Statue of Mary (Please leave in the entrance after the Mass you attend - for the next family)
                    The week of Nov. 25th prayers will be offered in the home of Donna Soja.
                    The week of Dec. 3rd   prayers will be offered in the home of the MacDougall Family.


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.

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.

Bible Study resumes on Tuesday November 28st, 7:30 pm in St. Joseph’s room. Chapter 10&11



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.

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.

Are you, or someone you know, experiencing the trauma of a Separation and/or Divorce?  Where do you turn for help?  Come to the New Life Group Meeting: a Catholic Ministry for the Separated and Divorced on alternate Tuesday evenings.  Next meeting: November 28,’ Preparing for the Holidays: New Traditions’, Group Facilitated.  7:30 to 9:30 p.m.  at the Diocesan Centre, 390 Place Road.  All welcome!

Advent Lessons & Carols - This choral tradition will be led by Newman House on Saturday, December 2, at 7:30 p.m. in St. Mary’s Cathedral.  The coming of the Messiah is marked by readings from Sacred Scripture, popular Advent carols and candles.  Avoid the commercial Christmas crush, and get Advent off to a good start!

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

“The Wonder of it All” - a retreat day with reflections, prayer and art activities to help you celebrate the faith meaning of Christmas.  Sat. Dec. 2nd, 10:30 to 4:30 p.m. at Providence Motherhouse, 1200 Princess. Cost $30.  Artists and non artists welcome.  Call Sr. Kay Morrell at 613-544-4525 ext. 175 to register.

Attention Seniors!  The Entertainment to Seniors Committee of the St. Joseph’s Pastoral Council invites you to a Christmas Tea on Thursday, December 7th from 1:00-3:00 p.m. at St. Joseph’s Church, 392 Palace Road, in the Parish Hall.  Come and enjoy a friendly conversation, entertainment and refreshments.  A free-will offering would be appreciated.

Because of Christmas falling this year on a Monday, Advent is only three weeks long.  Let us begin our preparation for Christmas by gathering on Friday, December 8th at 7:30p.m.to celebrate the feast of The Immaculate Conception of Our Lady.  The annual celebration of our diocesan feast day will take place at St. Mary’s Cathedral.  Let us come together to pray for our own needs, the needs of the diocese and for those of the entire world.

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. .  Dec 18: Contraception, why not?

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.

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 fund raising 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 
                                              
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



Regi’s drama group presented a play in which one character would stand on a trap door and announce, “I descend into hell!”  A stagehand below would then pull a rope, the trapdoor would spring, and the actor would drop from view.  The play was well received.  When the actor playing the part became ill, another actor who was quite overweight took his place.  When the new actor announced, “I descend into hell!” the stagehand pulled the rope, and the actor began his plunge, but became hopelessly stuck, No amount of tugging on the rope could make him descend.  One student in the balcony jumped up and yelled: “Hallelujah! Hell is full!”