Easter Confessions:
Holy Name of Jesus – Sunday, March 21st Holy hour at 7:00 pm followed by confessions
Holy Family – Sunday, March 28th  - 3:00 pm
St. John’s, Gananoque – Sunday March 28th  - 3:00 pm

Lenten Penance Service:  This year Fr. Brian Price, pastor of St. Francis Xavier Church in Brockville has agreed to lead us in a meditation during the “Year for Priests”, followed by the opportunity for individual confessions.  This talk will be given on Sunday evening 21 March at 7:00 pm at Holy Name of Jesus Church.  There will be several priests available to hear confessions.

Garden Committee:  If you have a green thumb and can volunteer  to assist in the care of the flower beds at Holy Name please see Fr. Gillis or call Christine at the parish office.

Adoration on Holy Thursday: There will be adoration in the chapel following Mass on Holy Thursday if enough people are interested. A signup sheet is in the entryway of the church.

Attention Blood Donors! The Knights of Columbus will be sponsoring a blood donor clinic on April 6th from 3 to 7 pm. Sign-up sheets are in the entryway.  When you donate blood anytime please make reference to ID# KNIG009249 so that your donation will be linked with our Knights of Columbus in the Partners for Life Program.

Easter Flowers: We will be accepting donations towards the purchase of Easter flowers. We ask that you not bring in plants or flowers, but instead make a donation in memory of a loved one. The names of your loved ones and the donors will be placed in our Easter bulletin. Envelopes will be in the pews during the season of Lent and you are asked to place them in the collection basket no later than March 28th. 

Choir At 10:30 Mass: Due to other commitments Jean Roman is retiring from her position as Choir Director for 10:30 Mass. Many, Many thanks to Jean for leading us with beautiful music over the past several years and for all the time and effort she put into this music ministry.
We now need someone to take over the music ministry at 10:30 Mass. The School choirs are absolutely wonderful.  Wouldn’t it be lovely if we could have some of these children sing at Sunday Mass.  If anyone has any interest or input please see Fr. Gillis.

Our regular yearly expenses averaged out over 12 months now comes to $4055.61 (based on 2009). Included in that total are things like Cathedraticum (a percentage of our parish income from regular donations (roughly 10%) that goes to support the Archdiocesan Administration), heating costs, insurance, property taxes, envelopes, Priests Benefit Fund, Priests and Lay Health plans, Convocation and Priests retreat, and the parish share of funds committed to the Hospital Foundation by the Archdiocese. Food for thought… It cost Holy Name over $16,000 to heat our buildings in 2009.  Watch for the Parish Financial report in the bulletin in late April.

Holy Name Parish Annual Fish Fry: will be on Friday, April 9 at Rideau Acres. Tickets are on sale now! $12 per person or $30 per family.

Thank you for praying for our armed forces .  Please continue to pray for those now serving in foreign lands: David Hannon & Robert Olivier.

Regiopolis-Notre Dame Catholic High School: Early progress reports were distributed March 11. Parent teacher interviews will be held on Wednesday, March 24.

Seven Last Words – Good Friday, April 2: On Good Friday from noon to 2 pm at St. Mary’s Cathedral, the students of Newman House will be leading the Seven Last Words devotion – readings, meditations and music which prayerfully recall the seven times that Jesus speaks from the Cross. Father Raymond de Souza will preach the meditations on the theme, “Priests of Jesus Christ”, highlighting outstanding models of the priesthood in this Year for Priests.

Celebrate the Wonder and Importance of Family with musical talents of some of the members of the Leahy Band: (Erin, Maria and Angus Leahy, as well as Denise (nee Leahy) and Emily Flack). Michael MacEachern will open for the evening.
The 10th annual Spring Dinner – Family Traditions, Music, Agriculture and Faith presented by Neeje Association for Women and Family will take place on Friday April 10th from 6 – 10 pm at Rideau Acres Resort.  Tickets - $50 / person @Renaissance Music or email Neejekingston@gmail.com.  Tickets include full course roast beef dinner with dessert.

Chrism Mass in the Year for Priests Each year, during the Chrism Mass, priests renew their commitment to Priestly Service. This year, as we celebrate the year for priests, this renewal of promises takes on a special significance. This special jubilee year, which marks the 150th anniversary of the death of St. Jean Vianney, the Cure of Ars and patron of Priests, is meant to “deepen the commitment of all priests to interior renewal for the sake of a stronger and more incisive witness to the Gospel in today’s world”. For this reason, I want to invite you in a special way this year to participate in the Chrism Mass at St. Mary’s Cathedral at 7:30 pm on Tuesday, March 30, 2010, as a sign of your appreciation for the gift of the ministerial priesthood and to support our priests as they seek to respond to the Holy Father’s call to interior renewal for the sake of the gospel.

Holy Thursday April 1, 2010	READERS	EUCHARISTIC  MINISTERS
Church
7:00 pm	Patricia Croxford	Madeline Halladay

Good Friday - Passion April 2, 2010	READERS
Church
3:00 pm	R: Barbara Fleet N: Shannon Mulholland S: Stuart Mulholland

Statue of Mary ( please leave in the entrance after the Mass you attend – for the next family)
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