STATEMENT REGARDING THE PROVINCIAL SHUTDOWN. December 22, 2020 . To the clergy, staff and faithful of the Diocese of Peterborough, Yesterday, Premier Ford announced that those areas of the province not currently in lockdown will be
Magazine. The Diocese of Peterborough publishes a quarterly magazine called The Catholic Herald. Click on the latest issue for the last edition of The Catholic Herald.
The Mass on Christmas Eve will be broadcast live on Cogeco YourTV starting at 11:30 p.m. on December 24, 2020. Check your local listings for channels and re-broadcast times.
Livestreaming and Broadcasting. This webpage is a compilation from the lists the parishes submit detailing their plans for livestreaming and broadcasting as well as Mass broadcasting available on television and through social media platforms.
The use of a cantor at funerals and weddings is permitted now, so that those liturgies may be celebrated with more solemnity. This will also allow a greater and more sensitive pastoral response to families as they gather for these liturgies.
Please connect to the YouTube channel for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Peterborough to join in prayer with this livestreaming of the Mass.
SUNDAY MASS ON TELEVISION COGECO YourTV
Peterborough - Mass airs at 11:30 am and 6 pm on Channels 10 and 700 in HD.
Cobourg - Mass airs at 11 am and 6 pm.
Huntsville - Mass airs at 11:30 am and 6 pm.
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A Recipe for Readiness
December 12, 2020 | Msgr. Charles Pope
As the curtains draw back on the opening scene of Advent, we are warned by the Lord that He will come on the clouds with great power and glory and that we must be prepared. He says, "Beware ...Be vigilant at all times and pray that you have the strength to escape the tribulations that are imminent and to stand before the Son of Man."
Today's Gospel is taken from the Mt. Olivet discourse. The historical context in which the Lord was speaking was not the end of the world, but the destruction of the Temple and Jerusalem. For those ancient Jews, however, it was the end of the world as they knew it. The destruction of Ancient Jerusalem is also symbolic of the end of the world. The world will end for us either by our own death or by His coming to us in the second coming. Either way, the message is the same: Be ready!
As the curtains draw back on the opening scene of Advent, we are warned by the Lord that He will come on the clouds with great power and glory and that we must be prepared. He says, "Beware ...Be vigilant at all times and pray that you have the strength to escape the tribulations that are imminent and to stand before the Son of Man."
