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St. Valentine Feast Day: February 14 Patron of Love, Young People, Happy Marriages Died: 269


Valentine was a holy priest in Rome, who, with St. Marius and his family, assisted the martyrs in the persecution under Claudius II. He was apprehended, and sent by the emperor to the prefect of Rome, who, on finding all his promises to make him renounce his faith ineffectual, commanded him to be beaten with clubs, and afterwards, to be beheaded, which was executed on February 14, about the year 270. Pope Julius I is said to have built a church near Ponte Mole to his memory, which for a long time gave name to the gate now called Porta del Popolo, formerly, Porta Valetini. The greatest part of his relics are now in the church of St. Praxedes. His name is celebrated as that of an illustrious martyr in the sacramentary of St. Gregory, the Roman Missal of Thomasius, in the calendar of F. Fronto and that of Allatius, in Bede, Usuard, Ado, Notker and all other martyrologies on this day. To abolish the heathens lewd superstitious custom of boys drawing the names of girls, in honor of their goddess Februata Juno, on the fifteenth of this month, several zealous pastors substituted the names of saints in billets given on this day.(Read more about St. Valentine.)





"Remember, O man, that you are dust, and unto dust you shall return." (Genesis 3:19)...."Turn away from sin and be faithful to the Gospel." (Mark 1:15)....."Repent, and hear the good news." (Mark 1:15)


Blessed Trinity Parish website updates

JANUARY 23, 2012 -- Four more links ("Catholic News Service", "Decent Films Guide", "Mass Times", and "Zenit")
have been added to the Catholic Links web page.

JANUARY 20, 2012 -- Blessed Trinity Parish webmaster note: It is the case that certain graphics and images are NOT able to be viewed on this website (using the conventional Microsoft Internet Explorer or Google Chrome browsers). Therefore, in order to best view everything (and not miss out on anything), it is highly-recommended to download and install the current Mozilla Firefox web browser (at a 1024 x 768 screen resolution). Download Firefox HERE. Thank you so much.

JANUARY 18, 2012 -- The Gallery web page has been "re-vamped" so as to reduce the time needed to download the photos.
Also note that the "Photos" and "Videos" lists are now arranged from newest to oldest.

JANUARY 16, 2012 -- Midnight Mass, Christmas Mass (Day), and Christmas Concert photos
have been posted at the top of the Gallery web page under the following headings:
"Midnight Mass (2011)", "Christmas Mass, Day (2011)", and "Christmas Concert (2011)".

JANUARY 15, 2012 -- Twenty-two (22) more Christmas Decorations (2011) photos have been posted at the top of the Gallery web page under the heading "Christmas Decorations (2011)".

JANUARY 12, 2012 -- Our "Church History" has been posted at the top of the About Us web page
under the heading "Church History".

JANUARY 11, 2012 -- Several archived parish bulletins (dating back to September 6, 2009)
have been posted on the Latest Bulletin web page.

JANUARY 11, 2012 -- A "Christmas Manger decorations" video (without/with the Three Wise Men) that was filmed in our church sanctuary has been posted at the top of the Gallery web page under the heading "Parish/Homily/Other Events Video".

JANUARY 9, 2012 -- Pictures of all the stained glass windows in our church have been posted on the About Us web page.
(Be sure to click on the individual pictures to enlarge the photos.)

JANUARY 5, 2012 -- New sanctuary update pictures have been posted at the top of the Gallery web page under the heading "Sanctuary Renovations Updates". Also, pictures of the Christmas decorations at our church have been posted at the top of the Gallery web page under the heading "Christmas Decorations (2011)".

JANUARY 5, 2012 -- Three Midnight Mass Christmas carols videos, one Christmas decorations video and one readings/homily video have been posted at the top of the Gallery web page under the heading "Parish/Homily/Other Events Video".

DECEMBER 21, 2011 -- Four videos of the "A Child In The Manger" Christmas Concert (recently performed in our church on Sunday, December 18, 2011) have been posted at the top of the the Gallery web page
under the heading "Parish/Homily/Other Events Video".

DECEMBER 18, 2011 -- Blessed Trinity Parish webmaster note: This website is best viewed with the current Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome web browsers at a 1024 x 768 screen resolution. Download Firefox here. Download Chrome here.

DECEMBER 17, 2011 -- Photos of Blessed Trinity in winter (along with a Christmas greeting from Monsignor Sheehy) have been posted at the top of the Gallery web page under the heading "Blessed Trinity Winter Photos".






Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic Parish

3220 Bayview AvenueToronto, Ontario M2M 3R7 (North of Finch, on the west side of Bayview Avenue.)

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