33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time - Nov. 19, 2006
There are two important lessons in today’s gospel. First,
there will be an end of time as we know it and second, that the wise
will be able to read the signs of the end of time because they will be
alert. We should be filled with hope. We can be ready for
Jesus’s return by staying alert. This means that we must
pray and receive the sacraments regularly. We have no need to be afraid
or anxious. Jesus has given us the means through His church to
become close to Him.
Statue of Mary (Please leave in the entrance after the Mass you attend - for the next family)
The week of Nov. 19th prayers will be offered in the home of
Odette Denison.
The week of Nov. 25th prayers will be offered in the home of
Donna Soja.
ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT IN THE CHAPEL ALL DAY THURSDAY
INTENTIONS: VOCATIONS + SANCTITY OF LIFE + ALL WHO ARE ILL
IF YOU CAN GIVE AN HOUR TO JESUS - PLEASE CALL SHIRLEY- 613-548-3091 OR KARLA 613-546-0418
SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL VOLUNTEERS WHO WORKED SO HARD TO MAKE OUR BAZAAR A GREAT SUCCESS
Thank you for your hard work baking pies, selling raffle tickets,
making crafts, setting up, taking care of the tables, serving lunch,
etc. It was a great day!!- FINAL FIGURES WILL COME LATER-Winners
of the Draws: Snowman-Anna Doyle; Nativity Scene: Linda Myers; Book
Cake- Aynslee Payne; Christmas Cakes Small-Bob Wright; Large-Austin
Payne; Main Draw: $100-Maxine Smaglinski; $300-Joel Hunt; $500- Dale
Pietak
Starting in
ADVENT you will be
asked to try to bring food items each week when you come to mass.
The St. Vincent de Paul Society is in constant need for food to give to
poor families. Help us to feed the hungry.
Bible Study resumes on Tuesday November 21st, 7:30 pm in St. Joseph’s room. Review , plus Chapter 9
PARISH TOWN HALL meeting
for feedback, suggestions, criticisms regarding the drawings for the
proposed church in th Greenwood Park part of our Parish. Everyone
is welcome. Monday, November 27, 7pm at St. Martha’s School.
At last months’s
Communion Breakfast
you met parishioners who are helping people in Africa. Karen Yeats and
her husband, Roman, have just returned from Tanzania. They will
return there in February. Karen will be the guest speaker
at the Communion Breakfast on January 21st at Rideau Acres.
Deborah Lefebvre returns to Uganda in December. Please pray that Deborah has a safe trip. .
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.
Thank you for praying for our Armed Forces
The following have returned home from Afghanistan safely
Tyler Kennedy and Darcy Wright
Please continue to pray for those now serving in foreign lands
Brady MacDonald Pat Norwood M. Engle M. Batley Charles Rae
The Natural Family Planning Association - info sessions at
St Paul the Apostle Parish,
3rd Monday of each month, 7-8 pm with opportunity for private
consultation, 8-9pm. To reserve a time call 544-8495. Nov 20: An
all girls’ night for Moms & teens: understanding fertility
from menarche to menopause. Dec 18: Contraception, why not?
ELDER ABUSE meeting at St. Barnaby’s, Brewers Mills on Tuesday, November 21, 7:00 p.m.
St. John Fisher Dinner-Last
chance for tickets -Cardinal Dulles-Avery Cardinal Dulles, one of the
world’s leading theologians, will be Newman House’s
inaugural St. John Fisher Visitor. After 60 years a Jesuit and 50 years
a priest, Cardinal Dulles will visit Queen’s to speak about his
own discovery of faith at university, where he converted as a young
man. He will speak at the St. John Fisher Dinner on Saturday,
Nov. 25th, at Ban Righ Hall, Queen’s University. General
tickets are $35, and $25 for students. For registration please e-mail.
cardinaldulles@newmanhous.ca. Space is limited.
I
am very disappointed to pass on the news that our St. John Fisher
Dinner on November 25th has been cancelled. I received word on Tuesday
that Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J., our St. John Fisher Visitor, had
unexpected heart surgery this past week. He told me that he was feeling
fine, but his doctors have not given him permission to travel until at
least the new year, requiring that he cancel his visit to Queen’s. He
hopes to come another time, but is not able to accept new appointments
until the doctor gives approval. Ever the theologian and faithful
Jesuit, he told me to pass on to everyone his own disappointment, but
to take this occasion to remember that we cannot put our trust in
earthly realities, but only in the supernatural. I, in turn, assured
him of our prayers, and ask that you pray for his quick return to full
strength.
Fr. Raymond de Souza
Justice and Peace Workshop for the Laity in the Auditorium of the
Sisters of Providence Motherhouse
(Heathfield) on Sat. Nov. 25th from 9:30-3:00pm. The main speaker
is Father Paul Hansen, CssR, who will speak on “Discipleship and
the Social Social Gospel”.
A
Service for the Bereaved will
be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 26th at St.
Joseph’s Church. There will be a particular remembrance of
loved ones who have died in the past year. All are welcome, and
you are especially encouraged to attend if you have recently lost a
close friend or member of your family. Light refreshments will
follow in the parish hall.
As part of the
Lay Faith Development Program,
a one-day seminar on Small Christian Communities will be held Dec. 2nd,
from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm at the sisters of Providence Motherhouse
Auditorium,
1200 Princess Street.
Three models on Small Christian Communities will be presented; Alpha,
Christian Life Community, and Ecclesia. The cost is $15 and
includes lunch, refreshments and handouts. Seated is
limited. For more information please call Gorrett DaSilva
(613)548-4461
Would you like to learn more about interpreting the needs of youth, and
empowering young people to participate in the Church and in
Society? Are you interested in helping youth become involved in
Lay Faith Development? The Canadian Certificate in Youth Ministry
Studies (8 courses over 2 years) can help you do all of that and
more. Register now for Course#1 Principles of Youth Ministry on
Feb. 2&3, 2007 in Kingston($100.00 for those who live or work in
the Archdiocese of Kingston). For information contact Mary Carr
or Gorett DaSilva at the
Diocesan Centre 613-548-4461
Bereaved Families of Ontario will hold their Family Night, on Tuesday, November 21st, starting at 7:30 p.m. at
721 Progress Ave.
The facilitator is Judi Burrill and the topic is: “Receiving
Ongoing Support from Others”. All bereaved persons are welcome to
attend. For further information please call (613) 634-1230
Are you missing your High School diploma? Are you employed and
feel that there’s no way you can go back to school? You
need to get REAL- Return, Earn And Learn. If you’re a
mature student, you can use your job to help you graduate.
Contact Loyola Community Learning Centre for more information about the
REAL program -613-217-7006.
“Justice in Ontario: Getting it Right” You are invited to a
Town Hall meeting on justice issues that is being co-hosted by the
Ontario Bar Association, Hastings-Frontenac-Lennox & Addington MPP
Leona Dombrowsky and Prince Edward-Hastings MPP Ernie Parson. To
ensure all the concerns and recommendations are heard participants
should bring three copies of a written submission to accompany any
comments they will be making at the Town Hall Meeting on Nobember 24th
from 1:00-300p.m. at the Ramada Inn Bellevile (located at
11 Bay Bridge Road) RSVP by Nov. 23rd at 1-800-668-8900 ext 348
Partners in Mission Food Bank is pleased to announce: the return of “Singing for Supper” with Tom Jackson,
www.singingforsupper.ca
and “Shout Sister”, www.georgettefry.ca . This
fundraising concert will be held on Tues. Nov. 28th, at the
Sydenham St. United Church from 7-9 p.m. Tickets are $20.00 each,
available at the Grand Theatre box Office,
185 Sydenham St. 613-530-2050 or online
www.grandtheatre-kingston.com
15 Day Spiritual and Reflective Journey to Poland , Czech Republic,
Austria, Hungary, Croatia and Medjugorje leaving from Toronto on
Thursday, April 12- Thursday, April 26, 2007. For more
information and reservation please contact, Pearl Buenafe (416)
532-7644 www.pearlbuenafe@hotmail.com
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-
A friend who is a physician told this story about her four-year-old
daughter. On the way to preschool, the doctor had left her
stethoscope on the car seat, and her little girl picked it up and began
playing with it. Be still, my heart, thought my friend, my
daughter wants to follow in my footsteps! Then the child spoke
into the instrument: “Welcome to McDonald’s. May I
take your order?”
