The Twenty Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Masses this Week
Tuesday, September 27 - St. Vincent de Paul
5:00 p.m. + The Vaz Family - Antonetta & Bibiano Vaz
+ Rosemarie Bevan - Terry Sudden
+ Nelson Couto - Filomena Couto
+ Gilles Mercier - Francine & Emilien Chabot
Wednesday, September 28
8:00 a.m. + Lisa Marie Duarte - Unice Duarte
Thursday, September 29 - Sts. Michael, Gabriel, Raphael
5:00 p.m. + Maria A. Pinheiro - Lidioma de Vargas
Friday, September 30 - St. Jerome
8:00 a.m. + Gilles Mercier – Anna Mercier
Saturday, October 1
5:00 p.m. - Sung Mass
+ Vicente Moniz & Eduarda Melo - Goretti Moniz
+ Manuel Resendes - The Family
+ José Mendoca - Wife & Family
+ Rosemarie Bevan - The Resurrection Choir
+ Marie Dwyer - Charmaine & Willie
Sunday, October 2 – 27th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
8:00 a.m. - Said Mass at the Altar of Our Lady
9:00 & 11:00 a.m. - Sung Mass
This Week In Our Parish
Monday, September 26
7:30 p.m. - Knights of Columbus Meeting (Parish Hall)
Tuesday, September 27
5:30 p.m. - Holy Spirit Prayer Community (Church)
7:00 p.m. - Finance Council Meeting (2nd Flr. Conf. Room)
Friday, September 30
8:30 a.m. - Adoration (Benediction 9:30 a.m.)
Saturday, October 1
4 - 4:30 p.m. – Confessions (Church)
Sunday, October 2
10:00 a.m. - Coffee Social (Parish Hall)
7:00 p.m. - Euchre (Parish Hall)
Preparing For Next Week
Habakkuk 1: 2 - 3, 2: 2 - 4; Psalm 95;
2 Timothy 1: 6 - 8, 13 - 14 ; Luke 17: 5 - 10
Offertory
Envelope Contributions Last Week
Loose Collection
Total Collection – Thank you
$3,616.00
$ 647.00
$4,263.00
Liturgical Ministers - October 1 & 2
5:00 p.m.
Greeters
Lectors L1
L2
Communion
G. Mercier
Vol. Needed
J. Kelly
A. Kelly
B. Seguin
W. Koluk
9:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
P. O’Donnell
Vol. Needed
A. Koopmans
B. Koopmans
J. Streppel
B. Sousa
R. France
H. France
R. St. Cartier
J. St. Cartier
H. France
R. France
If you are visiting today,
St. Patrick’s Parish welcomes you.
Coffee Social
All are welcome to join us. We invite you to stay after the
9 a.m. mass on Sunday, October 2nd for our coffee social
in the Parish Hall. This is an ideal time to come together to
renew existing friendships and to form new ones. A special
invitation is extended to new parishioners who would like to
get better acquainted with St. Patrick’s Parish community.
Sacrament of Confirmation
Parent Information Meeting
This meeting will take place at St. Patrick’s Parish on Thursday, October 6th from 7 – 8 pm for students of our four
parish schools who are expecting to receive the Sacrament of
Confirmation during this academic year. The student and at
least one parent must attend. At this meeting, the process
for the Sacrament of Confirmation will be outlined and registration forms will be distributed and explained. Please note
that the meeting takes place in the church. No food or
drinks please.
St. Patrick’s Supper & Movie Night
‘A Conclusion to the Year of Mercy’
Date:
Time:
Place:
Saturday, October 8
6:00 p.m.
Parish Hall
A light supper will follow the 5 p.m. Mass. The movie, “The
Devil & Daniel Webster,” will begin at 6:45 p.m.
Farmer Jabez Stone (James Craig), about to lose his
land, agrees to sell his soul to the devil (Walter Huston),
known as Mr. Scratch. Mr. Scratch gives Jabez seven years to
enjoy the fruits of his sale before he collects. Over that time,
Jabez pays off his debts and helps many neighboring farmers,
then becomes an advocate for the upstanding Senator Daniel
Webster (Edward Arnold). When Jabez's contract with Mr.
Scratch concludes, he desperately turns to Webster to represent him in a trial for his soul. Please plan to be with us.
Thanksgiving Day Mass
The Eucharist, the sacrament of our salvation accomplished
by Christ on the cross, is also a sacrifice of praise in thanksgiving for the work of creation. In the Eucharistic sacrifice
the whole of creation loved by God is presented to the Father through the death and the Resurrection of Christ.
Through Christ the Church can offer the sacrifice of praise
and thanksgiving for all that God has made good, beautiful and
just in creation and in humanity (CCC 1359).
A Thanksgiving Day Mass will be celebrated in the
church at 10:00 a.m. on Thanksgiving Day, Monday, October 10th - a reception will follow in the parish hall. All are
welcome to attend.
September 25, 2016
Saint Vincent de Paul Collection
SVDP’s special quarterly collection takes place on the
weekend of October 8th and 9th at the conclusion of all
Masses. SVDP offering envelopes will be available in the
pews and in the narthex of the church. Envelopes should
be placed in the baskets at the doors after mass and not in
the regular collection basket. Anyone wanting a tax receipt
for their donation to the SVDP Quarterly Collection
should be sure to write their name and address on the envelope. The members of the SVDP would like to thank
everyone for their continued and generous support.
Christmas Shoebox
Campaign
The Christmas Shoebox Campaign for
CFFC will begin on the weekend of
October 8 & 9. The members of the
CWL invite parishioners to fill and
decorate a Christmas Shoebox that will be shipped to a third
world country in November of this year. Empty shoeboxes,
which may be filled with clothing, toiletries, school supplies,
craft materials or snacks, will be available for pick up in the
narthex .
Please wrap the lid and base of the shoebox separately and attach a tag to indicating the age and gender of the
child for whom the shoebox has been. Financial donations
may be given by cheque only and made payable to Canadian
Food for Children. If you have any questions, contact Ann Osmar 519-267-2035. Boxes should be returned no later than
Sunday, October 30th. Thank you.
Hearing The Call To A Vocation
To Serve the Church?
Pray for those who are called to ‘run the race’ as priests, sisters, deacons, or brothers. If you feel God’s call to the
priesthood
or
consecrated
life,
visit
www.HamiltonVocations.com
Diocesan Prayer Calendar
Mon. Sept 26
Rev. Peter Caughlin
Tues., Sept 27
Most Rev. Douglas Crosby, O.M.I., D.D.
Wed., Sept 28
Pallottine Fathers (S.A.C.)
Thurs., Sept 29
Rev. Fernando Pinto, C.S.Sp.
Fri., Sept 30
Rev. Robert Hetu
Sat., Oct 1
Rev. David Walter
" The ways of the Lord are not easy,
but we were not created for an easy life,
but for great things, for goodness. "
~ Pope Benedict XVI
Marriage
Jesus made marriage a sacrament. The Church knows that
this means that he [ Jesus ] himself will provide the strength
to keep the commitment. The hardness of our hearts (left
unhealed) makes marriage extremely difficult, and perhaps
even impossible, but grace softens hearts and works the necessary miracle. A graced
marriage opens hearts
to a love and joy and
peace of which we are
not capable of on our
own. The unmarried can
know a divine love and
peace and joy, but the
miracle of marriage is
that it enables a love neither merely divine nor merely human.
It enables a love inextricably bound to one unique, unrepeatable human person in Christ - a love that enshrines the infinite,
so to speak, not only in the Other but in the other, a love
that is paradoxically unlimited precisely because it is circumscribed. Taken from:
http://www.catholic.com/magazine/articles/ameditation-on-a-mature-marriage
Retrouvaille Weekend
Retrouvaille (pronounced retro-vi with a long i)
is a French word meaning rediscovery. The
Retrouvaille programme is designed couples
with marital problems including those who are
considering marriage separation and those who
are already separated or divorced. The main
emphasis of the programme is on communication
in marriage and provides the couple with the
opportunity to rediscover each other in a new and positive
way. For confidential information about, or to register for
the programme beginning with a weekend on November 3,
2 0 1 6 , p lea s e c a l l 9 0 5 -6 6 4 -5 2 1 2 o r e m a il:
[email protected] or visit the web site at
www.retrouvaille.org.