17 MAY
2015
ASCENSION
SUNDAY
Our Parish Mission Statement
We, the members of the Pro-Cathedral
of the Assumption community, believe that we have
been called through Baptism to live the Good News of
Jesus Christ under the patronage of Mary, our Mother.
We accomplish this by proclaiming the Word,
celebrating the Sacraments,
and reaching out to others.
PASTOR
Most Rev. Jean-Louis Plouffe, D.D.
Bishop of Sault Ste. Marie
RECTOR
Msgr. Dave Tramontini
ASSISTANT
Rev. Rex Lumine
IN RESIDENCE
Msgr. Normand Clement Chaplain, Nipissing-Parry Sound District Schools
Marriage:
Please pick up a Marriage
Information Booklet in the Church Vestibule to
review prior to contacting the parish office.
Anointing the Sick: Please call the parish
office for information.
Reconciliation: Every Saturday from 3:00 until 3:45 PM.
Eucharist: Please see mass schedule published in this
bulletin. Call the parish office to arrange for a Eucharistic
Minister to visit the sick and shut-in who are unable to
attend Mass.
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament: On the First Friday
of each month from 10:00 AM until 12:00 noon.
Baptism: Please pick up a Baptism Information Booklet in
the Church Vestibule to review prior to contacting the parish
office.
Rev. A. Man-Son-Hing Pastor, St. Peter the Apostle & St. Elizabeth Temagami
PERMANENT MINISTERS
Deacons
Diocesan Order of Women
Rev.
Rev.
Rev.
Rev.
Rev.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Miss
Mrs.
Mr. Albert Falconi
Mr. Donald Milligan
Mr. Donald Shago
Mr. Rick Hamelin
Mr. Gary Westenenk
Shirley Falconi
Norma Milligan
Ruth Godon
Frances-Clare Fraboni
CONTACT US
TELEPHONE: (705) 472-3970
FACSIMILE:
(705) 494-8222
Monday
Acts 19. 1-8; John 16. 29-33
Tuesday
Acts 20. 17-27; John 17. 1-11a
Wednesday
Acts 20. 28-38; John 17. 11b-19
Thursday
Acts 22. 30; 23. 6-11; John 17. 20-26
Friday
Acts 24. 27; 25. 13b-21; John 21. 15-19
Saturday
Acts 28. 16-20, 30-31; John 21. 20-25
Sunday
Genesis 11. 1-9; Romans 8. 22-27;
John 7. 37-39
EMAIL: [email protected]
Our faith community dates back to 1886 when we were
originally located on Main Street West and called St. Mary’s
of the Lake and the cornerstone of the existing Cathedral was
laid in 1904. The history of our parish is recorded in the
memories of thousands of people who built our community.
Monday
Tuesday—Friday
VICTORIA DAY/OFFICE CLOSED
8:30 AM to 4:30 PM
Knights of Columbus Council #1007
Lottery Draw (Lic. #6276)
Winners for March & April 2015
DATE
TICKET #
NAME OF WINNER
March 5
March 12
March 19
March 26
330
751
072
516
Victor Andrew
Annette Roberae
Walter Pamic
Mary King
Don Mills
Sturgeon Falls
Ottawa
Toronto
April 2
April 9
April 16
April 23
April 30
678
338
635
125
241
Andy Brule
Joan Turcotte
John Gagnon
Richard Cushing
Doris Hartman
Tilden Lake
North Bay
North Bay
North Bay
Waterloo
Monday, 18 May - Weekday in Easter Season
Monique Brown - Shirley Valenti
Jim Abud - Elizabeth Foisy
Intention of Murray and Sybil Cangiano
Tuesday, 19 May - Weekday in Easter Season
Anne Wilcox - Brenda Lecours-Bowker
Claudette Murtha - Jack and Maudena Farnsworth
Intention of Betty Moseley-Williams - Jack and Monica Sullivan
Wednesday, 20 May - Weekday in Easter Season
Giuseppe Tedesco - The Family
Intention of Geri Laframboise - Bob and Mary Lee Moynan
In Thanksgiving to St. Anthony - Roy and Bunty Swanson
Thursday, 21 May - Weekday in Easter Season
Vi Keenan - Pat and Garry Murphy
SOCIAL SUNDAY THANK YOU!
Thank you so much to everyone who made last
weekends Social Sunday such a success!
A special thank you to Michelle Chew who
continues to host our Socials
and who wanted to wish a
sincere thank you to Cecil
Whiting and Cecile Robert
who helped her in a big way!
A big thank you to Kenisha
Chew who continues to
volunteer her time in assisting with this event.
Once again we had the pleasure of having great
music and singing provided by Brian Risk. His music
certainly made a difference in creating a fun
atmosphere for our social and everyone enjoyed the
music.
Giuseppe Tedesco - Maria Gosselin and Family
Intention of Sr. Jean Fortier - Bonnie Parslow
Friday, 22 May - Weekday in Easter Season
Leo Campanaro - Angela and Lambert Ceccanese
James, Catherine and Louis Allard - Vicki Doucette
Cecile Boucher - Laurette Goyette
4:00 PM Saturday, 23 May - Pentecost Sunday
Rev. Angelo Oliverio - Birthright Volunteers
Anne Wilcox - Catholic Women’s League
Al Villeneuve - Madeleine Brideau
Sunday, 24 May - Pentecost Sunday
9:00 AM
Intention of Marisa and Vincent Lobo
Freda Adams - Maureen Marchildon
Intention of Robbie
11:00 AM Intention of the Parishioners - Msgr. Dave Tramontini
~ REMINDER: NEW DIOCESAN POLICY ~
Spirituality
Mission - Friendship
Mass Stipends are now $15/Mass
Sunday Offering ~ 10 May
A CHRISTIAN MOVEMENT FOR RETIRED
Sunday Offering
Building Fund
and OLDER PERSONS
$6,311.50
$666.00
Everyone Welcome to Our Gatherings
Thursday, May 28 at 2:00 PM in the Parish Hall
Topic: Pentecost Sunday
Thursday, June 25 at 2:00 PM in the Parish Hall
Topic: The Sacred Heart of Jesus
Come and reflect and share on these themes.
Why not get your ARISE groups together
to participate?
INFANT BAPTISM PREPARATION
A Baptismal Preparation Meeting will
be held in the Lower Sacristy on
TUESDAY, May 19 beginning at
7:00 PM. Those who wish to register
for this meeting to have their child baptized are
asked to call the parish office by Monday,
May 18. Baptism Preparation is mandatory
by Diocesan Policy.
CATHOLIC WOMEN”S LEAGUE
Women Helping Women
Tea & Dessert Fundraiser
Saturday, June 13 from 1:00 to 3:00 PM
Pro-Cathedral Parish Hall
$5 a ticket and can be purchased at the
parish office or at the door. Proceeds will
go towards The Ojibway Women’s Lodge,
The Nipissing Transition House and Amelia
Rising Sexual Assault Centre of Nipissing
in support of local women in crisis.
Tea & Dessert Fundraiser volunteer information: baking
donations will be accepted Friday, June 12 between 1 to 4
PM and Saturday, June 13 starting at 10 AM. Hall set up
will be between 1 to 4 p.m. on Friday, June 12th. Please
contact Debbie Laframboise at 478-8353 or Lisa Henry at
493-4164 if you can help out or need more information.
Relay For Life Friday, June 12. Currently there are
eleven CWL members registered for the One Heart, One
Voice, One Mission Pro-Cathedral of the Assumption
Relay For Life team. If you wish to pledge a relayer visit
www.relayforlife.ca, enter North Bay, Ontario in the field
‘First find your event’, click on search, then click on ‘select
this event’ hosted at Hornell Heights, ON (that is the actual
location of CFB North Bay), scroll down to ‘see all teams’,
and search for team name – One Heart, One Voice, One
Mission Pro-Cathedral of the Assumption. From there you
can make an online donation. For more information
contact Leah Pierce, Team Captain, at 705-472-5687.
Just remember today, over 60% of Canadians
diagnosed with cancer will
survive compared to about
25% in the early 1940s
when we started funding
research.
There is now a direct link to prayers on the national
website www.cwl.ca. The theme prayer for One Heart,
One Voice, One Mission is there. More will be posted as
they are received at national office. Feel free to submit
prayers and/or services that you wish to share keeping in
mind copyright rules.
Our Annual Dinner will be held on June 3
with the General Meeting.
Maudena
Farnsworth shall be on the church steps
from 9.45 AM untll 12:00 noon this
Sunday for those wishing to purchase
tickets.
Diane Esch will cater the meal.
Tickets are $25 each and MUST be
purchased in advance. Deadline is May 29. Contact Diane
Carmichael. This June dinner will be special in that we will
be celebrating 95 Years as a Parish CWL Council - one of
the first councils in our Diocese!! Don’t
miss this opportunity to celebrate this
milestone with fellow members!
May 17 is the 49th World Day for
Social Communications.
This year’s
theme is Communicating the Family: A
Privileged Place of Encounter with the Gift
of Love. For more information visit http://
www.zenit.org/en/articles/pope-s-message-for-worldcommunications-day
Catholic Women’s League
Bursary Program
Two (2) CWL Bursary Awards in the amount
of three hundred dollars ($300.00) each will
be available to two students proceeding to post-secondary
education in September 2015.
Bursary Criteria
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Applicants must be members of the CWL or daughters or
sons of members of the Pro-Cathedral Catholic Women’s
League Council in good standing. Where the mother is
deceased, consideration will be given to granddaughters/
sons of a member in good standing.
Applicants must be entering their first year of college or
university. A copy of a valid Letter of Acceptance from the
college or university will be required.
Applicants must have a reasonable academic achievement.
Presentation of the bursaries will be made on Thanksgiving
Sunday in the Pro-Cathedral of the Assumption Church at one
of the Sunday Liturgies.
Closing date for submissions of applications is 4:00 PM on
May 22, 2015.
Mail to: CWL Bursary Committee
Pro-Cathedral Parish Office
480 McIntyre Street West
North Bay, ON P1B 2Z4
Applications are available at the Parish Office and they can
also be emailed to you.
For more information, contact
Education and Health Chairperson, Tessa Clermont at
249-358-1858 (Local #) OR [email protected]
Blessed white candles are available ½
hour before and ½ hour after all
masses on the weekend and weekdays.
You may enter the Sacristy and ask
our Sacristan for your vigil candle.
It will be lit and at that time you may
place your candle on the stand. An
offering of $5 per candle is suggested to help defray
costs.
The act of lighting your vigil candle is a
meaningful prayer offering—a silent way to show
our love of God and our desire to express our love
for others.
Pope Francis MAY 2015 Prayer Intention
FOR UNIVERSAL: CARE FOR THE SUFFERING
That, rejecting the culture of indifference, we may care for
our neighbours who suffer, especially the sick and the poor.
FOR EVANGELIZATION: OPENNESS TO MISSION
That Mary’s intercession may help Christians in secularized
cultures be ready to proclaim Jesus.
A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY for YOU to be a part of
THE LITURGY OF THE WORD FOR CHILDREN
The Pro Cathedral of the Assumption is in need of men and women who are
available to assist in this ministry with our children ages 4 to 12 years. The children meet
with a team of three adults who work together each Sunday at the 9:00 AM Liturgy
and each team is responsible for ONLY 4 weeks of the Liturgical Year ( September to June).
Want to see what we are all about? Feel free to come down to the Lower Sacristy any Sunday at the
9:00 AM Liturgy to reflect with the team and the children. Our Liturgy of the Word for Children provides an
opportunity for you as an adult to share your faith and listen to the amazing responses of the children. The
reflections are all prepared for you in the Liturgy of the Word for Children weekly guide.
If you want to be part of this process please call the Parish Office at 705 472-3970 for more information.
How do I love thee? Gospel teaches how to count the ways, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Real love is constant, concrete and communicates -- it is action over words and it obeys the Beatitudes,
Pope Francis said at his morning Mass. True love is not "soap-opera love," or "a whim" or something that "makes our heart beat a little
faster," and then nothing more, the pope said May 7 during the Mass in the chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae. Love is found "in
concrete actions," he said, which is why Jesus told his disciples that only those who do the Father's will would enter into the kingdom of
heaven, not those who just call out, "Lord, Lord." The pope said there are two things that distinguish real love from imitations. "True
love is concrete, it is in deeds, it is a love that is constant. It isn't plain enthusiasm. Also, many times it is love that is painful," like when
Jesus carried the cross out of love for humanity, he said. God is real and concrete, having "become flesh to save us," and he asks people
to love in ways that are just as concrete, he said. Whoever loves lives according to the Beatitudes, which is "Jesus' pastoral program," he
said, and cares for others in the specific ways outlined in the 25th chapter of the Gospel of Matthew: caring for the hungry, thirsty, the
stranger, the naked, the sick and the imprisoned.
The Promises of Fatima: Come pray the Rosary with a group
of dedicated people who form a Fr. Gobbi Cenacle honouring our
Blessed Virgin Mary. Wednesday mornings at 9:30 AM at
St. Peter’s Parish followed by Mass.
North Bay Regional Eucharistic Adoration:
Holy Name
Church, Mon-Wed-Fri (Noon – 6 PM), Tuesday (Noon - 9 PM),
Thursday (Noon - 5 PM). Come and visit Jesus in this Sacrament
of love. To make a commitment call Lena Butler, 497-3434
Open Adoration: St. Alphonsus in Callander every Friday
8:30 AM to 12:00 Noon. First Friday 8:30 AM to 8:30 AM (24Hrs).
St. Joseph’s Motherhouse first Sunday of the month from
3:30-4:30 PM in Holy Family Chapel and Pro-Cathedral First
Friday 10:00 AM to 12:00 Noon.
Springtime of the Spirit Regional Prayer Group at Holy Name
of Jesus Parish Wednesdays at 6:30 PM. Recitation of the rosary,
praise and worship, meditative prayer, sharing and fellowship.
St. Joseph Motherhouse presents a Shalom Directed Retreat
Sunday, July 19 at 7:00 PM to Saturday July 25 at 1:00 PM.
Offering: $450:00. For more information contact Sr. Phyllis
O’Connor at 474-3800, extension 213 or email her at
[email protected]
Good Shepherd Atrium Located at the Pro-Cathedral Church,
the atrium for the Catechesis of the program provides a special
place for children 3 to 5 years old to follow the church calendar,
come to know Jesus, through parables, songs, art work,
geography and more. Materials are faithful to the beliefs and
practices of the Catholic Faith.
For information, visit
www.cgsac.ca, call Erin Tayler 476-8509 or Lynn Boivin at
494-7226 or email [email protected]
St. Anthony’s Feast Pasta & Meatball Dinner on Saturday,
June 13 at St. Peter the Apostle Church. Mass at 4:30 PM, followed by procession and Dinner at 6 PM. Tickets $12/adult; $6/
children 11 & under; children under 5 free. For tickets, call Nella
at 494-9424. Proceeds to the Nipissing Serenity Hospice.
Right to Life Yard Sale—1498 Pinegrove Crescent May 23
begins at 8:30 AM. Find some great deals while supporting
a worthy cause! All proceeds stay local to our Right to Life
Office in North Bay. Members—if you can donate to the
sale (PLEASE—NO CLOTHING) drop off donations at 1498
Pinegrove at least two or three days before the sale. Call
the office at 474-3666 if you can help out or have questions.
Regional Catholic Charities used clothing for free distribution
to those in need. Seasonal clothing for men, women, children
and infants, shoes, or accessories, can be dropped off at the ProCathedral Rectory or the Catholic Charities entrance any Tuesday
from 9-11:30 AM. Items should be clean and in good repair.
Marriage Preparation Program Weekends
October 23-24. Couples should register early by calling
472-5821. Series limited to 18 couples – register early!
Material cost $40/couple payable at time of registration.
Nipissing-Parry Sound Catholic District School Board
Carousel Evening “Healthy Minds, Healthy Bodies, Healthy
Kids” with keynote speaker Dr. Julie Corkett Wednesday, May 27
at St. Joseph-Scollard Hall. Evening of free workshops covering
important topics across the special education spectrum. Free
childcare. Registration 5:30 PM, Speaker 6:00 PM, Refreshments
7:00 PM, Workshop 7:30 PM. For details and online registration
visit www.npsc.ca or call 472-12-1, ext 2261.
Celebrate Recovery – a Christ-centred recovery program for any
hurt, hang-up, or habit.. Meets Tuesdays at 7:00 PM at First
Baptist Church, 1250 Cassells. Visit www.celebraterecovery.ca or
www.fbcnb.ca for more information. Join us!
Summer Retreat at Villa Loyola ~ Praying with the Words of
St. Ignatius: a pilgrimage through the Spiritual Exercises.
Sunday August 9 (7pm) to Friday August 14 (1pm) with director,
Fr. Joseph Schner, S.J. Cost $475.00 (spiritual direction, private
room, meals and taxes included). Register by calling 705-5223502 Monday to Friday or by email at [email protected]