On March 25th, the St. Augustine Mental Health Ministry had the privilege of hosting Karen and Katie Kiely in the parish
Receive the Holy Spirit
Fr. Whitfield's homily for the 6th Sunday of Easter
Weddings at St. Augustine's Parish
Baptisms at St. Augustine's Parish
Assistive Listening System Instructions
First parish of the diocese, Hamilton 1827
Our parish of St Augustine’s is the Mother Parish of the Diocese of Hamilton. In 1827, Fr. James Campion built a small wooden chapel in Dundas, marking the beginning of St. Augustine’s Parish. The first baptism recorded in our register is August 06, 1827, and since then a vibrant community of faith has called St. Augustine’s home to this very day. (photo courtesy of Dundas Museum and Archives – GN-0060) To learn more, click here: Parish History
Pastor’s Reflections
Receive the Holy Spirit
Mass readings for the 6th Sunday of Easter:Acts 8.5-8, 14-17 Psalm 66.1-7, 16, 20 1 Peter 3.15-18 John 14.15-21 In the first reading we return to the Book of Acts, that earliest of Church histories that appears in our Bibles. Last week we saw the Apostles overwhelmed by the numbers coming to Christ such that […]
Servants of the way
Mass readings for the 5th Sunday of Easter:Acts 6.1-7 Psalm 33.1-2, 4-5, 18-19 1 Peter 2.4-9 John 14.1-12 We heard a story from the Book of Acts of a crisis in the Church: so many coming to believe in the Lord that the Apostles were being overwhelmed with the burden of care for the fast-growing […]
The shepherd’s voice
Mass readings for the 4th Sunday of Easter:Acts 2.14a, 36b-41 Psalm 23.1-6 1 Peter 2.20b-25 John 10.1-10 In the cycle of Easter celebrations, we come to today’s that features gospel passages where Jesus likens himself to a shepherd, us to sheep. We see in these verses from John, he also speaks of himself also as […]