Upcoming Events:
MARRIAGE ENRICHMENT – Healthy marriages matter and marriage enrichment helps keep them strong! Keeping your marriage healthy and strong requires love, but also time spent fine tuning your relationship and reconnecting. Join us on Saturday, November 21 at St. Thomas the Apostle Parish in Waterdown for a day to reconnect for our enrichment day: Discovering New Paths for Your Married Love. We will share new ways to deepen your relationship and give you time with the one you love! Registration can be found online at hamiltondiocese.com, under Upcoming Events, or contact Sarah at 905-528-7988 ext. 2249, or e-mail familyministry@hamiltondiocese.com
AI AND HUMAN DIGNITY – The Office for Evangelization and Catechesis invites you to join us as we explore Pope Leo’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas and our call to protect human dignity in an age of technological revolution. It will take place on Wednesday, November 25th, 2026 (1:00 – 3:00pm) at the Chancery Office in Hamilton. Registration and more information can be found here: https://hamiltondiocese.com/events/2026/07/ai-andhuman-dignity-workshop.
PRIESTHOOD DISCERNMENT GROUP – Fr. John Ha, the Vocations Director, invites all young men in the Diocese of Hamilton to join the Priesthood Discernment Group. Come for prayer, fellowship, and conversation as we explore God’s call together. Whether you are just beginning to ask questions or have been considering the priesthood for some time, you are welcome. Feel free to invite a friend who may be interested. You do not need to have all the answers—simply come with an open heart. Sponsored by the Vocations Office of the Diocese of Hamilton. For more information, visit https://hamiltondiocese.com/vocations/ or contact vocations@hamiltondiocese.com. (Hamilton: Friday, December 4, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. Chancery Office, 700 King St W, Hamilton, ON L8P 1C7) (Kitchener-Waterloo: Saturday, December 5, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. St. Michael’s Roman Catholic Church, 80 University Ave W, Waterloo, ON N2L 3C7)
YOUNG ADULTS NIGHT — Saturday, December 5, 2026 – Fr. John Ha, our Vocations Director, invites all young adults in their 20s and 30s across the Diocese of Hamilton to an evening of prayer, fellowship, and praise music. Come meet other young adults and find encouragement as you discern and live out God’s call. Join us at St. Basil’s Church, 50 Palace St, Brantford, ON N3T 3Y6. [Holy Hour: 6:30–7:30 p.m.; Social with food: Praise music and vocation testimony: 7:30–8:00 p.m.; Night Prayer: 8:00–9:00 p.m.; 9:00 p.m.). Bring a friend—all young adults are welcome! Sponsored by the Vocations Office of the Diocese of Hamilton. Visit https://hamiltondiocese.com/vocations/. For more information, contact vocations@hamiltondiocese.com.
Ongoing Ministries & Opportunities
“CALLED TO SERVE” VIDEO SERIES – We are excited to introduce “Called to Serve,” a new video series featuring bishops and priests sharing their personal vocation stories and experiences of serving God and His Church. New videos are released every Friday on our Diocesan website. You can watch and follow the series here: Website: https://hamiltondiocese.com/vocations/priesthood-and-consecrated-life/called-to-serve/
RESTART: Refresh, Renew, Revive Support Group – Struggling after divorce or separation – as others are? Join us for learning, support and fun on two rotating evenings each month. These get-togethers offer continual support and insights for people as they journey through the divorce/separation process and beyond. Please be sure to look at the monthly calendar for dates and to register for all sessions at: https://sites.google.com/view/hamilton-restart/home , or contact Sarah at familyministry@hamiltondiocese.com, or 905-528-7988 ext. 2249. We look forward to seeing you!
Monthly Family Ministry:
PARENTING TIP OF THE MONTH #186 – The gift of faith is a treasure that provides children with a solid foundation for life and benefits them in multiple ways. Faith in God gives them an understanding of something greater than themselves; someone they can depend on to care for them in every situation. It provides a moral compass on how to act and live in their world and how to treat others. It also provides them with a sense of purpose, since our faith teaches that we are each given gifts to share with others in our lives. From their earliest days, reading stories that incorporate faith, praying as a family at meals and before bed, attending Church and participating in parish events all serve to help our children feel a sense of belonging and to understand God is always with them. Children depend on their parents to provide a base of learning that is constant and faithful. When parents create space for faith at home, it will benefit their children for a lifetime. (From: Teresa Hartnett, Family Ministry Office; 905-528-7988 ext. 2250)
MARRIAGE TIP OF THE MONTH #166 – In a world that seems to be busier every day, it is easy to let time together slip past. Quality and quantity matter when it comes to our relationships, but in order to get both we have to be purposeful. Planning for time together breathes life into every relationship and can take many forms to fit your schedules. Maybe a coffee together one day, a walk together another, praying together daily, watching a shared movie, doing a puzzle and talking as you find the pieces, cooking together and attending Mass. These are a few of the many things that bring you together and create bonding time. Take out your calendars, put your relationship down and make it happen, you will never regret the investment in each other. (From: Teresa Hartnett, Family Ministry Office; 905-528-7988 ext. 2250)