Northern bishops to celebrate at Masses in Toronto parishes September 29 and 30, share mission stories with university students in GTA October 1

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Northern bishops to celebrate at Masses in Toronto parishes September 29 and 30, share mission stories with university students in GTA October 1

September 6, 2012

Toronto - Three bishops from the North will share stories about their missionary work on the weekend of September 29 and 30, as well as on Monday, October 1, 2012, on invitation of Thomas Cardinal Collins, Archbishop of Toronto and Apostolic Chancellor of Catholic Missions In Canada.

Celebrating Mass and giving the homily at three Toronto parishes are: Bishop Murray Chatlain, Diocese of Mackenzie-Fort Smith (Northwest Territories); Bishop Gary Gordon, Diocese of Whitehorse (Yukon and Northern British Columbia); and Oblate Bishop Gerald Wiesner, Diocese of Prince George (British Columbia).

October 1: "A Tale of Two Bishops"

On Monday, October 1, at 7 p.m., two of the bishops, Bishop Gordon and Bishop Chatlain, will speak before university students in the Greater Toronto Area at St. Michael's Cathedral Parish Hall on 60 Bond Street, Toronto.

The gathering will be hosted by the Ryerson University Catholic Campus Ministry. Refreshments will be served. For more information, please email Oriana Bertucci, lead chaplain of the event, at rucatholics@gmail.com.

Bishops' Mass schedules

Following is a listing of the Mass times in the three parishes where the bishops will officiate at Mass:

Bishop Murray Chatlain, Diocese of Mackenzie-Fort Smith

Friday, September 28
o Parish: Merciful Redeemer Parish (www.mercifulredeemer.org/)
o Address: 2775 Erin Centre Blvd, Mississauga, Ontario L5M 5W2
o Contact: 905-812-0030 (tel); 905-812-0011 (fax); office@mercifulredeemer.org (email)
o Pastor: Father Vlid Vlasic

Saturday, September 29
Masses: Saturday Vigil (2 Masses) at 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. (Youth Mass)

Sunday, September 30
Masses: Sunday (4 Masses): 8:30 am, 10 am, 11:30 am, 7 pm

Bishop Gary Gordon, Diocese of Whitehorse

Friday, September 28
o Parish: St. Bonaventure Parish (http://www.st-bonaventure.ca/)
o Address: 1300 Leslie Street, Toronto ON M3C 2K9
o Contact: 416-447-5571 (tel); 416-447-4082 (fax); jeanette.williams@st-bonaventure.ca (email)
o Pastor: Father Paul Lininger, O.F.M. Conv.
o Mass on Saturday: 5 p.m. (Regular Vigil Mass for parishioners as well as Serra Foundation of Canada Memorial Mass)

Sunday, September 30
o Parish: St. Justin, Martyr Parish (http://stjustin.com/)
o Address: 3898 Highway 7 East, Unionville, Ontario L3R 1L3
o Contact: 905-479-2463 (tel); 905-513-8077 (fax); administrator@stjustin.com (email)
o Pastor: Father Joseph Singh
o Masses (English): Sunday (3 Masses): 8:30 am, 10:30 am, 12:30 am

Bishop Gerald Wiesner, O.M.I., Diocese of Prince George

Friday, September 28
o Parish: St. Barnabas Parish (www.stbarnabascatholicchurch.ca)
o Address: 10 Washburn Way, Scarborough, Ontario M1B 1H3
o Contact: 416-298-0989 (office tel); 416-284-5653 (rectory tel): 416-298-8959 (office fax); stbarnabaschurch@bellnet.ca (email);
o Pastor: Father Edwin Gonsalves

Saturday, September 29
o Mass: Saturday Vigil at 4:30 p.m.

Sunday, September 30
o Masses (3 Masses): 9 am, 10:30 am, 12 p.m.

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