December 8, 2007

Saturday	Dec 8	5:30 pm	Rose Poupore-Turner - Church
Sunday	Dec 9	8:45 am 10:30 am	Joe Amarral - Church Parishioners- St Martha School
Monday	Dec 10	9:30 am	Bob Good
Tuesday	Dec 11	7:00 pm	Intentions of Julie Taugher
Wednesday	Dec 12	9:30 am 6:45 pm	Holy Name School Confessions Bill Mayfield
Thursday	Dec 13	8:30 am 7:00 pm	St. Martha School Confessions Margaret Munroe
Friday	Dec 14	10:30 am	Bernice Ray - Fairmount Nsg. Home
Saturday	Dec 15	5:30 pm	Michael & Manuel Jesus - Church
Sunday	Dec 16	8:45 am 10:30 am	Intentions of the Vuk Family- Church Parishioners- St. Martha School

SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT

It takes courage to change those aspects of our lives that do harm to other people. This Sunday John the Baptist calls us to repent. St. Paul encourages us to rely on the promises of justice, righteousness and peace. We are wise to follow this advice so that we will be prepared for Jesus when he comes.

UPCOMING PARISH SOCIAL EVENTS
December 27 - Ice time for Hockey and Family Skating
January 19 - Potluck Supper and Slide Show
February 3 - Pancake Breakfast
March 28 - Fish Fry

PARISH ICE TIME on Thursday, December 27:
-Kid’s Hockey (up to 12 years): Noon at Cook Brothers Arena
-Adult Hockey ( 13 Years and over): 3:30 pm at Kinsmen Ice Pad
-Family Skating (Invite Everbody): 4p.m. at Cataraqui Ice Pad
-SIGN UP AT THE ENTRANCE WAY

“A BIG THANK YOU” from 5 shelters that benefitted from your generous donations of cosmetics and personal hygeine products.

Thank you to all who continue to bring food items every weekend for the St. Vincent de Paul Society. SVP Society reports that our food is not on the shelf very long. Poor families are truly in need. Thank you for helping them. (Matthew 25:35"I was hungry and you fed me”.)

Thank you for praying for our Armed Forces
The following have returned home safely
Serge St. Jacques, Brody Macdonald, Boyd Carter, Mike McBride, Will Graydon, Robert Olivier and Pat Norwood
Please continue to pray for those now serving in foreign lands
M. Engle, M. Batley, Mike Archibald, Steve Mariano and David Hannan
Charles Rae has returned to Afghanistan for another tour
Keep praying for the safe return of all those serving overseas.

CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS:
-School Confessions: Dec. 12 (Holy Name School) and Dec. 13 (St. Martha School)
-Parish Confessions: Dec. 20, 7:00 pm and Dec. 22, 10:00am
-Masses: Dec. 24 - 5:00 p.m., 7:00 p.m. -St. Martha School
Dec. 24 - 9:00 p.m. - Church
Dec. 25 - 10:00am - Church

PLEASE REMEMBER HOLY NAME PARISH WHEN YOU MAKE OUT YOUR WILL.
IT IS A GREAT WAY TO RECOGNIZE THE BLESSINGS THE LORD HAS GIVEN YOU
AND TO ASSIST IN THE CONTINUED BUILDING OF HIS KINGDOM.

Please reserve the evening of Saturday, January 19 to be part of a frun Parish social event. Right after Mass at 6:45 p.m there will be a potluck supper and slide show of past parish events. Many of you are in the pictures. There will be some surprises too. Plan on being there. It will be great food and lots of fun. More details later.

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

Bereaved Families of Ontario will hold their monthly Mother’s Night on Tuesday, December 11th, starting at 7:30 p.m at 721 Progress Avenue. The facilitator will be Heather Johnston and the topic is “Holidays & Grief. Please call 613-634-1230 for more information.

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; Dec. 11. Christmas Reflection and Social. 7:30-9:30 p.m. at the Diocesan Centre, 390 Palace Road.

HOLY FAMILY PARISH will celebrate Advent with Seniors on Wednesday, December 12th- Sacrament of Reconciliation 10:00- 11:00 a.m. followed by Mass of Thanksgiving at 11:00 a.m
A buffet lunch will be served following the Mass in the parish house. All our welcome!

ENTERTAINMENT FOR SENIORS- The St. Joseph’s Pastoral council is sponsoring an afternoon of musical entertainment featuring the local talent of Chris Murphy and Jon McLlurg in the St. Joseph’s parish hall, 392 Palace Road on Thurs. Dec. 13 from 1:00-3:00 p.m Please come and bring a friend. Refreshments will be served; a free-will offering would be appreciated.

Priests’ Benefit Fund Parish Collection:
The Priest’ Benefit Fund collection supports the archdiocesan retirement program which provides elderly and infirm priests with the financial support they have earned after many years of service to us. The Fund currently provides monthly pensions and health benefits for thirty priests at a annual coat of more than $500,000. We thank you for the generosity you’ve shown in the past and we hope you will generously support this year’s collection. Donations to the Fund are tax deductible. Monsignor Raby who was our pastor for years is now one of the retired priests that the priests’ Benefit Fund helps. You can make your donation until December 16th. THANK YOU

WORLD YOUTH DAY 2008, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - 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

You are invited to a very special, spiritual event:
The International Eucharistic Congress in Quebec City, June 15-22.
Catholics from all over the world will be there. So will Pope Benedict.
Check out the website: ww.cei2008.ca

If you are going to the Eucharistic Congress:
1. Register at website
2. Contact Margie Ann McKinnon at the Diocesan Centre to arrange train, accommodations, and details for Kingston group. She will answer all your questions.
3. Inform Parish Office that you are registered.
SO FAR 3 PARISHIONERS HAVE REGISTERED.

ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT IN THE CHAPEL ALL DAY THURSDAY
INTENTIONS: VOCATIONS + SANCTITY OF LIFE + ALL WHO ARE ILL

It is our goal to have at least 2 or 3 adorers or a family for each hour - we are almost there
- but we need one more adorer for each of the following times: 11 am; 2 pm; 3 pm 5 pm; 6 pm & 7 pm.
if you can give an hour to Jesus by covering one of these hours - Please call Shirley - 613-548-3091

Statue of Mary (Please leave in the entrance after the Mass you attend - for the next family).
The week of Dec. 9th prayers will be offered in the home of Barbara Fleet.
The week of Dec. 16th prayers will be offered in the home of Madeline Haladay.

JOKE

In a small southern town there was a “Nativity scene” that showed great skill and talent had gone into creating it.
One small feature bothered me.
The three wise men were wearing firemen’s helmets.
Totally unable to come up with a reason or explanation, I left.
At a “Quik Stop” on the edge of town, I asked the lady behind the counter about the helmets.
She exploded into a rage, yelling at me, “You Yankees never do read the Bible!”
I assured her that I did, but simply couldn’t recall anything about firemen in the Bible.
She jerked her Bible from behind the counter and ruffled through some pages, and finally jabbed her finger at a passage.
Sticking it in my face she said “See, it says right here, ‘The three wise men came from afar.’”

Liturgy Schedule December 15 & 16	READERS	EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS	CHILDREN’S LITURGY
Church
5:30 pm	Mary Jean McIntyre	M. Amodeo & B. Brosso	L. Emerson & F. Carey
8:45 am	Lois Halligan	J. Grodzinski & B. Henderson	S. Gerdis & B. Bouvier
St Martha
10:30 am	Elizabeth Clark	S. & C. Hatton	As Scheduled