St. Thomas à Becket Parish
4320 Ste. Anne, Pierrefonds, Quebec H9H 4Y7Office: 514-626-4111Email:

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  • September 9, 2024
    • Saturday/Sunday, September 14/15: Our ever-popular annual parish garage sale. To make this important fundraiser a success, volunteers are needed:
      a) to bake items for the Bake Sale
      b) to sort and price the donated items on Friday, September 13
      c) to work at the garage sale table & bake sale table over the weekend
      Contact parish warden Eric Chevrier at ericchevrier1@gmail.com or (514) 246-8525.
    • September 27-29: Men’s Emmaus retreat in Granby.
    • The Little Way of Marriage free workshop is a spiritual and practical roadmap to help your Catholic marriage, based on the spirituality of St. Therese of Lisieux.
    • Local resources and other information are available on the diocesan website . Click here to find out how you can support the mission of the Church in Montreal. International Church news can be found here.
    • Watch on TV or online this week: Salt+Light Catholic media and on EWTN Global Catholic Network.
    • Hand sanitizer and masks are offered as people arrive at church, but they are not required. We will maintain the mask-required sections for those who wish to wear them, and those distributing Communion will continue to wear masks. We note that large numbers of our parishioners are choosing to continue wearing masks. There is absolutely no pressure on anyone who chooses otherwise, but please respect the mask-and distancing-required sections of the church.

      Saturdays: 4:30 pm
      Sundays: at 9:00 and 11:00 am (livestreamed)
      Monday to Friday: 8:30 am

      Holy Rosary (Mon, Wed. Thurs.), 9:00 am
      Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Tuesdays), 9:00 am
      Eucharistic Holy Hour (Fridays), 9:00 - 10:00am (1st Fridays until 3pm).


  • September 2, 2024

  • August 26, 2024

  • August 19, 2024
    • A prayerful moment as we blessed our new Marian statue.
    • Single, Catholic and lonely? It’s too late for this year’s conference, but this group provides great resources.
    • What are sources of life but not magic?
    • Pope Francis and cannabis?
  • August 12, 2024
    • Experience the beauty of the Catholic faith in all its richness and history by watching Bishop Robert Barron's Catholicism series for free this month.
    • The bus pilgrimage to the shrine of our local saint St. Kateri Tekakwitha has been postponed to Saturday, August 24, leaving the parish at 10:15 am and returning for 3:30 pm. $15 per person. To learn more or reserve a place, contact Bernie Ratneiya at 438-518-8795 or bratneiya@yahoo.com

  • August 5, 2024
    • Amazing story: From gang member to priest: The Testimony of Fr. Donald Calloway

  • July 29, 2024
    • The Novena for Peace in the Middle East ended last week, but it is not too late to continue praying, especially as the situation is further deteriorating:

      Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Saint Charbel, we pray that two peoples divided by war may come together and pray for peace, and that the two holy mountains, Mount Carmel and Mount Lebanon, a hundred miles apart, may become symbols of peace and unity.

      Our Lady of Mount Carmel, we pray for your intercession for the Holy Land, where the prophet Saint Elijah preached, that the people of the region may live in peace. We implore your help to liberate the hostages and return them to their families, that this war will end, that people will turn away from terror, and that there will not be a worse war in the region.

      Saint Charbel, we pray for your miraculous intercession, that Lebanon may be free from war and the grip of terror, for the protection of the most vulnerable Christian communities, and that Lebanon may once more be a message to the world of peace.

      Recite: Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be

      Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us.

      St. Charbel, Wonder Worker of the East, pray for us.

    • It’s worth taking a couple of minutes to watch Bishop Barron’s viral comments (1 and 2) on the disgraceful and blasphemous elements (Google it) of the Olympic opening ceremonies. You can express your comments on the ceremony by calling 011 41 21 621 61 11 or emailing pressoffice@olympic.org
    • As promised in last week’s homily, here is a brief video on the inspiring life of Joe Reali.

  • July 22, 2024
  • July 15, 2024
  • July 8, 2024
    • 10 Ways to Engage Your Kids’ Faith This Summer.
    • Join me in praying a Novena for peace in the Near East.
    • July is the month of Canada Day and U.S. Independence Day, so a thoughtful essay on patriotism is appropriate.
  • July 1, 2024
    • Former Montrealer and now Toronto Archbishop Francis Leo’s Message for Canada Day is worth reading.
    • Do Catholics Believe in “Signs from the Dead”?
    • The canonization of Blessed Carlo Acutis, the young Italian who died in 2006, has been announced, date to be determined. A two-part interview with his mother makes for inspiring reading: Part 1 and Part 2.
  • June 24, 2024
    • Happy Feast!
      Today the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist, and on 29 August, we will celebrate the memorial of his martyrdom. There is no other saint for whom the Church celebrates both of these moments. Generally, it celebrates only their “birth into heaven”, with the exception, of course, of Jesus, the Son of God (25 December – his birth; and Good Friday – his death) and the Virgin Mary (8 September – her birth; and 15 August – her Assumption into heaven). Jesus himself said, “Amen, I say to you, among those both of women there has been none greater than John the Baptist” (Mt. 11:11). He was the last of the great prophets of Israel, the first to testify to Jesus, who initiated a baptism for the forgiveness of sins and, in this context, baptized Jesus; he was a martyr who died defending the Judaic law.
    • Deepen your understanding of the prayer that Jesus gave us in this 4-part video series: “A Great Symphony of Prayer: The Our Father as a Programme of Life” (the webinar was in April, but the videos are still available).
    • Watch the film (“De l'autre Côté”) on our local Benedictine nuns free online this week at www.ktotv.com: June 25: 6:20 am,, 6:43 p.m.; June 28: 7:15 a.m.; June 29: 8:05 a.m; June 30 1:10 a.m.; July 3, 10:12 a.m.

  • June 17, 2024
    • The Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus has passed, but the whole month of June is devoted to the Sacred Heart. I think you will enjoy this short Vatican video.
    • Looking ahead to the parish Arts & Crafts Fair and how you can participate.
    • A local family recently lost their home to fire and are presently renovating a basement living space. If you have any lumber you could donate to assist them, please contact Vladimir at (514) 834-9760.

  • June 10, 2024
    • Are yoga and reiki appropriate for Catholics?
    • Thursday is the feast day of St. Anthony of Padua, our favourite saint when we need help finding things. How did that come to be.
    • My dog Bosco asked me the other day if pets go to heaven when they die? Matt Fradd has a short answer, Fr. Mike Schmitz a longer one.

  • June 3, 2024
    • This Friday, special Filipino Mass at the Oratory.
    • Check out these excellent online courses in Spiritual Formation.
    • Did you miss last week’s Corpus Christi celebration downtown? You can see the Mass here, and some photos here.
    • The Rosario app, now in English, allows you to pray the rosary as part of a group (iPhone only).

  • May 27, 2024
    • Thursday this week!: Our chartered bus leaves at 6 pm, returns about 10:30, for the annual bilingual Corpus Christi event downtown. Join us with up to 2,000 others as we bring Jesus to the streets of Montreal in a candlelight procession with the Archbishop. Learn more here about the event and registration, which is filling up quickly.

      “Out of the darkness of my life, so much frustrated, I put before you the one great thing to love on earth: the Blessed Sacrament. . . . There you will find romance, glory, honour, fidelity, and the true way of all your loves on earth.” (J.R.R. Tolken).

      Watch this short trailer: “Jesus Thirsts: The Miracle of the Eucharist"

    • Photos from yesterday’s Faith First Families picnic—beautiful weather, great food, fun and fellowship. We hope next year to expand it to the whole parish.
    • Learn about this year’s Communion & Liberation Symposium Vacation in the Laurentians.

  • May 20, 2024
    • Are you living the life that you planned? Maybe not, but Fr. Mike asks if it might be the life that God orchestrated. Hmm . . .
    • Saturday, June 1: New this year, March for Life in Quebec City. Stand up for the 80,000+ innocent unborn children aborted each year in Canada. Everyone has the right to life. To reserve your place on the chartered bus, sign up in church or contact Bernie at (438) 518-8795 or bratneiya@yahoo.com.
    • In June, CAPP-Canada, “Transforming our Society through Catholic Social Doctrine.”

  • May 13, 2024
    • Coming soon! The annual Corpus Christi event downtown as we bring the Eucharist to the streets of downtown with the Archbishop and thousands of others. Door-to-door bus transportation from the parish.
    • Find out what the Pope St. John Paul II'sTheology of the Body is all about in this free series with Fr. Mike Schmitz.
    • What’s a Carthusian monk? See this beautiful short documentary on their unique way of life not far from us in Vermont.

  • May 6, 2024
    • Some church humour:
    • Getting married in the coming year? There is one marriage preparation weekend before summer. Learn more and register here.
    • Next week is National Family & Life Week. Find out how you can celebrate “Love hopes all things”.
    • Join Bishop Barron and tens of thousands all around the world in https://www.wordonfire.org/pray-rosary/ during May, a month devoted to Our Lady.


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