Pastor: Fr. Ray Rick
Associate Pastor: Fr. Roy Villas
Office Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9:00am to 2:00pm
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"We are a community of believers growing together, faithful to the teachings of the Catholic Church, rooted in the word of God, prayer and sacraments, strengthening family, elderly and youth--our future--and serving those in need."
SUNDAY MORNING COFFEE AFTER 9:00 AM MASS
EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO COME AND MEET YOUR FELLOW PARISHIONERS AFTER 9:00 AM MASS.
OCTOBER 30TH MICHAEL MARRIN AND PETER CASSIDY
NOVEMBER 6TH MICHAEL MARRIN AND PETER CASSIDY
COFFEE SUNDAY
We need one person to help with the coffee just once a month after the 9 am Mass. Call Ghislaine Laferriere 705-394-5665.
IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION TO PUT IN THE BULLETIN, PLEASE TELEPHONE THE OFFICE OR COME INTO THE OFFICE AND LET US KNOW, NO LATER THAN 12 NOON MONDAY.
October 30, 2016
THIRTY-FIRST SUNDAY
IN ORDINARY TIME
(Liturgical colour GREEN, symbolizing LIFE & HOPE)
ZACCHAEUS “CLIMBED A SYCAMORE TREE TO SEE JESUS…”
PRAYERS FOR THE SICK- We pray to Jesus Christ for all who suffer in our community and especially for: Shirley Bedley, Cathy Benedetto, Ashley Bridges, Lisa Burns, Judy Campbell, Evelyn Catton, Doreen Charlton, Mary Charron, Catherine Chire, Walter Collis, Theresa Crosgrey, Gerdie Doherty, Tom Emmons, Senta Geiser, Arnolda Goodwin, Carol Hamblin, Paul Hitchcock, Ted Ingleson, Regina Lambert, Sarah Lazzara, Esther Levere, Glen Levere, Heather Little, June MacNeil, Louise MacNeil, Luke Manary, Martha Marquarat, Mary McKenzie, Raul Neps, Joan Neveu, Joe Neveu, John O’Byrne, Mike O’Hara, Jack & Laila O’Neill, Fay Pearce, Ann Petersen, Joan Riley, Lou Sabourin, Rene Sabourin, Mary Scanlon, Cole Shelly, Florence Smith, Julia Tilson, Sean Usher, John Van Ekelenburg, Eleanor Wilson, Rob Ziola. Please call the office (645-2294) if you would like your name removed or added to this list.
JOB AVAILABLE FOR A PARISH MAINTENANCE PERSON
The position of Parish Maintenance Person at St. Joseph’s is becoming available by the end of November. This is a part-time position. The successful candidate will have general cleaning and repair skills, will provide a resume with references and will complete the other steps outlined in the job application package which is available from Fr. Rick or the Parish Office. Please return any applications to the Parish office by Monday, November 7th. We are grateful to Hank Wesseling for his service in this role and wish him well in his future endeavours.
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD SHOEBOXES
It’s that time of year again when the power of a simple gift can make a difference in the life of a child far away. Every year, articles are removed from the boxes that are not allowed due to customs regulations or possible damage from leakage or breakage. Please take a brochure home with you on how to pack your shoe box gift. Thank you for your support and generosity; please return your box to the office no later than SUNDAY, November 13TH OTHER WISE YOU WILL MISS THE SHIPPING DATE.
October 30, 2016
UPCOMING PARISH EVENTS
October 30th Parish Brunch
November 8th Catholic Women League after 6 pm Mass
November 13th Holy Hour for Divine Mercy 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
November 14th Parish Council Meeting 2 pm – 4 pm
November 28th Knights of Columbus 7 pm
(PLEASE NOTIFY THE OFFICE AS SOON AS YOU ARE AWARE OF A DATE AND TIME OF AN UPCOMING MEETING IN THE PARISH.)
CRAFT SALE
THERE WILL BE A CRAFT SALE ON NOVEMBER 5TH AND 6TH AFTER WEEKEND MASSES IN THE PARISH HALL. PROCEEDS WILL GO TO THE CHURCH.
CWL ANNUAL CHRISTMAS BAKE SALE
Fund raiser “Bake Sale” after all masses on November 19th and 20th. All CWL and parish members are encouraged to donate baking to the sale. Proceeds are going to the repairs of the church dishwasher.
BRACEBRIDGE OUT OF THE COLD
CHRISTMAS STOCKING ITEM DONATIONS NEEDED:
SEPTEMBER – LIPSOL/BLISTEX/CHAPSTICK, OCTOBER – MEN’S & LADIES DEODRANT, NOVEMBER – TOOTHPASTE & TOOTHBRUSHES, DECEMBER – UNISEX SOCKS/SMALL LOTIONS UNTIL DEC. 16TH THE DROP OFF – KNOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 120 TAYLOR ROAD, OR Bracebridge United Church, 46 Dominion Street, Bracebridge, Ontario QUESTIONS? CALL 705-644-3761
THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
MOVIE MATINEE –FRANCIS OF ASSISI
DIRECTED BY MICHAEL CURTIZ
(THIS) SUNDAY, OCT 30TH AT 2 PM IN THE PARISH HALL (This will attempt to put the Hallowed back in All Hallow’s Eve.)
“Born into the life of privilege, passion and extravagance, Francis of Assisi would become one of the most beloved and revered saints in history. Bradford Dillman delivers a gripping performance as the adventurer who hears the voice of God and answers by abandoning his secular life. Trading his sword for a cross, he rises to glory…only to see his life’s work threatened by a corrupt and jealous hierarchy. Helmed by famed Casablanca director Michael Curtiz, this epic tale of courage and sacrifice will inspire the whole family.”
THE SIGN OF THE CROSS
Taken from Sign of Life by: Scott Hawn
Pope Benedict XVI once wrote: The most basic Christian gesture in prayer is and always will be the Sign of the Cross. This is the most common prayer of Christians and it has been since the founding of the Church. It was their favourite devotion as it required no special knowledge or skill. At the end of the second century, Tertullian (150-240) proclaimed, “In all our travels and movements, in all our coming in and going out, in putting on our shoes at the bath, at the table, in lighting our candles, in lying down, in sitting down, whatever task occupies us, we mark our forehead with the sign of the cross.” The earliest account suggests that Christians traced the cross with their thumb upon their forehead. They also traced it on objects such as food and over sacramental elements: bread, wine. Over the centuries the faithful have developed many ways of doing it. In the Mass today, just before the Gospel we use another form a “small Sign of the Cross” in which we trace with our thumb a cruciform on our forehead, lip and over our heart, saying, “The Lord be in my heart and on my lips and in my mind as I listen to the Gospel proclamation.” In the Western Churches, we bless ourselves with our open right hand, touching out finger tips to the forehead, then the breast bone, then the left shoulder and finally the right shoulder. Christians of the Eastern Churches have their own way of making the sign; their placement of fingers turns the hand into a virtual catechism, they join the thumb, index and middle finger at the fingertips. The three fingers together represent the Trinity in unity. The remaining two finger-pinkies and ring-are pressed together and they symbolize the unity of Jesus human and divine natures (the hypostatic union). There are countless variations on the practice and its interpretation. The following explanation comes from St. Francis de Sales: We raise the hand first to the forehead saying, “IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, to signify the Father is the first person of the most Holy Trinity of whom the Son is begotten and from whom the Holy Spirit proceeds. Then saying, “AND THE SON” the hand is lowered to the breast bone to express that the Son proceeds from the Father, who sent Him down to the womb of the Blessed Virgin. Then the hand is moved from the left shoulder or side to the right, while saying, “AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.” Thereby signifying that the Holy Spirit as the third person of the Holy Trinity, proceeds from the Father and the Son, that He is the love that unites both and that WE, THROUGH HIS GRACE, partake of the fruits of the passion. Accordingly the Sign of the Cross is a brief declaration of our faith in the Trinity, in the passion of Christ and in the incarnation and our redemption. It’s no small thing we do when we make the Sign of the Cross. It should take our breath away. In the New Testament, in the book of Revelation’s, John saw the faithful in heaven, distinguished by this Sign on their foreheads (Rev 14:1, 22:4). As Pope Benedict XVI he added: “Making the Sign of the Cross… means saying a visible and public YES to the One who died and rose for us, to God who in the humility and weakness of His love is the ALMIGHTY stronger than all the power and intelligence in the world.”