Parishes in Toronto?
  • Felipe Gasper
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    Hi all,

    I'm in Toronto for a few weekends and am looking for some nice parishes to visit while here, preferably on the west side near (even in) Mississauga.

    Can anyone point me in the right direction? I'm aware of St. Michael's Cathedral and the Oratory, as well as an Ordinariate parish.

    Thank you!
  • AJ in Toronto
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    https://stpatrickstoronto.wordpress.com/about/mass-and-liturgy-schedule/

    Saturday 5:00 PM Gregorian Choir (don't know about summer)

    http://stpaulsbasilicaparish.com/

    St. Michael's Cathedral closed for renovations, choir will be singing out of St.Paul's in the Fall.
  • canadashcanadash
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    I understand that St. Joseph's in Streetsville is a lovely parish. Father had Father Webber in a few years ago to teach his choirs about propers and chant. http://stjosephchurchstreetsville.blogspot.ca/

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  • Simon
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    Two Anglican parishes (both Anglo-Catholic tradition) worth visiting: St. Thomas's Anglican Church, 383 Huron Street ( http://stthomas.on.ca/) and Healey Willan's (he was there for over 40 years) Church of St. Mary Magdelene, 477 Manning Ave. http://www.stmarymagdalene.ca/
    The two churches are within walking distance of each other.
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  • Felipe Gasper
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    Thanks, Simon! (It’s gotta satisfy the Sunday obligation, though …)
  • Felipe Gasper
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    Canadash: St. Joseph’s might be of interest, too!

    Lamentably, I think St. Michael’s, St. Paul’s, and St. Patrick’s are a bit far. :-/
  • Simon
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    Too bad about the Sunday obligation. They offer the best music - and liturgy - in town. And easily accessible via the subway from Mississauga.
  • Felipe Gasper
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    A follow-up here:

    I visited Holy Family downtown for a Sunday morning EF sung Mass. Nicely done, fine organ playing. No polyphony, though :-/, and there wasn’t much effort toward facilitating congregational singing.

    Then went to St. Ignatius in Mississauga. It was close to where I was staying.

    Finally, to Holy Family Coptic Catholic. Very different, of course, but in a good way. :) The space is an old Presbyterian church that they refitted for Coptic liturgy … it’d be awesome to see what they’d do if they built their own building.

    St. Michael’s Cathedral downtown was closed for renovations when I got there. I wasn’t able to visit St. Paul’s Basilica for Mass, but I did get to go inside … gorgeous space!!

    Toronto has a bounty of Eastern Catholic parishes, in fact. Must take note to visit more of them when next I visit!
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  • canadashcanadash
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    Thanks for the update!

    You mention that "there wasn't much effort toward facilitating congregational singing."

    Do you have suggestions on how best to do this. Sometimes I am accused of the same thing.

    I live in Toronto and have not been in many of the Eastern Catholic churches. The ones I have attended are spectacular.
  • Felipe Gasper
    Posts: 804
    @canadash: I saw no indication of which Mass Ordinary was being sung, though they had PBC2 in the pews, so someone at some point thought Pius XII and St. Pius X were onto something :).

    Also, very few of the people around me seemed to have singing much in their “process” of attending Mass.
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