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Part-Time Music Director

St. Patrick's Parish in Markham, Ontario, requires a part-time music director for a large, diverse and dynamic parish.

The Music Director will conduct an established SATB choir, coordinate, plan and help lead weekly worship music in close collaboration with the Pastor and the Music Ministry Coordinators. The Music Director must be a practicing Catholic who will serve to enhance the overall musical life of the congregation and promote Christian growth through the ministry of music.

Essential qualities needed are: commitment to music as a ministry, personal initiative, organizational skills, proficiency at pipe organ and keyboard, and ability to work collaboratively. This is a contract position.

Applications accepted until June 30, 2010 at parish@stpatrick.on.ca. We thank all applicants for their interest, but only those to be interviewed will be contacted.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - Youth Ministry Coordinator

(Half time – 18 hours a week; Applications accepted til June 29)

St. Paul the Apostle Parish, Alliston, is looking for an enthusiastic and practicing Roman Catholic for the above position. We hope to hire a person who has a university or a college degree (or at least is in process of obtaining one) to act as the Parish Youth Ministry Coordinator. Experience in Youth Ministry or Life Teen ministry is needed. In addition, courses in theology, religion, social studies or psychology are desirable as well.

The hired person would work with the Pastor, the Pastoral Council and the Youth Ministry Team in coordinating the Parish Youth Ministry based on the Life Teen Ministry approach. A very important part of the ministry will be the relational ministry with our young people in the parish and working with our Catholic schools. The candidate needs to be open to learn more about the Catholic Faith, the Youth Ministry and the Parish Ministry in general. The candidate also needs to be open to work in other ministries in the parish if needed.

The faith practice and faithfulness to our Catholic Faith and the Church's Magisterium including our Holy Father and the Ordinary of the Diocese are essential requirements. To learn more about the job position please visit our website: www.stpaulsalliston.com, contact Fr. Tad Walczyk at tadw@teksavvy.com 705-435-6325 ext. 3 or the parish secretary, Deborah Donnelly at ext. 2. Only those considered for an interview will be contacted.

Summer School for Liturgical Musicians

August 2-6, 2010
Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Parish, 169 North Park Street, Belleville, Ontario.

“Let Every Instrument be Tuned for Praise." The Ontario Liturgical Conference is offering a summer school for liturgical musicians, hosted by the Archdiocese of Kingston. The Keynote Speaker will be Bishop Paul- André Durocher and the plenary sessions will be run by Rev. John Hibbard. Skills sessions and daily liturgies will be offered.

REGISTER NOW. For further information please check out our website: http://www.romancatholic.kingston.on.ca/ click on the Summer School link.

Don Bosco Among Us – Relic Tour

October 5, 2010 – 7:30 a.m. – 11:30 p.m.
St. Benedict Church, Toronto.

A relic of St. John Bosco is coming to Toronto on October 5, 2010. His relic, contained in a life-sized statue, is on a six-year international pilgrimage in preparation for his 200th birthday in 2015.

This relic tour is a reverse kind of pilgrimage where, instead of people going to the sanctuary to venerate the saint, the saint comes to the people. The relic tour is traveling through 130 countries where the Salesians continue their founder's mission.

St. John Bosco was honoured by Pope John Paul II with the title Friend and Teacher of Youth. In Canada he is also one of the patron saints of Catholic educators.

For updates, please visit www.stbenedicts.ca.

Feast of St. Anne

St. Anne's Feast Day will be celebrated the weekend of July 23 - 25, 2010, at St. Anne's Church, 115 Vodden Street, Brampton.

Friday, July 23, 2010 - 8:00 p.m.
FRANK RUNYEON, Catholic family man, TV star, and film actor, will perform a powerful one man play 'SERMON ON THE MOUNT'. Frank has starred in more than 1000 TV shows, including As the World Turns, Santa Barbara, General Hospital and L.A. Law. He is also an Honours Graduate of General Theological Seminary and Princeton University.
Following the play will be an interactive presentation, 'HOLLYWOOD VS FAITH.' As a TV and film actor, he speaks with humour about the inside story, his experiences and the struggle to live faithfully in the media age. Turn off your TV, computer or iPod and bring your kids or parents. You'll be glad you did!

Saturday, July 24, 2010 - 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
A family picnic (with musical entertainment).

Sunday, July 25, 2010 - 1:30 p.m.
A solemn procession through the streets of Brampton with a statue of St. Anne. This will be followed by refreshments back at the church. Bishop William McGrattan will be the guest homilist at all weekend masses.

ALL ARE WELCOME! Please call 905-453-1303 for more information.

Free Lecture with Bishop Anthony Fisher

June 19, 2010 – 11:00 a.m.
Muzzo Family Alumni Hall, 121 St Joseph Street, Room 400, University of St Michael's College, Toronto.

The Canadian Catholic Bioethics Institute invites you to attend a free lecture with guest speaker Most Rev. Anthony Fisher, OP, Bishop of Parramatta, Australia, who will discuss current bioethical dilemmas facing Australia. Bishop Fisher, a Dominican friar and ethicist, was Coordinator of World Youth Day 2008 in Sydney.

This lecture is a free event, but because seating is limited, please RSVP to guarantee seating. Call CCBI, 416- 926-2335, or email the Institute, bioethics.usmc@utoronto.ca.

Our Mother Of Perpetual Help Novena
Triduum at St. Patrick's Shrine Church

June 23 - 25, 2010 - 7:00 p.m.
St. Patrick's Shrine Church, 141 McCaul Street, Toronto.

All are invited to attend Our Mother Of Perpetual Help Novena Triduum at St. Patrick's Shrine Church, a celebration of the Eucharist with Novena homily, followed by a social each night in the parish hall.

PREACHER & PRESIDERS:

Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - Rev. Mark Miller, C.Ss.R., Provincial Superior, Redemptorists, Edmonton-Toronto Province.

Thursday, June 24, 2010 - Most Rev. Bishop Vincent Nguyen, Auxiliary Bishop for the Archdiocese of Toronto.

Friday, June 25, 2010 - Most Rev. Bishop William McGrattan, Auxiliary Bishop for the Archdiocese of Toronto.

You are invited to bring light refreshments of cakes, cookies, or sandwiches to share at the socials.

Everyone is encouraged to take TTC transit to the Triduum celebrations, due to the G-20 summit.

For more information, contact the office at
416-598-3269.

Mark Your Calendars – St. John’s Bible

Wednesday, June 16, 2010 -  7:30 p.m.
St. John the Evangelist Parish, Weston (49 George Street).

St. John’s Parish will host an evening with one of the most remarkable religious treasures of 21st century. Sr. Gill Goulding, C.J. from Regis College will reflect on the topic  “We Never Pray Alone: The Ecclesial Contemplative” as she turns the pages of the Prophets volume of the rare Heritage Edition of the St. John’s Bible, the first complete edition of the Bible to be hand scribed and hand illuminated in over 500 years. See the same monumental book that led His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI to remark recently: “This is a work of art…a great work of art…a work for eternity.”

For a preview of the St. John’s Bible, see www.saintjohnsbible.org.