saturday, April 5th, 2025
In CHURCH HALL from 10 a.m. – 12 noon
KEY SPEAKER: FATHER ARINZE ONWUZULIKE C.S.Sp.
Come join Father Arinze as he explains how we can experience a successful Lenten season in preparation for the Passion of Jesus.
Light Refreshments will be served
PARISH LENTEN ACTIVITIES
Weekly activities:
- Mass followed by Stations of the Cross every Friday at 7:30 PM
- Lenten Talks on Thursdays (Mar 13, Mar 27 & Apr 10) at 7:25 PM beginning with the Divine Mercy Chaplet.
- Archdiocesan Day for Confessions on March 30 to April 5. – See timings for Eastern Region
- Archdiocesan Lenten Confession in St. Joseph’s on Monday, Apr 1 at 10 AM to 2 PM
- Parish Lenten Confessions on Wednesday, Apr 9 at 7:00 PM
SCHEDULES - LENT & EASTER
| Wed, February 18, 2026 | 09:00 AM | Holy Mass (Ash Wednesday) |
| Wed, February 18, 2026 | 07:30 PM | Holy Mass (Ash Wednesday) |
| Fri, February 20, 2026 | 07:30 PM | 🛐 Friday Evening Mass (Lent only) |
| Fri, February 20, 2026 | 08:00 PM | ✝️ Stations of the Cross |
| Fri, February 27, 2026 | 07:30 PM | 🛐 Friday Evening Mass (Lent only) |
| Fri, February 27, 2026 | 08:00 PM | ✝️ Stations of the Cross |
| Thu, March 5, 2026 | 09:30 AM | Lenten Day of Recollection |
| Fri, March 6, 2026 | 07:30 PM | 🛐 Friday Evening Mass (Lent only) |
| Fri, March 6, 2026 | 08:00 PM | ✝️ Stations of the Cross |
| Fri, March 13, 2026 | 07:30 PM | 🛐 Friday Evening Mass (Lent only) |
| Fri, March 13, 2026 | 08:00 PM | ✝️ Stations of the Cross |
| Fri, March 20, 2026 | 07:30 PM | 🛐 Friday Evening Mass (Lent only) |
| Fri, March 20, 2026 | 08:00 PM | ✝️ Stations of the Cross |
| Fri, March 27, 2026 | 07:30 PM | 🛐 Friday Evening Mass (Lent only) |
| Fri, March 27, 2026 | 08:00 PM | ✝️ Stations of the Cross |
| Sat, March 28, 2026 | 05:00 PM | Holy Mass (Palm Sunday) |
| Sun, March 29, 2026 | 09:00 AM | Holy Mass (Palm Sunday) |
| Sun, March 29, 2026 | 11:00 AM | Holy Mass (Palm Sunday) |
| Sun, March 29, 2026 | 07:00 PM | Holy Mass (Palm Sunday) |
| Tue, March 31, 2026 | 09:00 AM | 🚫No 9:00 AM Mass |
| Thu, April 2, 2026 | 09:00 AM | Morning Prayers (No Mass) |
| Thu, April 2, 2026 | 08:00 PM | Mass of the Lord's Supper |
| Fri, April 3, 2026 | 09:00 AM | Morning Prayers (No Mass) |
| Fri, April 3, 2026 | 12:00 PM | Celebration of the Lord's Passion (with Stations of the Cross) |
| Fri, April 3, 2026 | 03:00 PM | Celebration of the Lord's Passion (with Stations of the Cross) |
| Sat, April 4, 2026 | 09:00 AM | Morning Prayers (No Mass) |
| Sat, April 4, 2026 | 08:00 PM | Easter Vigil Mass |
| Sun, April 5, 2026 | 09:00 AM | Easter Sunday Mass |
| Sun, April 5, 2026 | 11:00 AM | Easter Sunday Mass |
| Sun, April 5, 2026 | 07:00 PM | 🚫 No 7:00 PM Mass |
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
2025 Pilgrims of Hope Jubilee Year Celebration
As part of the Jubilee Year celebrations, we are encouraged to be intentional in creating time as individuals, groups or families to visit any of the two designated Holy Places of worship in our Eastern Region. This will help us accomplish as individuals in our Jubilee Year spiritual journey, deep faith Renewal, Restoration, Forgiveness, and Fullness.
Please spread the word! Information on Pilgrimage Churches, Jubilee Calendar Events and more can be found here. Click here to read more details!
Upcoming Sacraments
Serra's Vocation Seeds
Third Sunday of Lent – March 23, 2025
The Lord is kind and merciful and calls us to proclaim His Name. Consider service in the priesthood or consecrated life.
If God is calling you, to be a priest, religious or deacon, contact Fr. Matt McCarthy, Director of Vocations, Archdiocese of Toronto at 416-968-0997.
QUEEN OF APOSTLES RENEWAL CENTRE
invites men and women to our 2025 Lenten Retreat
When: SATURDAY APRIL 5TH, 2025.
Where: 1617 Blythe Road, Mississauga
Cost: $50.00 and includes coffee/tea with muffins and a hot lunch.
Registration is at 8:30am and the retreat runs from 9:00am to 3:00pm. A mass will be celebrated during the day.
Please email : office@qoa.ca or call us at (905) 278 5229.
Saints' Relics Exposition
St. Jude’s Academy of the Arts, part of St. Bernadette’s Family Resource Centre, invites you to participate in a special church tradition of venerating Saints through relics exposition. This sacred occasion will feature Blessed Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati, two young soon-to-be Saints set for canonization this Jubilee Year.
For more information, please contact Angela Carboni at 416-871-3908 or email acarboni333@gmail.com
Did you know?
- We do not respond with Amen when at Baptism the priest or deacon says: “I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit?
- We have the Archdiocesan Day of Lenten Confession in our Parish on Tuesday April 01 from 10 am to 2 pm?
- We have the Parish Day of Lenten Confession on Wednesday April 09 at 7 pm?
Youth Ministry Fundraiser
Registration for youth in grade 6, 7, and 8 begins on September 16th. EDGE will meet on the 2nd and 4th Fridays of the month, starting October 11th.
Come discover Ethereal Realm Heroes!
Please contact Jeremy Tanuan for more information: JTanuan@archtoronto.org or 416-282-0370 ex. 213.