OUR PARISH STAFF AND COMMITTEE LEADERS

Baptism - To have a child Baptized, it is required that you be a registered

parishioner at St. Clement Parish. Choice of Godparents must be prac-

ticing Catholics. If you are a parishioner of another parish, you must get

a letter of permission from your pastor to have your child Baptized here.

Please contact the parish office to arrange for Baptismal preparation.

Confession - Sacrament of Reconciliation - Father is available before

Weekday Masses and Saturdays at 3:15-3:45pm.

Marriage - One year notice and Marriage Preparation course is required.

Funeral - In the event of the death of a loved one, please contact the

parish office or Theresa Carter at 902.463.2209 to make funeral arrange-

ments.

Our Mission Statement

We, the faith community of Saint Clement parish, of the Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth,

established in Dartmouth in 1955 and, truly rooted in the Catholic faith, proclaim our belief in

the message and mission of Jesus Christ.

We are committed to continue the mission of Jesus Christ. We seek to live out this belief as a

community of worship, of shared faith and of service where each member shares with others the

gifts and talents received from God.

We seek to develop and encourage a community of faith open to responding in kind to the abundant love of God and to the needs of our parishioners

and neighbouring community through our

proclamation of the Gospel and giving witness to it through our lives and our participation in the sacraments centering our lives on the

Eucharist.

welcoming of all parishioners, existing and newcomers, with open arms and without

judgment.

reaching out with love and compassion to those in need.

embracement of activities that build and strengthen the present and future foundations of our faith, including evangelization,

education, liturgy, ecumenism and the spiritual, economic and social development of all people.

Next Special Collection / Dec. 10 Fuel/Maintenance and Repair/ Blue Envelope

ARCDIOCESAN COMMUNITY COLLECTION

November 12 and 26

Pre-Authorized Debit (PAD) forms can be found at the back of the church in a wicker basket.

Pastor - Fr. Gerald David Parish Intern - Br. Peter Hanna, FoH Deacon - Rev. Mr. Gordon MacKinnon

Adult & Family Faith Formation - Corinne Casey Parish Secretary - Jackie Fitzgerald Pastoral Council Chair - June Josey Finance Council Chair - Leona Fitzgerald Catholic Women’s League - Glenda Carson Knights of Columbus - Dennis Smith Society of St. Vincent de Paul - John Rowe

Mass Intention Schedule

Tuesday, Nov. 14 - Ljubo Milosevich Ed Mroz Wednesday, Nov. 15 - Ljubo Milosevich Ed Mroz Thursday, Nov. 16 - Ed Mroz Inez LaRamie Friday, Nov. 17 - Ed Mroz Ljubo Milosevich Saturday, Nov. 18 - Ed Mroz Ljubo Milosevich Sunday, Nov 19 - Intentions for all the faithful. *In the event of a funeral, the intention will be rescheduled.

Ordinary Weekly

Revenue

Num-

ber

November 5/17 Average

Sunday Envelopes 131 $ 2,970.00 $22.67

Sunday Loose Collect. $ 282.85

Pre-Authorized Debit

(PAD)

56 $ 1,169.00 $20.88

TOTAL 187 $ 4,421.85 $23.65

2017 Weekly Budget $3,855.00

Over / (Under Budget) $ 566.85

Office Hours: Monday -Thursday 9:30am - 3pm Closed 12-1pm

November 12, 2017

From Father Gerald ….

32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Thirty-Second Sunday of Ordinary Time –Today’s Gospel is the parable of the foolish and wise virgins. It is a parable about the kingdom of heaven and who will enter and who will be left out-side the door wanting entrance. The five wise virgins have oil for their lamps and the five foolish do not. The wise do not share their oil, fearing they will not have enough for themselves, lead-ing us to wonder whether they responded appropriately or not to the foolish virgins. Ultimately, Jesus’ pointing telling the parable is for us to be prepared to enter the kingdom of heaven. Will the Lord know us? Will we know the Lord?

Suffering/ Sickness/ Care-Giving – A big thank you to Susan Duggan for her presentation and discussion this past Thursday. I pray that for those that attended, this was an opportunity which provided some rich reflection on a very important area of concern. May we always be mindful of our brothers and sisters who are sick and suffering, their caregivers, and our response to those who share in a portion of Christ’s Passion.

Understanding the Catholic Funeral Rites – This Thursday, November 16 at 7pm we will have a presentation in the Church on the three parts of the Roman Catholic Funeral Rites. 1) The Wake Service, 2) The Funeral Mass/Service, 3) The Burial. This will hopefully give those attending a better understanding as to why we do what we do surrounding the death of a loved one. Please also consider inviting someone you may know who can truly benefit from this presentation. At the end of the presentations we will have an opportunity for questions. Thank you Brother Peter and Cathy Driscoll-Cainen for your help with this evening.

Practice/Meeting with All Altar Servers – There will be a practice/meeting of the Altar Servers on Saturday, November 18 from 1pm – 2pm. Please plan to attend for a time of review and renewal of what we do and our schedules. Adam Scott has been asked to coordinate practices around the liturgies and Matthew Thompson along with some parents will help organize some of the outside events to keep us connected.

Assembly of the People of God 2017 – Last Friday evening and all day Saturday, the Archbishop hosted a renewal conference for our Archdiocese called Equip the Saints. It was truly a wonder-ful and grace-filled opportunity for the people across our Archdiocese to come together, to pray, reflect, and receive the challenge for the New Evangelization. Archbishop Mancini shared more in depth about the ongoing work for the Pastoral Plan for our parishes and our Archdio-cese. The Archbishop also spoke about the fact that the work on the civil restructuring of our Diocese and work on Corporation Sole has been withdrawn. There will be some restructuring of the Churches in our various regions throughout the Archdiocese from a canonical perspective. More information will be forthcoming as regional discussions take place.

Month of November – During the month of November, it is customary that we remember in each Mass our beloved dead. In each Mass that is celebrated we will have the Book of Remembrance which holds the names of all, whom we have lovingly written in the Book to be remembered. Feel free to add names through the month of November. If possible, plan a visit to the cemetery, to visit the grave of a loved and to pray for all the deceased. There is an indulgence attached to that particular act.

Installation of Kitchen Vents – This past week we have installed the new ventilation system in our kitchen in the Parish Hall. This is great news as now it will allow us to utilize our kitchen for the preparation of meals for Margaret House. This extends the possibilities for the safe use of our kitchen combined with the fact that we had several people take the food handling course.

Processional Candles – A few donors contributed to help us reach the goal of purchasing new processional candles for our Church in Memory of a loved one who died. Thank you to Anne James (In Memory of her mother Rae James) Myrna Hetherington (In Memory of her husband Bill Hetherington), Judy Dompierre (In Memory of her father Allan Naugle), Frank Matthews (In Memory of his wife Lorraine), Betty Rhynold, (In Memory of a loved one ), and the Knights of Co-lumbus (In Memory of Brother Knights who have died).

FAMILY FAITH FORMATION

God, our Father,

In your abundant generosity,

hear our prayer for our loved ones

who have passed away.

In your abundant mercy,

forgive their failings.

In your loving kindness,

bring them safely to their heavenly home,

to forever remain with you,

to rejoice in the glory of your presence,

to find their eternal rest in you.

Our Father …

Hail Mary … Taken from the Living With Christ weekday missal.

WE CELEBRATE THE FEAST OF ST. CLEMENT

PRAYER FOR OUR FAITHFUL DEPARTED

ADVENT WREATH SESSION

CHRISTMAS CARDS FOR SALE

CWL now have available for pur-

chase, religious Christmas cards in

packages of 10 cards for $8.00 per

package or 3 packs for $20.00. They

will be available after Mass beginning this

weekend. You can also purchase them on

weekdays, Mon. to Thurs. through the office

from Corinne Casey. Consider sending a

Christmas card to your loved ones telling

them that you will pray for them, rather than

giving them a material gift.

Advent Wreath Making / Pot-luck:

On November 26, beginning at 5pm with a pot-luck supper, Corinne will host an Advent Wreath making ses-

sion open to all in the parish, where we will be making Advent wreathes for our homes. At the same time we will be viewing a DVD presenta-tion of 25 mini-documentaries (each about 3-4 min long) that take viewers on an entertaining yet informative journey through the Advent season, titled, "The Advent Calendar". Corinne will provide the supplies for the wreaths at a cost of $15.00 per family. Included in the even-ing will be a time of Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament from 6:30 - 7pm. I do need to know by Nov. 15, who will be coming in order to have enough supplies, so if you are interested please email me at corinnecasey57@gmail.com or call the parish office.

Please note that the parish office is

closed Monday, November 13th.

There will be no classes this weekend as it is the Remembrance Day weekend. Classes will resume at the usual time on November 19th.

Throughout the day on Thursday, Novem-ber 23rd, we will celebrate the Feast of our Patron Saint Clement. 9am Mass followed by all day Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. 12 noon Midday Prayer. 3pm Divine Mercy Chaplet with Litany of Mercy. 7pm Evening Prayer concluding with Bene-diction.

Why do golfers wear two pairs of pants? In case they get a hole in one!

The Knights of Columbus invite you to their weekly bingo on Wednesday evenings at 7:30pm

ST. CLEMENT PARISH MEETINGS

C.W.L. - Tuesday, Dec. 5

K.of.C. - Tuesday, Nov. 14

Pastoral Council - Nov. 21

Finance Council - TBA

Soc. of St. Vincent de Paul - Nov12, follow-

ing 10am Mass

Padre Pio Prayer Group - Thursdays after

Mass.

REFUGEE COMMITTEE UPDATE

PLEASE NOTE CHANGE: Fr. Gerald will celebrate Mass at Parkland on the Lakes in the Glasgow Hall Building on Wednesday, Nov. 15th at 1:30pm.

Please note that seating space is limited!

MA PARKLAND

ADORATION TIMES

First Friday of each month. Our next Ad-oration date is Dec. 1st following 9am Mass with Benediction at 11:45am. AND .. our Family Faith Formation Ado-ration. Our next date is Sunday, Nov. 26, at 6:30-7pm.

Our Sunday Hospitality will be host-ed next Sunday by the Society of St. Vincent de Paul.

Fr. Eric Theriault has been by and is asking for our support again this year for his Men-tal Health and Addictions Christmas Gift Program. These gifts will go to patients of the Nova Scotia Hospital, Abbie J. Lane Hospital and East Coast Forensic Hospital. On December 3rd, we will place the usual decorated box at the back of the church to collect NEW donated items for this program. A suggested gift list will be available at the

back of the church also. We thank you in advance for your support.

S HOSPITALITY

EBINGO

Thank you to everyone who has contributed to our archdiocesan collections. We count on your support to maintain and grow pro-grams and services throughout the Archdio-cese of Halifax-Yarmouth. You may have no-ticed a change in 2016 in how collections are taken up in our Archdiocese – as part of an overall restructuring we have reduced our diocesan collections from seven unrelat-ed collections to three collections focusing on a common purpose: Mission, Communi-ty, and Formation. Please prayerfully consider your contribu-tion to this important diocesan collection. Funds received will help us to support one another to equip the saints – all of us! – for the work of ministry.

PRAY WITH US

“THE GOLDEN CIRCLE OF FRIENDS”

TRIBUTE TO BILL McCALLUM St. Paul's Church, 197 Windmill Road, Dart. Wed. Nov. 29th from 7:00-9:00. Admission $2.00

LOONIE TOONIE COFFFEE HOUSE

We have had some wonderful news ! Our refugee family has finally had all their papers approved. Their file is now complete. The visa office

will place a request to the family for their pass-ports. Travel visas will be issued and the visa office will then make travel plans. The family is so happy. We are hoping to hear, in the very near future, that they are on their way to Halifax. Thank you to everyone for your tremendous support. You, the people of St. Clement Parish and St. Andrew Parish, along with our family and friends who donated to this cause made this happen. Thank you !

Gift Giving Program

COMMUNITY COLLECTION STARTS THIS WEEKEND

THE GOLDEN CIRCLE OF FRIENDS IN-VITE YOU TO A SOCIAL ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21ST FOR SOME FELLOW-SHIP, FOOD AND FUN . WE BEGIN WITH

MASS AT 12 NOON. COME SHARE SOME MEMO-RIES WITH FRIENDS. YOU WILL BE GLAD YOU DID! PLEASE RSVP TO MARY at 902-435-1153 OR BAR-BARA at 902-434-6156 AND BE COUNTED IN IN.

Do you like to pray? Come join us. We invite

you to pray the Rosary with us at St.

Clement’s before each weekday Mass.

WEEKEND OF GRACE 2018

“Let us love, not with words, but with deeds” Pope Francis has declared Sunday November 19, 2017 as the first World Day of the Poor. In his mes-sage regarding this day, the Holy Father says "If we truly wish to encounter Christ, we have to touch his body in the suffering bodies of the poor, as a response to the sacramental communion bestowed in the Eucharist." We can all experience being poor at some point in our lives in different ways - materially, spiritually, or through loneliness. And when we share with each other in our poverty, we experience the presence of Christ in His divine mercy. The parish of St. Vincent de Paul, Dartmouth has been named the lead parish for the Archdiocese of Halifax/Yarmouth for this first World Day of the Poor. On Sunday, November 19th the parish will be hosting a Fellowship Meal for people from the community who may be in need of nourishment of the body and soul. We are inviting anyone who would like to share in an afternoon of music, games, conversation and a beautiful meal being offered by the Knights of Columbus to join us in the parish centre. We are especially interested in welcoming seniors, people who live alone, or who may not otherwise have this opportunity for fellowship to join us. If you know anyone who could benefit from an invitation to this event, please see the poster in the lob-by of the parish for invitation cards to hand out, or encourage guests to RSVP to (902) 435-2500 exten-sion 6 or by email to svdpworlddayofthepoor@gmail.com Children welcome!

REFORMATION 500

From Conflict to Communion This fall Catholics and Lutherans in Canada are holding joint services to commemorate the 500th anni-versary of the reformation as well as 50 years of Lutheran-Catholic dialogue. Bishop Michael Pryse, the Lutheran bishop of the Eastern Synod of ELCIC will co-preside with local Catholic bishops at services in Toronto, Kitchener, Ottawa, Sudbury, Lunenburg and Montreal. These services of common prayer prepared by the Liturgical Task Force of the Lutheran-Catholic Commission on Unity mark a very spe-cial moment in our journey from conflict to communion. They offer an opportunity to look back in thanksgiving and confession, and to look ahead, committing ourselves to common witness and contin-uing our journey. All are welcome to take part in the service of common prayer that will take place in Lunenburg on Sun-day, November 19 at 2:30 pm at Zion Lutheran Church with Lutheran Bishop Pryse and our Archbishop Mancini co-presiding. The pastors of Zion Lutheran and St. Norbert’s have worked together with the rep-resentatives of their respective bishops for the detailed planning, choosing hymns and selecting local people for various roles, as well as making arrangements for the hospitality to follow in the Anglican parish hall a block away.

WORLD DAY OF THE POOR

ANNUAL ADVENT SHOW

The Friends-of-L'Arche Halifax group will meet for their monthly gathering this Sunday, Nov. 12th from 1:30 to 3:30 in St. Agnes Hall, Hfx. All are welcome, especially those with intellectual disabilities, their families and friends, to come for prayer, song, fun and fellow-ship. Contact Kelly at 902-407-5512 if you have any questions.

MEN’S RETREAT

An open invitation to a men’s retreat. On December 2nd , the FM 645 men’s group of Saint John XXIII parish will be hosting a retreat in the church hall from 9 am until 3 pm. The speakers for the day will be Father Irek, Dan O’Rourke and Deacon Larry. The theme for the retreat is “Journey to Heaven” based on a book by Randy Hain. A light lunch will be served. There is a registration fee of $5.00 to cover the cost of the meal. If you would like to attend please send an email to adultfaith.stjxxiii@gmail.com Space is limited and the deadline for registration is November 26th. As Dec. 1st is the first Friday of the month there will be Praise and Worship Eucharistic Adoration beginning at 7 pm. You are invited to attend and at 8:30 there will be an opportunity for a coffee and to meet some of the men who will be attending the retreat on Saturday. This is an opportunity to prepare for the retreat.

L’ARCHE HALIFAX GATHERING

A Geordie Brown Production Nov. 30 - Dec 2. The Spatz Theatre, Halifax

AdventShow.com Giving back - from the stage to the streets

In support of Ark Outreach, Grace Street Mission, & Daily Bread Outreach

See poster