For this year’s advent retreat, we welcome Fr. Piotr Wroblewski OMI from Ukraine! Fr. Piotr Wroblewski OMI will be focusing on virtues this year, giving an overview of what virtues are and doing a deeper dive into the four Cardinal Virtues: prudence, justice, temperance and courage. He draws examples from scripture, his ministry, and anecdotes. The Advent Retreat schedule is as follows:

Saturday, November 27 - Tuesday November 30, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish, St. Catharines

Wednesday December 1 – Friday December 3, Sts. Peter and Paul Parish, Welland

Sunday December 5 – Wednesday December 8, St. Eugene de Mazenod Parish, Brampton

Thursday December 9 – Saturday December 11, St. Hyacinth Parish, Ottawa

Sunday December 12 – Wednesday December 15, St. Maximilian Kolbe Parish, Mississauga

Thursday December 16 – Saturday December 18, St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish, Toronto

Sunday December 19 – Wednesday December 22, St. Casimir’s Parish, Toronto

Many parishes will have the Masses streamed online for those that cannot attend. Check out their individual websites for more information. Don’t miss this chance for a deepening of your faith this Advent season!

Fr. Piotr Wroblewski OMI was born in Skarżysko-Kamienna, Poland on January 15, 1984, as the second and last son in his family. After graduating from high school in 2003, he entered the novitiate in Holy Cross. In 2008, he made perpetual vows and on May 29, 2010, he was ordained a priest in Obra, Poland. Since his ordination in 2010, Fr. Piotr Wroblewski OMI has been serving in Ukraine. Currently, Fr. Wroblewski is the pastor of a parish in Chernihiv and has been there since 2017.