Family of Parishes · 17/5/2020 · St. Patrick’s, Kinkora St. Vincent de Paul, Mitchell St....
5
PARISH OFFICE TEMPORARILY CLOSED On a direcve from Bishop Fabbro, due to the out- break of COVID-19, all churches and Parish offices in the Diocese of London are closed. Staff are working from home and have access to voicemail and e-mail. Please leave a message and we will respond as soon as possible. Telephone & Fax: 519-345-2972 Father Philip Joseph: ext. 22 Father Benjamin Raze: ext. 21 Youth Minister: Karen Doyle ext. 26 Office Secretary: Kate Brown ext. 23 Financial Secretary: Sally Stacey ext. 24 Parish e-mail: [email protected] or [email protected] Websites: www.stjandstp.com and www.stpandstvp.com Masses are suspended unl the end of May, unless government recommendaons change sooner. All confessions are cancelled, except in cases of danger of death. THE REASON FOR OUR HOPE “What is the reason for your hope?” Imagine somebody coming up to you and asking you that queson. Not “What are you hoping for?” or “What are you hoping to do?” No, this isn’t about our de- sires for possessions or aspiraons for life, it’s “Why do you hope?” Peter today tells us that we ought to be ready to give an answer to this queson. Truth be told, few of us spend much me thinking about why we hope. Luckily, the scriptures today give us our answers. We hope because Christ suffered for us, in order that we might come to God. We hope because we know that, in the Spirit, God grants us another Advocate through Christ to remain with us always. No maer what we might hope for, whatever we might hope to do, we must always first know and proclaim the reason for our hope: the presence of God in Christ, with us through the power of the Spir- it. Copyright JS Paluch Co. Diocese of London Outreach Page Online Masses, Catholic publicaons and acvies for families, children and youth: hps://dol.ca/outreach “Worry is a conversaon I have with myself about things I cannot change. Prayer is a conversaon we have with God about things God can change.” “I will ask the Father, and he will give you . . . the Spirit of truth.” — John 14:16–17 Prayer to Our Lady, Help of Chrisans (St. John Bosco) Most Holy Virgin Mary, Help of Chrisans, how sweet it is to come to your feet imploring your per- petual help. If earthly mothers cease not to remem- ber their children, how can you, the most loving of all mothers forget me? Grant then to me, I implore you, your perpetual help in all my necessies, in even sorrow, and especially in all my temptaons. I ask for your unceasing help for all who are now suffering. Help the weak, cure the sick, convert sin- ners. Grant through your intercessions many voca- ons to the religious life. Obtain for us, O Mary, Help of Chrisans, that having invoked you on earth we may love and eternally thank you in heaven. Amen. Family of Parishes May 17, 2020: Sixth Sunday of Easter St. Patrick’s, Kinkora St. Vincent de Paul, Mitchell St. Patrick’s, Dublin St. James, Seaforth Parish Administrators: Kinkora & Mitchell: Rev. Benjamin Raze Seaforth & Dublin: Rev. Philip Joseph
Transcript of Family of Parishes · 17/5/2020 · St. Patrick’s, Kinkora St. Vincent de Paul, Mitchell St....
PARISH OFFICE TEMPORARILY CLOSED On a directive from Bishop Fabbro, due to the out-break of COVID-19, all churches and Parish offices in the Diocese of London are closed. Staff are working from home and have access to voicemail and e-mail. Please leave a message and we will respond as soon as possible.
Telephone & Fax: 519-345-2972
Father Philip Joseph: ext. 22 Father Benjamin Raze: ext. 21 Youth Minister: Karen Doyle ext. 26 Office Secretary: Kate Brown ext. 23 Financial Secretary: Sally Stacey ext. 24 Parish e-mail: [email protected] or [email protected] Websites: www.stjandstp.com and www.stpandstvp.com Masses are suspended until the end of May, unless government recommendations change sooner. All confessions are cancelled, except in cases of danger of death.
THE REASON FOR OUR HOPE “What is the reason for your hope?” Imagine somebody coming up to you and asking you that question. Not “What are you hoping for?” or “What are you hoping to do?” No, this isn’t about our de-sires for possessions or aspirations for life, it’s “Why do you hope?” Peter today tells us that we ought to be ready to give an answer to this question. Truth be told, few of us spend much time thinking about why we hope. Luckily, the scriptures today give us our answers. We hope because Christ suffered for us, in order that we might come to God. We hope because we know that, in the Spirit, God grants us another Advocate through Christ to remain with us always. No matter what we might hope for, whatever we might hope to do, we must always first know and proclaim the reason for our hope: the presence of God in Christ, with us through the power of the Spir-it. Copyright JS Paluch Co.
Diocese of London Outreach Page
Online Masses, Catholic publications and activities for families, children and youth:
https://dol.ca/outreach “Worry is a conversation I have with myself about
things I cannot change. Prayer is a conversation we have with God about things God can change.”
“I will ask the Father, and he will give you . . . the Spirit of truth.”
— John 14:16–17
Prayer to Our Lady, Help of Christians
(St. John Bosco)
Most Holy Virgin Mary, Help of Christians, how sweet it is to come to your feet imploring your per-petual help. If earthly mothers cease not to remem-ber their children, how can you, the most loving of all mothers forget me? Grant then to me, I implore you, your perpetual help in all my necessities, in even sorrow, and especially in all my temptations. I ask for your unceasing help for all who are now suffering. Help the weak, cure the sick, convert sin-ners. Grant through your intercessions many voca-tions to the religious life. Obtain for us, O Mary, Help of Christians, that having invoked you on earth we may love and eternally thank you in heaven. Amen.
Family of Parishes
May 17, 2020: Sixth Sunday of Easter
St. Patrick’s, Kinkora St. Vincent de Paul, Mitchell St. Patrick’s, Dublin St. James, Seaforth
Parish Administrators: Kinkora & Mitchell: Rev. Benjamin Raze Seaforth & Dublin: Rev. Philip Joseph
Masses to be Celebrated Privately by Fr. Philip this week:
+ Tom Eckert by Dan & Colleen O’Rourke
+ Elizabeth Klaver by Jim & Marion Finlayson
+ Joseph & Florence Devereaux by the McQuaid family
+ John Maloney by Jim & Jean Maloney
+ Walter Nicholson by Kevin & Jan O’Rourke & family
Masses to be Celebrated Privately by Fr. Ben this week:
+ Rev. Paul Mooney by the Estate
+ Marie Meagher (White) by the family
+ Theresa Kelly by Mike & Mary Helen Van Loon
+ Eldon Weiss by the Estate
Souls in Purgatory by Michelle & Jacob Quinlan
+ Margaret O’Reilly by John & Dora Van Herk
Connecting with Young People and Families As we continue to find new ways to reach out to young people and their families during this chal-lenging time, we want to direct your attention to two Facebook links that may be of inter-est. The Diocese of London Youth Ministry Out-reach page is a place where we are sharing what is going on in youth ministry in the Diocese, and each Tuesday and Friday afternoon there is a live video discussing ways in which parishes and staff are reaching out to our families and young people.
May is the month of the Rosary We invite all parishioners to join together each morning at 9 a.m. to pray the rosary for an end to the Coronavirus, for those who have died and for those who are sick and suffering. The Joyful Mystery - Prayed on Monday and Sat-urday https://youtu.be/i2fow3OVgtM The Glorious Mystery - Prayed on Sunday and Wednesday https://youtu.be/xTsX-Pf6tIo The Luminous Mystery - Prayed on Thurs-day https://youtu.be/i2fow3OVgtM The Sorrowful Mystery - Prayed on Tuesday and Friday https://youtu.be/xgBg0jQ4HAA Please set aside some time to join us in prayer as we implore Our Blessed Mother to intercede for an end to this pandemic.
Year of Prayer
Send forth your Spirit, O Lord, and fill the hearts of your people
with an ardent desire to follow Jesus, to be his missionary disciples.
Fill us with joy and a desire to know your word. May we boldly proclaim the Good News to others; for when we help others to know that God loves
them, they will know true happiness.
Fill us with a deep desire for the Eucharist. May we recognize Jesus
in the proclamation of the Scriptures and in the Breaking of the Bread;
for when we are united with Jesus, joy is constantly born anew.
Fill us with a true love of neighbour. May we seek opportunities for reconciliation,
and with big hearts serve those in need; for in serving them, we know we are serving your
Son. With the help of the Holy Spirit,
may we commit ourselves to loving you and doing your will.
We make this prayer through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
The parish office will be closed on Monday, May 18th for the Victoria Day Holiday.
Summer Camp Revamp We are sad to announce that summer camps, as we have come to know them, will have to be canceled for this summer. This includes our Leadership Camps as well as our Reach programs scheduled in various places around the diocese. However, we are anticipating the hiring of a number of students this summer who will assist in creating and imple-menting a number of fun and creative initiatives for families, children, and teens that will be available to a larger number of parishes and individuals than we are normally able to serve. The job postings can be found at www.dol.ca/employmentvolunteering and we encourage applications from around the dio-cese.
Please Update Contact Information In reaching out to our parishioners during the pan-demic, we have noticed that many phone numbers we have on file are no longer in service. If yours has changed, please update your phone number and e-mail address with the parish office—ext. 23 or by e-mailing [email protected]. Thank you!
Your advertisement here! To
reserve this space, call the parish
office at 519-345-2972 ext. 23
or e-mail [email protected]
PO Box 622, Seaforth
Follow us on Facebook at st patricks church dublin CWL
Personal Support Worker helping with everyday needs: driving to
appts, grocery shopping, etc. Please contact Kim at 519-276-0912
or on FB a “A Caring Heart PSW”
