MEDIA ADVISORY

BISHOP JOHN BOISSONNEAU WILL CELEBRATE MASS FOR THE UNBORN

THE SACREDNESS OF LIFE FROM CONCEPTION TO NATURAL DEATH

TORONTO (22 December 2005) - All those who seek protection for all human beings are invited to join Bishop John Boissonneau at St. Michael’s Cathedral for the Mass for the Unborn on the Feast of the Holy Innocents, Wednesday, 28 December 2005, at 5:30PM.

“We thank God for the strength He has given to the people who struggle for life in the public forum.  We pray that our love will not weaken.  Christ came so that we might have life.  All must be welcomed and treated in the fullness of their human dignity.  Our society, however, has set the precedent that the welcome of the unborn depends, not upon their inherent human dignity, but upon someone else’s choice to give such welcome”, says Cardinal Ambrozic.

Cardinal Ambrozic invites all most warmly to attend the Mass on December 28th.

The Archdiocese of Toronto includes Metropolitan Toronto as well as the Regional Municipalities of York, Peel, a portion of Durham, as well as the County of Simcoe, a portion of the County of Dufferin and the Town of Orangeville. The Archdiocese is comprised of 1.5 million Catholics and 225 Parishes.  Mass is celebrated in 36 languages every Sunday.  The Archdiocese of Toronto is one of the most ethnically diverse dioceses in the world.