Solemnity - Christ the King

November 22, 2009

 

Prayers and Sympathy…

Of the parish are extended to the family of Brian Van Moorsel whose funeral Mass was celebrated at St. Patrick’s Parish this week. “May his soul, and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God rest in peace, Amen.” May the Van Moorsel family find comfort in God’s love and peace in His faithfulness.

 

Thanks Are in Order…

A special thanks to the following families for donating trees to our cemetery: Adrian & Maria Van Nynatten, Donna Crowley and Arnold & Diny Groenestege.

 

Newly Baptized…

Welcome Emma Nicole Groenestege, daughter of Dan & Stacy who was baptized on November 15th at St. Patrick’s Church, Kinkora.

 

Workshop in Kinkora…

Understanding the Latin Mass Workshop – a small class on the gestures, vestments, and symbols of the Latin Mass will be offered on Friday, November 27th from 11:30 a.m. to  12:30 p.m. (before the Latin Mass). All are welcome.

 

Cemetery Board Meeting… 

There will be a Cemetery Board Meeting on Saturday, Nov. 28th from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. in St. Patrick’s Church sacristy.

Collection

November 15, 2009

Kinkora: Regular envelopes $1,445.00, Building Fund $300.00, Thanksgiving Appeal $85.00 and loose $72.05.

Mitchell: Regular envelopes $1,296.80, loose $74.31, Building Fund $100.00.

 

Thank you for your very generous support!

 

St. Patrick's Financial Update

October 31, 2009

Income          $81,857.66

Expenses         89,793.52

Deficit         $    7,935.86

 

We are making headway.  Thank you for your generosity.

            St. Patrick’s Finance Committee

 

 

First Penance…

First Penance for grade 2 students in Kinkora will be celebrated at St. Patrick’s Church on Thursday, November 26th at 7:00 p.m.

First Penance for grade 2 students in Mitchell and Dublin  will be celebrated at St. Vincent de Paul Church on Wed., Nov. 25th at 7:00 p.m.

 

Kinkora K of C News…

There will be a BRUNCH following the 10:00 a.m. Mass in Kinkora next Sunday, November 29th. Come and enjoy a delicious breakfast. All are welcome.

 

Euchre Tournament

Friday, November 27th

Kinkora Community Centre

8:00 p.m.

Admission $10.00

~ Age of Majority ~

 

Annual Christmas Dinner…

The Mitchell/Logan Knights of Columbus Annual Christmas Dinner will be held at the Mitchell Golf and Country Club on Saturday, Nov. 28th. All council members, spouses and or friends are invited to attend. Cost is  $20.00 per couple. Contact Tim Ertel  @ 519-348-8991 or Dennis O’Reilly @ 519-345-0221 by Nov. 23rd to reserve a ticket.

 

St. Patrick’s CWL…

November is Membership month. Ladies may pay their $20 membership at the back of the church or by using their offertory envelope. If paying by cheque, please make it payable to “St. Patrick’s Kinkora CWL”

 

St. Vincent de Paul CWL…

Coffee Hour will be held December 6th after the 8:30 a.m. Mass. The Catholic Women's League of St. Vincent de Paul is having their next meeting following Coffee hour on Sunday, December 6th. Please plan to attend and note time and date change.

The Annual Christmas Potluck will be held following the 5:00 Saturday evening Mass on December 12th. Bring a friend and daughters are always welcome.

November is Membership month. Please put the blue membership envelope with your $20 in the offertory basket.

The CWL has lots to offer the women of our Parish so come out to a meeting and discover for yourself. We are a fun and energetic group who work for social justice, peace and development, human rights, and spiritual development. If you are looking for a way to make a difference in your life and the life of others, the CWL can help.

 

Volunteers Needed…

It is the Christmas Kettle time again at The Salvation Army. We need volunteers for outside and inside kettles. They are in one and two hour shifts. If you could spare a couple of hours, please call Mary Struke (Kettle Co-ordinator) at The Salvation Army Stratford Community Church at 519-271-2950. Thanking you in advance.

 

Youth Ministry News…

December 2nd, we are having another high school evening. We will be playing floor hockey in St. Patrick’s School, Dublin beginning at 7:00 p.m. We will move over to St. Patrick’s Church Hall to have a presentation and social around 8:15 p.m. All are invited from all high schools. Pick up will be at 9:30 p.m. at St. Patrick’s Church, Dublin. Thanks for all your support and encouragement to your youth!

Karen Doyle is presently employed by St. James, Seaforth; St. Patrick’s, Dublin; St. Joseph’s, Listowel; Sacred Heart, Wingham and St. Ambrose, Brussels as a youth minister. She is currently working with many young people from the area.

 

That is a Heresy…

Believe me, my dear friends; believe an experience ripened by 30 years in the sacred ministry. l do here affirm that all deceptions, all spiritual deceptions, all miseries, all falls, all faults, and even the most serious wanderings out of the right path, proceed from this single source: a want of constancy in prayer. Live the life of prayer, learn to bring everything to, to change everything, into prayers --- pains and trials, and temptations of all kinds. Pray in the calm, pray in the storm, pray on awakening, pray during the day time, going and coming, pray; tired out and distracted, pray; whatsoever your repugnance may be, pray; pray, that you may learn to pray, “Lord teach us to pray”

“But I cannot pray” That is a heresy. Yes, you can always pray. If you feel disgust --- nay, a horror --- of prayer, pray on, pray in spite of yourself, against yourself. Beg for the courage in prayer which our agonizing Saviour merited for you by His pangs in Gethsemane, and on Calvary. Pray! For prayer is the strength which saves, the courage which perseveres, the mystic bridge cast over the abyss which joins the soul to God.

“And being in an agony, He prayed the longer” [St. Luke, XXII, 43]+

            By Rev. Fr. De Ravignan, S.J.

 

Weekday Masses

St. Patrick’s, Kinkora (K) and St. Vincent de Paul, Mitchell (M)

 

Monday, Nov. 23                         St. Clement 1; St. Columbanus

Daniel 1:1-6, 8-20                        9:00 a.m. Mass (K)        Thanksgiving to St. Therese - parishioner     

Luke 21:1-4

 

Tuesday, Nov. 24                        Memorial - St. Andrew Dung-Lac and his companions

Daniel 2:3, 9, 10, 27,31-45          9:00 a.m. Mass (M)   Int. of Louis & Theresa von Euw - M/M Charlie Gaffney

Luke 21:5-11

 

Wednesday, Nov. 25                  St. Catherine of Alexandria

Dn 5:1-6,13-14,16-17,23-28        10:00 a.m. Mass at Hillside Nursing Home   + Kay O’Rourke - M/M Casey 

Luke 21:12-19                              Confessions 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. (K)                                              Van Bakel

                                                      7:00 p.m. Sacrament of First Penance (M) grade 2 students

 

Thursday, Nov. 26                     8:00 - 9:00 a.m. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament (M)

Daniel 6:11-28                             9:00 a.m. Mass (M)    + Ben Nyland - M/M Henry Freriks    

Luke 21:20-28                              7:00 p.m. Sacrament of First Penance (K) grade 2 students

                                                                                                                                     

Friday, Nov. 27                           8:00 - 9:00 a.m. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament (K)

Daniel 7:2-14                               9:00 a.m. Mass (K)   + Jake & Wilhelmina DeGroot - M/M Jack DeGroot

Luke 21:29-33                              12:30 p.m. Mass (K) - Latin   + Anne, Jim & Bill Mahony - Margaret Meyer                                                                               

Saturday, Nov. 28                      Blessed Virgin Mary

Daniel 7:15-27                             9:00 a.m. Mass (K)   + Jan Goerden - M/M John Van Nynatten  

Luke 21:34-36                              Confessions 4:00 - 4:45 p.m. (M)

Vigil – See Sunday                     5:00 p.m. Mass (M) - Pro populo

                                                     

Sunday, Nov. 29                         First Sunday of Advent (Year C)                

Jeremiah 33:14-16                       8:30 a.m. Mass (M) - Pro populo                               

1 Thessalonians 3:12--4:2         10:00 a.m. Mass (K) - Pro populo

Luke 21:25-28, 34-36                   12:00 noon Mass (K) - Latin        + Sylvester Ryan - parishioner       

                                                      7:00 - 8:30 p.m. Parish Mission (confessions available afterwards)

                                                     

 May we remember in prayer, the priests, deacons, women and men religious and seminarians of  the Diocese of London.
May they be faithful to the charge given them by the Lord, especially remembering:
to Pray for Parish Teams in Huron-Perth Deanery, Fr. Andrzej Kowalczyk, C.S.M.A., Pray for Refugee Ministry, Fr. John Staskevicius, Missionaries of St. Charles (C.S.), Pray for Volunteers and Discalced Carmelite Friars (O.C.D.).

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