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WHAT’S HAPPENING WHAT’S HAPPENING CHRISTMAS Helen Lucien & Herald Wilson Lorna Innocent & Renica Michaud Emma Jules & Ansley Fontenelle THE HOLY FAMILY Laura Stanislaus & Madison Stanislaus Carol Jn. Marie & Chris Jn. Marie Trisanne Frederick & Vitus Frederick NEW YEARS DAY Bernitha Clery & Winston Duncan Fiona Mayer & Anthony Louis Hadiah Venner & Nathaniel Deterville WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW JESUS? You can have peace and find hope and know forgiveness through a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. You can receive Christ right now by faith through prayer. Praying is simply talking to God. God knows your heart and is not so concerned with your words as He is with the attitude of your heart. Here's a suggested prayer: Lord Jesus, I want to know You personally. Thank You for dying on the cross for my sins. I open the door of my life to You and ask You to come in as my Saviour and Lord. Take control of my life. Thank You for forgiving my sins and giving me eternal life. Bring peace to my world this Christmas. Make me the kind of person You want me to be. If this prayer expresses the desire of your heart, pray it right now and Christ will come into your life as He promised. If you invited Jesus Christ into your life, thank God often that He is in your life, that He will never leave you and that you have eternal life. Food For Thought Where is your Bethlehem? Has the path been long, the people uncaring, the circumstances burdensome? When we submit ourselves as servants to a loving God, we can - in quietness and confidence - add “May it be to me as you have said” no matter the place or position in which we find ourselves. M M MASS ASS ASS ASS T T TIMES IMES IMES IMES F F FOR OR OR OR C C CHRISTMAS HRISTMAS HRISTMAS HRISTMAS & N & N & N & NEW EW EW EW Y Y YEAR EAR EAR EAR Christmas Vigil: Christmas Vigil: Christmas Vigil: Christmas Vigil: 11:00 p.m. Christmas Day: Christmas Day: Christmas Day: Christmas Day: 8:00 a.m. (G.I. & G.R.) 10:00 a.m. (G.I. & Monchy) Christmas Holiday: Christmas Holiday: Christmas Holiday: Christmas Holiday: 7:00 a.m. New Years Vigil: New Years Vigil: New Years Vigil: New Years Vigil: 11:00 p.m. New Years Day: New Years Day: New Years Day: New Years Day: 8:00 a.m. (G.I. & G.R.) 10:00 a.m. (G.I. & Monchy) New Years Holiday: New Years Holiday: New Years Holiday: New Years Holiday: 7:00 a.m. THE BLESSED SACRAMENT will be Expose on Friday January 4 after Mass. Benediction at 6.00 p.m. THE PARISH PROJECTS collection will be taken up on Sunday January 6. Please collect your envelope from the ushers. Parish Priests: Fr. Stephen Quinlan, Fr. Athanase Joseph Parish Priests: Fr. Stephen Quinlan, Fr. Athanase Joseph Parish Priests: Fr. Stephen Quinlan, Fr. Athanase Joseph Parish Priests: Fr. Stephen Quinlan, Fr. Athanase Joseph Deacons: Rev. Girard Glace, Rev. Winston Taylor, Rev. Jeremy Joseph Deacons: Rev. Girard Glace, Rev. Winston Taylor, Rev. Jeremy Joseph Deacons: Rev. Girard Glace, Rev. Winston Taylor, Rev. Jeremy Joseph Deacons: Rev. Girard Glace, Rev. Winston Taylor, Rev. Jeremy Joseph P.O Box Choc 8192, Castries, Saint Lucia P.O Box Choc 8192, Castries, Saint Lucia P.O Box Choc 8192, Castries, Saint Lucia P.O Box Choc 8192, Castries, Saint Lucia Tel: (758) 450 Tel: (758) 450 Tel: (758) 450 Tel: (758) 450- - -8325 8325 8325 8325 Fax: (758) 450 Fax: (758) 450 Fax: (758) 450 Fax: (758) 450- - -8794 8794 8794 8794 Cell: (758) 285 Cell: (758) 285 Cell: (758) 285 Cell: (758) 285- - -8831 8831 8831 8831 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: www.grosisletchurch.org Website: www.grosisletchurch.org Website: www.grosisletchurch.org Website: www.grosisletchurch.org Confessions: Every Saturday 9.00 Confessions: Every Saturday 9.00 Confessions: Every Saturday 9.00 Confessions: Every Saturday 9.00 - - - - 10.00 am; 6.00 10.00 am; 6.00 10.00 am; 6.00 10.00 am; 6.00 - - - - 6.45 pm.; & By appointment. 6.45 pm.; & By appointment. 6.45 pm.; & By appointment. 6.45 pm.; & By appointment. Gros Islet, Grande Riviere & Monchy Gros Islet, Grande Riviere & Monchy Gros Islet, Grande Riviere & Monchy Gros Islet, Grande Riviere & Monchy St. Joseph the Worker Parish Our Mission Party Fr. Charles Irvin (excerpt) B ack in the late 1800’s John Henry Cardinal Newman was an Anglican priest who later became a Catholic priest and was later made a Cardinal of the Church by Pope Leo XIII. Early in his journey through life Newman wrestled with the question of what God was doing with his life. Newman wrote a prayer about that and I want to share it with you now. God has created me to do Him some definite service; He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another. I have my mission - I may never know it in this life, but I shall be told it in the next. I am a link in a chain, a bond of connection between persons. He has not created me for naught. I shall do good, I shall do His work. I shall be an angel of peace, a preacher of truth in my own place while not intending it - if I do but keep His commandments. Therefore I will trust Him, whatever, wherever I am. I can never be thrown away. If I am in sickness, my sickness may serve Him; in perplexity, my perplexity may serve Him; If I am in sorrow, my sorrow may serve Him. He does nothing in vain. He knows what He is about. He may take away my friends; He may throw me among strangers. He may make me feel desolate, make my spirits sink, hide my future from me - still He knows what He is about. When all is said and done we all struggle, no matter what our station in life may be, with questions about the meaning and purpose of our lives. Ultimately the answer is a matter of faith, something we must leave in the hands of God. But whether or not we have an answer is not really important. What is important, and what is central to everything, is that we have faith, faith in which we place ourselves and our lives into the hands of God who loves us, knowing that, as Cardinal Newman said, God knows what He is about. 4th Sunday of Advent December 23 S S STANDARD TANDARD TANDARD TANDARD M M MASS ASS ASS ASS T T TI I IM M ME E ES S S Monday Monday Monday Monday - - - F F Fr r ri i id d da a ay y y: : : 5:45 a.m. Morning Prayers 6:00 a.m. Mass Wednesday: Wednesday: Wednesday: Wednesday: 6:00 p.m. Mass Saturday: Saturday: Saturday: Saturday: 6:30 a.m. Mass 7:00 p.m. Mass Sunday: Sunday: Sunday: Sunday: 7:30 a.m. Mass (G.I. / G.R) 10:00 a.m. Mass (G.I. / Monchy) Holiday: Holiday: Holiday: Holiday: 7:00 a.m. Mass THE CANDLE OF PEACE

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WHAT’S HAPPENINGWHAT’S HAPPENING

CHRISTMAS

Helen Lucien & Herald Wilson

Lorna Innocent & Renica Michaud

Emma Jules & Ansley Fontenelle

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THE HOLY FAMILY

Laura Stanislaus & Madison Stanislaus

Carol Jn. Marie & Chris Jn. Marie

Trisanne Frederick & Vitus Frederick

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NEW YEARS DAY

Bernitha Clery & Winston Duncan

Fiona Mayer & Anthony Louis

Hadiah Venner & Nathaniel Deterville

WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW JESUS?

You can have peace and find hope and know

forgiveness through a personal relationship with

Jesus Christ.

You can receive Christ right now by faith through

prayer. Praying is simply talking to God. God knows

your heart and is not so concerned with your words as

He is with the attitude of your heart. Here's a suggested

prayer:

Lord Jesus, I want to know You

personally. Thank You for dying on the

cross for my sins. I open the door of my

life to You and ask You to come in as my

Saviour and Lord. Take control of my

life. Thank You for forgiving my sins

and giving me eternal life. Bring peace

to my world this Christmas. Make me

the kind of person You want me to be.

If this prayer expresses the desire of your heart, pray it

right now and Christ will come into your life as He

promised. If you invited Jesus Christ into your life,

thank God often that He is in your life, that He will

never leave you and that you have eternal life.

Food For Thought

Where is your Bethlehem? Has the path been long, the

people uncaring, the circumstances burdensome?

When we submit ourselves as servants to a loving God,

we can - in quietness and confidence - add “May it be

to me as you have said” no matter the place or position

in which we find ourselves.

MMMMASSASSASSASS TTTTIMESIMESIMESIMES FFFFOROROROR CCCCHRISTMASHRISTMASHRISTMASHRISTMAS & N& N& N& NEWEWEWEW YYYYEAREAREAREAR

Christmas Vigil: Christmas Vigil: Christmas Vigil: Christmas Vigil: 11:00 p.m.

Christmas Day: Christmas Day: Christmas Day: Christmas Day: 8:00 a.m. (G.I. & G.R.)

10:00 a.m. (G.I. & Monchy)

Christmas Holiday: Christmas Holiday: Christmas Holiday: Christmas Holiday: 7:00 a.m.

New Years Vigil: New Years Vigil: New Years Vigil: New Years Vigil: 11:00 p.m.

New Years Day: New Years Day: New Years Day: New Years Day: 8:00 a.m. (G.I. & G.R.)

10:00 a.m. (G.I. & Monchy)

New Years Holiday: New Years Holiday: New Years Holiday: New Years Holiday: 7:00 a.m.

THE BLESSED SACRAMENT

will be Expose on Friday

January 4 after Mass.

Benediction at 6.00 p.m.

THE PARISH PROJECTS collection will

be taken up on Sunday January 6. Please

collect your envelope from the ushers.

Parish Priests: Fr. Stephen Quinlan, Fr. Athanase Joseph Parish Priests: Fr. Stephen Quinlan, Fr. Athanase Joseph Parish Priests: Fr. Stephen Quinlan, Fr. Athanase Joseph Parish Priests: Fr. Stephen Quinlan, Fr. Athanase Joseph

Deacons: Rev. Girard Glace, Rev. Winston Taylor, Rev. Jeremy JosephDeacons: Rev. Girard Glace, Rev. Winston Taylor, Rev. Jeremy JosephDeacons: Rev. Girard Glace, Rev. Winston Taylor, Rev. Jeremy JosephDeacons: Rev. Girard Glace, Rev. Winston Taylor, Rev. Jeremy Joseph

P.O Box Choc 8192, Castries, Saint Lucia P.O Box Choc 8192, Castries, Saint Lucia P.O Box Choc 8192, Castries, Saint Lucia P.O Box Choc 8192, Castries, Saint Lucia

Tel: (758) 450Tel: (758) 450Tel: (758) 450Tel: (758) 450----8325 8325 8325 8325 � Fax: (758) 450Fax: (758) 450Fax: (758) 450Fax: (758) 450----8794 8794 8794 8794 � Cell: (758) 285Cell: (758) 285Cell: (758) 285Cell: (758) 285----8831883188318831

Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] � Website: www.grosisletchurch.orgWebsite: www.grosisletchurch.orgWebsite: www.grosisletchurch.orgWebsite: www.grosisletchurch.org

Confessions: Every Saturday 9.00

Confessions: Every Saturday 9.00

Confessions: Every Saturday 9.00

Confessions: Every Saturday 9.00 -- -- 10.00 am; 6.00

10.00 am; 6.00

10.00 am; 6.00

10.00 am; 6.00 -- -- 6.45 pm.; & By appointment.

6.45 pm.; & By appointment.

6.45 pm.; & By appointment.

6.45 pm.; & By appointment.

Gros Islet, Grande Riviere & MonchyGros Islet, Grande Riviere & MonchyGros Islet, Grande Riviere & MonchyGros Islet, Grande Riviere & Monchy

St. Joseph the Worker Parish

Our Mission Party Fr. Charles Irvin (excerpt)

B ack in the late 1800’s John Henry Cardinal Newman was

an Anglican priest who later became a Catholic priest and

was later made a Cardinal of the Church by Pope Leo

XIII. Early in his journey through life Newman wrestled

with the question of what God was doing with his life. Newman

wrote a prayer about that and I want to share it with you now.

God has created me to do Him some definite service; He has

committed some work to me which He has not committed to another.

I have my mission - I may never know it in this life, but I shall be

told it in the next. I am a link in a chain, a bond of connection

between persons. He has not created me for naught. I shall do good,

I shall do His work. I shall be an angel of peace, a preacher of truth

in my own place while not intending it - if I do but keep His

commandments. Therefore I will trust Him, whatever, wherever I

am. I can never be thrown away. If I am in sickness, my sickness

may serve Him; in perplexity, my perplexity may serve Him; If I am

in sorrow, my sorrow may serve Him. He does nothing in vain. He

knows what He is about. He may take away my friends; He may

throw me among strangers. He may make me feel desolate, make my

spirits sink, hide my future from me - still He knows what He is

about.

When all is said and done we all struggle, no matter what our station

in life may be, with questions about the meaning and purpose of our

lives. Ultimately the answer is a matter of faith, something we must

leave in the hands of God. But whether or not we have an answer is

not really important. What is important, and what is central to

everything, is that we have faith, faith in which we place ourselves

and our lives into the hands of God who loves us, knowing that, as

Cardinal Newman said, God knows what He is about.

4th Sunday of Advent December 23

SSSSTANDARDTANDARDTANDARDTANDARD MMMMASSASSASSASS TTTTIIIIMMMMEEEESSSS

� � � � Monday Monday Monday Monday ---- FFFFrrrriiiiddddaaaayyyy:::: 5:45 a.m. Morning Prayers 6:00 a.m. Mass

� � � � Wednesday:Wednesday:Wednesday:Wednesday: 6:00 p.m. Mass

� � � � Saturday: Saturday: Saturday: Saturday:

6:30 a.m. Mass

7:00 p.m. Mass

� � � � Sunday:Sunday:Sunday:Sunday:

7:30 a.m. Mass (G.I. / G.R)

10:00 a.m. Mass

(G.I. / Monchy) � � � � Holiday: Holiday: Holiday: Holiday:

7:00 a.m. Mass

THE CANDLE OF PEACE

R EJOICE in our dignity as sons and daughters of the Father in Christ. To

evangelize is to announce the Lord’s offer of salvation through both word and

witness. It means opening the way to peace and forgiveness, charity and justice.

Since Our Lord was anointed to bring “good news to the poor” (Luke 4.18), evan-

gelization must embrace an appreciation and sharing of the beauty of life and the

goods of this world.

St. Kateri offers the Church a special opportunity to deepen our awareness of the Indigenous

People, to thank God for them, and to seek the grace of reconciliation. We are told that when

Kateri died, God healed the physical ravages of smallpox on her face and restored her beauty.

More importantly, God desires to heal the wounds of our hearts and spirits, and does so by the

grace of his mercy. By thus reconciling us to himself, God leads us to a healing of all that separates

us from one another and creation.

In his homily to open the Year of Faith, Pope Benedict XVI invited each of us during these coming

months to rediscover “the joy of believing” and to share the hope that springs from faith. In

response to humanity’s thirst for God and the ultimate meaning of life, people of faith “point out

the way to the Promised Land and keep hope alive,” he said. “Living faith opens the heart to the

grace of God which frees us from pessimism.” By witnessing to new life in Christ and being

transformed by God, we learn “the wisdom of the wayfarer” who “has learned the art of living and

can share it” with others.

This Christmas, let us thankfully accept and generously share these three wonderful gifts: the

golden treasure of evangelization; the perfumed myrrh of reconciliation; and the ascending

frankincense of faith. May our prayers and trust in God envelope us in holy love and care for one

another.

This is my prayer for you and your families this Christmas and throughout the coming year.

Taken from His Grace Richard W. Smith’s homily - Archbishop of Edmonton

CHRISTMAS MIDNIGHT MASS READINGS

Is. 9:2-7 / Ti 2:11-14

Lk. 2:1-14

CHRISTMAS DAY READINGS

Is. 52:7-10 / Heb 1:1-6

Jn. 1:1-18

MASS INTENTIONS

GROS ISLET CLERGY / RELIGIOUS INTENTIONS

FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT AND CHRISTMAS DAY- CYCLE C

Sat. Dec. 22

Fr. Konrad Mair

Sr. Dorothea Weekes OP

Sr. Velorna Gervais SSM

Sr. Stephania OSB

Wed Ann: Mr. & Mrs. Neil Williams

B’day: Jelani McPhee

Chad Sidoine

10:00 a.m.

Wed Ann: Rev & Mrs. Jeremy Joseph

B’day: Zenia Joseph

Thanks: Philippe Thalmensy

G. RIVIERE Wed Ann: Pauline & Winston Francois

Thanks: Parish Staff, Volunteers,

& Benefactors

MONCHY Guide: Vexilla & Nancy Albert

WEEKDAY MASSES

Mon.

Dec. 24

Fr. Amal Raj

Sr. Fortunata SSM

Sr. Noella MC

Thanks: Christine Glace Parish Staff, Volunteers,

& Benefactors

Intentions of Christmas Novena

Tues.

Dec. 25

Fr. Cecil Goodman

Sr. Hyacinth OP

Sr. Daisy MC

Fr. Andrew Sule

MISSA PRO POPULO

Wed.

Dec. 26 St. Stephen

Br. Hugh Sweeny FPM.

Sr. Bernadette Peter OP

Sr. Katherine Marie MC

Thanks: Parish Staff, Volunteers,

& Benefactors

Thurs.

Dec. 27

Br. DeLellis O’Sullivan FPM

Sr. Angela Maria MC

Sr. Joytishma MC

Sr. Mercy OSB

D’cd: Euphita & Louis Casimir

Jue Clement

Siro & Raymond Valony

Fri.

Dec. 28 The Holy

Innocents

Br. Michael FRM

Sr. Lourdes OSB

Benedictine Postulants and

Novices

B’day: Kadisha Charles

Leah Gaspard

Sat.

Dec. 29

All Clergy and Religious who

worked in this Archdiocese

and now working in other

Dioceses.

D’cd: Milford Alexander

Parfatine Polius

Theresa Filia Marius

7.30 a.m.

23 MISSA PRO POPULO

PRAYER REQUEST

Sick:

Jane Florita Mark

Deceased:

George Charlery

Mrs. Didier

READINGS

SUNDAY

1st Reading Micah 5:1-4

2nd Reading Hebrews 10:5-10

Gospel

Luke 1:39-44

MONDAY 2 Sm.7:1-5, 8– 8-12,

14,16

Lk. 1:67-79

TUESDAY

See page 2 �

WEDNESDAY

Acts. 6:8-10; 7:54-59

Matthew 10:17-22 �

THURSDAY

1 Jn.1:1-4

Jn. 20:1, 2-8 �

FRIDAY

1 Jn. 1:5-2:2

Mt. 2:13-18

SATURDAY

1 Jn. 2:3-11

Lk.2:22-35

WEEKDAY

Season’s Season’s Season’s Season’s

GreetingsGreetingsGreetingsGreetings