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In 2015, Pope Francis announced that the Catholic Church would join other Christians in marking September 1st as the WORLD DAY OF PRAYER FOR CREATION and the beginning of the SEASON OF CREATION which extends to October 4th, the feast of St. Francis of Asissi, the patron saint of the environment. Click title for details and NEW TIPS ADDED weekly through to October 2021.

On Saturday, August 28th  an RCIA workshop will be held at St. Basil’s Church for those who have agreed to be part of the RCIA team as well as anyone who is interested in learning more about the RCIA process. This initiation process involves the whole parish community as we prepare and welcome new members of the church. All are welcome to attend. Click title for details

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L'Arche and Jean Vanier One Year Later - A Constructive Response with Kevin Burns on Sunday, June 20, 2021 at 2:30 PM Please click the title for details about this talk.

Due to lack of trees this event is cancelled for now.

Here is a PDF document (click the title to see the link) about how to stay connected with St. Basil's Parish.

Click the title to see the YouTube recording of Recording: Everyone and Everything Connected: Pope Francis’s Vision for Our World with Cardinal Michael Czerny, SJ

Pope Francis urges Catholics to dedicate the month of May to a marathon of prayer to our blessed Mother to end the Covid-19 pandemic. Click title for more.

Sunday, May 30, 2021 2:30 - 4:30 Click the title for full details including Zoom link

Are you curious to know what it is like to live as a Christian in the land where Jesus walked? A session (registration required) will happen May 5th. Click the title for details.

Click the title to see a poster for Earth Day 2021 and music recorded for Earth Day

At St. Basil's Parish, we take the current crises of the Covid-19 virus and its variants very seriously.  After consultation and serious reflection we have decided to postpone all Masses, daily and weekend, until it is safer for to gather together in-person.  Zoom events and meetings will continue as planned. Be sure to check the St Basil's website or Facebook page often. Click the title for full details.

St. Basil’s Parish invites you to the next webinar event in our “Conversations for Our Times” series, featuring Sr. Nuala Kenny, SC, on Sunday, April 18 at 2:30 PM. YouTube recording now available.  

Click the title to see a summary of work that was undertaken over this unusual year. In March 2020, St. Basil’s Parish was planning to celebrate its 60th anniversary. Among other events, a gala dinner was planned and a series of lectures with well-known Catholic and other spiritual leaders … and then the pandemic shut everything down. It could have meant that our parish would simply go into a hiatus until this was over. Instead, we can look back on this past year with wonder and pride that we have pulled together, adapted to the new normal and continued to be a vibrant and supportive spiritual community, (not to mention with lots of help from Zoom)!

Our next event will be with Dr. Mary Jo Leddy, one of Canada's foremost and original spiritual explorers and human rights advocates, on Sunday, March 28 at 2:30 on ZOOM.  Click the title for more details including Zoom link.

Click the title for the details about the Masses and other events for Holy Week and Triduum

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Sunday, March 14 at 5:00 pm -- Please click the title for the details (you can pickup staples if you need them as well Saturday at noon in the Parish parking lot)

Click the title to see the link to the tip sheet

Click the title for access to the PDF file with the slides from this presentation. The video of the session is not available.