Palm Sunday
Holy Week is the most sacred time of the church year.
It highlights the peak moments of Christ’s love for us,
gives us an opportunity to look at our lives and accept responsibility
for our sins
Stewardship Report:
Your generous support of Holy Name of Jesus Church Ministry last
weekend resulted in:
Regular - $ 1,876.00
St. Vincent de Paul - $ 20.00
Easter Flowers - $295.00
Share Lent - $675.00
Window Donations - $175.00 – In memory of Tony Roosenmaallen
Funerals, Baptisms and weddings - $200.00
Thank you for your generosity.
A Huge Thank You to
Pittsburgh Community Benefit Fund Board Members
Holy Name of Jesus Parish will receive a grant of $25,000 over two
years to help pay for our Stained Glass window restorations. We have
now raised $65,172.02 towards the $80,834.55 project.
Catholic
Women’s League News:
The next general meeting will be on Wednesday, April 4th at 7 pm in St.
Joseph’s Room. Joanne Douglas and Debra Lefebvre will speak
about
their trip to Africa. There will be a 50/50 draw with proceeds going to
Buy-A-Net.
Volunteers Needed!
- If you would be interested in leading a parish youth group, or
coordinating hospitality after 10:30 Mass please call Christine at the
parish office.
Pilgrimage to Our Lady of
the Cape Shrine –
June 4,5,6, 2012. For information call Margaret at 613-354-5490.
The National Catholic
Mission 2012,
“Three Troubling Questions,” will be broadcast on
VISION TV
on Monday, April 2 and Tuesday, April 3 at 6 pm and repeated at 10 pm.
It will feature Father John Heagle, Sister Barbara Leonhard O.F.S.,
James McGill and Father Pat Fitzpatrick – all of whom will
deal
with questions that trouble us all.
Pilgrimage to our Lady of
the Cape, St. Anne de Beaupre & St. Joseph’s Oratory
July 27-30.
Please call Anne 613-384-5377.
Seven Last Words
– Good
Friday, April 6th from 12 noon to 2 pm at St.
Mary’s
Cathedral. The students of Newman House will be leading the Seven Last
Words devotion -readings, meditations and music which prayerfully
recall the seven times that Jesus speaks from the Cross. Father Raymond
de Souza will preach the meditations on the theme, “Cardinal
Newman and the Cross”, using the prayers and writings of
Blessed
John Henry Newman.
Jeff Kennedy Classic: 7th Annual Charity Golf Tournament will be held
on August 11th at the Colonnade Golf and Country
Club. All
proceeds will be donated to UHKF (University Hospitals Kingston
Foundation) for education/research on stomach/ esophageal cancer in
memory of Jeff Kennedy. Please see the church bulletin board for
registration forms.
Good Friday Collection
for the Holy Land:
We come together this year in 2012 as brothers and sisters with regard
to the Christians and the works of the Holy Land. We feel and know that
Jerusalem is our home and our family. MY HOME IS WITHIN YOU (Psalm 87,
7). The psalmist reminds us of our ties to the Church of Jerusalem,
mother of all the churches of the world. The Church in the Holy Land
appeals for solidarity. The Pontifical Good Friday Collection remains a
special opportunity to respond accordingly. By our prayer and a
concrete gesture of support, our community can ensure a significant
contribution for the faithful and to charitable and social works, as
well as to the care of the Holy Sites and the training of future
priests. By lending our support to the Church and the works of the Holy
Land we are looking after ourselves and our own spiritual heritage. We
allow Christians who are sorely tested to remain steadfast and be
witnesses of reconciliation and peace. We support men and women who
care and provide access to the Holy Sites, the living memory of Jesus.
After getting all of Pope
Benedict's luggage loaded into the limo, the driver notices the Pope is
still standing on the curb.
'Excuse me, Your Holiness,' says the driver, 'Would you please take
your seat so we can leave?' 'Well, to tell you the truth,' says the
Pope, 'they never let me drive at the Vatican when I was a cardinal,
and I'd really like to drive today.' 'I'm sorry, Your Holiness, but I
cannot let you do that. I'd lose my job! What if something should
happen' protests the driver, wishing he'd never gone to work that
morning. 'Who's going to tell' says the Pope with a smile. Reluctantly,
the driver gets in the back as the Pope climbs in behind the wheel. The
driver quickly regrets his decision when, after exiting the airport,
the Pontiff floors it, accelerating the limo to 205 kms/hr 'Please slow
down, Your Holiness' pleads the worried driver, but the Pope keeps the
pedal to the metal until they hear sirens. 'Oh, dear, I'm
going
to lose my license -- and my job!' moans the driver.
The Pope pulls over and rolls down the window as the officer
approaches, but the officer takes one look at him, goes back to his
motorcycle, and gets on the radio.
'I need to talk to the
Chief,' he says to the dispatcher.
The Chief gets on the
radio and the officer tells him that he's stopped a limo going 205 kph.
'So bust him,' says the Chief.
'I don't think we want to do that, he's really important,' said the
Officer.
The Chief exclaimed, 'All the more reason!'
'No, I mean really important,' said the officer with a bit of
persistence.
The Chief then asked, 'Who do you have there, the mayor?'
Officer: 'Bigger.'
Chief: ' A senator?'
Officer: 'Bigger.'
Chief: 'The Prime Minister?'
Officer: 'Bigger.'
'Well,' said the Chief, 'who is it?'
Officer: 'I think it's God!'
The Chief is even more puzzled and curious, 'What makes you think it's
God?'
Officer: 'His chauffeur is the Pope!'
