Celebration of Masses, Devotions and Reconciliation

71 Estelle Street, Sault Ste. Marie, ON P6C 2C3

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie

St. GreGory’S ChurCh

Parish Priest:

Father Eric Pannike

Parish Secretary:

Anna Temporao

Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

Year A

Sunday, November 19th, 2017

Parish Mission Statement

“We, the people of St. Gregory’s Community, rooted in Gospel values and gifted by the Spirit,

are committed to proclaim and build the kingdom of God”.

Weekend Masses: Saturday: 5:00 p.m. Sunday: 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.

Weekday Masses: Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday & Friday at 9:30 a.m.

The Rosary: Recited 1/2 hour before each weekday Mass

Reconciliation: Confessions are heard every Saturday from

4:15 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. or by appointment.

OFFICE HOURS: Tuesday to Friday: 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Telephone: 705-949-8883 / Fax: 705-949-4604 / Pastor’s Cell: 705-542-7745

Financial Report, Mass Intentions, CWL News, Oremus, , CWL Bake Sate, Trivia question

Community Events, Up and Coming Events Calendar

E-mail: gregoryssm@shaw.ca / Website: www.stgregoryssm.com

Top Stories:

Parish Vision Statement

“To journey together with Jesus”

St. Gregory’s Parish News

Monday, November 20—No Scheduled Liturgy

Tuesday, November 21—7:00 p.m.

Bruno Garcea—wife Maria & children

Luigi Caruso—Caruso Aunts & Uncles & families

Wednesday, November 22—9:30 a.m.

Intentions of Parishioners

*Thursday, November 23—2:00pm

Finnish Rest Home Parishioners Welcome

Friday, November 24—9:30 a.m.

Intentions of Parishioners

Saturday, November 25—5:00 p.m.

Domenico, Margherita & Luciano Porco—family

Maria & Pasquale Sdao—daughter Louise & family

Denis Fleury—Patricia & Jim Michaud

Mark Anthony Caputo—grandfather, Antonio Caputo

Fernando Gomes—wife Olimpia & family

Silvino Di Renzo—wife, Assunta & sons, Anthony,

Paulo and family

Sunday, November 26—9:00 a.m.

Intentions of Parishioners

Sunday, November 26—11:00 a.m.

Camillo & Maria Zorzi—daughter Bertilla Zambusi

Luigi Plastino—sister, Antonia Guglietta

Deceased Torchia family members—Mario &

Carmella Berardelli

Mario Sicoly —Gilda Sicoly & family

Yolanda Caruso—Husband Mike & children

For all Deceased Brunetti & Spadafora family

Mass Intentions—November 20—November 26, 2017

Thank you for your generosity!

Week of November 20—November 26

Monday 1 Maccabees1.10-15,41-43,54-57,62-64

/Luke 18.35-43

Tuesday 2 Maccabees 6.18-31/Luke 19.1-10

Wednesday 2 Maccabees 7.1,20-31/Luke 19.11-28

Thursday 1 Maccabees 2.15-29/Luke 19.41-44

Friday 1 Macc 4.36-37,52-59/Luke 19.45-48

Saturday 1 Maccabees 6.1-13/ Luke 20.27-40

1st READING Ezekiel 34.11-12,15-17

2nd READING 1 Corinthians 15.20-26,28

GOSPEL Matthew 25.31-46

Thirty-Fourth Sunday In Ordinary Time

Sunday, November 12, 2017 $2,586.50

Weekly Average

Pre-Authorized $437.00

Bishop’s Annual Appeal $10.00

Evangelization of Nations $10.00

Total Income $3,043.50

Trivia Question of the Week

Finance Report

Weekday Mass Change

Due to the small number of people attending weekday Mass, we have been

celebrating Mass Wednesday, Thursday & Friday in the

office boardroom. Please now enter through the Church doors.

Tuesday Mass will now be celebrated in the Church Tuesday at 7:00 pm.

The plate in which the host is placed

on is known as what?

Every bulletin will have a new Trivia question to test your knowledge with some interesting facts. Answers will be found in next weeks bulletin.

Last week question- It is the time of the year when Catholics

wait for the coming of Jesus. What is it?

Answer: Advent Season .This is the time for

preparation for Christmas. The color for this season

is violet.

Previous and Present bulletins can be found on our website at

www.stgregoryssm.com

St. Gregory’s Parish News

Catholic Women’s League News

Bake & Craft Sale The CWL Annual “Bake and Craft Sale” will be held on

Saturday, November 25th from 1:00 to 6:00PM and also before and

after the masses on Sunday, November 26th in the Parish Hall.

Come early on Saturday for the best selection. CWL members and

parishioners wishing to donate baking to this worthy fundraiser can

come to the Parish Hall by noon on Friday, November 24th or on

Saturday, November 25th before 11:00AM.

The Craft Group will have wool for sale at $2.00 a

bag or donation.

This fundraiser benefits the Parish and other

worthy causes.

We hope you will support this event!

Membership fees

The 2018 membership fees ($22.00) are now due and must be paid by December 31, 2017.

If paid by December 31, your name will be entered into a draw

for a free membership. Please include your payment (cheque pay-

able to St. Gregory’s CWL) or cash in an envelope with your

name, address and telephone number. Please put your

payment in the collection basket on Sunday.

Congratulations Olivia Beverly Parr who was baptized in our

Parish on November 5th, 2017. May her parents and

godparents be examples of faith to

“Poverty Sunday” November 26, 2017

In response to Pope Francis’s call ‘to be a

poor church and a church for the poor’, we

dedicate the last Sunday of every month

for the poor. All parishioners are invited

to bring non perishable food to be

collected and distributed to our local food

bank or the Soup Kitchen.

Parish Pastoral Council Meeting

St. Gregory’s Boardroom 7:00 PM Wednesday November 29th.

Eucharistic Adoration Ministry of Sault Ste. Marie –

Adoration Chapel located at Our Lady of

Good Counsel Church

The Chapel is open from 6:00 a.m. until Midnight. Any-one can drop in for a visit during that time; however, we do need adorers committed to a weekly visit for an hour.

We urgently require an Adorer for the hours of:

Monday 9am-10am; 3pm-4pm; 10pm-11pm; Tuesday 12pm—1pm; Wednesday 8am-9am; Thursday 8am-9am; 9am-10am; Friday 9am-10am; 1pm-2pm; 9pm-10pm Saturday 9pm-10pm; 10pm-11pm;

Sunday 5pm-6pm; 6pm-7pm; 7pm-8pm;

Please call one of the following coordinators of the Chapel if you would like to come to the Chapel to experience the peace and

tranquility of spending one hour weekly with Jesus:

Susanne Quinn-Perron 450-7732, Angela Rasaiah 949-2208;

Raffaela Medaglia 206-3968.

St. Gregory’s Parish News

Youth Ministry in Sault Ste. Marie. The following programs are open to all young people in the city:

Students in Grade 6,7,and 8: all students in this age range regardless of school or parish are invited to take part in EDGE-a Catholic Youth Night, every Thursday at 7:00pm at St. Jerome's Church (26 Carmel Road). Every evening is full of games, Catholic teachings, socials and food! Young Adults age 18-25: All Young Adults aged 18-25 are invited to take part in Elevate– our Catholic Young Adults Group that meets every

Friday at 6:30 pm at St. Jerome’s Church. There is a free home-cooked meal, followed by fellowship, talks or socials. Everyone Welcome– Bring a friend!

Can you help? We are in need of someone who is willing to become a Lector Co-coordinator.

Your duties will include making the schedule for Lectors. Please call Danny Schaer at 705-253-3488 if you can help.

JOY-Full Socks was launched in 2011 by Leslie Cassidy-Amadio.

She is launching this campaign again in hopes of once again helping

those in need. It is very easy to be involved. You can purchase a

pair of socks; men’s, women’s or children’s and fill them with age

and gender appropriate grooming articles. Grooming

products may include soap, shampoo, cream rinse, toothpaste,

toothbrush, floss, hand lotion, combs, hair brushes or razors. Just to mention a few items.

You can donate in many ways: purchase and fill socks, donate socks unfilled or donate grooming products.

There are so many ways to be involved and each and every way will make a difference.

The filled socks and other donations are presented to seven different charities, including the Soup

Kitchen. Last year, thanks the generous donations, we were able to help over 300 individuals in need

at Christmas time, many of them were children.

Please contact Leslie (705) 779-2836 for any additional

information or to pick up your donation, by December 4th, 2017.

In response to the Rohingya persecution in Myanmar, the Canadian Catholic Organization for

Development and Peace-Caritas Canada is working with Caritas Bangladesh to support a food distribution

program along the border with Myanmar. Development and Peace is also assisting Bangladesh with food

and other emergency relief, given the enormous strain that the refugee crisis is

having on their own country’s very limited resources.

Until 28 November 2017 the Government of Canada will match all donations

made to Development and Peace or any other eligible Canadian charity. If you

wish to make a financial contribution to the Myanmar Crisis Relief Fund, we

invite you to consult the following website for instructions on how to

Proceed: https://www.devp.org/en/emergencies/bangladesh. Thank you!

+Marcel Damphousse , Bishop of Sault Ste. Marie

Natale Aiello, Chrismas in Aiello Friday December 1st 2017

Dinner and Dance starting 5:30pm, $35.00 a person

The meal will include a wonderful selection of traditional Calabrese Christmas favorites! Contact the Marconi Cultural Center for information 705-942-5556

St. Gregory’s Parish News St. Gregory’s Parish News

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!! Hello to those who are looking for a way to serve the community.

St. Vincent’s Place Thrift Store is looking for volunteers to help out with tagging, sorting and racking the new arrivals in clothing. Help is needed on Tuesdays & Thursdays 11:00am to 3:00pm. If you are interested

in helping out, please call Elizabeth Failes, the Thrift Store Manager, at 905-541-9478. Proceeds from the

Thrift Store support the operation of the St. Vincent Place Men’s Shelter, Food Bank and Soup Kitchen."

St. Gregory's Senior Citizen Non-Profit Homes of

Sault Ste Marie

In the beginning, after a survey had been completed in the west end of the city by the city planning department to assess housing needs it was apparent that senior citizens wanted a senior complex built in the area in which they lived. Seniors indicated they wanted to stay in their own neighbourhood. In 1985, Gerry

Duffy from the City Planning Division approached St. Gregory's Parish Council & then pastor Father Bill

Strachan to ask if we would be the sponsoring body for a 25 unit senior citizen complex to be built in our area. No money would be required from the parish or the

diocese. The monies to build the complex would be funded by the federal & provincial governments. Parish Council took time to discuss our involvement and to become better informed. Information regarding this

project was presented to our parishioners who supported the project. We said yes to the project and the opportunity to provide affordable housing to seniors. As a parish community we accepted the responsi-

bility to form a board of directors from our parish community to manage the affairs of the complex. This would be our ongoing responsibility to fulfill our part of the contract. The former St. Joseph School property was donated by the Separate School Board for $1.00. The property was valued at that time to be $100,000.

Canada Mortgage & Housing Corp. guaranteed a $1.! million loan for construction, which lasted 6 months, and pledged a $3.1 million subsidy over 35 years to allow rents to remain below market average.

August 31, 1985 - Sod Turning Ceremony took place. Sept. 20, 1986 - Official Opening Ceremony took place. It is a beautiful complex with 24 one bedroom units and one 2 bedroom unit. Five units are fair market rent

and the others are geared to income. Two of the units are suitable for people with handicaps. There is a center court with dividers between the patio doors of the units to offer privacy. We are the first housing

project undertaken by Catholic-related organizations in Sault Ste Marie. We were the first such complex in Sault Ste Marie for the west end. Bishop Bernard Pappin of the diocese of Sault Ste Marie was

present at the opening ceremony and blessed the complex. Our mortgage will be paid in the year 2022. The mortgage was taken for 35 years.

The Corporation (members of St Gregory's Parish) have been for 31 years providing governance for this complex. In 5 years the mortgage will be paid. We need to continue to have members in good standing

from our parish volunteer to serve on the board in order to fulfill our part of the contract.

St Gregory's Senior Citizen Homes

The Board of Director's wish to thank all who attended our 31st Annual General Meeting. A

special thank you to Jill Hewgill and Patti Harnden for their past service as directors on our Board.

Your contribution has been invaluable. We welcome David Amadio as our newly elected director

to the board and look forward to having him as part of our team. The present Board of Directors

were acclaimed as follows: Shirley Kindred, Mary Guzzo, Vicky Bellerive, Carmelina Spry

and Cathy D'Addario. Copies of the AGM are available at the back of the church.

Oremus is a faith formation program that will teach you the essentials of a fruitful prayer life.

Weekly sessions include mass at 7:00pm followed by a short video with group discussion.

For more information contact Deacon Rob Thibodeau Cell 705-975-2893

Next meeting will be Week 4– November 21st.

St. Gregory’s Parish News

Pilgrimage to Poland - Journey into the Mercy of God April 28 - May 14, 2018

Organized by Stan and Maria Dear Pilgrims,

I am pleased to invite you to join us on our pilgrimage to Poland this April 28 until May 14, 2018. What a wonderful op-portunity this will be to journey together in faith.

We will pray and celebrate the Eucharist as we explore the wonders of the key Polish Shrines: Niepokalanow (St/. Maxi-milian Kolbe), Vilinus (original Divine Mercy Image), Lichen (Our Lady of Sorrows), Plock (where Jesus appeared to St.

Faustina), Czestochowa (Black Madonna), Lagiewniki (Divine Mercy Shrine and St. John Paul II Centre Krakow),Kalwaria Zebrzydowska (Weeping Madonna),Wadowice (Birthplace of St. John Paul II and a Museum

dedicated to him), Zakopane (where St. John Paul II skied and where a Church dedicated to Our Lady of Fatima was erected in gratitude by St. John Paul II for Our Lady

saving his life).

There will also be many opportunities to taste many Polish delicacies foods as all meals are included in the price.

Our pilgrimage will be a great blend of spiritual experiences and cultural richness.

Flyer is on Bulletin Board at the back of the Church. Blessings, Stan and Maria

Message of Gratitude Words alone cannot begin to express my heartfelt feelings of

GRATITUDE towards the faithful of St. Gregory’s Church.

Your ongoing prayers, love & support throughout my journey to

the Diaconate and as I begin my

ministry are humbly appreciated. A special thank you to all

those parishioners who participated in making the ordination

mass a beautiful gift for the Glory of God. Blessings to

Anastasia Pasiak-Bellini and her music team along with all

those involved in coordinating their efforts and who exemplified

the true nature of the people of St. Gregory’s parish. Space does

not permit me to list the names of the ALL the folks who helped

make this ordination mass a truly memorable time for me

personally and for my family.

Thank You to ALL.

Much gratitude as well to Carmelina Spry and the ladies of the

CWL for their generous support and for their tireless efforts in

preparing the tasty desserts and refreshments for the reception

following the ordination mass. I also wish to acknowledge

our pastor, Fr. Eric Pannike, for his generous support towards

my ministry, his prayers, mentorship and ongoing

encouragement as I begin this journey.

May the Lord continue to bless all with His grace and peace.

Deacon Rob

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