December 5, 2010

2nd Sunday of Advent
The call of John to repentance is an urgent invitation for us to prepare a way for the Lord to come into our hearts.
Preparing to celebrate Christmas means renewing our lives by acknowledging our need for Christ, who is constantly calling us to higher things.

Advent Confessions
Priests will be available to hear confessions on Tuesday December 14th at 7 pm in the Church.

Knights of Columbus General Meeting: Wednesday December 8th at 7 pm in St. Joseph’s Room.
The Knights of Columbus “Partners for Life” Blood Donor program exceeded their goal of 20 donations for the year – Thank you!

Catholic Women’s League: Thank you to all who donated and supported our silent auction!

Thank You: to the family and friends of Ken Furrie for donations made to our ‘Memorial Fund’ in Ken’s Memory.

2011 Envelopes: If you would like envelopes and don’t see them at the Church or School please call Christine at the Parish office or drop a note in the collection with your name, address, phone #, and the location that you would like the envelopes left at.

Donations for Christmas Flowers: We will be accepting donations towards the purchase of flowers for the Church during the Christmas Season which begins on the 25th of December. Make your donation in the memory of a loved one. Donors and those remembered will be published in the Christmas Bulletin. Envelopes will be placed in the pews during the Advent season and you are asked to place them in the collection basket no later than December 19th.

Thank You for praying for our armed forces!
Please continue to pray for those now serving in foreign lands.

Advent Lessons and Carols: The students of Newman House will lead a service of Advent Lessons & Carols on Saturday, December 11th at 7 pm in St. James Chapel at the Cathedral. All are welcome to join the students for a service of readings, hymns and meditations on the Lord’s coming. It is an excellent way to mark Advent properly, without racing ahead to Christmas!

New Life Course: the introductory course of the St. Andrew School of Evangelization, is being offered on the weekend of January 7-8-9 at Providence Spirituality Centre, Kingston, from Friday, 6:30 pm to Sunday 4 pm. This is a weekend of faith enrichment in which everyone can know Jesus Christ more personally and be empowered by His Spirit to live a more joy-filled Christian life, animated by a team of lay faithful and priests from the diocese committed to the New Evangelization of our culture. Come and enjoy a weekend of faith, friendship and fun. Not to be missed!!! Cost: $80 for commuters; $160 for overnight guests. To register, contact Pat Duff at 613-968-9941.

New Life Group: a Catholic Ministry for the Separated and Divorced, will meet on Tuesday Dec. 7 from 7:30 to 9:30 pm at the Diocesan Centre on Palace Rd. Topic: Realistic Expectations for the Holidays. All faith denominations are welcome!

Hotel Dieu Hospital Coat Drive continues to accept donations of new or gently used winter coats. Most in need are all-weather coats, such as ski-type coats, for men and women who spend long days and sometimes nights on the streets. Your kind donations may be dropped off at the main entrance of the hospital.

If you are an Extraordinary Minister of Communion and you can attend the midnight Mass Christmas Eve at the Church,
could you please call Christine at the parish office.

Joke
Timmy was a five year old boy and refused to let his mother walk him to kindergarten every day.
Timmy’s mom, however worried about her little boy and asked her neighbour, Mrs. Goodnest if she would follow him to school at a distance behind so he wouldn’t notice.
Mrs. Goodnest agreed as it would be good exercise for her and her toddler, Marcy.
She followed Timmy for the whole week and one of Timmy’s friends caught on.
When he asked Timmy if he noticed that a lady was following him,
Timmy replied nonchalantly “yes, that’s just Shirley Goodnest.”
Timmy’s friend asked why she was following them.
“Well,” Timmy explained, “every night my mom makes me say the 23rd psalm with my prayers cuz she worries about me so much and it says,
‘Shirley Goodnest and Marcy shall follow me all the days of my life.’
So I guess I’ll just have to get used to it.”

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Monday	Dec 6	9:00 am	Gaston DeBernardi
			Memorial – St. Ambrose
Tuesday	Dec 7	9:00 am	Roy Trembley
			Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Wednesday	Dec 8	7:30 pm	at St. Mary’s Cathedral
Friday	Dec 10	10:30 am	Communion Service at Fairmount Nsg Home
Saturday	Dec 11	5:00 pm	Deceased Members of the Carey and Draper Families
Sunday	Dec 12	9:00 am 11:00 am	Ken Furrie Parishioners (St. Martha School)

Dec. 24th	5 pm - St. Martha School (Pageant) 8 pm – Church (Youth involvement) 12 Midnight - Church
Dec. 25th	10 am – Church
Dec. 26th	9 am – Church 11 am - Church

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