English

 

Sunday Masses

(Basic Time for Mass)

  9:30  a.m. in Japanese

 12:00 noon in English

(Note) There will be special mass schedule for Church holidays, such as Christmas, Holy week, etc.

 

 

  

 

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CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR’S MASS SCHEDULES, 2023 ~ 2024

 

Dec 3 (Sun)

 

1st Sunday of Advent

9:30 am- Gen Confessions

 

Dec 24 (Sun)

4th Sunday of Advent

Mass: 9:30 am(Japanese)

       12:00 noon (English)

Christmas Eve Mass:

          5:00 pm (Japanese)

          7:00 pm (Japanese)

 

Dec 25 (Mon)

Christmas Day Mass:

         9:30 am (Japanese)

     12:00 noon (English)

 

2024年

Jan 1 (Mon)

Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God

New Year’s Day Mass: 

            10:00 am (Japanese)

 

 

 

 

Announcement

 

Due to the Bazaar being held  on October 29, 2023, Sunday, there will be no English mass at 12:00 noon.

 

Mass will only at 9:30 a.m. 

 

Please be guided accordingly.

 

 

 

 

 

CHURCH YEAR CALENDAR 2023-2024

 

 CatholicToshima Church (Saint Patrick) Year Calendar is available in PDF format. 

Catholic Toshima Church and Tokyo Diocese Liturgical Year Calendar 2023-2024 

 

 

  

Parish Pastor : Father John Noboru Tanaka

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Father John Noboru Tanaka
Priest of Catholic Archdiocese of Tokyo 
Vice-Judicial Vicar of Provincial Ecclesiastical Tribunal of Tokyo 
From April 2023, appointed as a Parish Pastor of Toshima St. Patrick Parish 
 (concurrent) of Kitamachi St. Andrew Parish

 

≪Profile≫ 

 Born in Gunma Prefecture and grew up in Saitama.

1997  baptized at Sekiguchi Parish in Tokyo.

1999 Graduated from Waseda University Faculty of Science and Engineering.

2001 Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Completed Master’s Program (Department of Applied Chemistry).

2001-2004 Worked at a chemical manufacturer (pharmaceutical research and development).

2004 Entered Tokyo Catholic Seminary.

2010 Graduated from the Seminary.

2010 Ordained as a priest in the Catholic Archdiocese of Tokyo. Appointed Assistant parish pastor of Machida Church.

2011 Received a Bachelor of Sacred Theology (STB) from the Pontifical University of Urbaniana and studied abroad at the same graduate school.

2014 Received a Licenzia of Canon Law/master’s degree (JCL) at Pontifical University of Urbaniana.

After returning to Japan, he became an assistant parish pastor of Meguro St. Anselmo parish.

2016 Appointed as the parish pastor of Kitamachi St. Andrew parish. Official exorcist for individual cases.

April 2023 Appointed parish pastor of Toshima St. Patrick parish (Continued as parish pastor of Kitamachi, concurrently serving).

* Hobbies: Playing the flute.

  

[Member of the Society of Canon Law Society of America (CLSA)].

[Sophia University School of Theology/Graduate School of Theology, Nanzan University Faculty of Humanities (School of Theology approved by the Pope in Nagoya) Lecturer].

[Faculty of Tokyo Catholic Seminary professor].

[Qualifications such as certified administrative procedures legal specialist(national qualification), cemetery manager, cremation technology manager 1st grade, end-of-life advisor, first-class dangerous object handler].

Updated

2023 May 13