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29th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – 19 OCTOBER 2014
“Then he said to them,
“Give therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s,
and to God the things that are God’s.”
(19 October Readings: Isaiah 45:1, 4-6; 1 Thessalonians 1:1-5; Matthew 22:15-21)
Announced Mass intentions
Sat., Oct. 18
Sun., Oct. 19
Mon., Oct. 20
Tues., Oct. 21
Wed., Oct. 22
Thurs., Oct. 23
Fri., Oct. 24
Sat., Oct. 25
Sun., Oct. 26
5:00PM Mass – Beverly Whelly+
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29 SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
8:00AM Mass – Deceased Members of
the Cotter Family+
9:30AM Mass – Holy Cross Parishioners
Deceased Members of the
O’Keefe Family+
Margaret Rule+
11:15AM Mass – Louise Haac+
NO MASS
9:30AM Mass – Thomas Thomas+
12:15PM Mass – Muthusamy Panniah+
10:00AM Communion Service held at
Windsor Park Manor
12:15PM Mass – Deceased Members of
the Gardner Family+
Inez Chung (lvg)
12:15PM Mass – Margie Weir+
Fr. James Raphel CMF (lvg)
Fr. Gilles Njobam CMF (lvg)
5:00PM Mass – Stella Dawson+
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30 SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
8:00PM Mass –Teresa Johnston+
9:30AM Mass – Roger Patry (lvg)
11:15AM Mass – Holy Cross Parishioners
Events Calendar
8:00AM Development and Peace workshop
9:30AM Prayer Group – Rm. A
Sun., Oct. 19
9:30AM Children’s Liturgy
COFFEE SUNDAY after all morning Masses
Mon., Oct. 20
12:00PM Potato Peelers – Hall
7:00PM FAITH FORMATION – Hall
Tues., Oct. 21
10:00AM Pastoral Care/Bereavement mtg
7:00PM Finance – Library
8:00PM A.A. – Hall
Wed., Oct. 22
7:00PM Parish Pastoral Council – Rm. A
7:30PM Choir (9:30) practice – Church
Thurs., Oct.23
12:45PM Club 55+ - Live, Learn & Laugh
Free lunch will be served – Hall
7:00PM Choir (11:15) practice – Church
Fri., Oct. 24
1:00PM African Angels – Rm. A
Sat., Oct. 25
9:30AM Prayer Group – Rm. A
Sun., Oct. 26
9:30AM Children’s Liturgy
12:30PM Baptisms – Church
PANCAKE BREAKFAST after all morning Masses
Club 55+ - WARM CLOTHING DRIVE at all the Masses
Sat., Oct. 18
Please pray for our brothers and sisters who are sick…
-Our parishioners— Ron Black, Teofina Dubé, Tony
Goveas, Betty Hubbard, Alice Johnson, Romeo Maione,
Charlotte McCarthy, Edwina Laturnus, Mike McDonald,
Beverly Olivastri, Madelyn Scanlan, Santa Sedlar, Alma
Serrette, Joe Tonin, Rene Venasse, Caroline Wallace, Conrad
Sheck
-Immediate family members—George Arnold (brother of Fran
Hadley), Jennifer Barns (niece of Trish Brighton), Bev Birch (wife
of Deacon Bob Birch), Vic Edwards (husband of Deanna HeneyEdwards), Estelle Freed (daughter of Helen Dick), Emmett
Juneau (nephew of June Kelly), Emily MacLeod (daughter of
Marilyn & Martin), Lisa Nancarrow (daughter of Janet & Robin),
Eric Polspoel (husband of Jacinthe Bourdeau), Maria Rodrigues
(mother of Caje), Mary Scheer (wife of Deacon James Scheer),
Maurice Trombley (brother of Marlene Pouliot)
Our Condolences and Prayers — For the departed soul
of Mona Hamilton+
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Pastor’s Column…
THE LORD ALONE IS OUR KING
The readings today revolve around true relationship with God.
We sing in the psalm that the Lord is King over all the earth.
In effect, God says to every ruler what he tells King Cyrus in
today’s first reading: ‘For the sake of my servant Jacob, and
Israel my chosen, I call you by your name ... though you do
not know me.’ The Lord raised up Cyrus to restore the
Israelites from exile and rebuild Jerusalem. The Gospel
passage today is a good example of the saying: “The enemy
of my enemy is my friend.” In this Gospel the Pharisees join
forces with the Herodians in an effort to entrap Jesus on the
question of paying taxes to Caesar. These two groups would
have been very unlikely allies. The Herodians would have
favored paying taxes to Caesar, while the Pharisees would
have opposed this. Yet they approach Jesus with the
question: “Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?” Jesus
is in a tough spot. If he said yes he would be considered a
supporter of the Roman occupation of Israel. If he said no,
he could be seen as an insurrectionist. Jesus shrewdly
sidestepped the question by asking to see the coin used to
pay taxes. When given the coin Jesus asked “Whose image
is this and whose inscription?” They replied “Caesar’s.”
Jesus then said; “Then repay to Caesar what belongs to
Caesar and to God what belongs to God.” While the coin
bore the image of Caesar, the unasked question in this
exchange is “What bears the image of God, and therefore
needs to be given to God?” The answer of course is us. We
are all made in the image and likeness of God.
God bless you.
Fr. Gilles Njobam CMF
Associate Pastor
Parish News and Community Life…
HOSPITALITY
Mark your calendar for our ANNUAL OLD-FASHIONED
OLD
PARISH SUPPER which will take place on Saturday,
HOLY CROSS’ 2014 FAITH FORMATION PROGRAM
PROGRAM: For November 15. More details in next weekend’s bulletin.
the seventh consecutive year, Holy Cross will be holding a
six-session Faith Formation Program. The theme of this PASTORAL CARE
year’s program is based on the very popular Apostolic OUR TRAINED PASTORAL CARE TEAM MEMBERS are
Exhortation, EVANGELII GAUDIUM (“The
The Joy of the available to visit and/or bring Holy Communion to the sick,
Gospel”) by the Holy Father Pope Francis.
house-bound,
bound, lonely, or bereaved. If you would like to access
The following is the outline of the program:
Mondays, October 20 & 27:: Presentation by Deacon John
Kennedy on the Gospel of St. John. This
is presentation will
include two videos by Jean Vanier, founder of L’Arche
Community, who retraced the footsteps of Jesus in the Holy
Land.
Mondays, November 03 & 10: His Excellency
Excellency, Christian
Riesbeck, Auxiliary Bishop of Ottawa, will enlighten us with
a deeper understanding of Pope Francis Exhortation to live
“The Joy of the Gospel”.
Join us from 7 – 9 p.m. in the parish hall. Free
Free-will offering
will be generously accepted. Please do not miss this
opportunity to ‘lift high our souls’.
WARM CLOTHING DRIVE
DRIVE—"Baby, It's
Cold Outside": Winter is quickly coming
upon us. We are in need of co
coats, jackets,
boots, hats, scarves, mitts etc. When cleaning out your
closet, please bring these items to Church with you on the
weekends of October 25/26; November 01/02 & 08/09 and
place them in the box provided in the entrance of the Church
Church.
All these items will be going to Shepherds of Good Hope and
Harmony House. Thank you in advance for helping those in
need to stay warm!
our services, please call Sue Kennedy at 613-523-4748.
Social Action...
MISSION, PEACE, AND DEVELOPMENT
You are missing something if you haven't checked out the
bulletin board at the MPD corner of the church; great photos,
maybe you are in one. Committee members were out in
force as Holy Cross hosted the diocesan council of
Development and Peace with its launch of the fall educational
campaign. The catchy title Sow Much Love highlights the
importance of food security and the threats against it.
Thanks
hanks all for your generous response to our parish food
drive; we delivered 194 grocery bags to the needy families
who use our local food banks.
ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP – CARITAS’ FOOD
FOR ALL CAMPAIGN: Development and Peace,
Peace a member
of Caritas Internationalis,, is in its fourth year of focus on
ecological justice. In a video, Pope Francis calls on us to
support the efforts of Caritas organizations around the world.
He said, “I was hungry and you gave me something to eat.
The words of our Lord call us today, telling us not to turn
away, indifferent, when we know our neighbour is hungry. I
encourage the faithful to participate in Caritas’ Food for All
campaign and raise a voice for the hungry, particularly during
the week of action in October.” Tip: Be open to learning
about “Sow Much Love” campaign of Development and
Peace that advocates for ecological justice for small family
farmers (www.devp.org).
CLUB55+: Join us for the first session of
LIVE, LAUGH, LEARN and LUNCH on
Thursday, October 23.. Come and enjoy a Other interests…
catered lunch at 12:45 pm. All seniors 55 JASON EVERT CHASTITY PRESENTATIONS: “Parenting
for Purity”, Thurs., Nov. 06 at 7 p.m.
p.m at St. Paul High School:
and over are welcome to join us!!
“Love or Lust” (for youth grades 7-12),
7
Fri., Nov. 07 at 6:30
p.m.
at
Blessed
Sacrament
Church;
“How to Save Your
MEMORIAL SERVICE: On SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 02 at
Marriage—Before
Before
Meeting
Your
Spouse”
Spouse
(young adults), Fri.,
2:00 p.m., Holy Cross Parish Community
“
will hold a MEMORIAL SERVICE to Nov. 07 at 8:30 p.m. at Blessed Sacrament Church; “Men’s
celebrate the lives of the loved ones of Breakfast with Jason Evert”, Sat., Nov. 08 (further details
parishioners who passed away in the last 2 TBA). To register for these events, please contact Ted
years. Letters of invitation to attend the Hurley at [email protected] / 613-738-5025 ext. 231.
service have been sent to the next of kin
and their family members. If anyone wishes to have the
name of a deceased immediate family member included in
COLLECTION REPORT
the Memorial Service, please call June Kelly at 613
613-73712
October
2014
– $4,499.50 (env) / $871.55 (loose)
7139. All are welcome.
~ Thank you for your generosity and support ~
40 Days for Life Campaign – September
ember 24
24–November 2:
Great News – Halfway through these 40 days of prayer and
fasting, internationally the lives of 199 babies have been
saved from abortion. To register for vigil hours, across the
Have you considered a gift in your WILL to provide
street from the abortion facility at 65 Bank St., from 7am
7am–7pm
for the faith life of future generations?
daily or Proclamation of the Word time slots, 11am
11am–2pm
daily, contact Parish Pro-Life
ife Rep Warner Besserer at IN YOUR GENEROSITY, please consider a donation
or bequest to Holy Cross Parish.
[email protected] or Campaign Life Coalition at
613-729-0379.