HAMILTON MISSION YOUTH

& Family

Mobilizing Young Catholic Missionaries

Holy Week
Missions

in Oakville
April 17-19

Holy Week Missions 2025

April 17-19

Oakville, ON

For teens, guys and girls, ages 13-18.
Cost: $80 (Early bird price!) $100 after April 1st
And Young Adults Ages 18 and up. (Cost: $40)
Sleeping arrangements available at local host families.

Includes serving the homeless, soup kitchens, evangelization outreach.
Experience the profound liturgies of the Sacred Triduum with your friends

The event begins Thursday April 17 at 5:00pm
at St Joseph's Parish
2451 Old Bronte Rd, Oakville.

Event ends with the Easter Vigil Mass
9:00pm at St Joseph's Parish
Mass is expected to end by Midnight.

Don't miss the Holy Week Send-off Mass
on Palm Sunday
April 13, 2025, 2:30pm

At St Joseph's Parish,
2451 Old Bronte Rd, Oakville

Summer Missions 2025

July 29- August 3

Oakville, Hamilton, Niagara Falls, Toronto, Wasaga Beach

For teens, guys and girls, ages 14-18
Cost: $300
Sleeping arrangements at the local parish and rectory.

Includes serving the homeless, street evangelization, prayer, formation, and fun trips to the 4 cities we will mission in.

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Day Mission Details

Where: For day missions we gather at one of two parishes:

  • St Joseph’s Parish, 2451 Old Bronte Rd, Oakville
  • St Philippe Parish, 472 Locust St, Burlington


Who:  Open to all ages, but youth under 12 must be accompanied by a parent. If you’re a parent coming with young children, please register as a Family by clicking “Adults and Family Registration”

When: On the day of each mission we meet at 10am and finish the day at 8pm. The basic schedule includes the following:

  • Formation in the morning
  • Lunch 
  • Mission all afternoon
  • Mass, dinner, adoration


What do we do? Missions consist in feeding the homeless, visiting the elderly at retirement homes, and outreach to the general public (giving out free drinks and asking for prayer intentions). Missionaries are assigned to one of these missions and don’t get to choose where they will be missioning.

Cost: $15 to cover food and supplies. We strongly encourage each missionary to purchase a mission t-shirt  ($17) or hoodie ($45) so we can be identified as missionaries by others. 

  

Summer Mission Details

The best way to spend your summer!

Join our annual summer missions to serve the homeless, help at soup kitchens, and do outreach to share the love and joy of Christ with everyone we meet.

This mission is full of bonding with friends and powerful spiritual experiences. 

These missions function as a day-mission for each day of the week. Missionaries should arrive at St Joseph’s parish at 9am each day, and the evening events finish at 9pm. For those coming from far away, there will be host families willing to let you stay at their home for the week.

During the day we make day trips to Toronto, Niagara Falls, and Hamilton. The last two days are spent in Wasaga beach, and the Saturday night we’ll camp out. 

To cover the costs we ask each missionary to pay $200, with partial scholarships available for those who need it. 

For those who can only join us on the weekend in Wasaga Beach, $75 will cover your trip with us. 

Requesting Volunteer Hours

After completing a day-mission or a longer mission (weekend or week-long mission) you can request a letter or a form recognizing your volunteer service hours required by your school.

Hamilton Mission Youth gives up to 8 hours a day, and not more, even though you may have been present for more than 8 hours. This is because much of the schedule is not directly volunteer work. For this reason, a day mission will obtain 8 hours, and a 5-day mission will get 40 hours. 

To request the letter or the form, send an email to Jackson at [email protected] 

If your school requires a specific form, please send that form by email with your request. 

In your email please include the date or dates of the mission you participated in. 

Usually service hours are not needed urgently, so we process these requests on a month-by-month basis, and ask for your patience. If you need it urgently, please state so in your email. 

See you on the next Mission !