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Follow along with our World Youth Day Pilgrims!

Follow along with our Diocesan Pilgrims for WYD 2023!

Date posted on July 27, 2023

We invite you to pray for our 39 young men and women and 4 Diocesan priests representing the Diocese of Hamilton at World Youth Day 2023! Follow along with Diocesan pilgrims as they travel to Fatima and then Lisbon via blog posts, as well as the Office of Youth Ministry’s Instagram and Facebook page.

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Diocese of Hamilton Student Award: Aaron Udekwu

Diocese of Hamilton Student Award: Aaron Udekwu

Date posted on July 25, 2023

St. David Catholic Secondary School, Waterloo Aaron is a positive, hardworking, and diligent student. In his classes he sets a high standard and is an excellent role model for the other students. He has strong community roots in Brampton, but when his family moved to Waterloo, he became a compassionate member of the St. David […]

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5,000 Canadian Youth Join Pope Francis in Portugal for WYD

Date posted on July 24, 2023

More than 5,000 Canadian Youth are making their way to Lisbon, Portugal to be with Pope Francis, from 2 to 6 August 2023. The Holy Father will join more than one million young people for World Youth Day (WYD), an international gathering of youth, organized by the Catholic Church. The first international World Youth Day was held […]

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Diocese of Hamilton Student Award: Juliana Pusztay

Date posted on July 18, 2023

Bishop Ryan Catholic Secondary School, Hamilton Juliana is an honour roll student who achieved the highest amount of volunteer hours in all areas of Social Justice and within her Parish and other Parishes. She served as Spiritual Rep at Bishop Ryan for three years and on Student Council, winning Most valuable Member repeatedly. She also […]

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2023 Diocese of Hamilton Student Awards

2023 Diocese of Hamilton Student Awards

Date posted on July 12, 2023

The Diocese of Hamilton Award is given to a student in the graduating class in every high school across the Diocese at the end of every school year. The Award recognizes a student in the graduating class who has attained high academic proficiency and exemplifies Catholic leadership qualities, Christian values and a commitment to service […]

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Diocese of Hamilton Student Award: Brady Kuzma

Date posted on July 12, 2023

Corpus Christi Catholic Secondary School, Burlington Brady Kuzma is an exceptional Catholic student leader who is active in his school and the greater community. He volunteered for many roles in his school community, including being on the Student Council all four years of high school and being elected Prime Minister in his grade 12 year. […]

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World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly

World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly 2023

Date posted on July 11, 2023

The third World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly will be celebrated on Sunday, July 23, 2023. The purpose of the day is to show care gratitude and affection for grandparents and the elderly and to help them feel part of our Christian family and our history. They too can share their faith and hope with younger people which […]

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Diocese of Hamilton Student Award: Bethany Correia

2023 Diocese of Hamilton Student Award - Bethany Correia

Date posted on July 4, 2023

Bethany Correia is a true champion of recognizing and supporting the whole person: a core value of St. Jerome ’s University (SJU). Enthusiastic, thoughtful, dedicated, and exceeding expectation in every role, are all words that have been used to describe Bethany during her time at the university. Bethany has been described as someone who “recognizes […]

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Pastoral Letter: Living as Catholics in the Public Square: Freedom of Religion and Conscience in Canada

Pastoral letter: Living as Catholics in the Public Square

Date posted on June 22, 2023

On June 22nd 2023, Feast of St. Thomas More, the CCCB Episcopal Commission for Justice and Peace has released a Pastoral Letter titled Living as Catholics in the Public Square: Freedom of Religion and Conscience in Canada. This document emphasizes the significance of freedom of religion and conscience in our democratic society and explores the role […]

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Ordination to the Transitional Diaconate of Luis Cordeiro Inacio

Ordination to the Transitional Diaconate of Luis Cordeiro Inacio

Date posted on June 21, 2023

On the evening of Friday, June 16th, 2023, Luis Cordeiro Inacio was ordained to the Transitional Diaconate at St. Mary Parish in Hamilton. Bishop Lobsinger was the principal celebrant along with concelebrating priests. A transitional deacon is one who is preparing for ordination to the Priesthood in the presbyterial order. During the ordination Mass, Deacon Luis […]

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World Youth Day Pilgrims Prepare for Lisbon!

Group of image of people preparing for from World Youth Day in Lisbon

Date posted on June 19, 2023

With a little over a month to go until World Youth Day, pilgrims from our Diocese have been preparing for Lisbon with a full day retreat and evening Mass. On May 13th, the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima, the delegation walked the Hamilton Waterfront Trail from the Cathedral Basilica of Christ the King, to St. […]

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Highlights from the 2023 Bishop’s Charities Invitational Golf Tournament

2023 Bishop's Charities Invitational Golf Tournament

Date posted on June 14, 2023

On Wednesday, June 7th, 2023, over 120 golfers gathered at Glen Abbey Golf Club in Oakville for the Bishop’s Charities Invitational Golf Tournament. It was a beautiful day for golf, and the DeMazenod Door Outreach at St. Patrick Parish was the big winner! Joe Guagliano’s team took the top prize – 11 under par! Ed […]

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