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THE MOST HOLY TRINITY
May 22, 2005
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Today’s celebration is not about dogmatic statements we can’t comprehend, but rather a love festival to which we are all invited.  Scriptures and tradition tell us that Father-Son-Spirit live in a perfect community of love.  God, through Jesus in the Holy Spirit, has drawn all creation into that unceasing love and continues to do so until the end of time.  The mystery of the Trinity invites us into an experience of what it is like to be taken into a never-ending circle of love with God who is”merciful and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness”, who sent His Son not to condemn, but to save, and who makes our hearts the dwelling place of the Holy Spirit. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

ADORATION OF THE MOST BLESSED SACRAMENT IN THE CHAPEL
ALL DAY THURSDAY
INTENTIONS:  VOCATIONS  +  THE SANCTITY OF LIFE  +  ALL WHO ARE SICK
WE NEED MORE ADORERS FOR THURSDAY
If you can give one hour to Jesus - please call Shirley - 548-3091 or Karla -546-0418

STATUE OF MARY
                The week of May 22nd prayers will be offered in Goldstein / Greenley homes.
                The week of May 29th prayers will be offered in the home of Annette Gordon.
                The week of June 5th prayers will be offered in the home of Madeline Halladay & Family.
NOTE:   Please leave the statue in the entrance after the Mass you attend for the next family to take home.                          Please sign up to have the Statue and Family Prayers in your home.

OUR PARISH WELLNESS MINISTRY includes monthly Masses at the Nursing Homes & taking Holy Communion to our homebound parishioners.  For a Pastoral visit, call the  parish office - 546-0418.

ITEMS ARE LEFT IN THE CHURCH - glasses, rosaries etc - call the Parish Office - 546-0418.

REMEMBER OUR PARISH SUPPORTS “PARTNERS IN MISSION” (Food Bank) each week because the need is so great for many families.  Bring a non-perishable item to Mass next week for the Food Bank.  Volunteers deliver our Parish food donations weekly.

THANK YOU FOR DONATING TO OUR WORLD YOUTH DAY COLLECTION - $1414.00.  Your generosity will help 5 of our young parishioners go to Germany this August.  You can still make a donation by putting an envelope in the collection, marked “WYD” & your name for a tax receipt.

FUNDRAISER FOR WYD - “TANGLEFOOT” - Legendary Canadian Band plays Kingston City Hall (Memorial Hall) - with special guests “The Reasonably Good Band”  - Thursday, MAY 26th & Friday, MAY 27th - 7:30 pm - Advance Tickets: Adult $18.00  Senior/Student $15.00  - $22.00 @ Door - Available at: Brian’s Record Option, 381 Princess  - 542-2452;  Renaissance Music, 1057 Midland- 384-9225 or the Parish Office 546-0418. “Tanglefoot” a legend on the international folk/roots scene for over 20 years - an electrifying mix of rampaging energy, exquisite vocal polish and top-notch song writing.  “Tanglefoot” tours across Canada. U.S. & Great Britain & critical acclaim has followed.  “\Tanglefoot” has played Lincoln Centre in New York, the Canadian High Commission in London & the NASA Langley Research Centre in Virginia.  Their 3rd CD “The Music in the Wood” flew aboard the space shuttle Endeavor. The Kingston Concerts are part of a fund-raising effort to send 20 pilgrims from Kingston-area parishes to Cologne, Germany this August for World Youth Day.  Two members of “The Reasonably Good Band” are August pilgrims.

ITEMS ARE LEFT IN THE CHURCH - glasses, rosaries etc - call the Parish Office - 546-0418.

BAPTISMAL CERTIFICATES for the newly baptized are in the Parish Mailbox in the Church.  If you attend Mass at the school, call the Parish office & the certificate will be sent there.

HOLY FAMILY SCHOOL 50th ANNIVERSARY - Saturday MAY 28th 1 to 4 pm at the school.  Please call 389-8607 or 374-2674 for info or visit webstite - www.alcdsb.on.ca/schools/hfmy/

MASS OFCELEBRATION TO HONOUR MONSIGNOR DON CLEMENT FOR HIS MANY YEARS OF FAITHFUL SERVICE TO THE CATHEDRAL PARISH - Sunday MAY 29th -11:15 Mass- Archbishop Meagher will preside & Monsignor Joseph Lynch will be the homilist.  All are welcome to attend. A reception will follow Mass at the Parish Centre.

ARCHBISHOP ANTHONY MEAGHER invites all those who have been confirmed in the past year to gather with their families & teachers at St Mary’s Cathedral on Sunday, MAY 29th at 7:30 pm, to celebrate the Feast of the Body & Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi).  Mass & a special catechesis will be followed with a candlelight procession outdoors, & the evening will conclude with a social time.  All are welcome.

MISSION COMMITTEE MEETING  - Tuesday MAY 31st

HOLY NAME SCHOOL 50th REUNION Saturday JUNE 11th Mass at 11 am in the Church. Reception
to follow at the school - noon to 3 pm.  Call Gwen Dundon-542-0473 to register.  Visit Website -
www.holyname.ca/reunion for details.

BIRTHRIGHT - an international pregnancy service offering free, confidential assistance to pregnant women of any age.  “It is the right of every pregnant woman to give birth and the right of every child to be born”.  Volunteers are urgently needed -about 6 hours a month Call Karen - 542-8321.

THANKS TO ALL WHO MADE THE YARD/BAKE SALE A GREAT SUCCESS - YARD SALE $817.00 & BAKE SALE 344.89.

RETROUVAILLE (A Christian Peer Ministry) - Lifeline for Troubled Marriages - call  -613-545-1988 or 1-800-470-2230.

“THE POWER OF PARENTAL UNITY: LEADING OUR CHILDREN TO A GREAT LIFE”  featuring an international known author & speaker on the family, Mr. James Stenson - Saturday, MAY 28th 1:30 to 4:30 pm - Ben Franklin Place, 101 Centrepointe Dr, Nepean- Cost $25/person or $40/couple -Call Gillian Roussy -819-770-3578 or gdroussy@magma.ca (proceeds to Neeje Assoc Women & Family)

HOSPICE CAN HELP - Palliative Care’s Mission is to assist people with life threatening illnesses.  Our sensitive, trained volunteers offer in home companionship, caregiver respite & transport to those in need.  “Day Programme”  - each Tuesday at St Mary’s Parish Centre, Brock & Clergy Sts - wheelchair access & parking.  Socialize with volunteers & each other, enjoy morning coffee with snacks, a nutritious lunch & activities - music, cards, games, special presentations etc.   542-5013.

VOCATION VIEW:   Human beings establish lasting loving bonds.  But the Trinity
shows us perfect love: you, God and neighbour.  There’s nothing more than love.

PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS

O God, who has chosen the Apostles to propagate the faith & to establish Your Holy Church throughout the world, we earnestly beseech You to choose from amongst our people many priests, deacons, religious brothers & sisters and lay persons who will gladly devote their entire lives in making YOU known & loved by all.   Through the intercession of Our Blessed Lady, we ask this through Christ our Lord.   Amen.
 
 

JOKE

After a church service on Sunday morning, a young boy suddenly announced to his mother,
“Mom, I’ve decided to become a minister when I grow up.”   “What made you decide that?”
“Well,” said the little boy,  “I have to go to church on Sunday anyway, and I figure it will be more fun to stand up and yell, than to sit and listen.”