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17th SUNDAY in ORDINARY TIME
July 24, 2005
+++++++++++++++ The readings this week challenge us to re-evaluate the true treasures in our life.  Can we do without the reward programmes and points incentives so many companies and stores offer?  Buy more, save more.   What would happen if we were to put away in a box all the useless trinkets and gadgets we have acquired over the years?  We’d forget about them, realizing we never needed them anyway.  In the parables this Sunday, Jesus offers us a way to live simply and wholeheartedly.  He asks us to invest in heaven through prayer and Christian actions, and to  find value in time spent with Him, with each other. We are priceless to our Father in Heaven, so why measure our worth by earthly standards? +++++++++++++++

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 July 24th prayers will be offered in the home Elena Poupore & Family.
                   The week of July 31st prayers will be offered in the home of Katie Ouellette and 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.

THERE IS A PROMISE OF MARRIAGE   between         Jessica Neil             &        James Shore
                                                                                                Patricia Derinoldo    &       A. J.  Ryan

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.

REMEMBER OUR PARISH SUPPORTS “PARTNERS IN MISSION”.  Bring a non-perishable item to Mass next week for the Food Bank.  Volunteers deliver our Parish food donations weekly.  The Food Bank thanks you for your generous donation of $260.00 & 108 bags of food from February through June 2005.

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 NAME PARISH  has four hockey teams in the Church Athletic League.  Registration for next winter is in August  - sign up for Holy Name Hockey.

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS - TENTS FOR RENT - CALL PAT STENSON 544-7108.

ALPHA FOLLOW UP: starting in September the parish will have a follow-up to Alpha every Tuesday evening beginning with a simple meal at 6:15pm. More info later.  Reserve your Tuesdays.

BIRTHRIGHT VOLUNTEERS NEEDED:   Birthright believes that “It is the right of every pregnant woman to give birth & the right of every child to be born”.  Call Karen -542-8321 if you can help.

SENIORS BRIDGE: WEDNESDAY AUGUST 17TH & 31STat 11:00 am in  St. Joseph’s Room.

BAZAAR MEETING - MONDAY AUGUST 15th 7:30 pm - to discuss last year’s Bazaar - do we need to change or can improvements be made - how can we get more parishioners involved - if you were involved last year or wish to be involved this year  - please come to this meeting.  The Bazaar is a Parish event & our largest fund-raiser  - so please get involved.

NEW LIFE GROUP MEETING:  A Catholic Ministry for the Separated and Divorced
meets alternate Tuesdays 7:30 - 9:30pm
Catholic Diocesan Centre, 390 Palace Rd. Tuesday July 26th
Annulments: Demystifying the concepts and procedures.  Speaker: Kay Weerasooriya.
                                                                                                                                                                                          PROVIDENCE SPIRITUALITY CENTRE - 1200 Princess St - 542-8826
Directed Retreat - Fri AUG 5th 4 pm - Fri AUG 12th 1 pm  - Rev Jim Casper, SCJ
Overnight Preached Retreat: The Parables - Fri to Sat SEPT 16 - SEPT 17th

                                                                                                       Rev Thomas Rosica.
PILGRIMAGE TO OUR LADY OF KNOCK SHRINE - MAYO, QUEBEC SUNDAY, AUGUST 14th
see bulletin board for details. more

BUS TRIP TO NOTRE-DAME BASILICA - MONTREAL- THURSDAY, AUGUST 18th.  St Peter & the Vatican - The Legacy of the Popes - an exhibit worth seeing - cost $65. includes, bus, entrance & lunch -Call Pat Gilmartin, Lay Pastoral Assitant-St Mary’s Cathedral -  546-5521

RETROUVAILLE (A Christian Peer Ministry) - Lifeline for Troubled Marriages - call 1--800-470-2230.  Retrouvaille Weekend SEPT. 9-11  register ASAP.  Call above number for further details

PILGRIMAGE TO POLAND - with FATHER JOSEPH MACHAJ - 10 days - SEPT 18  to 26, 2005 - $2490. Call Anna - 1-877-949--5467 - see bulletin board for details.

SPIRITUAL RETREAT IN THE HOLY LAND from Bethlehem to Jerusalem Oct 22 - 31 - $2,619.00 (incl. tax)Airfare from Toronto; transfers to/from airport; Accommodations; all meals; all entrance fees; air-conditioned private motor coach.  Info packages & registration forms in the Parish office.

IRELAND: LAND OF SAINTS & SCHOLARS - Never seen Ireland?  Always wanted to?  Here’s a great opportunity!  St Mary’s Cathedral is presenting a 10-day trip:  Double- $2,979; Single - $3,509; Cancellation/ Insurance - $270. Conducted Tours in Ireland. Departure date is Nov 3rd.  For info & application please call Imelda or Fr Ryan - 546-5521.

ARCHBISHOP MEAGHER INVITES ALL YOUNG PEOPLE (16-35) & their families to celebrate WYD
on Sunday AUGUST 21st from 2:30 pm to dusk on the grounds of  Regi/Notre Dame Catholic High School. Catechesis program, prepared for the Bishops & pilgrims, will be presented between 3pm & 4:30 pm; alternate programming for other age groups; Mass at 5 pm.  Info about registration & an evening concert later.  Admission free, but donations are welcome. Bring a picnic for the evening meal-but hot dogs & drinks will be for sale. For info visit www.romancatholic.kingston.on.ca

VOCATION VIEW: God knows what we want before we ask.
God knows who we are before we discern.
God invites us to pray: to ask and to discern.

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.

RELIGION CAN BE FUNNY

Somebody has said there are only two kinds of people in the world.  There are those who wake up in the morning and say, “Good morning, Lord,” and there are those who wake up in the morning and say, “Good Lord, it’s morning.”