Join Halton Alive in touching the hearts of over 6500 residents of long term care and retirement homes through our 2021 Inspire Hope Campaign! Sidewalk Chalking Initiative: Volunteers needed to chalk at 45 locations during June & August! Sign up to draw colourful designs and messages on walkways to bring joy and encouragement to the staff and residents as they go in and out. Includes discussion starters for families, teachers and groups. Sign up at www.haltonalive.ca/inspirehope or contact Tawnya Stanus 905-632-3232

Click here for our new monthly newsletter from the Catholic Women's League.

Everyone is walking these days: for exercise, to visit with a friend… just to get out! Why not walk for Life? Turn your visit with friends into a fundraiser with Halton Alive for pro-life education & initiatives and commemorate the 100,000 lives lost to abortion this past year in Canada. Date: Saturday, May 29th Time: When it’s best for you :) Location: You choose! Build your team, get your T-shirts and walk together. Register: www.haltonalive.ca/w4l

CWl (National) is hosting a webinar on palliative care on Saturday, May 8 from 12:00 to 13:00 hours. The topic is A Practical Discussion about Palliative Care in Canada. The webinar is being held during National Hospice and Palliative Care Week (May 3-9) and is open to everyone (Men and Women). To register online go to www.cwl.ca

Our Knights of Columbus Council is participating in the Ontario State run 50/50 e-Raffle Challenge as one of our fund raising activities. Draw Date: June 30, 2021 Early Bird Draw - April 23, 2021 First draw: $500, Second draw: $250, Third draw: $250 https://ontariokofcraffle.5050central.com/?olc=14446 When buying your tickets, if not already pre-filled, for the "Organization:" please select "Oakville Mary Mother of God 14446

Our parish is in need of volunteers for out tech efforts, ranging from Social Media posts, video editing, running the slides on our screens during Mass or assisting with our livestream Masses. The time commitment can be as little as an hour a month and is perfect for young people who want to serve our parish (volunteer hours would be given). Please contact Debbie Frey at youth.mmogp@bellnet.ca for more info.

Young Adults: Please join a special Zoom discussion with Fr. Greg Merkley. April 21, 2021 at 7:00 pm. Zoom meeting id: 816 3304 8265 Passcode: 665930 Email: catholicswithoutborders@gmail.com

St. Michaels Parish in Oakville is hosting TENEBRAE, an hour of meditating on the passion of Jesus through the senses. Friday March 26th at 8:00 pm. THEY HAVE ALSO ADDED AN ADDTIONAL LITURGY ON GOOD FRIDAY AT 8:00 PM Register online at https://www.stmichael-oakville.org/

Our parish is a polling place for the next election (date TBD). If you are interested in volunteering as a poll worker, please visit: https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=emp&dir=pos&document=index&lang=e

During Lent, you are invited to follow @devpeace’s #ShareLent campaign in solidarity with our sisters and brothers in the Global South. Their campaign calendar is packed with prayer, reflections, and activities to engage us in learning about Development and Peace - Caritas Canada and their projects around the world.https://www.devp.org/lent

St. Michaels Parish in Oakville is hosting TENEBRAE, an hour of meditating on the passion of Jesus through the senses. Friday March 26th at 8:00 pm. Register online at https://www.stmichael-oakville.org/

Join us Fridays at 7:00 pm for Lenten Stations of the Cross

Join Halton Alive in touching the hearts of over 5000 residents of long term care and retirement homes through our 2021 Inspire Hope Campaigns! Choose a template and let your creative juices flow in a personal letter to a resident. Includes discussion starters for families and teachers. Volunteers will drop off kits full of letters for an assigned facility (following all Covid-19 protocols). Sign up at www.haltonalive.ca/inspirehope or contact Tawnya Stanus 905-632-3232

Join us on Monday evenings on Zoom for the series, Jesus: The Way, The Truth and The Life .

We are collecting photos and videos from the past 25 years for our upcoming 25th Anniversary Celebration. Please send them to Debbie Frey via the free file sharing website We Transfer (www.wetransfer.com). Debbie's email is youth.mmogp@bellnet.ca

Lots of exciting updates from Halton Alive in their latest newsletter. Click here to read:

This January 17th, 2021 is World Religion Day. As a prelude to World InterFaith Harmony Week in the first week of February, there are three World Religion Day events on Zoom around the Toronto area. All are on Sunday afternoon Jan. 17th GTA North starts at 1pm. GTA East starts at 2pm and GTA West starts at 3pm. Each event features multifaith and interfaith presenters with the goal of increasing our awareness and understanding of world religions and cultures. To register for any of these Zoom events, please reply to WorldReligionEvents@gmail.com

On the weekend of December 26th and 27th, we will be celebrating the Consecration of the Holy Family.

Join us beginning January 1st as we begin a 33 day journey to know the heart of the Holy Father, Joseph.

Click here for a copy of our 2020 Financial Report and a comparative statement from 2019.