Easter

Sticking with tradition, Good Shepherd Ministries will once again provide guests with a holiday feast Easter Sunday in the face of further rising needs in food bank usage and meal programs in Toronto.

I had recited the words of the Lord’s Prayer for years, but that day as I sat in my RCIA group, that word stood out to me like never before and has continued to challenge me since.

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While he did not celebrate Mass or wash the feet of inmates, Pope Francis made his customary Holy Thursday visit to a detention facility, arriving at Rome's Regina Coeli jail at about 3 p.m. April 17.

“Jesus said to her, Mary! She turned and said to Him, Rabbouni!” And there is the most tender, powerful, healing, life-changing encounter possible.

Christians in the West Bank and Palestinian territories where Jesus lived, preached the Gospel and died will be observing a subdued Easter due to the ongoing conflict and displacement this year.

While pilgrimages to the Holy Land have been few and far between in the past 18 months, hundreds of Franciscan friars celebrate Mass at the sites associated with the life of Jesus each day and continue to support the local Christian populations.

Message for Easter 2025 by Bishop William T. McGrattan, Bishop of Calgary and president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops

On the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark, and saw the stone removed from the tomb.

On Good Friday, Toronto’s streets again become a vivid testament to Christ’s Passion as St. Francis of Assisi Parish carries on its long-standing Good Friday Procession, a Holy Week tradition in the downtown core for over 60 years.