Saint Cecilia's Church

Thank you to our principal celebrant and homilist, Bishop Robet Kasun, Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto. We were pleased to have as our concelebrants, Frs. Jim Casper, and Brian Shea, Deacon Joe Murphy, and our Pastor Fr. Joseph Tap Tran. We are also grateful for the service of our altar servers from the Vietnamese Martyrs parish and our committed parish servers, Charlie, Maddy, Maryann and Michael.

This year we were delighted to have as our honoured guest, Claire Fitzgibbon, Consul General of Ireland in Toronto. Special thank you to our Ceremonial Coordinator, Eithne Heffernan. Sincere thanks to all of you who donated your time and talents in various ways to make our St. Patrick's Mass and Celebration a tremendous success: Reyanne Achong, Viola Antao, Colleen Alviano, Vicky Attard, Chris Bayley, Annette Beneditz, Geraldine Brown, Colette Canavan, Pat Cutajar, Dayle Furlong, Beatrice, Elizabeth, Marc-Olivier, Mary Ann Gingras, Fiorentina Giuliano, Fiona FitzPatrick, Christopher Gargus, Francesca Greer, Barbara Irwin, Fionnan Kelly, Ante Klobucar, Anna Krajinska, Patricia L., Barbara Mankowski, Marion McLaughlin, Lidia Majchrzak, Joshua Miron, Janine Mitsuki, Mae Nguyen, Teresa O’Neill, Lorraine Ostafew, Carmen Rivero, Ann E. Rooney, Andrew Rooney, John Joe Rooney, Maria Ruccolo, Nic Serio, Dan Shine, Tamara Skewes, Shirley Teittson, and Vanessa Vreeland. Thanks to the Daughters of Isabella and the Knights of Columbus John XIII Council, Cardinal McGuigan Assembly. We are grateful for Victoria Sitter and Sarah Williams, (confirmandi), Colleen Murphy (administrative assistant), Frank Spiteri (building manager) and Viet (church custodian).

Thanks to Johnson Irish Dance, our musical guests, soloist Martin Ducepec, Piper Raymond Caldwell, the St. Cecilia's school choir under the direction of Ivy Spalding, and the St. Cecilia Church Choir with cantor Lucy Trojanowski, under the direction of organist Peter Treen. Special mention goes to all who donated the delicious baked goods, those who helped with the setting up and decorating of the hall, all who prepared the sandwiches and pizza, and all who all who acted as hostesses for the reception. A great big thank you to each and every one who assisted at and attended the Mass. Thank you to the St. Cecilia's Church choir members for their time spent setting up, making and serving the Irish coffee: Brendan, Derry and Olive FitzPatrick.

We wish to thank and acknowledge our sponsors: Alsco Linens, and the Irish Cultural Society of Toronto. Many thanks to our fine musician, Michael Kelly, who provided the musical entertainment at the informal reception in the hall.