AN IN-PERSON EVENT RECOMMENDED BY THE OFFICE FOR ECUMENICAL AND INTERFAITH RELATIONSViolence against women crosses all faiths and all backgrounds. This year, for the first time, representatives of all major faith communities—Catholic, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, and other...
Join us on the evening of January 8 if you want to grow in holiness with a community of faithful young adults. We will discuss the topic of Holy Matrimony: Its purpose for you and for Christ. Following 7 p...
More than 1,000 Catholics from throughout the archdiocese along with parishioners of St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica gathered on December 28, 2025 for a Eucharistic Celebration to close the Year of Jubilee. Attendees included dozens of priests from...
We warmly invite young adults aged 20 and above to join “RISE” at Divine Retreat Centre on January 17, 2025, from 6:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Life today pulls young hearts in many directions...
“Though He was in the form of God, Jesus did not regard equality with God as something to be grasped at, rather He made Himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness...
25 December 2025Message for Christmas
His Eminence Frank Cardinal LeoMetropolitan Archbishop of Toronto
My dear brothers and sisters,
Praised be Jesus Christ and Merry Christmas to you and to your loved ones.
Each year the birth of our Saviour...
AN IN-PERSON EVENT SPONSORED BY THE OFFICE FOR ECUMENICAL AND INTERFAITH RELATIONSThe Archdiocese of Toronto is a founding member of the Christian Jewish Dialogue of Toronto (CJDT) now in its 50th year. Since 1945, January 27 has been designated...
On Dec. 18, His Eminence Frank Cardinal Leo paid an apostolic visit to Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish – a time marked by prayer, reflection and deep spiritual significance for the parish community.
His Eminence presided over the monthly Covenant...
On Dec. 19, His Eminence Frank Cardinal Leo visited the Archdiocesan Missionary Seminary Redemptoris Mater, for the celebration of Mass and a dinner with the seminarians and formators.
This pre-Christmas visit was an occasion to pray together, to share...
Earlier this week, the Archdiocese of Toronto learned of an allegation of misconduct against Fr. James Cherickal, a priest in ministry in the archdiocese currently serving as pastor of St. Jerome’s Catholic Church in Brampton. On Thursday, December...
Women Ignatian Retreat: When the Holy Spirit came upon Jesus’ disciples, it freed them from fear and filled them with a bold, loving purpose. This retreat is an invitation to enter that same movement from fear to freedom. Through...
Women Ignatian Retreat: The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius reveal, in and for a new time, a vibrant ecological dimension. In particular, the Exercises invite us to deepen our contemplative experience of Creation revealing God the loving Creator, the historical...
AN ONLINE EVENT RECOMMENDED BY THE OFFICE FOR ECUMENICAL AND INTERFAITH RELATIONSCardinal Timothy Dolan will address the legacy of Nostra aetate, the historic 1965 declaration on the Church’s relationship to other religions. His Eminence will explore its impact...
AN ONLINE EVENT RECOMMENDED BY THE OFFICE FOR ECUMENICAL AND INTERFAITH RELATIONSDr. Alan Brill, professor at Seaton Hall University, will explore contemporary perspectives on six themes of Christian theology (Trinity, original sin, incarnation, salvation, messianism, and covenant) presenting approaches with...
This event starts on January 10 and runs until January 25.
Please join us as we host the Vatican approved Eucharistic Miracles of the World Exhibit. The exhibit, which was designed and created by St. Carlo Acutis, features panels...
Women Ignatian Retreat: We feel the desire to follow the Lord, to be his disciple. But we may not know how. The way of knowing, loving and serving is based on a prayer of St. Ignatius of Loyola...
On Dec. 12, Holy Family Parish in Whitby, Ont., officially opened its new atrium, meeting spaces, renovated offices and rectory with a Mass celebrated by His Eminence Frank Cardinal Leo, followed by the blessing of the newly completed spaces.
In...
The National Day of Prayer in Solidarity with Indigenous Peoples is celebrated on December 12 every year, on the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe, patroness of the Americas, who appeared to Juan Diego in Mexico in 1531. The...
A VIRTUAL EVENT RECOMMENDED BY THE OFFICE FOR ECUMENICAL AND INTERFAITH RELATIONSThe Mapping the Field conference proposes to describe the current state of academic study of Christian-Jewish relations. This conference will touch on a range of subjects, disciplines, and...
On Dec. 8, His Eminence Frank Cardinal Leo celebrated the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception with a solemn Mass and colloquium for faculty and seminarians of St. Augustine’s Seminary. The celebration of this Solemnity has been an annual...