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Special Collection: Catholic Missions in Canada Great News! After consultation with others including the ACBO, Archbishop Marcel has approved that congregational singing be allowed again. The other COVID-19 preventative measures are to remain in place including the wearing of a face mask and two-metre physical distancing. Hallelujah! Please be advised Parking is NOT permitted within 30m of an underpass. Last weekend a number of parishioners received a ticket for parking under the Queensway and along a stretch of Bayswater. Please…

Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes – Collecting Full Boxes Hallelujah! We handed out 150 empty shoeboxes over the past 2 weekends! St. Mary’s parishioners are so generous! We look forward to collecting all of the filled boxes this weekend November 6th and 7th. We will also collect them the following weekend November 13th and 14th in the event that people cannot bring them earlier. Knights of Columbus Recruitment Drive St Mary’s K of C council will be having a recruitment drive…

Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) If you, or someone you know is interested in possibly joining the Catholic Church, then RCIA is for you. For more information, please e-mail Dan Gutoskie at rcia@stmarysottawa.ca.   Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes  If you would like to help a child in need, Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes will be available to pick up after Mass on the weekends of October 23/24 and October 30/31. Your boxes must be filled and returned to the church by Sunday,…

Night of Worship and Ministry, Christmas Shoeboxes, Vocations, Children of Paraguay, 40 Days for Life, and Synod 2021-2023

The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops has released an official letter of apology to the Indigenous Peoples for the role of the Church in the Indian Residential Schools. Today, on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we wish to share this letter with you.