Our Lady of Lourdes Church PILGRIMAGE TO SHRINES IN QUEBEC: Join us on a 6-day pilgrimage, August 3-8, with spiritual director Fr. George Nowak, CR. We depart at 6:30 a.m. from St. Mary Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows Church, Kitchener, and visit Cap-de-la-Madeleine, St. Anne de Beaupre, Sacred Heart Shrine, Beauvoir and St. Joseph’s Oratory. Price is $750/single, $675/double and $650/triple. For more information please refer to the posters on the bulletin boards or contact Erna at 519-743-1030. SPRING CARD PARTY: St. Clement’s Parish, St. Clements will be hosting a spring card party at the St. Clement’s Parish Hall, 3619 Lobsinger Line, St. Clements, on Wednesday, April 8. Doors open at 6 p.m. Lunch will be served at 6:30 p.m. There will be lots of prizes, share the wealth and quilt raffle. Admission is $6.00. Wheelchair accessible. This event is sponsored by the St. Clement’s Christian Mothers’ Society. Everyone is welcome! ANNUAL MASS WITH NEW CATHOLICS: Each year the bishop invites those who are baptized or received into the full communion of the Catholic Church to a celebration of the Eucharist at the Cathedral Basilica of Christ the King. This year’s celebration takes place on Sunday, April 12 during the 11:00 a.m. Mass. All are invited to participate in this special liturgy as a sign of welcome to the newest members of Christ’s Body in our Diocese of Hamilton. PRAYER VIGIL on Thursday, April 2, from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. in front of Freeport Hospital, 3570 King St. E., Kitchener, for babies being aborted. All are welcome to pray quietly for those who have no voice but our own! Parking is available across the road at Schneider Park. For more information, please contact Cathy at [email protected]. PRAYING FOR VOCATIONS: If you appreciate priests and religious men and women, please support them by joining us in praying for vocations. Vocation Saturday is an initiative of the Vocation Office of the Diocese of Hamilton to gather people from across the diocese to unite in prayer for vocations. Join us on Saturday, April 18, at St. Michael Church in Waterloo, for 9:00 a.m. Mass and Holy Hour for Vocations. IS GOD CALLING YOU TO THE PRIESTHOOD OR RELIGIOUS LIFE? Find out by attending this upcoming event: discernment group (a monthly morning of prayer, reflection, and lunch): Saturday, April 18, at St. Michael Church in Waterloo starting at 9:00 a.m.: Mass, Holy Hour, discernment groups for men and women, and lunch. For more information visit www.HamiltonVocations.com. BEWARE THE HOLY SPIRIT: The National Catholic Mission 2015, “Beware the Holy Spirit!” will be broadcast on VISIONTV on Monday, March 30 (part 1) and Tuesday, March 31 (part 2) at 6:00 p.m. and repeated at 10:00 p.m. It will be hosted by Fr. Pat Fitzpatrick. This year’s mission looks at when and where God speaks to us in our daily lives and how we, as an institution and as individuals, can ignore that voice at our peril. In program two, Father Anthony Gittins looks at the afternoon of life and discovers why it withers some people and brings freedom and joy to others who have learned to age with wisdom. The happiest people don’t have the best of everything – they just make the best of everything. 173 Lourdes Street Waterloo, Ontario N2L 1N5 519519519-886886-0342 519-886886-0349 (fax) [email protected] PARISH PRIEST: PASTORAL ASSOCIATE: IN RESIDENCE: ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT: Rev. Edward (Ted) Hughes S. Barbara Meinzinger SSND Deacon Miles Schell (Chaplain, Grand Valley Inst. for Women) Bette Honsinger (Monday to Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.) SUNDAY MASSES: Saturday 7:00 p.m. Sunday 8:00 a.m., 9:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. Sunday 3:00 p.m. Vietnamese Martyrs Community Rev. Hanh Van Tran, O.M.I. Deacon Phong Hoang SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM: By appointment – please phone the parish office SACRAMENT OF PENANCE: Wednesday, 7:45 to 8:15 a.m. Saturday, 11:00 a.m. to noon SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE: By appointment – please phone the parish office BLESSING OF EXPECTANT PARENTS: Last Sunday of each month after all Masses ST. VINCENT DE PAUL: Church door collections – last Sunday of each month __________________________________________________________________________________ Announced Mass intentions for the week of March 29 to April 5, 2015 Monday .............. 8:30 a.m. ....... Special intention of Clayt Reidel – Richard Reidel Tuesday .............. 8:30 a.m. ....... Peggy Huck – Pat Snodden Wednesday ......... 8:30 a.m. ....... Grace Peski – Bernie & Wanda Logel LENT ENDS - SACRED TRIDUUM BEGINS Holy Thursday .................. 7:30 p.m. .......... Mass of the Lord’s Supper Good Friday ......................11:00 a.m. ........... Good Friday Liturgy (for families with children) 3:00 p.m. .......... Solemn Good Friday Liturgy Holy Saturday ................... 8:00 p.m. .......... Easter Vigil Easter Sunday.................... 7:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m. & 11:30 a.m. ........ Easter Sunday Liturgy Offertory collection for Sunday, March 22, 2015: $7,035.00 Budget Review Cumulative financial objective – 12 weeks @ $7,500 .......................... $90,000.00 Actual weekly contributions .................................................................. 81,728.00 Over (under) objective ........................................................................... (8,272.00) __________________________________________________________________________________ PALM SUNDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD MARCH 29, 2015 SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION Tuesday, March 31 ................. 7:00-8:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 1................ 7:45-8:15 a.m. & 7:00- 8:00 p.m. Holy Saturday, April 4 ........... no scheduled Confessions on this day. Because of the large crowds on Easter Sunday, you are encouraged to leave home earlier than usual to assure yourself a parking space and a seat in the church. Please be extra cautious on neighbouring residential streets which are affected by the extra traffic coming to Lourdes – a good idea at any time of the year! Remember that there is a parking lot at the corner of Alexandra and Roslin for your use. In addition, you might consider coming to the 7:30 a.m. Easter liturgy. FINANCE COUNCIL/PROPERTY AND MAINTENANCE COMMITTEE: Thanks to all who submitted their names for these committees and also as a resource to the council/committees. We had about 25 general responses with 6 volunteering to actually be part of the council/committee. We are still short of the full contingent that we were hoping to have so there could be ongoing renewal of membership. Also, only one woman from the parish put her name forward for the committees. We are still open to membership names especially for the finance council and are looking for some input from individuals with knowledge in the area of banking, accounting and legal questions. A greater representation of women would better represent our parish. Please give this consideration. Yellow information forms will be available this weekend at the doors of the church or please contact the parish office. With thanks. ON HOLY THURSDAY A FOOT-WASHING RITUAL is incorporated into the liturgy of the Mass of the Lord`s Supper. It is as powerful a symbol in the present day as it was at its scriptural roots in the thirteenth chapter of the gospel of John, when Jesus himself washes his disciples’ feet. It is a symbol of humble service, given the extreme indignity involved in washing feet in the ancient world, a task usually reserved for the lowest slave of the house. Indeed, Jesus’ own explicit words seem to present it as such: “If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have given you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you” (Jn. 13:14-15). Volunteers are still needed for the foot-washing ritual here at Lourdes on Holy Thursday, April 2. Those interested in participating are asked to contact the parish office. HOLY WEEK – THE TRIDUUM The liturgy of the Lord`s Supper on Holy Thursday, the liturgy of Good Friday and the great Easter Vigil are really different parts of one continuous celebration of the drama of salvation. They are among the outstanding spiritual riches of the Church. The Easter Vigil is the most magnificent liturgy of the whole liturgical year! You are invited to participate in and prayerfully celebrate this enriching liturgy. The full Holy Week schedule is shown below. Holy Thursday, April 2: Mass of the Lord`s Supper at 7:30 p.m. The church will be open until 10:00 p.m. as we keep watch in prayer in the spirit of Gethsemane. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament ends at 10:00 p.m. with Night Prayer. Good Friday, April 3 11:00 a.m. .... Celebration of the Lord’s Passion with veneration of the Cross. (This liturgy is simplified and thus more suited to families with children.) 3:00 p.m. ...... Solemn Celebration of the Lord’s Passion with veneration of the Cross, and Holy Communion Holy Saturday, April 4: Easter Vigil at 8:00 p.m. Easter Sunday, April 5: Mass at 7:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m. & 11:30 a.m. Attention Ushers for Holy Week: Thank you to those who have volunteered to serve as ministers of hospitality (ushers) on Good Friday, at the Easter Vigil and on Easter Sunday. Your attendance thirty minutes prior to the start of each liturgy would be very much appreciated. YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND THE MASS OF CHRISM on Monday, March 30 at Cathedral Basilica of Christ the King, Hamilton, at 7:00 p.m. The Bishop will bless the oils of Chrism, of the sick and of the catechumens to be used in the sacramental ministry in the parishes of our diocese during the coming year. SHARE LENT 2015 SOW MUCH LOVE . . . TO GIVE Sincere thanks to all who contributed to the Share Lent collection last weekend. You can still contribute over the next few weeks if you place your donation in an envelope marked “Share Lent”. Don’t forget your name and address for income tax purposes. Please have your donation in by April 12. Vietnamese Martyrs Community Holy Week Schedule Holy Thursday ............. Mass of the Lord’s Supper .............. April 2 at 5:00 p.m. Good Friday ............... Solemn Good Friday Liturgy ........... April 3 at 5:00 p.m. Holy Saturday ............. Easter Vigil ..................................... April 4 at 5:00 p.m. Easter Sunday ............ Easter Mass ..................................... April 5 at 3:00 p.m. We mourn those who have gone before us in death and continue with us in the Communion of Saints. Melania Zula.....................March 22, 2015
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