First parish of the diocese, Hamilton 1827

 

St. Augustine Church, built 1864
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
Chalice, presented to Father Feeney, Dec. 24, 1884

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.

CANADA DAY – Mass will be celebrated at 9 a.m.

Friday, July 4 at 7 p.m. – Special Mass with the Sacred Heart of Jesus Icon
followed by Holy Hour of Eucharistic Adoration with Benediction at 9 p.m.

Sacrament of Reconciliation: Saturdays 3:45 to 4:30 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

NOTE: Owing to celebration of Confirmation on June 4, adoration will end at noon on that day.

Perpetual Help Novena: following the Thursday morning Mass

 

Parish News

Knights May 24 Bottle Drive

Knight of Columbus Council 6579 raised $1349.50 from the May bottle drive, which included $100 in cash donations for

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Pastor’s Reflections

The good neighbour

Mass readings for the 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time:Deuteronomy 30.10-14 Psalm 69.13, 16, 29-30, 32, 35-36 Colossians 1.15-20 Luke 10.25-37 The parable of the Good Samaritan answers the question: who is my neighbour? We are to derive principles from this story to aid our discernment of right action toward people in need, in our local […]

To be sent as sheep… in September

Mass readings for the 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time:Isaiah 66.10-14 Psalm 66.1-7, 16, 20 Galatians 6.14.18 Luke 10.1-12, 17-20 This Sunday in ordinary time tends to land toward the end of what we, in the Canadian Church, refer to as the “pastoral year” – the period of greatest activity, liturgically, programmatically, pastorally, that pretty much […]

Simon and Saul

Mass readings for the Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul: Acts 12.1-11 Psalm 34.1-8 2 Timothy 4.6-8, 17-18 Matthew 16.13-19 Today we celebrate two men. Born Simon and Saul, they are better known to us as Peter and Paul; and the change in their lives by their encounter with Christ, the change in their persons […]

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