Lectors 3rd Sunday in Advent – Dec. 11, 2011  5 pm – Pauline Burns  9 am – Lois Halligan 10:30 am – Susan Faris

Extraordinary Ministers of the Eucharist 3rd  Sunday in Advent – Dec. 11, 2011 5 pm – Madeline Halladay & Mike Stenson 9 am – Bonnie Henderson & Cecile Gould 10:30 am – Pat Stenson & Laura Raycraft

Dec. 24th	5:00  pm 8:00  pm Midnight	St. Martha School Church Church -Polish and English
Dec. 25th	10:00  am 12:00  pm	Church Church – Polish
Dec. 31st	5:00 pm	Church
Jan. 1st	9:00 am 10:30 am 12:00 pm	Church Church Church- Polish

Advent Confessions:
 Fr. Wes will be hearing confessions on Tuesday, Dec. 13 and Wednesday, Dec. 21 at 7 pm in the Church.

St. Joseph	Sunday    Dec. 4	@ 2:00 pm
St. Patrick, Railton	Tuesday   Dec. 13	@ 7:00 pm
Holy Family St. Patrick, Napanee Our Lady of Lourdes	Sunday    Dec. 18 Sunday    Dec. 18 Sunday    Dec. 18	@ 3:00 pm @ 3:00 pm @ 3:30 pm
St. Francois d’Assise	Monday  Dec. 19	@ 7:00 pm
Blessed Sacrament	Tuesday  Dec. 20	@7:00 pm

Donations for Christmas Flowers:  We will be accepting donations towards the purchase of flowers for the Church during the Christmas Season. Make your donation in the memory of a loved one. Donors and those remembered will be published in the Christmas Bulletin. Envelopes will be placed in the pews during the Advent season and you are asked to place them in the collection basket no later than December 18th. 

Volunteers Needed!
- If you would be interested in leading a parish youth group, being a Children’s liturgy leader for our 10:30 Mass or coordinating hospitality after 10:30 Mass please call Christine at the parish office.

Needed: Donations for the Elf Loft and gently used Christmas Decorations for our upcoming Advent Festival on Dec. 11. Leave items in Church entryway.

A Special Thank You: to ‘IN BLOOM’ Flower Shop on Gore Rd. for generously donating flowers for our weekly Masses. Please support them whenever you can!


The correct responses for the New Translation of the Mass can be found in the front of the Celebrate in Songs books found in the pews.

Catholic Women’s League wine and cheese: Wednesday, Dec. 7th at 7 pm in St. Joseph’s Room. Guest Speaker: Rachel Bouvier on her trip to World Youth Day in Madrid.
Please bring a non perishable food item.

($6 for adults, $3 for children under 12 and children under 6 –free!  Please sign up in the entryway so the coordinators know how much food to prepare. There will be an Elf Loft for the children to shop for their families, a bake table, preserves, religious goods and gently used Christmas decorations. You will also be able to purchase tortieres. Enjoy live Christmas Music while you eat and shop! All proceeds will go toward the Stained Glass Window Restoration.

Mission Committee Food Bag Blitz 
This weekend and next, after all Masses you will be able to purchase a bag of food for St. Vincent de Paul at a cost of $5.00. This is an easy and convenient way to help our poor! Any monetary donations will gladly be accepted.

Sponsor a student – The members of the Polish Apostolate are sponsoring one of their students to support her trip to Vancouver for the Christian Catholic Outreach Conference that will be held at the end of December.  If you would like to offer your support you can drop off a donation to the Parish office or drop a clearly marked envelope into the collection at any Mass. If you will need a receipt for the donation there are sponsorship forms in the entryway of the church – just include one with your donation. (Receipts will be issued by Catholic Christian Outreach in January.

Regiopolis-Notre dame Arts Department will be performing Hairspray from Wed. Dec. 14th to Saturday, Dec. 17th at 7 pm with a Saturday Matinee at 2 pm. Tickets $12 –adults, $8 – Students, $6 – children 12 and under. Tickets can be purchased at the school or by calling 613-545-1902.

The Feast of the Immaculate Conception
All are invited to the Archdiocese celebration of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, at St. Mary’s Cathedral, on Thurs., Dec. 8 at 7:30 pm. At this celebration the Archdiocese will recognize the 150 years of ministry of the Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul in our community. A social will follow at Ècole Cathédrale.

Taking Care of our Environment
It isn’t too early to start thinking ahead about Church “Greening” activities. A tree planting ceremony can be a beautiful way to celebrate a baptism to honour the new life of resurrection. If you decide to do a tree planting in your community or at your house, think about planting trees that lose their leaves in winter next to the south side of your building in order to save on heating and cooling costs. In the summer the leaves will provide shade from direct hot sunlight and in the winter the lack of leaves will allow the light to pass through to get that extra bit of heating.

New Life Group:  a Catholic Ministry for the Separated and Divorced will meet on Tuesday Dec . 6 from 7:30 to 9:30 pm at Diocesan Centre. Topic: Preparing/Adjusting to the Holiday Season.