Special celebrations this week: Sat. Mar. 15, 1:00 pm - confessions
                                                    Sun. Mar. 16, 3:00 pm - Holy Hour

Lenten Devotions:
-Every Friday at 7:00pm Stations of the Cross followed by Mass
-Sacrament of Anointing Holy Hour, Sunday, March 16, 3:00 pm
-Confessions: Saturday, March 15, 1:00 pm
             Monday, March 17, 7:00 pm
             Wednesday, March 19, 7:00 pm

Surprise! Surprise! This is the weekend we set our clocks ahead one hour.  With Daylight Savings Time starting almost a month earlier than usual we have to move the time of Easter Vigil Mass on Saturday, March 22, to 7:30pm.

Ping Pong Holy Name Parish has been approached about having a weekly night of ping pong/ table tennis.  It would be a same night each week. It would be great fun.  We need to find out how many would participate, so, if you are interested please call the Parish office.  All ages welcome.

Special Gratitude to Sonny and Chantal Hatton for organizing a wonderful “Thinkfast” last weekend for our Youth Group.  Also thank-you to our teenegers who participated in the 24 hour fast. It was great!

Lay Faith Development Committee Holy Name is looking for a representative to serve on the Lay Faith Development Committee which meets once every two months at the Diocesan Centre.  The representative acts as a link between our Parish and the Archdiocese, and other parishes within it.  Meetings typically consist of an information component about upcoming events like World Youth Day and the Eucharistic Congress, and a round table sharing of the various faith-based activities each parish is currently offering.  For further information about this committee, please go to:  http://www.romancatholic.kingston.on.ca and click on Lay Faith.  If you are interested in serving on this committee please contact Father Shea.

News From the Mission Committee: Dr. Karen Yeates is going back to Tanzania in April.  She wants to take children’s shoes, clothes, etc. (plus items like blankets) for families there.  You can help by bringing these items to the Fish Fry.

Requests from the Fatima Centre. If you receive any requests or mail from Father Gruner/ The Fatima Centre/Fatima Crusader,  DO NOT SUPPORT THEM.

SILENT AUCTION- Due to bad weather the C.W.L.  Silent Auction was postponed to a later date.

Annual Parish Fish Fry, Friday, March 28 at Rideau Acres.  Proceeds to help our Parish African projects.  Tickets will be available at Mass.

Ladies Night is Saturday, May 10. The meeting for men to organize it will be on Thursday, March 27th at 7:30 pm in St. Joseph’s Room.

Parish Blood Donor Clinic sponsored by the Knights of Columbus, May 6, 2008: 9:00 - 12:00 am & 1:00 -7:00pm.  Please sign up at the back of the church and help Holy Name Parish give the gift of life.


Thank you to all who continue to bring food items every weekend for the St. Vincent de Paul Society.  They report 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”.)

The 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 Mother’s Night- Tuesday, March 11 at 7:30 pm at 721 Progress Ave, Unit 1. The facilitator will be Heather Johnston and the topic is: “Remembering Your Loved One” For more information call (613) 634-1230

ATTENTION SENIORS On Thursday, March 13, 2008 from 1:00-3:00pm., the “Entertainment to Seniors Committee” of the St. Joseph’s Parish Council, St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, will provide an afternoon of Irish entertainment in the Parish Hall.  All seniors welcome.  Refreshments will be provided.

THE ABRAMS BROTHERS will be featured at the 8th annual Neeje Association for Women and Family fund-raising dinner and silent auction. It will take place at Rideau Acres (Cunningham Road off Highway #15) on April 19th, 2008 at 6:00 pm.  Tickets can be purchased for $30.00 each at Renaissance Music. Thank you for your support!  (Neeje is a Catholic organization inspired by Opus Dei) .

Diocesan Retreat for Separated and/ or Divorced at Providence Spirituality Centre, Friday evening, May 2 and Saturday, May 3, 2008.  The retreat facilitated by Fr. Mac Burke will be a time of reflection, rest and spiritual nourishment.  Please register by April 11, 2008.  For further info contact the Family Ministry Office, (613) 548-4744 or email: family@romancatholic.kingston.on.ca

Women’s Health Natural Family Planning teaches women to be aware of her body’s natural fertile signs.  You can plan a pregnancy or avoid a pregnancy with no pills or gadgets, using only God’s own natural design.  Come and find out more by attending a Billings Ovulation Method clinic at St. Paul the Apostle Church, held from 7-9 pm on the third Monday of every month.  For more information call
613-544-8495. Www.naturalfamilyplanning.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.

Statue of Mary (Please leave in the entrance after the Mass you attend - for the next family)
        The week of March 9th prayers will be offered in the MacDougall Home
        The Week of March 16th prayers will be offered in the home of Madeline and Paul Halladay


              After church one Sunday morning, a mother commented, “The choir was awful this morning.”
              The father commented, “The sermon was too long.”
              Their 7-year-old daughter added, “You’ve got to admit it was a pretty good show for a dollar.”