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Third Sunday of Advent December 13, 2009
Newly Baptized… Please welcome Maren Marshall, daughter of Kyle & Lindsay who was baptized on December 6, 2009 at St. Patrick’s Church.
Offertory Envelopes… The 2010 offertory envelopes are ready to be picked up at the back of the church. If you currently do not use offertory envelopes but would like to, please call the parish office at 866-747-1012 ext 23 or 24.
Collection December 6, 2009 Kinkora: Regular envelopes $1,765.00, Building Fund $623.00, Thanksgiving Appeal $280.00, loose $40.50 and flowers $45.00. Mitchell: Regular envelopes $1,072.00, loose $36.65, Building Fund $1,250.00. Thank you for your very generous support! Parish Accounting Request… We are quickly approaching the end of 2009. Any parishioner from our four parishes who may have expenses owing to them re: music ministry or decorating supplies etc. is urged to please submit your bill as soon as possible. If they are not paid out by year-end, it prevents the office from preparing an accurate year-end statement. ALSO: Please remember to have any charitable donations to your particular parish paid by Sunday, December 27, 2009 if you wish to have it included on your 2009 tax receipt. St. Patrick’s Cemetery… Please be advised that winter burials will take place in St. Patrick’s Cemetery only if weather and ground conditions permit. For more information, please contact a member of St. Patrick’s Cemetery Board.
Christmas Flowers… Any parishioners wishing to donate money towards flowers for Christmas in memory of a loved one may do so by placing it in an envelope with your name and the name of those to be remembered on the outside. Please place the envelope in the offertory basket.
Christmas Mass Schedule… Christmas Eve: 5:00 p.m. at St. Vincent de Paul; 7:30 p.m. at St. Patrick’s Church. Christmas Day: Midnight Mass (Extraordinary Form, Latin, Missa Cantata) at St. Patrick’s; 8:30 a.m. at St. Vincent de Paul, and 10:00 a.m. at St. Patrick’s Church. New Year’s Eve: 5:00 p.m. at St. Vincent de Paul Church. Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God (New Year’s Day) Holy Day of Obligation: 8:30 a.m. at St. Vincent de Paul and 10:00 a.m. at St. Patrick’s Church.
Christmas offering envelopes – please write the name of your parish, your name and envelope number (if applicable) on the front of the special Christmas envelopes. This will ensure that your donation goes to the correct parish. Thank you.
Mass Schedule at Area Churches… Christmas Eve: 5:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. at St. James, Seaforth; 7:15 p.m. at St. Patrick’s, Dublin. Christmas Day: 10:00 a.m. at St. Patrick’s, Dublin. New Year’s Eve: 5:00 p.m. at St. Patrick’s, Dublin. Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God (New Year’s Day) Holy Day of Obligation: 9:00 a.m. at St. Patrick’s, Dublin and 11:00 a.m. at St. James, Seaforth.
Mass for the Unborn… and their Mothers will be held on Monday, December 28th at St. Peter’s Cathedral Basilica commencing with Rosary at 7:00 p.m. followed by Mass at 7:30 p.m. Bishop Ronald Fabbro will preside. All parishioners are encouraged to attend.
Please Pray for Priests Dear Lord, we pray that the Blessed Mother wrap her mantle around your priests and through her intercession strengthen them for their ministry. We pray, that Mary will guide your priests to follow her own words, “Do whatever He tells you” (Jn 2:5). May your priest have the heart of St. Joseph, Mary’s most chaste spouse. May the Blessed Mother’s own pierced heart, inspire them to embrace all who suffer at the foot of the cross. May your priest be holy, filled with the fire of your love, seeking nothing but your greater glory and the salvation of souls. Amen
Mother Teresa Awards… There are information sheets and nomination forms at the back of each church for the annual Mother Teresa Faith in Action Awards. The Awards will be presented at the Education Week Mass which will be held on Monday, May 3rd, 2010. The Nomination deadline is January 22nd, 2010.
Advent Prayer… Blessed Father, we are an expectant people always rushing to accomplish things, only to experience time slipping through our fingers. We expect things to improve hoping that somehow we will not always put you and our relationship with you on the back burner of our lives. For this reason we pause for a moment in prayer. Be with us during this season of Advent. Help us to come to an appreciation of “Holy waiting.” As once your people long ago waited for their Saviour to be born, help us enter into the spirit of celebrating the growing awareness of your Word in our lives. Let the power of your Word not be buried or forgotten because of the press of our other obligations. Amen.
Sabbath is first and foremost a sanctification of time, a time set apart to recognize and build an intimate relationship with God… That relationship gives life and meaning to everything. Catholic Digest – December 2009
Weekday Masses St. Patrick’s, Kinkora (K) and St. Vincent de Paul, Mitchell (M)
Monday, Dec. 14 No Mass today
Tuesday, Dec. 15
9:00 a.m. Mass (M)
+ Joanne Parent - M/M Gary Duwyn
Wednesday, Dec.
16 10:00 a.m. Mass
Knollcrest Lodge
+ Kay O’Rourke - M/M Henry Freriks
Thursday, Dec.
17
8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament (M) weather permitting
Friday, Dec.
18
8:00 - 9:00 a.m.
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament (K)
Saturday, Dec.
19 9:00 a.m. Mass (K)
+ Elwood Boyd -
St. Patrick’s CWL Vigil – See Sunday 5:00 p.m. Mass (M) + John & Clestia Nicholson by M/M Walter Nicholson
Sunday,
Dec. 20
Fourth Sunday of
Advent Luke 1:39-45 12:00 noon Mass (K) - Latin + Sylvester Ryan - parishioner
May
we remember in prayer, the priests, deacons, women and men religious and
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