Christmas Season Schedule
Christmas Eve
Tuesday, December 24 - 8 pm Family Mass (Choir) *
Tuesday, December 24 - Midnight Mass * (African Catholic Community choir - all are welcome)
Christmas Day
Wednesday, December 25th - 10 am Christmas Morning Mass (Cantor)
New Year's Eve: Feast of Mary, Mother of God
Tuesday, December 31st, 2013 - 5:15 pm Mass (Cantor)
New Year's Day: Feast of Mary, Mother of God
Wednesday, January 1st, 2014 - 10:00 am Mass (choir)
12 noon (African Catholic Community Mass)
Feast of the Epiphany
Sunday, January 5th - 10 am Mass
12 noon (African Catholic Community Mass)
*carols begin 1/2 hour before Mass
Please keep and post on your refrigerator at home for future reference.
Day of Confession
In every parish of the Archdiocese takes place on Wednesday, December 11th. On that day a priest will be available in the church for individual confessions. Times are from 11 am - 12 noon; 3 pm - 5 pm and 7 pm until 9 pm. Guides as to "how to go to confession" are available at the bookstand at the back of the church.
Mass Intentions
Rosary at 11:50 a.m.
Tues. December 10th: ferial
12:05 pm: Frank Kocis +
Isaiah 40.1-11, Ps. 96.1-2, 3 & 10ac, 11-12, 13, Matthew 18.12-14
Wed. December 11th: ferial
12:05 pm:
Isaiah 40.25-31, Ps. 103.1-2, 3-4, 8 +10, Matthew 11.28-30
Thurs. December 12th: Our Lady of Guadalupe
Please note: No 12:05 pm Mass Today – due to Day of Recollection (Fr. Andrew)
Zec. 2.10-13, Rev. 11.19a; 12.1, 3-6a, 10ab, Judith 13.18bc, 19.20, Luke 1.39-47
Fri. December 13th: St. Lucy
Please note: 9 am School Mass Today – all are welcome – no 12:05 pm Mass
Isaiah 48.17-19, Ps. 1-2, 3, 4+6, Matthew 11.16-19
Sat. December 14th: St. John of the Cross
5:15 pm: Maria DeEncarnacão +
Sirach 48.1-4, 9-11, Ps. 80. 1ac +2b, 14-15, 17-18, Matthew 17.10-13
Readings for Third Sunday of Advent - December 15th
1st Reading: Isaiah 35.1-6a, 10
Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 146.6c-7, 8-9a, 9b-10
2nd Reading: James 5.7-10
Gospel: Matthew 11.2-11
Minister of the Word and Eucharistic Minister Schedule
For next weekend – December 14 & 15
Lectors
5:15 pm – Paul Connelly, Anne Marie Cassin
10:00 am – Michael Bachan, David Royle, Sheila Spencer
Eucharistic Ministers
5:15 pm – Kathleen Wilkinson, Joy Akien-Prohaska
10:00 am – Linda Nicol, Dena Hamid, Joan Melanson, Rosa Venalainen
Christmas - A Time for Giving
Giving Tree
Each year The Society of St Vincent De Paul, Holy Name asks you to support our Giving Tree. This is about taking a dove and buying a toy or gift for needy children in our community.
This year, along with the doves, we are offering you the opportunity to give a gift donation in the name of your friends, family and colleagues. This is a gift that 100% supports the less fortunate of our community and helps St Vincent de Paul continue our work of helping those in need. Please consider taking a gift card package from the Giving Tree and give a gift that gives back.
We are also looking for parishioners to sponsor families at Christmas time. Let’s share our abundance with the less fortunate in our parish community. Please phone Holy Name St. Vincent de Paul at 416-469-0842 and leave a message.
Thank you.
Please pray for all who are ill, especially
Michael Goodstadt, Ann Gilbride, Michael Rerrie, Sunny Carr, Kay Bennett, Eli Robinsky, Lorraine Hygaard, Helen McGrath, Ann Vince McGrady, Catherine Leithwood, Patricia & Jeanette Cull, Madeleine Corrigan and Maria Jose Bouey.
Offertory Envelope Boxes for 2014 are available at the entrance of the church
Please call Pamela at the Parish Office during office hours if
· You have a change in your name/address; or
· If you name/address is incorrect; or
· If you are a new parishioner and would like to have a box assigned to you; or
· If you cannot find your box
Sanctuary Lamp
is lit this week
In Thanksgiving
at the request of Cathy Quendack
Vocations
“The voice of one crying out in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.” Could God be calling you to be a priest, deacon, brother or sister in order to help our world of today to truly “prepare the way of the Lord”? If God is calling you, contact Fr. Hansoo Park 416-968-0997.
Email:[email protected] www.vocationstoronto.ca
The Parish Penny Raffle Winners
Ticket
1. Little Angels Bell #1355589
2. Universal adaptor #1351984
3. St. Patrick’s outfit #1355695
4. Plug adapters & voltage converter
#1355528
5. Picture – framed flowers #1351984
6. Window mosaic # 1351943
7. Pencils – 12 sets & 2 journals
#1351948
8. Christmas Dish #1351944
9. Tea Pot #1355518
10. Good News for Bad Days #1351987
11. Winston Churchill #1355586
12. Cable Ties #1351986
Upcoming 100th Anniversary Events
Please mark on your home calendars
December 14, 2013 – 7 p.m.
African Catholic Community Choir Concert
January 25, 2014 – 6 p.m.
Chili Supper and Karaoke Night
March 2nd, 2014 – after 10 a.m. Mass
Pancake breakfast organized by the Scouts