Brief Post for Christmastide Listings in the EF in the Archdiocese of Toronto and Ontario 2019 ... Sorry ....

Hello everyone,


Unfortunately, due to my full time working hours and parenting a young soon-to-be 2 year old son with my wife daily (NOT EASY!) I am unable to make a detailed listing of the offerings of the EF for the major obligatory holidays, and period of Christmastide as in past.


Therefore, I will refer you to the last offering post I created last year to give you examples of what was available in past, and my Latin Mass listing page, and hopefully you will be able to discern where the EF will be held. As in past, for major periods in the Church's liturgical calendar of Christmastide and the Holy Triduum, I make exception and go outside of Toronto, as people travel over the Holidays.


In addition, not EVERY available listing can be gleaned from the links I've provided. There may be  some additional offerings in the Archdiocese of Toronto that will be held, albeit those offerings are NOT being advertised via official media in the Archdiocese (e.g. official calendar, website of Arch.Tor. and/or its parishes,) but by unofficial media such as individual/a group's/an organization's blogs or on other social media platforms. You will need to search the Internet for these other offerings.


Regardless if you choose to attend Mass in the Latin Mass/Extraordinary Form, or the Novus Ordo/Ordinary Form, wherever you may be ... may you be spiritually filled with joy at the commemoration of Our Lord's birth, His nativity, into our world so many years ago, re-presented in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.


Pax Tibi Christi, Julian Barkin

PUBLIC Listings for Latin/EF Masses for Christmas/New Years 2015 Toronto and Other Archdioceses

Hello Everyone,

I was either lax or late to the game last year, so I will actually do this for 2015. As before, I make exception for the major Holy periods of the year, to expand coverage to include other dioceses of Ontario for the Latin Mass.

Please note that listed here are only those offerings that are 1) confirmed either in print or from trusted sources, 2) are those that are FORMALLY attached to a parish, as in announced on parish websites or on their print media (incl. PDF scans of bulletins.)

There likely are other offerings available in certain areas, but I am unable to acquire the information, as I am vilified by certain Radical Misrepresenting Traditionalist parties, have been told to never use anything of "theirs" including sharing Latin Mass times, and am blocked from their social media feeds. They have chosen close-mindedness and elitism over a unified goal to promote the Latin Mass and help in reforming the Church's liturgy in the Latin Rite, so I cannot help there. Don't bother asking who the parties are from me.

Regardless if you are in an area that does not have a listing, please inquire/do your own research to find out the times.

Also, should a Latin Mass be a vigil Mass, while liturgically it will use different readings, under current Church laws, it qualifies for the Holy Day Obligation. However for those of you "die-hard" traditionalists, the liturgy of the Nativity of our Lord is at Midnight onward the 25th December, this Friday. If at Midnight is it the "First Mass: At Midnight." If it is during the day hours, it will be "Third Mass: During the Day." Midnight Masses will be listed under the date of December 24th, 2015.

Here's what I can gather from public, available media sources.

Archdiocese of Toronto (Core of the Greater Toronto Area)

1) Oratorians of St. Phillip Neri, Toronto, ON

Holy Family Catholic Church (1372 King Street West, Toronto, ON.) 

ONLINE: http://oratory-toronto.org/pdf/X-mas-HF.pdf

Feast of the Nativity of Our Lord, Thursday December 24th, 2015. 

• Confessions from 11pm - 12am before the Latin Mass. 
• Midnight - Solemn level Latin Mass.

Feast of the Nativity of our Lord, Friday December 25th, 2015.

• 11am - Solemn level Latin Mass. 
• Confessions, at least 15-20 min before Mass.

Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, Friday January 1, 2016

• 11am - Solemn Level Latin Mass. 
• Confessions, at least 15-20 min before Mass.
• One can also seek confession Thursday, Dec 31 from 4-5 pm, or 10-11 pm. 

St. Vincent De Paul Catholic Church (263 Roncesvalle Ave., Toronto, ON)

ONLINE: http://oratory-toronto.org/pdf/X-mas-SVP.pdf

Feast of the Nativity of Our Lord, Friday December 25th, 2015. 

• Confessions at least 15 min prior to Mass
• 9:30 am - Latin/EF Low level Mass

Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, Friday January 1, 2016

• Confessions at least 15 min prior to Mass
• 9:30 am - Latin/EF Low level Mass

2) St. Lawrence the Martyr Catholic Church (2210 Lawrence Ave. E.)

CONTACT INFORMATION:

• E-mail: stlawrenct_martyr@rogers.com
• Phone: 416 759 9359
• Website: www.stlawrencemartyr.com/
• Source for Xmas/Jan 1 Mass Information: http://www.stlawrencemartyr.com/masses-christmas-2016-new-year-2016/

Feast of the Nativity of our Lord, Friday December 25th, 2015.

• Ask priests about confessions prior to Mass
• 1pm - Latin/EF Low level Mass

Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, Friday January 1, 2016

• Ask priests about confessions prior to Mass
• 1pm - Latin/EF Low level Mass
• 7pm - Latin/EF Low Level Mass, followed by the Stations of the Cross and an all night vigil of Adoration ending with an English Mass on at 4:30am on Sat Jan 2nd, 2016. 

3) St. Issac Jogues, Pickering, ON (1148 Finch Ave. Pickering, ON)

• There will be NO LATIN MASSES on any major Holy Day of Obligation. 
• However, the Latin Mass on each 1st Saturday of the month, will resume on Saturday, January 2nd in the chapel, at 11am. 

4) St. Joseph's Streetsville/Mississauga, ON (5440 Durie Road, Streetsville, ON)

• There will be NO LATIN MASSES on any major Holy Day of Obligation. Please check back in the new year for special offerings on Major solemnities/feasts according to the EF calendar.

Archdiocese of Toronto, Outskirts (Outside the G.T.A. Area)

1) St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Schomberg, ON (91 Church St. Schomberg, ON)

Feast of the Nativity of our Lord, Friday December 25th, 2015.

• 9am - Latin/EF Low level Mass

Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, Friday January 1, 2016

• 9am - Latin/EF Low level Mass

2) St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Phelpston, ON (1600 Flos Road Four West, Phelpston, ON)

• There will be NO Latin Masses on any major Holy Day of Obligation. Please check back in the new year for special offerings on Major solemnities/feasts according to the EF calendar.

3) Chapel of the Carmelite Nuns, Zephyr, ON. 

• Unfortunately, due to some decision of the convent, or other reasoning, the convent has ceased to offer the Latin Mass since the Fall of 2015. There will be no more Latin Masses there, PERIOD. 

Archdiocese of Hamilton, ON (Incl. Kitchener)

According to PUBLISHED sources and websites of parishes, there is NO LISTED LATIN MASSES being held for the Holy days. Latin Masses at regularly scheduled/weekly times will resume normally in the new year. 

Should other groups/organizations come forward with information, you will need to seek contact with them on your own initiative. 

Archdiocese of London, ON (Incl. London proper, Windsor, Guelph, Fergus, Waterloo)

Holy Name of Mary Catholic Church, Windsor, ON (Allied with the Windsor Latin Mass Community, a.k.a. St. Benedict Tridentine Catholic Community)

Feast of the Nativity of our Lord, Friday December 25th, 2015.

• Address: 681 McEwan Avenue, Windsor, ON
• 2pm Latin/EF High level Mass

St. Alphonsus Catholic Church, Windsor, ON (Allied with the Windsor Latin Mass Community, a.k.a. St. Benedict Tridentine Catholic Community)

Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, Friday January 1, 2016

• Address: 85 Park Street, Windsor, ON
• 2pm Latin/EF High Level Mass

Archdiocese of Peterborough, ON (Incl. Campbellford, Keene, and surrounding townships)

St. Mary's Church (a.k.a. The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary), Campbellford, ON 

Feast of the Nativity of our Lord, Friday December 25th, 2015.

• 8:00 am - Latin/EF Mass (Missa Lecta (read), Low Mass with minimal music accompaniment according to EF rubrics, or High level)

Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, Friday January 1, 2016

• NO LATIN MASSES. 

UPDATED AS OF DEC 28, 2015. Added extra Latin Mass to St. Lawrence the Martyr. 

Pax Tibi Christi, Julian Barkin. 

Happy Solemnity of Mary Mother of God (OF) or Octave Day of the Nativity (EF)! A Few Small Things to Start Things Off ...

Happy New Year and Solemnity/Octave of the Nativity!

Hope your holidays and Holy sojourns were well in this TRUE time of  the season of Christmas! Mine was pretty decent, and in spending good time with my fiancee and family, needless to say blogging wasn't my priority in the last few days. Sorry about not wishing anyone a Merry Christmas.

Well, I'll make up for that a little, with a few random tidbits, though I ask kindly you pay attention to the first tidbit, as it is in support of a holy and beautiful initiative in the Archdiocese of Toronto:

1) Latin Novus Ordo Mass in the Archdiocese of Toronto, St. James Catholic Church on Annette St. 

Some of you might have caught a prior offering as part of my "special" Latin Mass offerings page, or the ones last month in combination of promoting the St. Patrick's Gregorian Choir Immaculate Conception Mass.

Under the gracious leadership of Fr. Ignacio Pinedo, St. James Catholic Church is embarking on what is now confirmed to be a series of offerings in the Novus Ordo, but in Latin! While there has not been the usual amount of web and Catholic Register coverage for the next offering, this is what they offered last month, and will be doing so again this coming Saturday, January 3, at 5pm:

Saturday, January 3, 2015: 
5 p.m Vigil. (OF-Feast of the Epiphany)
St. James Church
728 Annette St., Toronto

From Last Month`s Archdiocese of Toronto Website advertisement:
``Latin Mass Revisited
Rediscover the beauty of the solemn Latin Mass in this modern Eucharistic celebration. We will be celebrating the Mass using the original Latin text of the Third Typical Edition of the Roman Missal (note: this is not the Tridentine form of the Mass).
Side-by-side Latin and English Missals will be provided for those attending. A truly uplifting experience that is both ancient and new, bridging past and present. For more information, contact St. James Church at st.james@sympatico.ca or call 416-767-6451.``
_____     _____     _____     ______     _______    ______

• Location: St. James Roman Catholic Church
• Address: 728 Annette St., Toronto, Ontario, CAN
• Google Maps: https://plus.google.com/105912210603375556435/about?gl=ca&hl=en

These offerings are going to be held usually every first Saturday Vigil of the month, or Second Saturday Vigil in the case of inability for whatever reason to use the first Saturday. The time will be 5pm. I personally plan to promote these offerings on Servimus Unum Deum, and will add them as well to my ``special`` offerings postings that cover a 4 month span, despite not being an EF/1962 Mass. Both forms of the rite are important, and when initiatives like this happen, they will not be ignored for the sake of "being trad."

So please everyone, I encourage you to re-consider your Mass plans this weekend, for one weekend this month, and come out and support St. James. And please, give them a generous monetary donation for their Latin Novus Ordo! This will send a clear message that the laity of Toronto want this to occur there, and even in more parishes! Money talks! More importantly, this IS the New Evangelization at play, and it is great to see a pastor, and a parish, seriously taking to heart what our recent popes (including Francis) are trying to inspire in the faithful ..... the real Vatican II. 

Not to mention .... if you happen to know of anyone, on both the choir end of things familiar with latin hymns/Gregorian Chant, OR experience serving solemn level Novus Ordo Masses, please immediately contact me. This initiative will welcome the additional experience/help. 

2) The Archdiocese of Toronto's ARCAT (Archives of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto) blog .... making this liturgical young man filled with glee this Christmas ....

Gotta say, some blogs are really cool. Not to mention if you can`t tell I take pride in being under the spiritual leadership of ++Collins, and to me, I`ve just found one more reason to love him and the Archdiocese of Toronto .... THE ARCAT BLOG!!!

ARCAT, is short for the Archives of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto, which ``... collects, preserves and makes available for research the official records of the Archdiocese of Toronto and those ancillary records which reflect the work of the Church within the Archdiocese.`` Besides that, they have started a really cool initiative called the Sacred Objects exchange, which will allow for restoration of old objects to better or new condition, and can even lend out objects for liturgical/sacred functions. While the exchange is still in need of more items, it is great to see this as part of the Archdiocese of Toronto. (Nota Bene .... Priests! Lay People! If you have liturgical items or vestments, including Latin Mass (Roman Fiddleback) stuff, give them to ARCAT's exchange! Build up the inventory!!!) 

Now here's the kicker. They have a blog! It's called "The Archivist's Pencil." While I do not know who the archivist blogging is by name, they write a weekly blog post or so, where they highlight one of their items in the archives, anything from notes or letters written by past priests, to some of the cool items they have in store down there. 

This Christmas, and I mean Christmas proper, from the Nativity of our Lord to the Feast of the Epiphany proper (which is truthfully Jan 6, but in the Novus Ordo they move it to be on Sunday,) they are highlighting an item each day. What items have they highlighted??? One example is Cardinal Collins' 2013 conclave folder and his seemingly regular stationary pen. Nope they didn't use a 24K golden one. 

However, I am in such glee recently, as ..... they have been highlighting some interesting items dealing with the Latin Mass!!! Two of them dealing with the Pontifical (Bishop's) level of Latin Mass! Here's all the Latin Mass related entries:

2nd day: Maniples! - http://www.archives-archtoronto.blogspot.ca/2014/12/on-second-day-of-christmas-arcat-stored.html

3rd day: Cardinal Ambrosic's Mitres of all classes - http://www.archives-archtoronto.blogspot.ca/2014/12/on-third-day-of-christmas-arcat-stored.html

6th day: My fave so far .... BUSKINS!!! Liturgical Stockings for bishops! - http://www.archives-archtoronto.blogspot.ca/2014/12/on-sixth-day-of-christmas-arcat-stored.html

So what can I say ... ARCAT's blog has made this Latin Mass participant/server a very happy guy! Check out their other days of Christmas. I encourage you STRONGLY to sign up for their blog on their blogger feed and follow along. Support the archivists!

3) Personal Stuff, and some things on my to do list in the next while ...

Today, for the Octave of the Nativity in the Extraordinary form, I decided to catch up with one of my best friends in the Catholic faith, and a fellow Latin Mass server. He goes now only to the Latin Mass/EF, and I felt it would be a great day to pay a visit to Holy Family Church (Parkdale) with him for the EF Solemn Mass at 11am. It's been a while for both him and the EF (outside of the SPGC masses I assist with), so it was great to make today a reverent and holy day in good company. Of course, EF Mass is always a treasure to go to, with a decent amount more youth there than the average Mass. 

Not to mention I got to catch a glimpse of the almighty ... okay, I am gloating but still ... Most Reverend, Father Jonathan Robinson of the Oratory. He wasn't a part of the clergy party in today's Mass, but it's still a sight to see such a holy and reverend father still at work with the Oratory. He's well known for his modern day writings and spiritual works in the Church, of which includes writing for the Catholic Register for a period of time in the 80's and 90's. There is a book sold at the oratory which features his best work for our unofficial Archdiocesan newspaper at the church of Holy Family, for your information.  

As for what's to come in the next bit for Servimus Unum Deum, my game plan is to get out of the way a few posts I've been dying to write, through my first one will be an extra special one, highlighting a new Latin Mass start up in Ontario. Also, I have started a bit on the acolyte posting and I am dying to do that as well as the low mass for one server. I also just remembered I wanted to make a post on the summer course I did in 2014 for the New Evangelization from SINE, but man time flew and between wedding plans, my tiring work life and such, it slipped my mind. Not to mention a photo post from December's Immaculate Conception Mass, and perhaps new items as they come up. 

Plus, there's always room for defending the Catholic blogosphere from the slander, calumny, and detraction from those dark denizens, who give the Latin Mass and Traditional Catholicism a bad name. To them, and to my detractors, I'll keep fighting for the Lord and to see that this movement comes to positive fruition with the Joy of the Gospel, not the Despair of the Judgement. BRING IT ON!!!! I'm like that classic, uppity, hero type, protagonist in Japanese anime ... I'm in the battle for good now and I will continue to go forward with my allies. Onward ho!

Pax, Julian. 

Updated Latin Mass Offering List for 2014 and Jan 1 2015 for all of Ontario!

NEW UPDATES!!!!!!Now Covering All of Ontario for Christmas and Jan 1 (Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God).

See Here: http://torontotlmserving.blogspot.ca/2014/12/latin-masses-for-christmas-2014-and.html

Pax, Julian.

Happy Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God!

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Happy Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God!

I, Julian Barkin, wish you all the best in this new year, and pray and hope for liturgical and evangelic renewal within our world and with Holy Mother Church, under the governance of His Holiness, Pope Francis.

May the Extraordinary Rite continue to grow worldwide, and that even in the Novus Ordo it will experience its own renewal and deeper purification.

In addition, let it be a better year for those fellow youth of mine whom are struggling with their occupation and vocation, but also in even obtaining decent work to support themselves and their families.

Let us also pray to St. Michael for his intercession against those moral evils that continue to plague our society, as well as against those that are re-gaining old strength, or new strength, to become a front-line problem with its "buddies." I am thinking of euthanasia in particular, which seems to be gaining new fire and fury. It will soon be joining his brothers, abortion, homosexuality, and genocide in strength and threat to our Catholic Faith everywhere.

May we pray to our Lord Jesus Christ, give alms and fast, and continue to beg for His mercy and blessings, in this dire time of need of His protection and governance. We, and your Church, need you more than ever to ignite the fires in the hearts of us men (and also women).

Pax Tibi Christi, In Anno Domini MMXIV.