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Port Colborne, Ont.

L3K 5X7

905-835-8832 Fax: 905-835-8884

Ministry Schedule - Jan 5/6

Hospitality:

5:00pm - Terry Law & Bill VanRuyven

9:00am - Claire & Roland Belanger

11:00am - Susan Brown & Karen S.

Minister of Communion:

5:00pm - Dino Sicoli

9:00am - Maxine Cloutier

11:00am - Jackie Gatt

Children’s Liturgy: Rosalyn Aliberti

The Holy Family of

Jesus, Mary & Joseph

Year C

Why were you

searching for me?

Commentators/Lectors:

5:00pm - C - Ginette M. & L - Larrisa H.

9:00am - C - Dino S. & L - Cathy S.

11:00am - C - Theresa A. & L - John S.

Altar Servers:

5:00pm - Needed

9:00am - Derek Koiter

11:00am - Needed

Counters: 11:00am - Karen S. & Brenda L.

Bishop of the Diocese Most Reverend Gerard P Bergie, D.D.

Pastor Father

Sunday Masses Saturday 5:00 pm

Sunday 9:00 and 11:00 am Children’s Liturgy: September - June

Weekday Masses Tuesday 6:00 pm

Wednesday through Friday 8:30 am Rosary/Adoration before Weekday Masses

Confessions Sat 4 - 4:45 pm or before weekday Masses

Baptism Sunday 12:00 pm by appointment

Marriage Arrangements should be made at least 6

months in advance. Marriage preparation course required

Sacrament of the Sick Communion for the Sick and Shut-ins

Please call the office.

Secretary Sandy Johnson

Office hours: Wednesday and Friday 8:00 am to 3:00 pm Enter on Victoria St.

Schools St. Patrick Elementary School

905-835-1091 Lakeshore Catholic High School

905-835-2451

Cemetery Mount St. Joseph’s, 712 Lakeshore Rd E

289-213-2509

Diocesan Website: www.saintcd.com

Diocese of St. Catharines

St. Patrick

Catholic Church

Parish Established Church Dedicated

1859 1880

123 King Street

Port Colborne, Ontario L3K 4G3

Telephone: 905-834-6426

Fax: 905-834-8334

Email: parish.stpatrick@gmail.com

Website: stpatrickcatholic.ca

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OUR HOLY FAMILY

Tracing one’s genealogy, the study of human descent

through family lines, is a fad for some and an in-

tense preoccupation for others. The quest to as-

certain where we came from and to whom we are

related is made more poignant by the isolation

people experience, and by the family disintegra-

tion we see in our society. It can be helpful to

understand our family roots, for they can show us

not only our lineage but give insight as to why we

function as we do. History is a simple and natural compilation

of family relationships. Men and women have become great

and/or infamous because of the contributions of their family,

or in reaction to their family.

Since human beings are made ‘through love’ and ‘for love’

and because love is the fundamental and innate vocation of

every human being, it is the heart of marriage and of the fam-

ily. When this love is present it can make the most impover-

ished home rich, and when it is absent the most opulent home

becomes impoverished.

When we flip through a photo album of our children, their

mates, and our grandchildren, we enjoy again the various joy-

ful stages of family life. This week’s gospel reading is like a

page from a family photo album giving us insight into Jesus’

family life, where Mary and Joseph provided just such a home

of love for Jesus. The Holy Family’s home of love didn’t just

happen by accident. Before they embraced the marriage

bonds, Joseph and Mary embraced God and were devoted fol-

lowers and servants of his. That is why they were able to sur-

vive the strain on their relationship which was brought about

by Mary’s untimely pregnancy. But because Mary was fol-

lowing God wholeheartedly she readily said yes to the Holy

Spirit’s call. Because Joseph was a just and holy

man, he not only set about to deal with Mary and

this unexplained development in a loving way, but

when he recognized that this prophesy was of

God, he too wholeheartedly followed God at all

cost. Their lives give us insight as to how we can

similarly be a holy family. Loving, holy people

make loving, holy families. This begins not with

the first “I do” of the marriage ceremony, but with previous “I

do’s” to love and follow God at all cost.

As we look at Mary and Joseph’s relationship with Jesus,

we see them relating to him in grace and freedom, and respect

and concern. We also see Jesus living in a responsive and sub-

missive relationship, fruitfully growing in this environment of

love. That is what a holy family is all about. It should be a

picture of the Church and of our relationship with Christ and

his people. It should be redemptive in nature, a place where

forgiveness and reconciliation are commonplace. It should be

revelational in manner, where insight into the nature and char-

acter of Christ is not only taught verbally but is demonstrated

by the behavior of the members, starting with the parents.

Our family trees may have a few broken or diseased

branches, and perhaps our own family did not begin on the

solid foundation of total commitment to God. But don’t be

discouraged, through the transforming power of the Holy

Spirit we can begin afresh today to emulate the Holy Family

and build our family into a redemptive, revelational environ-

ment that is holy to the Lord. Emmaus Journey Reflections

PRAYER FOR FAMILY

O dear Jesus, I humbly implore You

to grant Your special graces to our family.

May our home be the shrine of peace, purity,

love, labor and faith.

I beg You, dear Jesus, to protect and bless all of us,

absent and present, living and dead.

O Mary, loving Mother of Jesus, and our Mother,

pray to Jesus for our family,

for all the families of the world,

to guard the cradle of the newborn,

the schools of the young and their vocations.

Blessed Saint Joseph, holy guardian of Jesus and Mary,

assist us by your prayers in all the necessities of life.

Ask of Jesus that special grace which He granted to you,

to watch over our home at the pillow of the sick

and the dying,

so that with Mary and with you,

heaven may find our family unbroken

in the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Amen.

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2019 OFFERTORY ENVELOPES

Your 2019 Offertory Envelopes are available for you

to pick up at the back of the church.

Last year we ran out of Envelopes. To reduce the cost

of have more envelopes printed and delivered, we are

asking you to only pick up your own set of envelopes

only. Please do not deliver box sets to anyone. Any en-

velopes that have not been picked up by the end of De-

cember can be reissued to parishioners that do not have a

set and would like to start using them.

If you do not presently have a box set of envelopes

and would like to receive a set, please fill in the 2019 Of-

fering Envelope Sheet at the back of the church and we

will issue a set to you the first week of January.

Thank you for you continuing generous stewardship to

St. Patrick’s Parish.

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SUNDAY OFFERINGS

Last Sunday’s Offering: $2475.00

Christmas Offering: $6475.00

Thank you for your generosity to the House of God.

Please remember St. Patrick’s in your wills

and may God Bless you as you do so.

HOLIDAY MASS TIMES SCHEDULE

NEW YEARS DAY MASSES

December 31st - 5 pm

January 1st - 10 am **********************************************

NEW YEARS PRAYER

Dear Lord, we pray that this New Year

will bring us closer to You.

May we take the time to get to know You.

Help us to truly celebrate the gifts

You have graciously given us

and use them to serve You and spread Your word,

May we also see and love you

in all the people we meet,

so that in turn, they can see You in us.

We know that all human relations take time

if they are to grow and deepen.

This is also true of our relations with You,

the Father and the Holy Spirit,

which must grow over the course of our lives.

In this new year, let us realise that every action of ours

no matter how great or small,

enables us to be in touch with You.

Let us accept You in our lives,

in the way it pleases You,

as Truth, to be spoken,

as Life, to be lived,

as Light, to be lighted,

as Love, to be followed,

as Joy, to be given,

as Peace, to be spread about,

as Sacrifice, to be offered among our relatives,

friends, neighbours and all people. Amen.

Lord may the request of our

people rise before you like a fragrant offering

Mon Dec 31 The Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God Vigil

5:00 pm +For the repose of the soul of Mario Concessi by Tom & Carmen Lannan

Tues Jan 1 The Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God

10:00 am +For the repose of the soul of Dina MacGillivary by family

Wed Jan 2 ****NO MASS TODAY****

Thurs Jan 3 ****NO MASS TODAY****

Fri Jan 4 ****NO MASS TODAY****

The Epiphany of the Lord

Sat Jan 5 5:00 pm For the special intentions of St. Patrick’s Parish family

Sun Jan 6 9:00 am +For the repose of the soul of Joanne MacIntyre by Lily & Dino Sicoli

11:00 am +For the repose of the soul of Dino Sicoli Sr. by Bettina DiGiulio

December 30, 2018 A.D. The Holy Family of Jesus - Mary & Joseph - Year C