“THE MORE YOU HONOR ME, THE MORE I WILL BLESS YOU”

May 8—14, 2017 Monday, May 8 9:15 am - Thanksgiving Mass Tuesday, May 9 9:15 am + Mark & Peter Wilson 7:15 pm - Birthday blessings Rachel Belen Wednesday, May 10 7:15 pm + Jovito Menez Thursday, May 11 7:15 pm - Thanksgiving Mass Friday, May 12 9:15 am - Thanksgiving Mass Saturday, May 13 8:30 am - Thanksgiving Mass 5:00 pm + Death anniversary Felicidad Reyes Sunday, May 14 8:30 am - Community of Prince of Peace 10:00 am + Bernarda De Torres 11:30 am + Jesu Costa 1:00 pm - Thanksgiving Mass

Let us pray! For those who are sick mem-bers of our parish and those who love and minister to them

THE VOTIVE LAMPS ARE OFFERED FOR THE INTENTIONS OF

1. In loving memory of Kiyoshi Seko on his 1st death anniversary. Forever

in our hearts. Offered by the Tsang family. 2. For the special intentions of Jude. 3. In loving memory of our daughter Suzanne Elizabeth Singh on her 2nd

death anniversary. Will always be remembered by her parents, Shirley and Malcolm Singh, her many aunts and uncles and her grandmother Helen Wailoo. May her soul rest in peace.

From the pastor’s desk…….

FAMILY OF FAITH UPDATE/ CORRECTION Thank you for your commitment to the Family of Faith campaign. The efforts that we make together will further the pastoral Plan and mis-sion of our Church. Please remember to honour the pledge that you made. A campaign such as this one does not simply end when all the pledges are collected. Now is the time when we start to see the wonderful effects of our effort. Remember, not all of these funds go directly back to the diocese. Here at Prince of Peace parish, we will receive:

Total parish Goal: $825,000 x25% = $206,250 Excess $529,915x75% = $397,436 Total Amount pledge $135,4915.00 = &603,686 Through parishioners fulfilling their pledges and making their

first few payments, the parish has already received $104,466.24 as of December 31, 2016.These funds will be used to:

- Renovate Men’s and Women’s Washrooms - have a wheelchair accessible/ entrance ramp/doors - fix the floor tiles/ interlocks entrance - additional disable parking lots

Please remember the spirit of the campaign and the prayer-ful consideration that compelled so many of us to make a sacrificial gift to secure a future for our Church.

N.B. The chancery office and our Parish Finance council have approved the first project through Family of Faith. There will be a complete renovation of Men’s and Women’s washrooms. The estimated total of this project will be $81,436.05. You will be in-formed when this project will commence.

Thank You For Your Generosity! Last Sunday Collection: $ 9,874.65

First Eucharist Congratulations!

Congratulations to those who are making their First Holy Commun-ion with their families at our special Sunday 1:00 p.m. masses. Last Sunday (Prince of Peace School) and today (Divine Infant and St. Rene Goupil Schools). It is indeed a very special moment in their lives, and we thank the parents, guardians and teachers from our 3 parish schools, as well as our parish catechists for their assistance.

30TH ANNIVERSARY PHOTO DIRECTORY PROJECT

To commemorate the Prince of Peace 30th Year Anniversary, we will start our photo Directory Project beginning June. We are looking for volunteers to coordinate, host and later on to design/layout the directory. Please contact Ger-ry Cruz (Coordinator) as soon as possible by calling 647-760-4944 or emailing popdirectory 2017@outllook.com

FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER MAY 7, 2017

PRE-AUTHORIZED GIVING PROGRAM

Thank you for all you do in support of Prince of Peace Par-ish. On May 13 and 14, a staff member from the Develop-ment Office of the Archdiocese will visit us to tell you more about the Pre-Authorized Giving (PAG) program which we will launch next week. PAG allows you to support your parish when you are away - a benefit to the church, since expenses continue all year long. Enrollment forms will be made available beginning May 13 and 14. If you are ready to join the program, you may bring a void cheque so you can sign up. For more infor-mation, please call our parish office.

THANK YOU FROM OUR YOUTH

Our Youth would like to thank everyone who supported the

pancake breakfast last weekend. Your generosity contrib-uted greatly to its huge success. The proceeds will help each youth attend the Steubenville youth conference this summer. Special thanks to everyone who came out to help serve the breakfast. It was very much appreciated.

100th ANNIVERSARY—OUR LADY OF FATIMA— MONTH OF MAY

We would like to invite all parishioners every 13th day of the month, starting May 13 and ending October 13, for a Holy Mass and candlelight procession, to honour the 100th anniversary of the apparitions of Our Lady in Fatima. On Saturday, May 13 immediately following the 5:00 pm Mass there will be a procession to the grotto of Our Lady where we will assemble and recite the Living Rosary fol-lowed by floral offering to Our Blessed Mother. We en-courage all the children of our parish to come and join us in the procession and Rosary.

Living the Gospel by providing for those in need…. “One of the core components of our Pastoral Plan is Cath-olic Outreach in Justice and Love. As a Catholic Commu-nity we are called to be the hands and face of Jesus in our communities. One of the ways that we do this is through our annual ShareLife appeal, which provides resources to agencies serving the poor and marginalized not only in our archdiocese, but also around the world. ShareLife is a tangible way that we can put the Gospel value to love one another as I have loved you into action, and I invite all pa-rishioners to support the mission work of the Catholic church by making a sacrificial gift to ShareLife” - Thom-as Cardinal Collins, Archbishop of Toronto

Today is ShareLife Sunday Thank you for your generosity.

BUNDLE SUNDAY - MAY 6 & 7 The St. Vincent de Paul truck will be in our parking lot this weekend to accept your gently used, clean clothing and household linen. We do not accept appliances, baby or regular furniture, books, mattresses, dishes, construc-tion material or video tapes.

NATIONAL MARCH FOR LIFE This event takes place on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, May 11th starting at noon. 2017 marks the 20th anniversary of the National March for Life, and attending this year’s March would be a fitting way to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Canada’s Confederation. The Theme this year reflects Canadians’ love for this great na-tion and all its people; ‘Life, We Stand On Guard For Thee!’

Fr. Lorenzo will be away from May 11-25 for Marian Pilgrimage. He and his fellow pilgrims will attend Pope Francis Mass in Fatima, Portugal to celebrate the 100 years of Anniversary of the apparitions and canonize the two children, Jacinta and Francesco. Please pray for the pilgrims and Fr. Lorenzo will certainly offer the Mass for your intentions.

30th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS!

Prince of Peace Parish will celebrate its 30th Anniversary on June 3rd, 2017. This a great joy for our parish com-munity to celebrate! 10:30AM—Holy Eucharist followed by the Procession of the Holy Infant Jesus 12:00 Noon– Parish Picnic (Parking lot)

Please mark this date in your calendar!

VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED!

Please call the office.

FEW SEATS LEFT! START BOOKING YOUR SPOT NOW!!!

PILGRIMAGE TOUR To Hungary, Austria, ,Czech Republic and Poland

September 18-29, 2017 (12 days) Tour Costs $2,849.00 +tax

Flyers are available at the foyer or For Information, Please call Fr. Lorenzo at 416-291-9422 or Pat

Martyn at 416-629-0350. Queen Serena Travel &Tours Inc.

Tel no. 905-412-2242