Readings for 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time:  1st Reading: Jeremiah 1.4-5, 79-19
                                                                           2nd Reading: 1 Corinthians 12.31-13. 13
                                                                           Gospel: Luke 4.21-30

Parish Council Meeting:  Monday, January 25, 7:00 pm in St. Joseph’s Room.

Haiti Relief: Our Holy Father, Pope Benedict has called on Catholics to join him in prayer for the victims of the earthquake and to show them our solidarity through concrete support. The CCCB and the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace are launching an emergency campaign for Haiti.  This week there will be envelopes in the pews. Please give generously!

Thank you for praying for our armed forces.  Please continue to pray for those now serving in foreign lands: Carl Turenne & David Hannon.

Thank You to all who continue to bring food items every weekend for the St. Vincent DePaul Society. They report that our food is not on the shelf very long.  Poor families are truly in need.

HOLY NAME FAMILY BOWLING: February 7th from 2:30 to 4:30 pm at Garrison Lanes.  Cost is $2 per person or $5 per family.  The signup sheet is in the entryway.


Would you like to deepen your faith? Do you know anyone who needs an awakening of faith? Consider living a spiritual journey of discovering New Life in Christ, along with 60 other people, including a team of lay presenters and 2 priests ( Fr. Richard Whalen & Fr. David Mitchell) on a weekend course entitled New Life ( part of the Saint Andrew School of Evangelization in the Archdiocese), to be held in Belleville at Holy Rosary Parish Centre from 6:30 pm Friday, January 29 until 5:00 pm Sunday, January 31.  Mass will be celebrated on Saturday and Sunday.  Lunch, Dinner and snacks are provided and accommodation can be arranged with host families. Cost: $75.00. Registration forms are available at each church. For more info please contact Steve Dolan (sdolan@sympatico.ca; 613-477-2534) or St, Michael the Archangel Church 613-962-4634.

Snow Day & Laser Tag: Saturday, January 30th from 1 pm to 3 pm at Holy Family School – 114 Wiley St., Kingston. Laser tag for ages 7 & up. (Must bring a pair of dry shoes for laser tag). Other fun and a canteen!  All proceeds going towards the Holy Family Youth Program. Holyfamily.youth@hotmail.com

Autism & Your Faith Community: Join us for a day-long workshop to explore the challenges families of children with autism face and ways our parish communities can serve their spiritual needs.  This workshop is designed for parents, parish workers and others.  Saturday, January 30 at the Diocesan Centre from 10 am to 3:30 pm. Lunch provided.  There is no registration fee, but pre-registration is required by January 27.  For more information or to register contact Theresa Suart, suart@cogeco.ca.  Theresa is an experienced adult education facilitator and mother of a child with autism. She is completing a Diploma in Ministry from St. Francis Xavier University.

Ecumenical Service: Sunday, January 31 at 6:30 pm at the New Salvation Army Citadel Taylor-Kidd Blvd and Centennial Dr.. Speaker: Fr. Leo Byrne. Sponsored by the Kingston Ministerial Association.


Scripture Study: Feb. 18, 7 to 8:30 pm, Feb. 20, 9 am to 12:30 pm, Feb. 25, 7 to 8:30 pm and Feb 27, 9 am to 12:30 pm.  –the study involves an overview of the bible with special focus on the four Gospels. Please bring your own Bible.  Come for one session or all. Please phone Maura at St. Paul the Apostle 613-389-8222 or email stpaulrc@cogeco.ca.  A good will offering will be accepted.

World Day of Prayer, March 5, 2010: Celebrating with the women of Cameroon.   Holy Family Parish invites you to participate with them in the World Day of Prayer 2010. The women of Cameroon have prepared the worship service – “Let Everything That Has Breath Praise God”.  The service will be at Holy Family Church on Friday, March 5 at 2:00 pm. A planning meeting will be held on Friday, Feb. 6 at 2:00 pm. Please call Donna 613-634-0374 to confirm your attendance.

Newman House Dinner with Cardinal William Levada:  the annual “St. John Fisher Dinner” will be held on Sat., March 6 at 7:30 pm at Ban Righ Hall on Queen’s campus.  His Eminence William Cardinal Levada will deliver the Fisher Lecture, entitled; Five Hundred Years after St. John Fisher, Pope Benedict’s Initiatives Regarding the Anglican Communion” Cardinal Levada is Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the most senior Vatican department.  Tickets are $60 each or $550 per table of ten. For tickets contact Stephen 613-876-9700 or email Stephen.kaip@cco.ca.

Statue of Mary ( please leave in the entrance after the Mass you attend – for the next family)
        Please sign up in entryway of church!