Our Lady of Good Counsel

We are offering guided Advent retreats both in the church and online throughout the four weeks of Advent, along with weekly Holy Hours of Eucharistic Adoration for prayer and reflection.

In this month of Remembrance following from Thanksgiving and the Solemnities of All the Saints and All Souls, we are thankful for the faithful dedication of our parish volunteers. Despite ongoing restrictions from free gatherings, Saint Williams' Church is more accessible, Saint Joseph's Church and HOPE Centre services continue, and improvements to Stella Maris Church continue. Thanks to the Knights of Columbus Father Henry G. Ramage Council 8364 for the improved signage and planned work in the Star of the Sea Hall at Stella Maris Church, for when we are able to welcome more of our faithful back into gatherings. From Isaiah (57:14): "Build up, build up, prepare the way, remove every obstruction from my people’s way."

Please review this supplemental guidance for the current level of government health and safety measures, including physical distancing, contact tracing, face coverings, receiving Holy Communion, altar serving, and singing.

We are obliged to express our strong concern and opposition to Bill C-7 (Medical Assistance in Dying) which, among other things, expands access to euthanasia and assisted suicide to those who are not dying. Please prayerfully contact your local MP. "It perplexes our collective minds that we have come so far as a society yet, at the same time, have so seriously regressed in the manner that we treat the weak, the ill, and the marginalized."