Lectors 4th Sunday in Advent – Dec. 18, 2011  5 pm – Irma Stuart  9 am – Bob Bouvier 10:30 am – Billy Ows

Extraordinary Ministers of the Eucharist 4th  Sunday in Advent – Dec. 18, 2011 5 pm – Mary Mayfield & Basil Brosso 9 am – Brian Reitzel & Odette Denison 10:30 am – Cathy Vanhorn & Mary Lou Murray

Statue of Mary
Please leave in entrance after the Mass you attend. Sign up in entryway of Church

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

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

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.

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!


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.

Thank You!  Holy Name donated $3,922 to the Priests Retirement Fund

Altar Servers Meeting: 4pm on Saturday December 17th at the Church.

Christmas Day Choir: we need volunteers to sing in the 10 am Christmas Choir. Please call Christine in the Parish Office if you can help.

World Youth Day 2013 – Brazil
St. Mark’s Parish (Prescott) has organized a 12 day pilgrimage to Rio and surrounding area from July 20 – July 31, 2013 and is looking for pilgrims from the diocese who may wish to share the experience. Call Tony at 613-925-5133 or email ditone@cogeco.ca.

The Archdiocesan Twinning Committee is selling 2012 calendars in support of initiatives that we undertake as part of our relationship with Kingston Jamaica. The calendar features pictures from groups who have helped with mission projects in Kingston, Jamaica. The calendar can be purchased for $5 or a donation. Cheques payable to Holy Cross Catholic Secondary School.  Order by calling Margie Ann  613-548-4461.  www.romancatholic.kingston.on.ca.

 Bereaved Families of Ontario: Mothers’ Night – An evening for mothers to share the loss of a child of any age, due to any circumstance, with other mothers, in confidence; Tues, December 13 – 6:30 pm at 721 Progress Ave Unit #1.

Pope Benedict: Taking Care of our Environment
“The environment is God’s gift to everyone, and in our use of it we have a responsibility towards the poor, towards the future generations and towards humanity as a whole.... The way humanity treats the environment influences the way it treats itself, and vice versa. This invites contemporary society to a serious review of its life-style, which in many parts of the world, is prone to hedonism and consumerism, regardless of their harmful consequences. What is needed is an effective shift in mentality which can lead to the adoption of new life-styles in which the quest for truth, beauty, goodness and communication with others for the sake of common growth are the factors which determine consumer choices, savings and investments.... The Church has a responsibility towards creation and she must assert this responsibility in the public sphere. In so doing, she must defend earth, water and air as gifts of creation that belong to everyone” (Charity in Truth -48,51)

New Life: The St. Andrew School of Evangelization invites you to this course –to be held in St. Michael the Archangel Parish Centre, Belleville, from 6:30 pm Friday January 13 to  Sunday January 15th, 4 pm. New Life will bring you closer to the resurrected Jesus, where His Word comes alive and burns in your heart. Come enjoy a weekend of faith, friendship and fun. Cost is $80, meals will be provided. Contact Agnes at Sheridan_agnes@yahoo.ca for registration details.

Vocation Discernment Day: Saturday, January 21, 2012 at St. Patrick’s Parish, Napanee. The day will begin at 10:30 am and conclude at 4 pm. (for young men interested in discerning a possible call to the priesthood). If you are interested in attending please see father Wes before January 13th.