151 Laurier Ave. E. Ottawa, ON K1N 6N8 * 613-233-4095 * [email protected]
St. Joe’s Weekend Bulletin December 17th, 2017 — 3rd Sunday of Advent
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A Parish of the Oblates of
Mary Immaculate
since 1856
Office Entrance 151 Laurier Ave. E.
Office Contact 613-233-4095 x 221
Church & Hall 174 Wilbrod St.
Office Hours
Mon-Fri: 8am-7:30pm Sat: 11am-5pm
Weekend Mass
Saturday 5pm Sunday 9:30am & 11:30am 7pm University Mass (Sept-Apr)
Weekday Mass
Wed/Thur/Fri at 12noon
Reconciliation
After noon Mass or by appt.
Adoration
1st Fri. after the noon Mass in the Church.
Parking —In our lot there is no need to pay meters while attending weekend Mass + 30 minutes after Mass. If you are parking for non-parish related activi-ties, please pay the meter lo-cated at the southern end of the lot. —Or park in U of O Lot B only on Sundays from 8am-2pm (enter off Cumberland between Wilbrod & Stewart). Get pass at Welcome Desk to display in car. Questions? Contact the Front Office at x221.
Reminder St. Joe’s is a busy place. Please do not leave valuables in plain sight in your cars, and please don’t leave purses in the pews. If you find any items that could be lost, please bring them to the Welcome Desk.
Welcome! Are you new to St. Joe's or a visitor? Please introduce your-selves at the Welcome Desk at the back of the Church, or contact Maria Virjee, 613-234-6000, [email protected]
Registration Forms can be found at the Welcome Desk.
Donation Envelopes Are provided upon registra-tion. Please mark your name clearly on front of each enve-lope.
Online Giving Sign up for auto-debit at Wel-come Desk or through “Canada Helps” Don’t like passing the basket empty-handed? Feel free to stop by the Welcome Desk each week as you enter Mass, and pick up a laminated dona-tion card that you can drop in the basket as it passes.
Bequests Please consider including St. Joe’s in your will.
Coffee Sales Fair-Trade Coffee is sold near the Welcome Desk after each Sunday Mass. Bags (340g) are $13. All proceeds directly benefit Development & Peace.
This
Weekend’s
Readings
Isaiah 61.1-2a, 10-11
1 Thessalonians 5.16-24
John 1.6-8, 19-28
Saturday, Dec. 23
(4th Sunday of Advent)
5 pm
Sunday, Dec. 24
(4th Sunday of Advent)
10:30 am
(Christmas Eve)
5 pm - Family Service
8:15 pm - Choral Prelude/
Carols
9 pm - Christmas Eve Mass
11:15 pm - Choral Prelude/
Carols
12 am - Midnight Candle-
light Mass
Monday, Dec. 25
(Christmas Day)
11:00 am
Saturday, Dec. 30
(Holy Family)
5 pm
Sunday, Dec. 31
(Holy Family)
9:30 am & 11:30 am
(Mary, Mother of God) 5 pm
Monday, Jan. 1, 2018
(Mary, Mother of God)
11 am
** Last Sunday for 7 pm
University Mass was Dec.
10. It resumes on Sunday,
Jan 7.
St. Joe’s Christmas Mass Schedule
Christmas Liturgy Sign-Up
Sheets—Please consider adding your name
to the Christmas Liturgy sign-up sheets at the
back of the church. We will need Eucharistic
Ministers, Greeters, and Collectors. Thank you!
Office Closure—Please note that the Parish Office will be
closed between Dec. 22, 2017—Jan. 2, 2018 for Christmas holidays.
News From The Parish Pastoral Council One of the roles of the Parish Pastoral Council (PPC) is to have an
ear open to members of the parish to receive feedback regarding our
parish. It is our intention to have regular communication with the
members of our parish. We want to ensure that you are informed of
the work of PPC. To address this, regular inserts will be in the bulle-
tin dealing with a cross-section of issues. We will also keep our sec-
tion of the parish website up to date. Feel free to email me with any
questions or comments at [email protected]
— Bob Orser, Vice-Chair of PPC
Need info on:
—Baptism
—First Communion
—Confirmation
—Adult Initiation
—Marriage Prep
—Weddings
Visit our website, then contact: Brian Ouellette x235 or
—Funerals
Sharon Gravelle [email protected] —Memorial Masses
Contact the Front Office
—Pastoral Care or
Anointing of the Sick
Contact the Front Office or Fr. Richard Beaudette —Our Bulletin
- Is also posted on our website each week. - Email submissions online at the website under “publications/bulletin/submission” by Wed noon. - To receive this Bulletin via email each week, contact the Front Office.
News from around the Table…
The Supper Table Brandon Rushton, Interim Manager
613-233-4095, x251
www.stjsuppertable.ca \
Christmas Bake Sale—
TODAY!
The Supper Table
Christmas Bake Sale
will be held at the back
of the church following each Mass this week-
end. Our lovely Tuesday bakers have been
busy baking Christmas treats over the past few
weeks and a variety are on sale with all pro-
ceeds supporting our food program.
Christmas Dinner
We are hoping to hold
a Christmas Dinner
for guests on the last
night we are open be-
fore the Christmas
holiday (Dec. 21). We have plenty of turkeys,
but if you are able to donate fixings (cranberry
jelly, gravy, etc.) please bring leave them in
the donation bin at the back of the church or
bring them to the Parish Office before
Wednesday, Dec. 20. Thank you!
Meal Program Needs: Sliced bread, dry spa-
ghetti/pasta, chilli powder (not cayenne), gar-
lic powder.
Food Bank Needs: Kraft Dinner, instant rice
(Uncle Ben’s, etc), Ziploc bags.
Thank You!
—Thank you to
Cory, Leanne, and
their team at
Loblaws Bar-
rhaven! The store
donated gifts
cards that allowed
us to supplement
our Christmas
Food Bank with
stuffing, gravy,
veggies, cranberry sauce, and hot chocolate.
—Thank you John Weir, who collected non-
perishable food items at his apartment build-
ing. Together, residents were able to give over
100 items.
Our Financial Stewardship…COLLECTION for December 10: $7,219
Refugee Outreach Com-
mittee Advent Message As we conclude 2017 and prepare for
the celebration of Christmas, the Refu-
gee Outreach Committee shares two re-
flections from Pope Francis.
We are called to reach out to those who
find themselves in the existential periph-
eries of our societies and to show par-
ticular solidarity with the most vulner-
able of our brothers and sisters: the poor,
the disabled, the unborn and the sick,
migrants and refugees, the elderly and
the young who lack employment.
I would like to ask you all to see a ray of
hope as well in the eyes and hearts of
refugees and of those who have been
forcibly displaced. A hope that is ex-
pressed in expectations for the future, in
the desire for friendship, in the wish to
participate in the host society also
through learning the language, access to
employment and the education of chil-
dren. I admire the courage of those who
hope to be able gradually to resume a
normal life, waiting for joy and love to
return to brighten their existence. We
can and must all nourish this hope!
Our ministry at St. Joseph’s will con-
tinue in 2018 given this update from
UNHCR.
There are 65.6 million forcibly displaced
persons world-wide, 22.5million of
which are refugees. Of those, 17.5 mil-
lion are under UNHCR's mandate
(UNHCR employs 10,966 staff members
working in 130 countries).
The ROC thanks our generous commu-
nity and extends warm Christmas
wishes.
Supporting Refugees –
How can you help? In January, the Ottawa Mennonite Refugee
Assistance (OMRA), with the support of our
Refugee Outreach Committee, will initiate
their grocery card program at St. Joe’s. You
will be able to purchase cards from
Loblaws, Independent, Metro, Food Basics,
and Farm Boy in various denominations.
When you buy the grocery cards, you will
be able to use the full value of the card to
buy your groceries. The stores give a small
percentage of the value of each card sold to
OMRA. OMRA uses these funds to subsi-
dize rental costs for refugee families in Ot-
tawa. We currently subsidize rent for six
refugee families and plan to offer subsidy to
at least four additional families in 2018.
Keep an eye on the upcoming January bulle-
tins for more information about how to get
involved. Please contact Donna Rietschlin at
[email protected] or 613-715-9797
if you have any questions.
Library News—Books available on CHRIST-
MAS include: Brown, Raymond. Adult Christ at
Christmas: Essays (BS2575.2.H65 1989), Idle,
Christopher. Christmas Carols and their Stories
(M2085.C5O5 1988) and Lewis, Suzanne. Living in
Joyous Hope: Advent and Christmas Meditations
(BX2170.A4R64 2005).
Weekly Events Sundays —Masses at 9:30am & 11:30am + 7pm University Mass (Sept-April). —Children's Liturgy at 9:30 am Mass three Sundays a month. Children are dis-missed with leaders during Mass to meet in age groups (JK-1, Gr 2-3 and Gr 4-6) and share on the Word of God at their own level. All children are welcome. For more information, please contact Toni Tarasco at [email protected]
Mondays
—weekly 9:30am Christian Meditation 613-730-0108.
Tuesdays
—weekly Christian Medita-tion from 4-5pm in the Main Floor Meeting Room
Wednesdays
—English Conversation and Practice for Newcomers to Ottawa 7- 8:30pm (Sept - June) Saint Paul University, 233 Main St., Laframboise Hall, Rm L142. 613-744-2429 or michaelrichard2008 @hotmail.com
Fridays
—weekly 7:30pm Christian Meditation 613-236-0155 —Catholic LGBT & Straight Alliance meets the 2nd Fri/month ([email protected])
Saturdays
—Vigil Mass at 5pm ______________________________________
Financial Coaching
Ministry—Contact Mélanie Forget at 613-294-1418 or coach@ melanieforget.ca to book your free confidential one-on-one coaching session today or for more info.
Contacts Main: 613-233-4095 Executive Director
—Chris Adam x223
Pastor —Fr. Richard Beaudette x222
[email protected] Music & Liturgy —Jamie Loback x228 [email protected]
Young Adult Ministry
& Faith Formation —Brian Ouellette x235 bouellette@...
Finance
—Saul Mendoza x229 smendoza@...
Office Manager & Interim
Supper Table Manager —Brandon Rushton x251 brushton@...
Maintenance —Nick Cacciato x230 ncacciato@...
Women's Centre Director
—Marsha Wilson x224
mwilson@...
Advent Small Group Faith Sharing This group will con-
tinue to meet
Wednesdays at 7:15
pm in the Oblate
Lounge until Dec,
20 as we prepare the
way to Christmas sharing our own faith stories in relation to the
Advent Sunday scriptures. All are welcome. Enter via the Laurier
Ave. entrance.
First Communion 2018 Registration Who? Students in grade 2
Prerequisites: Baptism
(A copy of Baptism Record is required)
Where? St. Joseph’s
When? Sundays 10:30-11:20 am
Register: At Welcome Desk after Mass
*Take/Fill out Registration Form *Registration Fee
Online: Print off Registration Form under the “Sacraments” tab on St. Jo-
seph’s Parish Home page: www.st-josephs.ca/sacraments/first-communion/
Return Registration form and fee/donation to Brian Ouellette or Parish Office by Jan. 20.
You can email completed registration form to [email protected] and pay the fee at
the first class. Children are considered registered once the registration form is turned in to
Brian. Classes begin Jan. 21, 2018
YAM Winter Accessories Drive The St. Joe’s Young Adult Ministry is collecting winter
weather accessories that will be handed out to the homeless
during the Catholic Student Week Service Day.
We are currently in need of the following items: New, warm
socks and gloves for men.
Please drop off your collections, labeled “YAM Collection”,
at the Welcome Desk or at the Parish Office during the
week.
Music Ministry Annual Christmas Concert
and Carol-Sing—TODAY (Sunday)
Join us here at St. Joe’s at 7 pm to hear
our Music Ministry’s repertoire of
Christmas classics. Admission is a
freewill donation or non-perishable
food item. Proceeds go to St. Joe's
Supper Table.
Prayers for the sick: Anne MacIsaac, Dennis Furlong, Gilles Touchette, Andre Thibault, Florence Camp-
bell, Donald Campbell, Reg Peters, Anne-Marie Klliher, Chae Kyong, Estelle Lemoyre, Kevin Harper, Kar-
son Napoleon, Marjorie Ulysse, Junior Laguerre Family, Cassandra Destin, Moses Jean Charles, Raymonde,
Maenva Hancey, Aime Lalonde, Mae Lalonde, Patricia Daly, Daniel Lamont, Veronica Koller, Lily Jewett,
Dylan, Esther Joseph, Katie Leopold, Patricia Rooney, Phyllis Perrakis, Charlotte Jobin, Kevin Kelly, David
Cyr, Alison Sutherland, Nancy McGee, Maria Rizzi, Roslyn Brown, Jack Lalonde, Kenuli Amodya, Bridget and Mathew
Obodoechine, Therese Cousineau, Chung Wu, Bo Kai Yuhn, Christopher Wu, Estelle Lemoyre, Jean-Claude Filion, Mi-
chelle Burke, Pierre Costin, Charlie, Pat MacDonald, Brian Gravelle, Marge Lambe, Dona Doreen, Kevin Barr, Samuel
Smiderle, Paul Labelle, Heather Gray, Helene Villeneuve, Beekey Dwornik, Annaliese Apholz-Coulombe, Flo Thornton,
Fr. Frank Kavanaugh, Vicki Henry, Nina Chartrand, Elaine Villeneuve, Estqlal Al Shereefi, Roy Bowers, Xeno Kizas, Rich-
ard Leveille, Evelyn L’Heureux, Aime L’Heureux, Nicole Caissie, Jamie Caissie, Alfriede Schmid, Madison Powell,
Delores Part, Katherine Laundy, Jan Chisanga, Joseph Paul, Antoinette Tissarachchi, Javier, Jonathon Pitre, Myra Lidstone,
Richard Balson, Percy D’Aoult, Ann Elmer, David Robb, Joseph Paul, Cora-Lee Lane, Laura Eldridge, Jennifer Johnson,
Isabel Zabaveta, and Jean-Claude Filion, Prayers for those who have died: Robert Thompson, Ines Sequeira, Christiana
Fitzsimmons, Tom Scalis, Del Armbruster, Jim Koshman, Carl Kelly (OMI), Victims of Mosque bombing in Egypt, Lois
Garneau, Gord de Laat, Ray Daly, Charlotte McCarthy, Lauchlin Chisholm, Annette & Maurice Delaquis, Ignacy Strachota,
Alfred Labelle, Laurent Combaz, Basil Wren, Jane Buchanan, Roger Cochrane, Gord Downie, Albert Cremasco, Annette
Bienvenue, Patricia Chartrand, Francoise Gauthier, Gregory Baum, Gertrude Duffie, Sherry Clarke, Armando Bellotta,
Pauline Shields, Eric Field, Eduardo Tineo, Ceclia Montano, Fr. Joe Kane OMI, Shammas, Nadeem Paul, and Maria Vink.
To add a name, please inform the Front Office or write it in the binder at the Welcome Desk.
Poinsettia Donations Give a Christmas flower in honour of, or in memory of, a loved one!
Community members are invited to bring poinsettias and other Christmas flowers to help decorate
the church for Christmas. Many donate in honour of someone special, or in memory of someone
who has died. The list of names of those being honoured or remembered will be published in our Christmas
bulletin on the weekend of Dec. 23/24. Please drop off flowers (or monetary donations) at the Welcome Desk
or at the Front Office. Be sure to include: “In honour of….” or “In memory of…” with flowers.
2018 Donation Envelopes—Next year’s donation envelopes are available at the back of the
church before and after masses this weekend. They can also be picked up at the Front Office during the
week. Please note that some numbers have changed, so do not be surprised if you do not have the same box
number as last year. If you do not yet use envelopes to donate, please contact the Front Office to be assigned a box or
consider donating through auto-debit. Visit the Welcome Desk to find out how.
Some Thoughts on the Oblate
Community Celebration—On December 8,
2017, many parishioners of
St. Joseph’s Parish attended
the Oblate Community
Celebration of the Feast of
the Immaculate Conception
at Canadian Martyrs
Church. We thank all the
organizers and Fr. Jim Fiori
OMI for their hospitality.
Many thanks to McE
Galbreath, the Ontario Dis-
trict administrator, for ex-
tending the invitation to all
St. Joseph’s parishioners. Fr. Jim is leaving Ottawa to be-
come Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Keewatin-Le Pas.
Over the decades, Fr. Jim has been engaged in many different
types of ministry, including Oblate formation in Kenya in his
role as Superior, he ran a retreat house in Winnipeg and has
worked with Indigenous populations in northern Saskatche-
wan and Manitoba. Prior to the creation of OMI Lacombe
Canada, Fr. Jim served as Provincial for the Manitoba Oblate
Province. We wish him the very best in his new ministry, as
we do to Fr. Tim Coonen OMI, who becomes Pastor of Cana-
dian Martyrs.
Richard Beaudette OMI
Pastor
Christopher Adam
Executive Director
Joanne Lee
Chair – Parish Pastoral Council