First parish of the diocese, Hamilton 1827
Mass and Devotions times
Weekend Mass Times: Saturday at 5 p.m.; Sunday at 9 a.m. & 11 a.m.
Weekday Mass Times (effective September 1, 2023): Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.;
Wednesdays, Thursdays* & First Fridays of the month (September to June) and Fridays in Advent and Lent at 8 a.m.
Sacrament of Reconciliation: Saturdays 3:45 to 4:40 p.m. (last penitent at 4:30 p.m.); and by appointment
Public Rosary: following the Wednesday-Friday morning Masses; after Wednesday evening benediction (see below)
Eucharistic Adoration & Benediction: from end of Wednesday morning Mass to 7 p.m. Starts October 9 to June 11, 2025
(except Christmas Day 2024 and New Year’s Day 2025)
Perpetual Help Novena: following the Thursday morning Mass
Parish News
Divine Mercy Seminar
Rosary Visits at local schools
Blessing and thanks for parish leadership
What We Believe underway
Twenty-two gathered in the Parish Centre to begin what facilitator Marcy Hull describes as "a pilgrimage to the Eternal
Backpack Blessing
Pastor’s Reflections
The widow’s, and our… mite?
Mass readings for the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time:1 Kings 17.10-16 Psalm 146.6-10 Hebrews 9.24-28 Mark 12.38-44 I grew up knowing this gospel passage as “the story of the widow’s mite” but as a boy not knowing that the mite wasn’t m-i-g-h-t, but mite, m-i-t-e referring to the two coins she placed in the collection. […]
“Hear… and respond”
Mass readings for the 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time:Deuteronomy 6.2-6 Psalm 181-3, 6, 46 & 50 Hebrews 7.23-28 Mark 12.28-34 “Hear O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one…” We’ve heard these words so many times; ancient words that have rung down the centuries, and they are quite unique in their sentiment. They […]
To see what we don’t want to see
Mass readings for the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time:Jeremiah 31.7-9 Psalm 126.1-6 Hebrews 5.1-6 Mark 10.46-52 “Let me see again.” That is the plea of the beggar Bartimaeus to our Lord. Why does he want to see? That may seem a strange question, but I think we know that many people are quite content to […]