GREETINGS FROM FR. VITO (St. Patrick’s Church – Brampton)
Dear Parents, Students and Staff.
It is with great joy that I extend to you all blessings from this holy place that we call our
parish church. It was only three months ago that my bishop invited me to come to
Brampton and begin my ministry as pastor of St. Patrick’s.
What a beautiful opportunity to worship and minister here in your midst; in the second
oldest church in the Archdiocese of Toronto, and the place where the first Catholic
School was created to serve the academic and spiritual needs of the community.
What a beautiful tradition we have inherited and what an awesome opportunity for each
one of us to add our own gifts to continue building on what others have initiated and
through which an important part of our history has been marked.
As I get to know the community more and more, as I visit our schools and cherish the
many beautiful expressions of our faith, imbedded in our traditions, and see how you, the
parents and family members are continuing the commitment made at your children’s
baptism, I thank you for all that you do to make concrete the faith we profess.
I look forward to sharing time and prayer with you, in our moments of worship and all
that will mark our time together. I invite all of you who may be new in our area to
introduce yourselves to me at Mass (5:00 p.m. on Saturday, 8:30 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. on
Sunday – English Masses; and 11:30 a.m. Italian Mass on Sunday). With the local
bishop, his Excellency John Boissonneau, we are examining ways in which we may
increase and facilitate our service to our community.
If you attend other parishes, please convey my greetings and best wishes to your parish
priests. I look forward to working together with them for the good of our entire
community.
October is the month dedicated to the Holy Rosary. I entrust our school communities and
all our families to the love and protection of Our Blessed Mother, Mary, the Mother of
Jesus and of the Church. I promise to remember you all in my prayers and especially at
Mass.
With gratitude to the Lord for all of you, I remain,
Sincerely yours,
Father Vito Marziliano
(Rev.) Vito Marziliano,
Pastor.