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Tuesday January 30 8:00am
Louise Anna Barrette (31st Ann.) ~ Jules & Marcella
Marc Quenneville ~ Jay & Michelle Keith Wilkes ~ Nidhal Wilkes
Wednesday January 31 8:00am
Eugene Girard ~ Fred & Yvette Rivest Helmut Hofgartner ~ John & Pauline Levesque William Ingles ~ Robert Labbé
Thursday February 1 8:00 am
Pierre Cecile ~ Mike & Denise Deimling Laura Derdaele ~ Catholic Women’s League A special intention ~ Cathie St. Pierre
Thursday February 1
10:00am
CCHAPELHAPEL ATAT SSEASONSEASONS LLAKESHOREAKESHORE
Irene LeBoeuf ~ Lorette Barrette Mabel Parent ~ Leona Parent Shirley Sampson ~ Joe & Betty Ann Kelly
Friday February 2 9:30am
St. Joseph; those dying & in purgatory ~ parishioners Alphonse Hamelin (10
th Ann.) ~ Susan & family
JoAnne Hussey ~ John & Pauline Levesque
Saturday February 3 9:00am
Holy Souls in Purgatory ~ parishioners Mark Gaughan ~ Mae Tremblay Gord Johnston (7
th Ann.) ~ his wife & children
MASS INTENTIONS EVENTS AT A GLANCE
TUESDAY JANUARY 30
Prayer gathering every Tuesday, 7:15pm
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 31
Youth Group, 3:30pm - 5:00pm, Hall
Executive Meeting, 3rd Degree K of C, 7pm
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 1
Choir practice every Thursday, 7:00pm
Bingo every Thursday, 7:00pm, Hall
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 2
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, 8:15am - 9:15am
SATURDAY & SUNDAY FEBRUARY 3 & 4
Rite of Enrollment for First Reconciliation and First Communion, Saturday 4:30pm, Sunday 11:00am
Wedding Anniversary Blessing, All Masses
THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS The K of C needs more members as our population ages. Please consider joining us. For more info, please contact the K of C office and leave a message at 519-728-2828.
Not willing to let go of your marriage?
Many couples continue to struggle in a marriage, but are not
willing to give up on each other. There is hope.
Retrouvaille is a program designed to help struggling marriages regain their health. It helps a husband and a wife rediscover or re-awaken the love, trust and commitment that originally brought them together. The program is highly successful in saving hurting marriages, even bringing reconciliation to couples who have already separated or divorced. Retrouvaille is a peer ministry of volunteer couples that can help you learn the tools of healthy communication, build intimacy and heal, just as they have done in their own marriages. For more information about an upcoming Retrouvaille Weekend program February 16-18 contact the reg is t ra t ion team: Debbie or Darcy at 1 -800 -705 -6356, [email protected] or visit our website: SaveOurMarriage.ca
LIFT JESUS HIGHER RALLY The theme of this year’s rally is “Fire on the Earth” (Luke 12:49). The rally will take place on Saturday, March 3
rd from 9:00 am - 5:30 pm in
the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, 255 Front St. W., Toronto. Inspired talks by Ralph Martin, Sr. Ann Shields and keynote guest speaker Patti Mansfield. The adult high Mass (with Sunday readings) will be celebrated by His Eminence Cardinal Thomas Collins. There will be a separate youth event (13-18 years) with great music, dynamic talks and inspirational skits. The youth Mass (with Sunday readings) will be celebrated Bishop Scott McCaig. Tickets are $25 for adults, $15 for youth.
For information visit: www.lift-jesus-higher-rally.ca
or email [email protected]
EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT We encourage you to come spend time in prayer
and adoration each month during Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and prayers of Divine Mercy, which take place on the first Friday of each month, from 8:15am until 9:15am.
This month: Friday, February 2nd
The 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time September 6, 2015
SSTT. S. S IMONIMON & S& STT. J. JUDEUDE PPARISHARISH WWWEEKENDEEKENDEEKEND MMMASSASSASS SSSCHEDULECHEDULECHEDULE
Saturday 4:30 pmSaturday 4:30 pmSaturday 4:30 pm Sunday 9:00 am & 11:00 amSunday 9:00 am & 11:00 amSunday 9:00 am & 11:00 am
WWWEEKDAYEEKDAYEEKDAY MMMORNINGORNINGORNING MASSESMASSESMASSES Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday --- Thursday 8:00 amThursday 8:00 amThursday 8:00 am
Friday 9:30 am & Saturday 9:00 amFriday 9:30 am & Saturday 9:00 amFriday 9:30 am & Saturday 9:00 am
RRRECONCILIATIONECONCILIATIONECONCILIATION Saturday 9:30 am Saturday 9:30 am Saturday 9:30 am --- 10:30 a10:30 a10:30 am
INFORMATION ON THE SACRAMENTS
BAPTISMS Please call the office to register and make an appointment with our Pastoral Minister - Sue Hofgartner ANOINTING OF THE SICK This is primarily a sacrament of physical healing and spiritual strengthening. The sacrament is administered to those facing serious surgery or illness. If you desire this sacrament please call Fr. Antony. We offer a communal Anointing Service in the spring and fall. MARRIAGE Couples desiring to marry please call the office and contact Fr. Antony. Arrangements must be made at least nine months prior to the wedding.
FROM OUR PASTOR, FR. ANTONY
My Dearest Parishioners in Jesus Christ,
In last Sunday’s reflection we saw that Jesus is God’s goodness and love in person and action. In today’s Gospel, St. Mark shows Jesus as God’s goodness in action. Jesus heals a possessed person, a demoniac. We are too modern to believe in miraculous healings. We consider ourselves to be scientifically so enlightened and
theologically so emancipated that it goes altogether against the grain to believe in demons, and it gives us intellectual itching even to imagine that human beings could be possessed by the devil!
1. Should we, even if we can, believe in the healing power of Jesus?
2. Should we, even if we can, believe in demoniac possession and consequently in exorcism?
Hearing today’s Gospel, we are tempted to think: “This is a clear instance where the Bible stands in need of demythologization. Can the Catholic Church expect modern and post-modern man, come of age, to accept her teachings on the devil?
OOOFFICEFFICEFFICE HHHOURSOURSOURS Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday ––– Friday 9 am Friday 9 am Friday 9 am --- 3 pm 3 pm 3 pm Closed between 12 pm & 1 pmClosed between 12 pm & 1 pmClosed between 12 pm & 1 pm 488 St. Charles St P.O. Box 130 488 St. Charles St P.O. Box 130 488 St. Charles St P.O. Box 130 Belle River ON NOR 1A0 Belle River ON NOR 1A0 Belle River ON NOR 1A0 PhonePhonePhone 519.728.3381 519.728.3381 519.728.3381 Fax Fax Fax 519.728.1772519.728.1772519.728.1772 [email protected]@[email protected] www.stssimonjude.dol.cawww.stssimonjude.dol.cawww.stssimonjude.dol.ca
MISSION STATEMENT ST. SIMON & ST. JUDE IS A VIBRANT, LIFE-GIVING, CHRIST-CENTERED PARISH COMMUNITY THAT IS GENEROUSLY AVAILABLE AND CHALLENGING IN THE TRUEST SENSE OF THE GOSPEL MESSAGE.
4th Sunday of Ordinary Time January 28, 2018
PASTORAL ADMINISTRATION
ADMINISTRATOR
Rev. Antony Kolenchery ext. 33
PASTOR EMERITUS
Rev. Dan Morand
PERMANENT DEACON
Deacon Don Hamelin
PASTORAL MINISTER
Sue Hofgartner ext. 26
PASTORAL MINISTER,
COORDINATOR OF YOUTH MINISTRY
Marguerite Hewer ext. 29
PARISH STAFF Administrative Secretary Angela Dufault
Maternity Leave Temporary Administrative Secretary Melanie Brissette [email protected] ext. 0
Financial Secretary Debbie Baldi
[email protected] ext. 32
Office Assistant Nancy Dyck
Music Ministry Linda Bellaire
Organist Lorna Cameron-Price
Custodian Wayne Walsh
Housekeeper Andrea Gabrieau
Hall Manager Dennis Bowering
[email protected] 519.728.1652
Cemetery Manager Joe Lanoue
[email protected] 519.728.2064
continued...
FROM FR. ANTONY, continued However difficult it may be for us to believe in such things, the answer is clear as crystal. If we are Christians, we should believe in them. Our greatest difficulty in believing in them is our fear that in doing so we may become superstitious. This fear is in turn caused by our lack of a real working faith in the resurrection of Christ. For our faith in the healing power of Jesus ultimately is a logical consequence of our faith in the resurrection of Christ. Jesus by rising from the dead conquered all forms of evil by defeating all agents of evil. The name that describes Satan is evildoer, because he is the personification of evil. And Jesus is called the Holy One, the Saviour. Whenever Jesus saves us, it is always from the evil one. Do evils exist? Do they influence human beings and does their influence enslave them? Consequently, can there be genuine cases of deliverance from the devil? Let us listen to Pope Paul VI: “What are the greatest needs of the Church today? Do not let our answer surprise you as being over-simple or even superstitious and unreal: one of the greatest needs is defence from that evil which is called the devil.” It is contrary to the teaching of the Bible and the Church to refuse to recognize the existence of such a reality… The question of the devil and the influence he can exert on individual persons as well as on communities, whole societies or events, is a very important part of Catholic doctrine, which is given little attention today. Let us pray: Holy Spirit, grant me the grace of discernment to recognize the devil and his clever tricks, Amen.
With kindest regards, Fr. Antony Kolenchery
Diocesan Ministers Prayer CalendarDiocesan Ministers Prayer Calendar
44ththSunday in Ordinary TimeSunday in Ordinary Time
January 28 ~ Rev. Sebastin Pakiyanathan, C.R.
January 29 ~ Deacon John Vallely
January 30 ~ Rev. Franklin Mizzi, C.S.B.
January 31 ~ Memorial of St. John Bosco
Rev. Henry Cassano
February 1 ~ Rev. Christopher Bourdeau
February 2 ~ Feast of the Presentation of the Lord
Rev. Tom Ashton
February 3 ~ Mrs. Maija Wilson, Campus Minister
FROM OUR PASTORAL MINISTER, COORDINATOR OF YOUTH MINISTRY
Just the Way You Are
There's an old fable about a water-bearer who had two large
clay pots. Each hung on the end of a pole carried across his
shoulders. One pot had a crack in it while the other delivered a
full portion of water at the end of the walk from the stream. The
perfect pot was proud of its accomplishment, perfect to the end
for which it was made. But the poor cracked pot was ashamed
of its imperfection, miserable that it could only accomplish or
deliver half of what it used to.
The compassionate water-bearer tried to cheer the cracked
pot. He said, “Tomorrow, enjoy the lovely flowers along the
path.” The flowers cheered the cracked pot somewhat, but at
the end of the trail he was sad again to think it only delivered
half its load.
The water-bearer said: “Did you notice the flowers are only on
your side of the path? That's because I have always known
about your flaw, but I did not replace you. Instead, I planted
flower seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we
walked back, you've watered them. For two years I’ve been
able to pick beautiful flowers to decorate my master's table.
Without you being just the way you are, he would not have this
beauty to grace his house.”
Each of us has unique gifts and flaws. But if we allow it, the
Lord will use us to grace His Father's table. In God's great
economy, nothing goes to waste. So as we seek ways to
minister together, and build up our parish, as God calls us each
to the tasks He has appointed for us, let's not be afraid of our
imperfections. Let us not say we are too young, or too old, or
not good enough… But offer what we can and allow God to use
us for His purpose, so that we can be the cause of beauty in His
pathway. It might surprise us what we are capable of. We can
go out boldly, knowing that in our weakness, we find His
strength, and that in Jesus, great things beyond our imagining
are possible to God's glory. May you be richly blessed, dear
St. Simon and St. Jude family. ~Marguerite
REMEMBER IN PRAYER
PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED LOVED ONES, PARISHIONERS AND FRIENDS, ESPECIALLY ANGELA MARIE REMILLARD.
MAY THEY REST IN PEACE AND MAY THE LORD SEND COMFORT AND CONSOLATION TO THEIR FAMILIES.
PRAY FOR ALL WHO ARE SICK DIANE REAUME KIM O’NEIL LISA BOND LUCILLE TELLIER MADELEINE DUPUIS ALICIA DAVEY JIM LIGHT SHAELYN POISSON MARI SCHROEDER DIANE LAUZON
CLAIRE RUGGABER A.J. LALIBERTE LOUANNE HAMELIN DONALD POISSON LINDA LEE CASSIDY LUCILLE ROY MADALAYNA DUCHARME STEPHEN ILIJANICH SR. RICHARD HARGREAVES RENE TELLIER
THERESA BEAULIEU MAY DUROCHER CARMEL LETTENBICHLER JACKIE BARRETTE MOJESKE MIKE LANOUE ROSELLA PINSONNEAULT RICHARD GAUTHIER DONNA MAE HARDING PAUL MASSE
PLEASE INFORM THE OFFICE TO HAVE SOMEONE’S NAME ADDED OR REMOVED
CCATHOLICATHOLIC WWOMENOMEN’’SS LLEAGUEEAGUE
Friendship Luncheon: Monday, February 5th
(General Meeting) – 12:30pm at the Parish
Hall. Bring a lunch, bring a guest. Following the
meeting we will make valentines for the residents of
LaChaumiere. Join us on Friday, February 9th, for
Rosary at 9:00am, followed by Mass. We will then
distribute the valentines and chocolates.
World Day of Prayer: Friday, March 2nd. More
details to follow.
TRAVELLING VOCATIONS CHALICE ~ JANUARY 27 & 28
4:30 pm: Volunteer needed
9:00 am: Pam Trepanier
11:00 am: Sean & Laura Ryan and family
WEEKLY OFFERTORY COLLECTIONS JANUARY 21, 2018
REGULAR OFFERING REGULAR OFFERTORY - DIRECT DEPOSIT LOONIE & TOONIE INITIAL OFFERING RESTORATION CAMPAIGN RESTORATION - DIRECT DEPOSIT ST. VINCENT DE PAUL ST. VINCENT DE PAUL-DIRECT DEPOSIT TOTAL DEPOSIT:
Your continuing generosity i s great l y appreciated!
4,652.85 1,795.00
259.50 40.00 75.00
861.66 200.00 295.00
$8,179.01
SOUP AND STATIONS OF THE CROSS The parish planning for the Liturgical
seasons and events occurs well before the
celebration and it is hard to believe but in a
few weeks we will begin the season of
Lent. Ash Wednesday this year begins on
February 14th. For the past two years we have
included as part of our Lenten observance, the
opportunity to pray the Stations of the Cross as a
community. Once again we will provide you with
this opportunity. We begin this prayerful
experience each Wednesday following Ash
Wednesday, with a simple meatless soup dinner in the
parish hall, followed by praying the
Stations of the Cross in the Church.
Each week a different group, or
groups, in the parish hosts this event.
This year we thought it would be a wonderful
opportunity to have one week as an open invitation to
any parishioner willing to provide a meatless soup
ready to serve in a pot or crock pot on Wednesday
March 7th.
The details are as follows:
Wednesday March 7, 2018
Provide a meatless soup, hot and ready to serve in
a pot or crock pot.
Arrive at the parish hall at 5:30 pm. Soup is
served at 6:00 pm.
If you would like to donate a pot of soup please
contact Sue Hofgartner at the parish 519-728-3381
ext. #26 or via email at [email protected].
Many thanks for your consideration.
CONFIRMATION
Parents of Grade 7 Youth – The dates are now in place
for our Confirmation Program this Sept. 2018. For your
planning purposes, the Dates and Information
Packages are available at the Church entrance, at the
Parish Office, or online on our Parish website:
www.stssimonjude.dol.ca under the heading “Sacraments”.
“SAVE THE DATE”: For a Parents’ Confirmation Information
Meeting on Wednesday, September 19th, 2018 at 7:00 pm in the
Parish Hall. We look forward to our Journey of Faith with our
Grade 8s and their families this September!
Marie Rose Place 318 RANDOLPH ST., WINDSOR
(519) 253-1383, [email protected]
Please pre-register at least a week ahead of time by phone or e-mail. Thanks!
Monday, February 5, 1 – 4pm Movie – “The Yellow Brick Road : The Wizard of Oz as a Parable” A parable is capable of many levels of meaning; we will consider the Wizard of Oz as a parable of our journey along the spiritual path. Come and enjoy this classic movie once again, this time from a different perspective! Facilitators: Joe Quinn csb and Janine Rocheleau snjm Suggested offering: $10 includes snacks
St. Simon & St. Jude Parish
SSHROVEHROVE TTUESDAYUESDAY DDINNERINNER TUESDAY FEBRUARY 13TH FROM 5PM - 7PM IN THE PARISH HALL
Includes pancakes , sausage, coffee, ju ice & var ious AMAZING kid fr iendly toppings ! ! !
Donations will be forwarded to needy families. Please contact the office to confirm your attendance.
Donations over $20 will be issued a tax receipt at year end.
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