1. religion and spirituality
2. christianity
3. catholicism

2nd Sunday of Lent
HOLY CROSS CHURCH
503 Clothier St. W. P.O. Box 224
Kemptville, ON K0G 1J0
web: www.holycrossng.com
E-mail: [email protected]
Tel: (613) 258-3377 Fax: (613) 258-2433
Parish Hall: (613) 258-4660
Pastor
Rev. Andrew B. Shim
Holy Cross Church Caretaker
Liz MacEachern
613-258-7894
Holy Cross Cemetery
Al MacEachern
613-913-2104
Parish Hall Co-ordinator
Marg Arcand
613-794-6776
Masses
Weekend Masses
Saturday: 5:00 pm
Sundays: 9:00 & 11:00 am
Weekday Masses
(See Mass Intentions & Liturgy Schedule)
Sacraments
Baptism:
Contact the Parish Office to register in the
program.
Confession:
Friday 6:00 pm — 7:00 pm is the
primary time scheduled for confessions.
Confessions are being heard in the new open
arch area at the front (old sacristy area).
Also, sometimes 30 minutes before Weekend Masses or upon request.
Matrimony:
Contact the Pastor 9 months in advance.
New Parishioners Welcome
To register and/or to request contribution
envelopes, please fill in a registration form,
available on the table in the Parish Hall, and
deposit it in the collection basket.
1 March 2015
SPRING AHEAD NEXT WEEKEND
Clock changes 1 hour forward March 8, 2015 at 2:00 am
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER
The service of World Day of Prayer in Kemptville is being transformed this year into a prayer vigil for unity in the world with a
main service at 7 pm where there will be scripture reading,
songs, offertory and a guest speaker - Beverly Illauq.
The vigil will begin at 6:00 am Friday March 6th at St. James
Anglican church in Kemptville and will con&nue un&l midnight.
People are welcome to come and go as it suits their schedule
and to offer prayers throughout the day.
At the top of every hour there will be a brief medita&ons or
musical offerings.
Lunch will be available next door at the Friendship Lunch being
held at Leslie Hall, hosted by the Salva&on Army that day.
Vacation Bible Camp
Please join us after the 11am mass on Sunday as Bible Camp provides refreshments and has a video with highlights from last year's
fun at Bible Camp. Registration forms for this year's camp will be
available.
Aid to the poor in the Diocese of Aba, Nigeria
On one of Fr. Stephen Chilaka’s visits to our parish of Holy Cross,
he made us aware of some of the needs of the people in the
poorest parishes within his diocese in South-Eastern Nigeria, the
diocese of Aba. A proposal by Jim and Simona Heppell was made
to the pastoral council of gathering items that we take for granted and making a shipment to the diocese of Aba with the Bishop
and priests being the stewards of the distribu&on. The pastoral
council thought that this might be an outreach project to the
poor for our parish to par&cipate.
FASTING AND ABSTAINING FROM MEAT ON FRIDAYS
During Lent, Catholics abstain from meat on all the Fridays of Lent. They fast on Good Friday.
To abstain from meat on all the Fridays of Lent means to not eat meat on those days. It does not intend the
omission of eggs or dairy products. "All Catholics who have completed their fourteenth year are bound by the law
of abstinence; all adults are bound by the law of fast up to the beginning of their sixtieth year.
Holy Cross Parish - Aid to the Diocese of Aba in Nigeria
The following are items that we would like to gather to ship to the poorest parish within Fr. Stephen’s diocese in SouthEastern Nigeria, the diocese of Aba.
The following are sugges/ons only, feel free to donate other items as appropriate.
We ask everyone to be mindful of shipping costs and to provide items that are in good condi/on. Also, there will be no
opportunity in Nigeria to repair items.
1. Health and Hygiene:
• Soap (bar soap only)
• Toothbrushes (so4 bristle – children and adults)
• Toothpaste
• Pain control medica&on (various, e.g. Tylenol, arthri&s relief, decongestants, etc.)
• Bandaids, Polysporin, gauze pads, bandages and tapes
• Reading glasses
• Vitamin supplements (children, men, women, the elderly)
• Note to doctors and nurses: any other medical supplies,
whether medica&on or other, that you would consider
useful. Trained doctors and nurses are available on site,
but supplies are insufficient to meet the need.
2. Tools and Hardware:
• Tools of all types (hammers, screwdrivers, saws, measuring
tools, wrenches etc.)
• Nails, screws
• Sewing machines
• Sewing machine needles and related accessories including
sewing machine oil.
• Sewing aids
(The Nigerian diocese can provide small electrical transformers)
• Scissors, hand sewing needles, straight pins and safety
pins
• Gardening tools
• Storage containers
3. Kitchen:
• Cooking pots and frying pans (no non-s ck, please)
• Freezer bags (e.g., ziplock), all sizes
• Kitchen towels, mixing bowls
• Cooking utensils (cooking spoons, spatulas, turners, can
openers, bo<le cap openers, kitchen knives)
• Cu=ng boards (plas&c preferred)
• Cutlery: Knives, forks, spoons
• Plas&c or &n food containers
4. Food
• Rice, pasta, dried beans, Dried soup mixes
• Powdered baby formula, Powdered milk
• Granola or Nutra-Grain bars
• Oval&ne, chocolate drink mix, iced tea mix, tea bags, drink
crystals (no coffee)
• Food grade plas&c containers.
• Boil-in-the-bag dry food.
• Empty &ns, to help ship food stuffs.
5. Linens
• Sheets and pillow cases
• Pillows (new pillows only, please)
• Towels
• Kitchen towels and cloths
• Blankets
6. Clothing, All Ages:
• Footwear (summer grade, e.g., sandals, sneakers, light
footwear)
• Jeans, T-shirts
• Underwear (shorts mainly – all sizes)
• Socks
• Sewing fabric (co<on or high-co<on content (Nigeria is a
very hot equatorial country)
7. Various School and Household supplies
• Pens, pencils, pencil cases and pencil sharpeners
• Rulers
• School books
• Books for children (English, all ages)
• Scissors (including dressmaking scissors)
• Notebooks (no loose-leaf)
8. Clothing (Babies and Children)
• Baby clothes, Blankets
• Baby blankets
• Anything for baby and children
9. Toys (Safety a primary considera/on)
• Balls of all types;
• Building blocks
• Baby toys
No ba ery operated toys, please.
Thank you in advance for your generosity.
EMMAUS COURSE
National March for Life 2015
th
The 18 Annual National March for Life events will be held
in Ottawa from Wednesday May 13 to Friday May 15,
2015. Each year, thousands of Canadians gather in Ottawa to
challenge our government to protect its most vulnerable citizens, the children in the womb. The candlelight vigil is the
official start to this three-day event.
Once again, Campaign Life Coalition is providing an opportunity for those unable to attend the National March for
Life, to symbolically be part of this candlelight vigil. Candles can be pledged for a minimum offer of $2.00.
Pledge forms are enclosed in the bulletin and so I am inviting you this Lent to pledge and encourage your family,
friends, co-workers to join us in spirit. The candles will be
placed at the Canadian Tribute to Human Rights Monument
and lit on Wednesday May 13 at 8:45pm.
Please - fill in this pledge form and join in spirit with us
during this major pro-life event. Your pledges also help defray the substantial costs of organizing and promoting this
event.
Please participate so that there will soon be a new day
when Canada will no longer forsake its children who are not
yet born. The National Organizing Committee is requesting
all pro-life people in Canada to join us in prayer at 8:45 pm,
Ottawa time, on May 13 and again at 12:00 noon on May 14.
St. Andrew School of Evangelization
14 & 15 March 2015
Perth, ON
Registration forms are available on the table in the
Parish Hall.
Emmaus is the second course of the St. Andrew School
of Evangelization and a further stepping-stone toward a
solid foundation for all future courses.
Testimonies:
“Thiscourseopenedmyheart
tofallinginlovewith
theWordofGod.”
“TheWordofGodcamealive
tomeinawholenewway.
ThebookbecameaPerson!”
Formoreinformationcontact:JaneNitschmann
[email protected]
CourseLocation:St.JohnCatholicHighSchool
2066ScotchLineRd.Perth,ONK7H3C5
Mass Schedule
Date
Day
Time
Feb 28
Sat
5:00 pm
Deceased Members of the MacEachern family
Mar 1
Sun
9:00 am
For the People
11:00 am
James Francis Foster
Mar 2
Mon
PARISH
LENTEN CONFESSIONS
Mar 3
Tue
Mar 4
Wed
8:15 am
Laurie Matheson
Sunday March 15, 2015
3:00 pm Holy Cross Church
Mar 5
Thur
8:15 am
James McGovern
10:00 am
Bayfield Nursing Home - George Shim
6:00 pm
Adoration & Divine Mercy
7:00 pm
Percy Stinson & Doris Gordon
7:30 am
Rosary
8:15 am
1st Saturday Mass - Francoise Gardell
5:00 pm
Sylvia Thomson
9:00 am
For the People
Mar 6
Mar 7
Mar 8
Fri
Sat
Sun
8:15 am
Mass Intentions
Souls in Purgatory
No Mass Scheduled
11:00 am
Norma Hillis
Pray For Those In Need Of Healing:
Holly Billow, Andrew Boyles, Eleanor Charlebois, Anita Cheslock, Clare & Jenny Cooke, Bruce Davis
Debbie Dillon, Glenna Dool, Braeden Gallop, May Gauthier, Nathan Livingstone, Rita Lofland, Jack Lynch
Dwain MacAlister, Donna & Paul Mahabir, Georgina Mahusky, Becky McNaughton, Jackie Noonan, Sylvia Norman
Rita Roach, Liz O'Rourke, Dorothy Ryan, Alexandra Skolska, Ryan Tanguay, Bertha Tenbult, Aleine Wright
MINISTRY SCHEDULE
EXTRAORDINARY MINISTER OF THE EUCHA-
DATE
TIME
LECTOR
7 Mar
5 PM
Angela Vanveen
Karen Grandy
9 AM
Doreen O’Sullivan
Anthony O’Sullivan
11 AM
Steve Wright
Bev Illauq, Nick & Lynne Ward
RISTIC
USHER / GREETER
SERVERS
Steve MacPhee, Hugh O’Neill
ALL WELCOME
Dermid O’Farrell, Claire Morin Trinity Piette, Aby and Samantha Naphan
8 Mar
Ben Hart, Monica McGahey
Mairi and Emily Hallman, Alex Hart
HOLY CROSS BIBLE CAMP
We are pleased to announce our 2015 Catholic Bible Camp PARADE AROUND
THE OUR FATHER which will be held July 20-24th in the Parsh Hall. The
year's program focuses on God listens, God provides, God forgives and God
guides. The mornings are filled with the faith programming and
the afternoons are filled with fun community activities. Set aside
the dates now for a week of fun, faith and friendship. Mornings
$60, full days $120. Camp is open to kids 4-10. We also have a
leaders in training program for 11/12 year olds and junior leaders
13+ - more details to follow.
Contact Mary-Anne Leang if you have any questions or are interested in helping this year at [email protected]