A hint – Clicking on “Home Page, Parish News and Events and News Headlines“ below will bring you to a new page. Clicking on similarly displayed words and phrases in the bulletin below might produce helpful information. Home Page Parish News and Events Items of Parish interest that could not meet the time and space constraints of the printed bulletin. Please note that the interact-active capabilities of this web-log allows you to post comments and to alert others of items of interest by email. News Headlines Current world wide news relevant to the Church. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is held in the chapel every Thursday from 6am to 9 pm. Intentions: Vocations, Sanctity of Life and all who are ill. If you can give an hour to Jesus please call Shirley 613-548-3091 or Karla 613-546-0285. Rosary & Divine Chaplet Every Thursday in the chapel at 7 pm. A prayer hour for our Priests! Prayer Network Over 50 people are praying daily for your intentions. If you would like to add someone to the prayer list or if you would like to join the prayer network call Christine at the parish office. Catholic Women’s League President: Karla Nichols 613-546-0285 General meetings are held on the first Wednesday of the month at 7:00 pm in St. Joseph’s Room (from Sept. to June). All ladies are welcome! Knights of Columbus Grand Knight: Jean Pellerin 613-548-4121. [email protected] General meetings are held on the second Monday of the Month at 7:00 pm in St. Joseph’s Room (from Sept. to June). Fr. Wes Chochrek Peter Scott Roseanne Hogan Roy Gould Marguerite Laudanski Jean Pellerin Fr. Wes Chochrek John Uliana – Chair Peter Finnegan Claire Fjarlie Parish Pastoral Council Jacki McCabe Joan Bryan Bonnie Henderson Mary Lynn Jefferies Finance Committee Karla Nichols Colleen Emmerson Helen Heyd Property Committee Fr. Wes Chochrek Basil Brosso Guy Lahaie Robert Portman Joe Payne Pat Stenson Mission Committee Fr. Wes Chochrek Marjorie Henderson – Chair Phil Henderson Ignatius Green Linda Goldstein Roseanne Hogan Vi Pearse Dorothy Green Pauline Burns Liturgy Committee Fr. Wes Chochrek Joan Bryan Madeline Halladay Jodie Compeau Weekend Mass Times Saturday 5:00 pm – Church Sunday 9:00 am – Church Sunday 10:30 am – Church Sunday 12:00 pm –Polish Mass – Church Mass Intentions 4th Sunday of Advent –Dec. 21, 2014 Tues. Dec. 23- 9:00 am – (unannounced)-chapel Christmas Eve Wed. Dec. 24 - 5:00 pm – Mary Julia Payne (Ed & Family) –at St. Martha School – with Children’s Pageant 7:30 pm – James Liston (Simon & Marylin Kovacs) – at Church Midnight – Polish Apostolate and Holy Name of Jesus – at Church Christmas Day Thurs. Dec. 25 – 10:00 am – Réné, Claire, Gaston & Roch DeBernardi ( Murielle)-at Church Feast – St. Stephen Fri. Dec. 26 –10:30 am – Fairfield Manor East Feast of the Holy Family – Dec. 28, 2014 Sat. Dec. 27 - 5:00 pm – Monica Brosso (Basil) Sun. Dec. 28 - 9:00 am – Ronald Whalen (Dan & Linda) 10:30 am – Mass for the People 12:00 pm – Polish Mass Lectors Feast of the Holy Family – Dec. 28, 2014 5 pm – Lynn Pritchard 9 am – Cathy Townsend 10:30 am – Mac Robinson Please see bulletin board for Christmas Masses Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion Feast of the Holy Family – Dec. 28, 2014 5 pm – Madeline Halladay & Marguerite Laudanski 9 am – Bonnie Henderson & Lynda Crowe 10:30 am –Cathy Vanhorn & Pat Stenson Please see bulletin board for Christmas Masses Feast of the Holy Family-Dec. 28, 2014 1st Reading: Genesis 15.1-6; 17.3b-5, 15-16; 21.1-7 2nd Reading: Hebrews 11.8,11-12, 17-19 Gospel: Luke 2.22-40 The Sanctuary Lamp burns to remind us of Christ’s presence in the Blessed Sacrament. This week the Sanctuary Lamp burns In memory of Yvonne Blendeman & Sue Duffy If you wish to sponsor the sanctuary lamp for one week the cost is $10.00 There will be no Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament on December 25th and January 1nd. Normal Adoration Hours will resume on January 8th Merry Christmas! New Year’s Mass Times New Years Eve – 5pm New Years Day – 10 am Stewardship Report: Your generous support of Holy Name of Jesus Church Ministry last weekend resulted in: Regular - $ 1,852.00 Improvement Fund - $ 165.00 Christmas Flowers - $ 140.00 Priest’s Retirement - $ 20.00 We collected $ 3,482.00 for the Priests Retirement Fund Thank You for your generosity! Sacraments: If there are any students in grade 2 who are ready to receive the sacraments of First Communion and Reconciliation or students in grade 8 who are ready to receive Confirmation and do not attend Catholic school please contact the parish office by February 6th. Urgent!. More Children needed for the Christmas Pageant . We especially need boys to play Joseph and shepherds! The Children’s Christmas Pageant practice will take place Sunday Dec. 21st from 10:30 am to 12:00 noon at St. Martha School. For questions you can email Claudette at [email protected] or call 613531-0905 or 613-329-0319. Mass at St. Martha: For those of you who enjoy the 5 pm Mass at St. Martha, WE NEED YOUR HELP!!! The gym has to be returned to order on Christmas Eve after Mass so that the daycare can use it. If everyone at Mass stays 10 minutes to help put everything away then everyone can get home with their families early. Please don’t leave it for the few as many hands make light work. Calling all teens in Grade 8-12! Join youth from all over the Archdiocese of Kingston in attending a dynamic high school youth conference called" Steubenville Toronto" this August 7-9, 2015 in Toronto. Going to be an amazing experience! For more info please contact Nadia Gundert at [email protected] or download the registration and information package from the Archdiocese of Kingston's website under the YOUTH tab. Registrations due by January 10. The Executive of the CCCB has alerted the Canadian Bishops to a debate and vote in Parliament concerning a national strategy to combat dementia in Canada. The Private member’s Bill (C-356), The National Strategy for Dementia Act, was introduced by Claude Gravelle, the member of parliament for Nickel Belt, and calls on the Government of Canada to increase funding for research; to promote earlier diagnosis and intervention; to strengthen the integration of primary, home, and community care; to enhance the skills and training of the dementia workforce, and to improve support for caregivers. Please contact your local Member of Parliament if you support Bill C-356. Holy Innocents Candlelight Vigil will be held on Sunday, Dec. 28, 2014 from 7 pm until 8 pm in front of Kingston General Hospital. At this time, during the Christmas Sason, we remember the Holy Innocents, the babies who were killed by Herod seeking the Christ Child. We will gather to pray for our “innocents”, the more than 34,000 babies killed at KGH by the sin of abortion. Please join us at 6:45 pm on the hil across from KGH (Stuart St. ) for prayers and hymns. Bring your own candle in a glass jar (flashlight for children). Christmas Flowers have been donated for the Glory of God and in Memory of Ernst & Lahaie Families Monica Brosso by Basil Doreen Guerrera by the Finnegan Family Yvette Delisle by Pat & Fern Delisle Garnet McKenna by M.L. Jefferies Ron Mayfield & Linda Bilow by Mary Mayfield Guerino& Santa Bosco Geraldini by Leonom Geraldini Des & Anne Doyle by the Townsends Mario Soares by Marie Soares-Borges & Manuel Borges Evelyn Crozier & Michael Corrigan by Catherine Crozier Green & Shaw Families by Dorothy & Ignatius Gould & Domarchuk Families by Roy & Cecile Hogan & Kennelly Families by Roseanne DeBernardi & Kalipershad Families by Murielle Jeff Kennedy & Anthony Corrigan by Maureen & Larry Kennedy Fr. McGarvey by Marylin Kovacs Myles McCabe by Jacki Carty & Légére Families by Clare Niedbala & McAdoo Families by Joan Margaret Lewis by Patty Stenson Thomas Stuart, Raymond Blanchette, Mary Sprague, Richard Roger Beaulieu by Irma Stuart Dubuc & Tien Families by Lucienne & Lloyd Sirosky & Yanyk Families by James & Angela Laudanski & Newman Families by James Laudanski Murray Fleet & Basil & Patricia Mulholland Crowe & Scott Families by Calvin & Lynda Lanthier & Seguin Families by Odette Denison Sister Mary Frances Houlihan by Irene Houlihan Tremmel & Goldstein Families by Linda Dotzko & Clarke Families Mass Intentions Tues. Dec. Wed. Dec. Thurs. Dec. Fri. Dec. Sat. Dec. Sun. Dec. 3rd Sunday of Advent –Dec. 14, 2014 16- 9:00 am – unannounced 17 - 9:00 am – unannounced 6:30 pm – Confessions in the Church 18 – 6:00 pm – Advent Mass at Holy Name School 19 –9:00 am – unannounced 4th Sunday of Advent– Dec. 21, 2014 20 - 5:00 pm – Mary Watson (Reg & Diane Smith) 21 - 9:00 am – Ford Whalen (Dan & Linda) 10:30 am – Mass for the People 12:00 pm – Polish Mass Daily Masses are in the chapel this week Lectors 4th Sunday of Advent – Dec. 21, 2014 5 pm – Irma Stuart 9 am – John Uliana 10:30 am – Susan Faris Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion 4th Sunday of Advent – Dec. 21, 2014 5 pm – Mike Stenson & Roseanne Hogan 9 am – Donna Payne $ Roseanne Hogan 10:30 am – Phil & Marjorie Henderson 1st 4th Sunday of Advent-Dec. 21, 2014 Reading: 2 Samuel 7.1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16 2nd Reading: Romans 16.25-27 Gospel: Luke 1.26-38 The Sanctuary Lamp burns to remind us of Christ’s presence in the Blessed Sacrament. This week the Sanctuary Lamp burns In memory of Stanley laudanski If you wish to sponsor the sanctuary lamp for one week the cost is $10.00 Stewardship Report: Your generous support of Holy Name of Jesus Church Ministry last weekend resulted in: Regular - $ 2,904.00 Improvement Fund - $ 332.00 Christmas Flowers - $ 455.00 Priest’s Retirement - $ 550.00 St. Vincent de Paul - $ 20.00 Thank You for your generosity! If you would like to be part of the Christmas choir at 5 pm Mass on Christmas Eve please see Christine or Pete Finnegan. 3rd Sunday of Advent Christian joy is something deeper and richer than the smile and laughter upon a happy face. It comes from an awareness that God is with us and produces a contentment and an inner peace that cannot be taken from us. Christmas Mass Times: Dec. 24th –5 pm: at St. Martha School (Pageant) 7:30: pm at the church Midnight: (Polish and English) at the Church Dec. 25th – 10 am at the church New Years Eve – 5pm New Years Day – 10 am Sacraments: If there are any students in grade 2 who are ready to receive the sacraments of First Communion and Reconciliation or students in grade 8 who are ready to receive Confirmation and do not attend Catholic school please contact the parish office by February 6th. Calling all Angels! The Children’s Christmas Pageant practices will take place on Dec. 14th and Dec. 21st from 10:30 am to 12:00 noon at St. Martha School. If you have any questions you can email Claudette at [email protected] or call 613-531-0905 or 613-329-0319. Thank you to all those who agreed to help out! LIBRARY : We are starting to plan a space for our families to enjoy. We are asking for donations of all types of books; children’s, adults, mystery, gardening, music even audio books, cd’s and dvd’s. Over the next bit, we will be putting together a library system, figuring out opening hours and some programs to offer. Fr. Wes will be building some shelves and Stephanie Van Der Pryt will be proposing a layout and room design. It will be an ongoing project but we hope to start using it in the first quarter of 2015. Thank you to those who have already donated books. Be the Help kids need: There is an urgent need for foster homes for teens in Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington. To find out how you can help, go to www.BeTheHelpKidsNeed.ca. Donations Needed for Almost Home: The Catholic Women’s League is collecting items for Almost Home. You will find a ‘Wish List’ on the bulletin board in the church entrance. Please leave donations in the entrance and mark them –Almost Home. Thank you! Calendars are in and in the church entrance. Please take as many as you need. Advent Confessions! Dec. 17th at 6:30 pm in the church. The Sacrament of Reconciliation is one of the most unique and beautiful aspects of Catholicism. Jesus Christ, in His abundant love and mercy, established the Sacrament of Confession, so that we as sinners can obtain forgiveness for our sins and reconcile with God and the Church. The sacrament “washes us clean,” and renews us in Christ. Advent Confessions in the Central Deanery Our Lady of Lourdes – Sunday, Dec. 14 at 3:30 pm St. Francois D’Assise – Tuesday, Dec. 16 at 7:00 pm St. John’s Gananoque – Tuesday, Dec. 16 at 7:00 pm New Life Group- a support group for separated and divorced will meet on Tuesday, December 16th at 7:30 pm for their Christmas Social. Calling all teens in Grade 8-12! Join youth from all over the Archdiocese of Kingston in attending a dynamic high school youth conference called" Steubenville Toronto" this August 7-9, 2015 in Toronto. Going to be an amazing experience! For more info please contact Nadia Gundert at [email protected] or download the registration and information package from the Archdiocese of Kingston's website under the YOUTH tab. Registrations due by January 10. A Prayer Before Confession Come Holy Spirit into my soul. Enlighten my mind that I may know the sins I ought to confess and grant me Your grace to confess them fully, humbly and with contrite heart. Help me to firmly resolve not to commit them again. O Blessed Virgin, Mother of my Redeemer, mirror of innocence and sanctity and refuge of penitent sinners, intercede for me through the Passion of Your Son, that I may obtain the grace to make a good confession. All you blessed angels and saints of God, pray for me, a most miserable sinner, that I may repent from my evil ways, that my heart may henceforth be forever united with yours in eternal love. Amen.
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