A prayer to invoke the Holy Spirit - ‘Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of Your faithful and enkindle in us the fire of Your love.  Send forth Your Spirit and we shall be created and You shall renew the face of the earth.  Oh God, by the light of the Holy Spirit did instruct the hearts of Your faithful grant that by the same Holy Spirit we may be truly wise and ever rejoice in Your consolations through Christ, Our Lord. Amen.’

Statue of Mary (Please leave in the entrance after the Mass you attend - for the next family)
              The week of May 27th prayers will be offered in the home of Lucy Lariviere.
              The week of June 3rd prayers will be offered in the home of the MacDougall Family.


Every week you are asked to try to bring food items when you come to Mass.  The St. Vincent de Paul Society is in constant need of food to give to poor families. Help us to feed the hungry.


Coins for Life: June 2nd and June 3rd, containers will be available for you to take home after all Masses.  Please fill the containers with coins and return on the weekend of September 22nd and 23rd.  Your spare change will help to fuel our efforts on behalf of LIFE.  Please take a container if you would like to participate.  Sponsored by Campaign Life Coalition - 389-4472 and 382-1084

Parish Prayer Network consists of over 50 parishioners who pray for you each day.  They  also pray for people in need and for special intentions.  If you would like to join the Prayer Network, or if you have an intention for the Prayer Network please call 613-546-0418

YOU ARE INVITED TO A VERY BIG AND VERY IMPORTANT SPIRITUAL EVENT IN JUNE 2008.  QUEBEC CITY IS HOSTING THE INTERNATIONAL EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS JUNE 15-22, 2008.  LIKE WORLD YOUTH DAY CANADA WILL BE HOSTING CATHOLICS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.  POPE BENEDICT WILL PROBABLY BE THERE.  KINGSTON DIOCESE IS PLANNING ON SENDING LOTS OF OUR CATHOLIC PEOPLE THERE TO ENJOY THIS WONDERFUL AND UNIQUE BLESSING.  HOPEFULLY YOU WILL CONSIDER GOING.  IT WILL BE A UNIQUE PILGRIMAGE BY TRAIN. MORE DETAILS WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE BULLETIN LATER.  IT WILL BE A VERY SPECIAL SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE.

Information about our Parish Directory has been found.  We may have a Parish Directory published yet...........STAY TUNED!

As you know Parishioner Dr. Karen Yeates is now in Africa with her husband, Roman.  If you want to keep track of her work and their adventures there, they have a blog on the internet: sunoverkili.blogspot.com Their children, Jack and Hannah return this week.  Karen and Roman return next month with their new adopted child.

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic School-50th Anniversary Open House and Golf Tournament- Open House Wed. May 30th at 6:30 pm at the school- Golf Tournament Sunday, June 3rd, 2007 at Amherstview Golf and Country Club.  All are welcome to participate.  Register today!  Call 613-389-5222

“Delighting in God’s Blessings” a mini-retreat at Providence Spirituality Centre - Monday, June 11th from 10 am to 3:00 pm.  Song. prayer, reflection, silence and sharing.  Cost: $25 includes lunch.   Call to register 613-542-8826 by May 28th.

Come and join the Secular Carmelites in a day of reflection on Sat. June 16th at the St. Mary’s Parish Centre 276 Brock Street from 8:30 am to 3:00 Pm.  Retreat Master is Fr. Dominic Borg, O.C.D. - a biblical scholar and excellent speaker.  Coffee, muffins supplied.  Brown bag lunch.  Good-will offering Registration $2.00. To register, please call Nettie Pawling at 613-547-2685

Father Charles “Chuck” Gazely will retire from active ministry in his fiftieth year of ordination to the ministerial priesthood at the end of June 2007.  A retirement celebration will be held at Holy Family Parish, 200 Weller Ave, Kingston, on Sunday, June 24th, 2007.  A Mass of thanksgiving will take place at 2:00pm, followed by a reception at 3:30 p.m. and a BBQ at 4:00p.m.  All are welcome.

Retrouvaille Weekend, September 14-16, 2007.   Do you feel alone?  Are you frustrated or angry with each other?  Do you argue....or have you just stopped talking to each other?  Does talking about it only make it worse?  Retrouvaille has helped numerous couples experiencing marital difficulty at all levels including disillusionment and deep misery.  For confidential information and/or to register for weekend call 613-545-1988

Algonquin and Lakeshore Catholic District School Board -Wolfe Island Day Camp-Summer 2007-For children ages 5-12- July 2nd-Aug. 10th-Register online at www.alcdsb.on.ca/widc or drop by Loyola Community Learning Centre- 1440 Princess Street.  For more information contact Dan Finn@finn@alcdsb.on.ca or 613-532-3088

                                                     WORLD YOUTH DAY 2008, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA click here
The process of registering for World Youth Day 2008 (July 2008) will be the same as for previous World Youth Days.  All registrations will be coordinated through the Archdiocese of Kingston Youth Office.  If you or someone you know is planning to attend WYD2008 please contact Mary Carr at 613-548-4461. Info about  cost, travel options, organized group, etc. is now available. ANY PARISHIONERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO GO TO WORLD YOUTH DAY IN AUSTRALIA PLEASE CONTACT FATHER SHEA
                                                                   
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.

A man was brought to Mercy Hospital, and went in for coronary surgery.  The operation went well, and as the groggy man regained consciousness, he was reassured by a Sister of Mercy waiting by his bed.  “Mr. Smith,  you are going to be just fine,” the nun said while patting his hand.  “We do have to know, however, how you intend to pay for your stay here.  Are you covered by insurance?”  “No, I’m not,” the man whispered hoarsely.  “Can you pay in cash?”  “I’m, afraid I can’t, Sister.”  “Do you have any close relatives, then?”  “Just my sister n New Mexico.”  replied the man, “but she’s a spinster nun.”  “Nuns are not spinsters, Mr. Smith,” the nun replied.  “They are married to God.”  “Okay,” the man said with a smile, “then bill my brother-in-law.”