Office Location

200-4747 Pleasant Place Windsor, ON N8Y 5B4 Closed Monday Open: Tuesday - Friday 9:00-12:00 and 1:00-4:00

Church Location

834 Raymo Rd. Windsor, ON N8Y 4A6 Phone: 519-945-4133 Fax: 519-997-3128

Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Parish

E-mail: olog@dol.ca Website www.olog.dol.ca

First Sunday of Advent December 2, 2018

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament: Thursdays following 9:00 a.m. mass until 4:00 p.m.

Baptism: First Sunday of the month during mass

Marriage: One year in advance by appointment

Weekend Masses: Saturday: 5:00 p.m.

Sunday: 9:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. Spanish Mass 12:30 p.m.

Pastoral Team

Parish Administrator-Fr. Greg Bonin Parochial Vicar– Fr. David Johnston Deacon- Gary Coyle Deacon- Reg Quesnel Pastoral Minister -Trisha Hickey

Office Administrator - Donna Marcotte

Weekday Masses:

Tuesday—7:00 p.m. Wednesday— 9:30 a.m.

Thursday and Friday—9:00 a.m.

Confessions: Saturday, 11 am-noon

Sunday School at the 11:00 a.m. Mass

Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish Mission Statement

Rooted in the gospel, we are a Christ centered community guided by the Holy Spirit, embracing a future full

of hope, empathy and compassion, reaching out to all, especially the marginalized, seniors and the youth.

From the Pastor’s Pen Dear Parishioners,

This weekend, we welcome Father Matthew Durham CSB. to Our

Lady of Guadalupe in the absence of Father David who is away this

week. Welcome Father Matthew.

Thank you to all who contributed to make Father Dennis’ tree

planting ceremony possible November 14th. It was wonderful to see so

many parishioners and students from Corpus Christi attend. The tree we

planted in his loving memory is a Redbud Forest Pansy with purple flow-

ers and heart shaped leaves. It will be wonderful to see this tree grow in

the coming years.

In the absence of Father David this coming week, there will be a

slight time change in weekday Mass times this week. There will be NO

7:00 p.m. Mass at OLOG on Tuesday. There will be a Mass Wed at 9:30

a.m. and Thursday at 9 a.m. at OLOG. There will be no 9.a.m. Mass Fri-

day at OLOG. Weekday Masses at MPB will be Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.,

Thursday and Friday at 8:30 a.m. There will be no weekday Mass at MPB

on Wednesday. Thank you.

CHRISTMAS FLOWERS/DECORATIONS

If you would like to remember a loved one/friend during the upcoming

Christmas Season and place a Christmas flower or decoration in the

Church in their loving memory kindly place the following information on

a piece of paper and place it in an envelope marked “Christmas Flowers”

and place in the Sunday collection or drop off at the parish office.

PLEASE PRINT THE NAMES OF THE DECEASED CLEARLY.

a) Name of the deceased (in memory of)

b) Name of donor and donors phone number

c) Kindly place your donation in the same envelope.

Please note: All submissions must be in no later that 4:00 p.m. on Fri-

day, December 14th

Next week a complete Confession, Christmas and New Year’s schedule

for our three Parishes will be inserted into the Sunday Bulletin for every-

one’s information.

God Bless,

Father Greg

FROM YOUR FINANCE COMMITTEE November 25, 2018

Sunday Env. $ 4484.25 Loose $ 304.40 SSVP $ 1792.27 Bldg. Fund $ 15855.00 Thanksgiving $ 30.00 World Mission $ 1.00 Giving Tree $ 650.00 Christmas Flowers $ 170.00 Direct Deposit $ 2313.00

TOTAL OFFERTORY: $25,599.92 December Second Collection

The Second Collection for the month of December will go towards the Building Fund for the new hall.

PRAYERS FOR THE SICK Please pray that those in our community who are sick or in any kind of distress, that they may know the comfort and healing of God: Francis Atkinson, Morrie Gallagher, Irene Jones, Lynn Fletcher, Karen Brooks, Murray Barton, Dennis Ferguson Gerard Parent, Catherine Diodati, Evan Prowse, Theresa MacDonald, Giovanna De Parolis, Dale Cloutier, Martin Boutette, Max Gamero, Maria Gamero, Denise Gutierrez, Ron Riopelle, Sherry Davis, Robert Belanger, Diane Squire, Laurie Thomas, Emily Parent, Ronald Girard, Patricia Ryan, Sharron Archibald, Zachary Ghazali and Mike Bessette. When calling in requests for prayers, you must be a direct relative and have permission from that person.

USHERS Next Ushers’ Meeting

Tuesday, December 11th at 7:00 p.m. OLOG Hall

OLOG Seniors Euchre Club Everyone is welcome to join us on Mondays at

1:00 p.m.at the OLOG Hall.

CWL NEWS

CWL memberships are now due for 2019.

Please use the blue envelope. Place in the Sun-

day collection. Include your email address to be notified

of meeting information and upcoming events. If your

dues are paid on or before December 2nd you may be the

lucky lady whose name is pulled at our December 11th

meeting and your $25 dues will be returned to you.

New members are always welcome!

NEXT MEETING: Dec. 11th at 10:00 a.m.

Mass Intentions

Tuesday, Dec. 4 at 5:30 p.m. at Most Precious Blood

Mary Minello………….…………………….The Family

Richard Ladouceur………………….…….Carol Hooper

Rob Freeman………….……………………….D. Lovell

Wednesday, Dec. 5 at 9:30 a.m. at OLOG

For Souls in Purgatory……..

…….Especially Deceased Members of FOSS

Monica Reaume…….....……Tom & Mary Lou O’Brien

William McGuire ……….…….…..Jackie & Roy Keane

Special Intention…………..…….Ted & Mary Kowalski

Pat Bezaire……………………..…….Anne MacDonald

Donald C. Moore………..…….John & Barbara Marsich

Gene Adam……………………...………..Mary Reaume

Thursday, Dec. 6 at 9:00 a.m. at OLOG

Adam Soulliere (1st Ann.)…..……mom, Carol Soulliere

Ray Gelineault……………...…….………..Barb Brazier

Sally Feore………………......Mike & Caroline Soulliere Friday, Dec. 7 at 8:30 a.m. at Most Precious Blood

Jerry Galbraith…………….………..……..Mary Nelson

Oliva Grillo…………..………………..…...Jack Moceri

Judith Wheeler (1st Ann.)………sister, Sandra Durance

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION

Thursdays following 9:00 a.m. Mass

until 4:00 p.m.

Advent is here and the Sunday School

room is filled with Hope, Joy, Love and

Peace. Come and join us as we travel with

Mary and Joseph to the stable in Bethle-

hem to await the birth of Christ, the best Christ-

mas present ever.

Wednesday, December 12th this year is the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

We will honour our patroness at a 7:00 p.m. mass and our Spanish brothers and sisters will join us for that liturgy. In honouring Our Lady of Guadalupe, we pray that she will intercede for us and ask her son Jesus to bestow abundant blessings on our parish and parishioners. Please join us after mass for a reception in the hall.

Despite hardships, look forward to res-urrection and glory …

For most people in our society today, Advent is simply Christ-mas come early. It features fairy lights in the high street, San-ta’s grotto in stores, office parties, pre-Christmas dinners, ex-travagant spending, and general excess. It is most certainly not inhibited by the words of Jesus: “Watch yourselves, or your hearts will be coarsened with debauchery and drunken-ness.”

On the contrary, it would appear to be the season par excel-lence of debauchery and drunkenness. This can mean, for many, that by the time they actually get to Christmas itself, they are fed up with the whole thing and just want it to be over and done and to get back to normal everyday living – and perhaps consider a bit of detox.

It may come as a shock, therefore, to hear the readings from the scriptures that the Church sees fit to proclaim during this season, especially at its beginning. They seem to have no con-nection with the mirth prevalent at this time in the world around us. They are horrific warnings of signs in the sun, moon and stars, of people dying of fear as they await what menaces the world. Whatever possesses the Church to begin Advent with such a chilling message?

This is how the Christian faith works. We believe in a savior who is risen, ascended, glorified; but first he had to be cruci-fied. There can be no resurrection without the crucifixion, no Easter without Lent; and likewise there can be no Christmas without Advent. Jesus does not enlist disciples under false pretences; he teaches us that we cannot journey with him to the joys of heaven unless we first take up our cross and follow him to Calvary. He warns us – on this first day of the Church’s year – that days of agony and menace lie ahead. We cannot skip them and proceed directly to the sweetness of the nativi-ty story, with its jolly shepherds, glittering angels and exotic kings.

Some may object that we have got along well so far without nations in agony or people dying with fear. Why bring up these subjects now? Was Christ perhaps mistaken in what he thought would befall the world? But if we look back through

the course of human history, it consists of little else but na-tions in agony.

The people for whom Luke wrote his Gospel – the Gospel that the Church will be reading throughout this new liturgical year – would have been very familiar with such things themselves. In their own time they knew how the Jewish people had re-belled against the Roman Empire, and how the Roman ar-mies, with great ferocity, had defeated the rebels, occupied Jerusalem and destroyed the Temple. To some, who lived through these events, it seemed as if the world was ending.

Without going through the myriad wars and disasters of an-tiquity and the Middle Ages, we ourselves know of two very bloody world wars in times not distant from our own. Christ never said that if we followed him we would be spared these disasters.

Even those of us who not lived through the cruelty of war in person have suffered disasters on the more ordinary level. We suffer sickness and pain, bereavement and grief, guilt and shame. Even if we have not seen the powers of heaven shak-en, our own composure and way of life have often been shak-en. Many of us have felt that our own world, if not the entire cosmos, was coming to an end.

This, however, is not the end of the story. Christ predicts these disasters, but his message is still one of hope. “Stand erect, hold your heads high, because your liberation is near at hand,” he tells his listening disciples.

The message is for us, too. The crucifixion must come, but it is followed by resurrection and glory, for us as for Christ. Forti-fied by this hope, we may well stay awake, and stand with confidence before the Son of Man.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK—December 9, 2018

Second Sunday in Advent

First Reading: Baruch 5:1-9 Second Reading: Philippians 1:3-6, 8-11

Gospel: Luke 3:1-6

PRAY FOR OUR SERVANTS IN DECEMBER

3rd—Rev. Robert Champagne

4th—Janet Loo, Liturgical Facilitator

5th— Rev. Dwayne Adam

6th—Rev. Robert Weaver

7th—Deacon Lyle Lalonge

8th—Rev. Bernard Pinsonneault, C.S.B.

9th—Colleen Keane, Pastoral Minister

St. Vincent De Paul ~ donations during Advent

December 8/9 PEANUT BUTTER & JAM

December 15/16 CANNED FRUIT

December 22/23 CEREAL

CHRISTMAS FLOWERS

MEMORIAL DONATION

Remember a loved one by donating towards the

poinsettia plants to decorate the Church during the

Christmas Season. Simply put your donation in an

envelope; write your name and the name of your

deceased loved one on it and place in the collection

basket. Please have envelopes in by

December 14th. Thank you!

The Legacy of St. Patrick - Pilgrimage to Ireland September 23 to October 3, 2019

As you enjoy a 10 day tour to the Emerald Isle, you will ex-perience the history, culture and faith of Ireland that came through the missionary efforts of St. Patrick in the 5th century. This pilgrimage includes visits to many histori-cal churches as well as a visit to Knock, where in 1879, Mary appeared to 15 townspeople. In addition to your Irish Guide, as part of this pilgrimage, Fr. David Johnston and Fr. John Pirt will be offering daily Mass.

Cost is $2639 per person (Based on twin) - airfare extra. For further information, contact Cheryl Johnston, 855 St. Clair St., Chatham, ON N7L 0E9 Phone: 519-354-6040 or 1 877 735 5633 ext 6225 Email: cjohnston@selloffvacations.com

Rosary for the Unborn and Respect for All Human Life

Join us at Most Precious Blood Church in prayer for one hour every Friday, 1 pm for the Rosary and Divine Mercy offered for the unborn and respect for all human

life. All are welcome.

The Giving Trees are up until December 2nd with tags added after each Mass.

We also have envelopes for monetary donations which will be used to purchase

gifts for any tags not claimed from the trees. Envelopes may be placed in the collection baskets.

Gifts, WITH TAGS ATTACHED, are placed in front of the altar, NO LATER THAN DECEMBER 9TH.

(Gifts may be placed in gift bags with the tag securely attached to it, or wrapped with the tag on the outside)

Thank you for your generosity.

Mary McEachern and the Giving Tree Committee.

San Juan Diego of Guadalupe

Hispanic Community

invites you to join us for a

Christmas Celebration

Saturday, December 15th

6:30-11:00 p.m.

Dinner, DJ and Door Prizes

at the Our Lady of Guadalupe Hall

Tickets $20/person

Deadline for tickets is December 7th

Please call Yacenia at 226-340-0358

RALLY TIME !!! Public Rosary Rally!

Sunday December 9th, 2018 Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish

3:00pm 4:00pm

Prayer & Action!

All together Again!

Mass for the Deceased in Resurrection Mausoleum, Heavenly Rest Cemetery. Tuesday, December 4, 2018@ 4:30pm For all those grieving the loss of a loved one. Presider: Fr. Chris Bourdeau

2019 Sunday Envelopes

Envelopes are available for pick up at the Church. It

is VERY IMPORTANT to note that many envelope

numbers have changed as this is part of the process

of keeping our parish records updated. Do not use

these new envelopes until 2019. Starting January 1,

2019 we ask that you use only the new envelopes

with your new envelope number in order to ensure

that all of your donations are properly credited to

you. If no envelopes have been assigned to you,

kindly call the office to obtain envelopes.

Thank you.

Handel’s Messiah Sunday, December 9th at 7:30PM

St. Anne’s Church, Tecumseh Concert Description: A WSO Christmas Tradition: Handel’s timeless classic featuring four outstanding soloists and the WSO Chorus in the beautiful St. Anne’s Church in Tecumesh. Celebrate the Holidays with incredible music! Featured Performers: Peter Wiebe, Conductor Simone McIntosh, Soprano Marjorie Maltais, Alto Jean-Philippe Lazure, Tenor Bruce Kotowich, Bass WSO Choru

Tickets are available by calling 519.973.1238 or online at www.windsorsymphony.com