Save the date for the CWL Open House.
Join us on Sunday June 2nd from 1:00 - 4:00pm at
Karen's house (11 Whitton Rd, Hamilton, ON).
Just drop-in!
Cake, coffee, chat, and Presentation of Service Pins will be at 2:30pm.
Made For Love, by Father Mike Schmitz, addresses the Catholic Church's teachings on sexuality and same-sex attraction from an intellectual, practical and relational perspective. We are excited to dive into this book in a small group setting over four meetings on May 30th; June 13th; June 27th; and July 11th.
This small group study is open to all members of our Canadian Martyrs' community, including Alpha participants, graduate and undergraduate students, and alumni. Many of us have serious questions on this topic, and if this is something you would like to explore more deeply, we invite you to join us!
Join us this Sunday, May 12th at 11:30am
to celebrate First Communion with the Grade 2 students from
Canadian Martyrs Catholic Elementary School.
All are welcome as we gather to pray for healing, for peace, for the life and light of the Resurrection to be with those in need at this time.
Guest Presider: Fr. Joe Selvanayagam
Reception to Follow
'So it is written that the Christ would suffer and on the third day rise from the dead'
Alpha is a series of interactive sessions exploring the basics of the Christian faith. Each session looks at a different question and is designed to create conversation. There’s no pressure, no follow-up and no charge; it’s just an open, informal, and honest space to explore and discuss life’s big questions together.
Hosted at Canadian Martyrs Catholic Church & Chaplaincy
Sundays 9:30am - 11:30am
April 21st - June 23rd
Each session includes Brunch, Video, and Discussion
No matter your age, spiritual background or experience, all are welcome to come learn and share!
The Paschal candle represents Christ, the Light of the World.
During the Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday night the candle is carried in the procession into the dark church. A new fire, symbolizing our eternal life in Christ, is kindled which lights the candle. The candle, representing Christ himself, is blessed by the priest who then inscribes in it a cross, the first letters and last of the Greek alphabet, (Alpha and Omega `the beginning and the end').
When you eat this bread and drink this cup you proclaim the Lord's death, until He comes again.
I Corinthians 11:26
Join us for a special screening of the film “The Passion of the Christ” to prepare our hearts for Holy Week.
SEVEN LAST WORDS - A LENTEN CONCERT
This Spring Musikay has assembled a small team of fantastic singers with beautiful voices to offer a Lenten inspired music program. Kasia Konstanty, Anne Kae, and Richard Hansen join our Maestro Stephane Potvin in singing the beautiful and inspirational music. The program will consist of Mass for four voices and Ave verum corpus by Williams Byrd, Oculi omnium by Heinrich Schütz, Miserere by Joseph Rheinberger, Hosanna filio David by Tomás Luis de Victoria, Les sept paroles de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ sur la croix by Charles Gounod, along with the haunting Stabat Mater Gregorian chant.
Benefiting from the wonderful acoustics of Canadian Martyrs Church in Westdale, the music and voices reverberate in what feels like a celestial vessel. The warmth of the building brings the music to life in ways that the composer probably imagined and likely experienced themselves.
Tickets are available at the door and online: http://musikay.ca/product/last_words/
Join Musikay and Maestro Potvin for this special concert at Canadian Martyrs Catholic Church, in Hamilton.
Visit www.musikay.ca, email info@musikay.ca, or call 905.719.1477 for information.
The Hamilton Catholic Physicians Guild will be holding their March meeting on Thursday 21st at 7 pm in the Canadian Martyrs Church Hall.
“ Getting the pro-life message across in the euthanasia debate”
Our guest speaker is Blaise Alleyne from the Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform. Blaise is a noted pro-life speaker and his talk will be especially relevant with the current push to extend euthanasia to many vulnerable persons.
A special invitation is extended to all health care professionals especially those in training(medicine, nursing etc) and also those thinking about a career in a health care profession. Please contact kerigan@mcmaster.ca with any inquiries.
Come out to the last Source of the year! The evening will include personal student testimonies, a keynote speaker, sacrament of reconciliation and adoration. All will be followed by pizza social in the church hall. This month, our speaker is Fr. Geoff Oehring: “When a Priest Goes to Confession.” Anyone from the community is welcome to attend!
For the Victims of Sexual Abuse
Sunday March 17th at 4pm at Canadian Martyrs Catholic Church & Chaplaincy
““It is Jesus that you seek when you dream of happiness; He is waiting for you when nothing else you find satisfies you.””
