Fourth Sunday of Advent December 21, 2014

“And now, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you will name him Jesus.”

Luke 1: 31

As announced by the Province of Ontario, along with the permission of Bishop Fabbro, churches may re-open for Masses as the province moves into Step 1 on Friday, June 11.

Please note that Masses at all the churches within the Chatham Catholic Family of

Parishes will not begin until the weekend of June 19/20, to allow our staff to prepare for registration and schedule the many volunteers & staff members needed to hold Masses.

Step 1 allows us to hold Mass with 15% capacity of the church, along with the previous

protocols which include physical distancing, masks and sanitizing.

Please see the inside of the bulletin for Mass times, how and when to register, mask information, etc.

Readings for June 20 Job 38: 1-4, 8-11. 2 Corinthians 5: 14-17.

Mark 4: 35-41.

PASTORAL STAFF Pastor ~ Fr. Jim Higgins

519-352-8530 ext 222 ~ jhiggins@dol.ca Associate Pastor ~ Fr. Jude Ogbenna, C. S. Sp. 519-352-8530 ext 223 ~ jogbenna@dol.ca

Associate Pastor - Fr. Olivet Okoro 519-352-8530 ext 224 ~ookoro@dol.ca

In Residence - Fr. Stan Izdebski sizdebski@dol.ca

Pastoral Minister ~ Colleen Keane 519-352-8530 ext 225 ~ ckeane@dol.ca

Pastoral Minister ~ Karen Robert 519-352-9483 ext 226 ~ krobert@dol.ca

Parish Catechist ~ Ali Chinnick 519-352-9483 ext 227 ~ achinnick@dol.ca

Deacon Steve Cartier ~ scartier@dol.ca

Deacon Jerry Lozon ~ jlozon@dol.ca Deacon Chris Masterson ~ cmasterson@dol.ca Deacon Morgan Treacy ~ mtreacy@dol.ca

SUPPORT STAFF

Secretary ~ Maureen Foster

519-352-8530 ext 221 mfoster@dol.ca

Financial Secretary ~ Lynda Cadotte 519-352-9483/519-352-9370 ext 241

lcadotte@dol.ca

Bookkeeper ~ Barb Butler 519-352-9483 ext 242

bbutler@dol.ca

Data Recorder ~ Cathy Zimmer 519-352-9483 ext 243

czimmer@dol.ca

Business Manager ~ Rodger Luxton 519-352-9483 Ext 240

rluxton@dol.ca

Blessed Sacrament Plant Supervisor Brian Elgie ~ 519-359-9051

belgie@dol.ca

St. Agnes Custodian Andy Willburger

awillburger@dol.ca

St. Joseph Custodian Patrick O’Malley pomalley@dol.ca

St. Ursula Custodian

Dat Phan dphan@dol.ca

Our parish office is located at St. Agnes Church 52 Croydon Street

519-352-9483 or 519-352-8530

Our parish office is closed. Please call and leave a message and we will return your call.

BLESSED SACRAMENT

145 Victoria Ave

Chatham, ON N7L 3A7

bsacramentparish@dol.ca

OUR LADY OF VICTORY

490 St. Clair St

Chatham, ON N7L 3K8

ourladyv@dol.ca

ST. AGNES

52 Croydon St

Chatham, ON N7L 1L3

stagnes@dol.ca

ST. JOSEPH

180 Wellington St W

Chatham, ON

stjoseph@dol.ca

ST. URSULA

205 Tweedsmuir Ave W

Chatham, ON N7M 5N8

stursula@dol.ca

Website: www.ccfp.dol.ca Facebook: https://facebook.com/bssaususj

JUNE 13, 2021 ELEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

MASS TIMES AND REGISTRATION

Weekend Masses will begin in the Chatham Catholic Family of Parishes on the weekend of June 19/20 with the following Mass times: Saturday 5:00 pm at Blessed Sacrament Sunday 8:00 am at St. Joseph Sunday 9:00 am at Blessed Sacrament (live-streaming will continue) Sunday 9:00 am at Our Lady of Victory (Polish) Sunday 10:00 am at St. Ursula Sunday 11:00 am at St. Agnes Sunday 11:00 am at Our Lady of Victory (Polish) Registration for Mass is required and is held on Wednesday and Thursday of each week between 9:00 am and 5:00 pm, for the following weekend. You can register easily online through our website, www.ccfp.dol.ca, or by calling the parish office. Due to the 15% capacity allowed in the Church, for the time being we are asking parishioners to register and attend Mass every other week. We will not have a waiting list and unfortunately, we cannot take any walk ins. All previous protocols are still in place, those include but aren’t limited to physical distancing, sanitizing, following directions of staff and volunteers, as well as everyone wearing a face mask. If you have a medical exemption, please see the info in the next column regarding exemption requirements. Please note that registration for the weekend of July 3/4 will take place on Tuesday, June 29 and Wednesday, June 30 due to Canada Day. Weekday Masses will begin on Tuesday, June 15 with the following schedule: Tuesday 9:00 am at St. Ursula Wednesday 7:00 pm at Our Lady of Victory Thursday 9:00 am at Blessed Sacrament (live-streaming will continue) Friday Noon at St. Joseph

There is no need to register for weekday Mass. It is on a first come, first serve basis. Confessions will resume on Saturday, June 19 beginning at 10:00 am at Blessed Sacrament. Please remember that if you do not feel comfortable returning to Mass, Bishop Fabbro has extended the dispensation of Sunday obligation to Sunday, September 5, 2021. Please read further in the bulletin for ways to celebrate Mass at home.

INFORMATION ABOUT WEARING OF MASKS

We taking every reasonable precaution to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in our churches and protect parishioners. Those who attend Mass or other services without a mask and without a valid exemption are violating municipal and provincial COVID-19 restrictions and putting fellow parishioners at risk. Per Bishop Fabbro, starting January 1, 2021, if you have a medical exemption for wearing a mask, you will be required to bring to the pastor evidence from your physician, nurse practitioner, social worker, psychologist or occupational, respiratory or physical therapist attesting to your condition. Once you do so, you will be provided a document to bring to Mass each time. When you register for Mass, please let them know you have been granted an exemption, so that you can be seated in a designated area. We will still ask that you wear a mask briefly to enter and exit and to receive Communion, unless your disability prevents you from doing so. Those who refuse to comply with this diocesan regulation will be asked to leave and will not be permitted to attend Mass until they agree to wear a mask. We are aware that this new protocol does go beyond the requirements in most health unit orders and local by-laws, but they are required to protect the safety of our parishioners, parish teams and volunteers while on church property. Infections continue to increase in our communities and small sacrifices like wearing a mask can slow the transmission of the virus, and are a sign of our love for our neighbours and help prevent people from taking advantage of the exemptions for personal reasons.

Footnotes: Above information was taken from December 1, 2020 COVID-19 Update from Bishop Fabbro (Update #13) - found at www.dol.ca.

Please note that face shields and/or plastic masks are not an appropriate replacement for a face mask. From the Ontario.ca website regarding face shields:

Face shields do not replace masks or face coverings.

A face shield is used to protect the eyes of the person wearing it. Using a face shield without a mask won’t protect:

• You from potentially inhaling infectious respiratory droplets exhaled by others

• Others from your infectious respiratory droplets, as they can escape around the face shield

To Everything there is a season… “a time to be healed...”

Please pray for those who are currently sick in our parish family especially Wayne Lachine and Diane Carroll.

“a time to die….”

Please remember in your prayers all deceased relatives and parishioners especially Vianney Martin, Sr. Irene Meloche and James Patterson.

Eternal rest grant unto thee.

DIOCESAN MINISTERS PRAYER CALENDAR Please remember to pray for these Diocesan ministers: Rev. Dariusz Jagodzinski; Parish Ushers and Greeters in the Diocese of London; Catholic Secondary School Teachers; Deacon Donald St. Onge; Rev. Gary Goyeau; Rev. Taduesz Kowwlczyk C.S.M.A.; Mrs. Karen Doyle, Coordinator of Youth Ministry.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

June 14 2 Corinthians 6: 1-10. Matthew 5: 38-42. June 15 2 Corinthians 8: 1-9. Matthew 5: 43-48. June 16 2 Corinthians 9: 6-11. Matthew 6: 1-6,16-18. June 17 2 Corinthians 11: 1-11. Matthew 6: 7-15. June 18 2 Corinthians 11: 18, 21b-30. Matthew 6: 19-23. June 19 2 Corinthians 12: 1-10. Matthew 6: 24-34.

ELEVENTH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME Living in God’s kingdom

Reading I Ezekiel 17: 22-24 (prophecy of the restoration of Israel)

Reading II 2 Corinthians 5: 6-10 (walking by faith)

Gospel Mark 4: 26-34 (seed grows by itself / the mustard seed)

Key Passage: Yet when [the mustard seed] is sown it grows up and becomes the greatest of all shrubs, and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the air can make nests in its shade. (Mark 4: 32)

Adult: What is the “good soil” that has allowed your faith to grow like the mustard seed and provide shelter for others?

Child: How do you help your faith grow like the mustard seed?

Chatham Catholic Family of Parishes Weekday Mass Intentions - June 14 - 19

The following will be celebrated in a Private Mass:

Monday, June 14 – Our Lady of Victory intentions ~ People of the parish The following will be celebrated at 9am at St. Ursula: Tuesday, June 15 – St. Agnes intentions ~ Lillian Buis ~ João Goncalves Antunes

Tuesday, June 15 – St. Ursula intentions ~ Tony Nugent ~ Klara Pajek ~ Gerarda Sullo The following will be celebrated in a Private Mass: Wednesday, June 16 – Blessed Sacrament intentions ~ Roy Downey

Wednesday, June 16 – St. Joseph intentions ~ People of the parish The following will be celebrated at 7 pm Mass at Our Lady of Victory: Wednesday, June 16 – Our Lady of Victory intentions ~ Zbigniew Piesiak The following will be celebrated at 9 am Mass at Blessed Sacrament Church: Thursday, June 17 – St. Agnes intentions ~ Martha & Doug Lloyd ~ Gail Collins ~ Intentions of Marilyn Jarczak Thursday, June 17 – St. Ursula intentions ~ Gary Allin ~ Jean Ashley ~ Colleen Slaght The following will be celebrated at Noon Mass at St. Joseph Church:

Friday, June 18 – Blessed Sacrament intentions ~ Denis & Patricia Cazabon Friday, June 18 – St. Joseph intentions ~ Angie Sedge ~ In thanksgiving to the Holy Family

The following will be celebrated in a Private Mass:

Saturday, June 19 - Our Lady of Victory intentions ~ People of the parish

CONFIRMATION We are not able to set dates for celebrating Confirmation yet. However, we can get students registered and prepared so we are ready when the time comes to set the dates. We will do this via an online/virtual process with parents, sponsors and students, in Gr. 8 or above:

• Go to our webpage at www.ccfp.dol.ca Under the Sacrament tab go to Confirmation for all the info and links.

• Fill out the Confirmation Request Form (save it and email to (ckeane@dol.ca).

• Complete the Sponsor and Interview Forms; email these to Colleen Keane.

• Once these steps are completed, Colleen Keane will communicate with you regarding the video series we are using to prepare.

• Questions? Connect with Colleen at ckeane@dol.ca or 352-9483 ext. 225.

PRIEST MOVES UPDATE

Fr. Jim announced the following at the live streamed Mass last Sunday (May 30).

I am announcing that the four of us - Father Jude, Father Olivet, Father Stan and me - will be moving from Chatham the week of July 5th.

Father Jude will be moving as Associate Pastor to Holy Family Parish in London. Father Olivet will be moving as Associate Pastor to St. Michael's in Leamington. Father Stan will be moving as Associate Pastor to Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish and Holy Trinity Parish in Windsor. As was announced in January I will be moving as Associate Pastor to East Windsor Catholic Family of Parishes in Windsor.

The new pastor of the Family of Parishes in Chatham will be Father John Jasica - presently the pastor of St. George Parish in London. His new Associate Pastors will be Father Robert Weaver who is presently the Associate Pastor in Norfolk Family of Parishes in Simcoe, Delhi and Father Darius Lewandowski, a Michaelite Father who has been on Sabbatical for the past year and living at the Michaelite House in Melrose.

The work of the Family of Parishes which we have worked at diligently will continue under the guidance of Father Jasica.

For more information on Priest moves, visit the Diocesan website at www.dol.ca.

DEACON’S PEN

Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM, in one of his Daily Meditations tells us that “the goal of all spiritual work, including prayer, sacraments, Bible study, and religious services of any type is not personal or private perfection, but surrender, love, and union with God.” Every person begins their faith journey with many questions, and little depth of genuine faith. Then, over time, given that we do actively engage in our own spiritual growth and development, our faith begins to grow. As Jesus tells us in His parable this Sunday, we do not know precisely how this happens – that is a mystery. What is important for us to understand is that the goal of our spiritual work is genuine surrender, love, and union with God. This goal is totally achievable when we are willing to do our part! For our part, we are all being called to surrender to our risen Lord, subordinating our pride and our ego, and opening our hearts and our minds to being led actively and intentionally by the Holy Spirit. Next, we are being called to embrace genuine merciful love in every aspect of our lives. The definition of love that speaks most profoundly to me is: “love is an unselfish, loyal, and benevolent concern for the good of another, or for the good of others” (Merriam-Webster Dictionary). Then, ultimately, we are being called to enter full communion with our risen Lord in this life and in the next. Entering a personal encounter with Jesus requires a personal choice on our part, and a genuine commitment to take positive action. Each of us must make our own conscious choice, and then actively embrace a life of prayer, Bible study, participation in the Sacraments and regular participation in the celebration of the Holy Mass. It is also most beneficial to make many sincere Spiritual Communions every day. Being actively involved in a deeply personal relationship with Jesus is the most beautiful, the most profound experience of any Christian life. Yours in Christ, Deacon Steve

MIGRANT WORKER MINISTRY OUTREACH How We Can Help

Every year we are blessed with many workers who come to help with the work needed to harvest food on our local farms. These people who come to work and live among us are our neighbours and our parishioners. They leave their country to earn a living, so that they can send support back home to their families.

Since COVID has begun our Migrant Workers Ministry has not been able to provide Masses in Spanish, gathered meals, or ministry visits for those who come to work and are far away from their families.

We can help! The Migrant Workers Ministry are preparing Welcome Bags with toiletries, personal items and prayer aides in Spanish and more. The bags will be delivered to the men during June. They are inviting us to help with the cost of putting these bags together.

Please pray and consider a monetary donation. Donations can be made via:

• Cheque – payable to St. Joseph Parish; “Migrant Workers Ministry” in the memo line

• E-transfer – stjoseph@dol.ca “Migrant Worker Ministry” in the Note section

• Cash or Cheques can be dropped off in the white locked drop boxes at St. Agnes or St. Ursula

We are asking that donations be submitted by June 21.

Thank you for your support and part in welcoming these men to our community!

CHURCH CHUCKLE

Masses are live streamed each Sunday and Thursday at 9 am on our YouTube channel. Visit the parish website (www.ccfp.dol.ca) and click on the link provided or you can go to youtube.com and search Chatham Catholic Family of Parishes.

Next live streamed Masses: Thursday, June 17 at 9 am

Sunday, June 20 at 9 am and at 10 am (Polish)

MASS VIA PHONE Good news, you can listen to Mass or pray the Rosary from St. George Parish in London by calling 1-226-781-7977 and following the prompts.

SUNDAY FRIENDS During the pandemic our Family of Parishes has been blessed with the weekly online Sunday Friends videos. We would like to thank in particular, Jen Doyle, for her hard work and commitment to this ministry.

There is a Sunday Friends video posted for this weekend (June 13), after that, Sunday Friends will be taking a summer break beginning June 20. We pray that we will be able to see the children in person by the fall and continue bringing God’s Word to our little ones.

LET’S DO OUR PART

Let’s unite in prayer to support our scientific and medical communities’ vaccination efforts! Getting vaccinated is an act of love, to protect your community. Covid-19 can be defeated thanks to our joint efforts - so that we may have life and have it in abundance. Getting vaccinated can help us all get back to life - including the in-person Mass and community volunteer work that we have all missed so much. To book your appointment visit getyourshotck.com or call 519-351-1010.

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