Mass for St Patrick's Day - 17 March 2020

On the feast day of St Patrick, we offer a small Said Mass.

The video is available on YouTube HERE.

The Order of Service is available HERE if you wish to participate.

On 13 March 2020, the Diocese of Toronto suspended all public worship services as part of the effort to contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Here at SMM, in this difficult time, we are finding ways to offer ways of participating in worship, even if we cannot be present physically.

Evening Prayer - 16 March 2020

On 13 March 2020, the Diocese of Toronto suspended all public worship services as part of the effort to contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Here at SMM, in this difficult time, we offer a service of Evening Prayer, led by Fr David.

We anticipate that this will be the first of many online worship services we offer.

The video is available on YouTube HERE.

The Order of Service is available HERE if you wish to participate.

Gifts for the Christ Child

“Then, opening their treasure-chests, they offered him gifts …” (Matthew 2:11)

“Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.” (Matthew 25:40)

These two verses from the Gospel of Matthew are the inspiration for our Winter Boot Drive, which wrapped up on Epiphany (6 January). In Advent, we invited you to join the Magi by bringing warm winter boots for people who live marginally, to offer them to those in need as gifts for the Christ Child, who we are invited to see in every person we meet. Thanks to your generosity we have 24 pairs of boots (and a couple more are promised before they head off to their destinations).

The Guild of St Michael (one of our parish organizations) will be taking them to the Toronto East Health Network and the YWCA in the next week or so.

Many thanks.

24 pairs of boots for our 2019-2020 Winter Boot Drive

A Year in the Life of St Mary Magdalene, Toronto

From time to time at SMM, we like to find a way to tell people a little more about us - not just what services and programs we offer, but also who we are, and what we love about this place.

A Year in the Life is one of the ways we do that.

Full of stories and pictures, we hope it give you a broader and deeper sense of our community.

Click on to read A Year in the Life in full colour.

Reading the Bible

Two Chapters & Five Psalms a Day:

Last week Professor Walter Deller gave an engaging talk on “How to Read the Bible”. His basic point is that we should, in fact, read the Bible! He suggested a simple process:

(1) Read one Old Testament chapter a day;

(2) Read five Psalms a day;

(3) Read one New Testament chapter a day.

The Old Testament would take 18 months to read in its entirety; the New Testament 8 months, and the psalms one month, after which one starts again.

I've started this (along with my dear friend Peter, for mutual accountability), and I invite you to join me. Send me an email at rector (at) stmarymagdalene.ca if you are “in”. And maybe we can meet as a group from time to time to compare notes.

David+

Hallowe'en Open House at SMM

On 31 October, we hosted our annual Hallowe’en Open House, with bags and bags of treats for the kids, and hot apple cider for the grown-ups. A rainy evening did little to dampen the “spirit” of the occasion.

We typically get about 200 visitors coming through the doors, and our wonderful volunteers do everything they can to make them welcome!

Featuring: A knight, a T-rex, and a very tiny tiger!