Pastor: Fr. Waldemar Podlasz SDS (dipastor@rogers.com)

Associate Pastor: Fr. Tavis Goski (fr.goski@outlook.com)

Priest in Residence: Fr. John (Yongli) Chen

(yongli79@gmail.com)

Deacons: Gary Bourgeois, Stephen Donoghue, Jeffrey Le Bane

Gerardo Panes, William Reggler, Michael Seath, Mike

Seguin

Pastoral Council Chair: Jeff Orser 613-983-3978

Finance Council Chair: Susan Galarneau 613-830-7111

DIVINE INFANT PARISH 6658 Bilberry Drive, Orleans, Ontario K1C 2S9

Tel: 613 824-6822 Fax: 613 834-7459 (for emergencies only 613-804-6822) Web site: www.divineinfant.on.ca Office hours: Tuesday to Friday: 9:00am - Noon & 1:00pm - 4:00pm

Mass & Confession Schedule on page 2.

Infant Baptisms generally are held two Sundays a month (except

during Lent & Advent). Please call the parish office to set up a meeting

with one of our priests.

School age Baptism: October registration for Baptism after Easter.

Marriage Preparation Deacon Mike and Josiane Seguin 613-824-6822 ext 221

At least six months notice is required. No date can be set until a meeting

with the couple has taken place.

Adult Sacramental Preparation (RCIA) Deacon Jeff Le Bane 613-834-5039

For adults seeking baptism or full communion with the Roman Catholic

Church or adult Catholics seeking Confirmation. Meetings are weekly on

Wednesday nights. We are always open to new inquiries.

School Age Sacramental Preparation Victoria Pusiak 613-824-6822 x229

For ALL (both Catholic school and public school) baptized Catholic

children. The parish registration for reception of the Sacraments of First

Communion (grade 2) and Confirmation (grade 6 +) will be in OCTOBER.

Anointing of the Sick Are you or someone you know in need of this sacrament of healing? Anyone

who has been diagnosed with a severe illness, is going for surgery or has

reached old age is eligible to receive this sacrament. Please call the parish

office or speak to a priest.

Parish Secretary: Margaret Heuthorst ext 221

(di_office@rogers.com )

Parish Manager: Deacon Jeff Le Bane ext 235

(parishadministrator@rogers.com)

Sacramental Coordinator: Mrs. Victoria Pusiak ext 229

(victoriapusiak@rogers.com)

Youth Ministry: Jacob Douglas & Alisa Valks ext 233

(diyouthministries@gmail.com)

Parish Caretaker: Richard Gibeault ext 228

(richardgibeault@rogers.com)

Alpha Program Real Thibault thibaultr1@gmail.com

Altar Servers (ages 7-18) Blessilda Donoghue 702-5842

Bereavement Group Diane Jemus 830-5612

Catholic Women’s League Frances Chicot 424-4121 (General Meeting 4th Tuesday of month)

Children’s Liturgy Debbie Olsheskie 590-2338

Communion Ministers Diane LeBlanc 837-0115

Cursillo Parish Rep Rob Chamberlain 620-3430

Divine Mercy Cenacle Stan Siok 841-1637

& Cindy Kearns-O'Hara 424-0106

http://cenacledivineinfant.wixsite.com/divinemercy

Greeters/Ushers Stephane Therrien 590-0769

Knights of Columbus Richard Charette 830-4524

(General Meeting 1st Tuesday of month) Library Sylvie Bissonnette 837-9537

(Open after weekend Masses Sept - June)

Liturgy Chair Marilyn Geis 837-0571

Madonna Tuesday Tea Marg Boeckler 830-4788

Mom’s Morning Out Andrea Heeringa 834-9968

Music - Adult Choir Corey Arnold 899-3460

Music - Children’s Choir Corey Arnold 899-3460

Music - garth@netcanada.ca Garth Pereira 446-5995

Pastoral Care Jennifer Millenor

DI.PastoralCare@gmail.com

Prayer Shawl Ministry Anne Seath 315-6234

Pro-Life Activities Gar Knutson 841-8516

Readers Richard Boulianne 837-3828

Sale of Religious Articles Monique Sutherland 824-3365

& Mary Michel 841-1867

Shepherds of Good Hope Allan Harvey 824-8632

St. Vincent De Paul Dan Therrien 424-6134

Unbound Ministry Brenda Kortekaas

divineinfantunbound@gmail.com

St. Matthew High School 837-3161

St. Peter High School 837-9377

Convent Glen Catholic School 824-8541

Divine Infant School 824-1060

FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER ~ Year B

APRIL 22, 2018

Our Lady of Wisdom School 824-9700

St. Clare School 834-6334

St. Francis of Assisi School 830-3215

St. Theresa School 837-4114

St. Dominic School 424-3760

OUR MISSION STATEMENTOUR MISSION STATEMENT

We, the people of Divine Infant Parish, are called through We, the people of Divine Infant Parish, are called through

Baptism to celebrate the presence of Jesus Christ in Word and Baptism to celebrate the presence of Jesus Christ in Word and

Sacrament. In the spirit of faith, service, and community, we strive Sacrament. In the spirit of faith, service, and community, we strive

to bring everyone closer together and closer to God. This we to bring everyone closer together and closer to God. This we

accomplish by:accomplish by:

Shaping our lives in the image of Christ through Shaping our lives in the image of Christ through

worship and prayer.worship and prayer.

Contributing to the growth of our parish by being faith-Contributing to the growth of our parish by being faith-

ful stewards of the Gospel by word, witness, action and ful stewards of the Gospel by word, witness, action and

evangelization.evangelization.

Lending support to the parish leadership and working Lending support to the parish leadership and working

together to fulfill the mission.together to fulfill the mission.

FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER Saturday, April 21 5:00 pm-For all Divine Infant Parishioners

Sunday, April 22 8:00 amJoseph Heuthorst

9:30 amIvan & Estelle Walsh by their family

11:15amThomas Norman (40th anniv) by his daughter Bernice 6:30 pmIan MacAulay by the Pusiak family Anacleto Conde Sr. by his family Paul Massad by the Massad family

Monday, April 23 7:00 pm-For the intentions of Francis Evangelista

Tuesday, April 24

7:00 pm-For the living and deceased members of the CWL

Wednesday, April 25 St. Mark, Evangelist

9:00 am-For the intentions of Vanessa & Jim Davies on their wedding

anniversary by Peter & Christina Corcoran

9:30 am-Holy Hour with Benediction

Thursday, April 26

9:00 am-For the intentions of Jim Davies on his birthday by Peter &

Christina Corcoran

7:00 pm-Mass-Feast of Our Lady of Good Counsel

Friday, April 27 9:00 amSean Naipal (4th anniv) by his family Antonio Correia by Fatima, Tony, Shane and Megan Ian MacAulay by Bev deMontigny Paul Matheson by Ruth, Bob & Amanda Benwell -For the intentions of Jackie Sullivan by Dcn Pat & Mireille McNulty

FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER Saturday, April 28 5:00 pmIvan Straznicky (14th anniv) by his family

Isabella (Isa) Mise (1st anniv) by the Mise family

Theresa Lewis by Janice & Gordon Fougere & family

Mary Hickey by Rosemary

Julia Cardenas by Narciso D. Cardenas III

Dolores Deleon by Narciso D. Cardenas III

Sunday, April 29 8:00 amYee Mu Chau (54th anniv) by Lam Ko, Diane, Lisa & Karen

Theresa White by Jennifer Goldstone

Sue McGarry by Barbara & Brent Jones

Regina McBride by Bert & Margaret Williams

Gordon Begin By David Langedock

9:30 am-For all Divine Infant Parishioners

11:15amAlbert Baillargeon by Iris & family 6:30 pmMaria & Johnny Duarte by Tony, Fatima, Shane & Megan

Intentions for April 21 ~ April 29

2018

DIVINE INFANT YOUTH

Junior Youth Group, 7pm - 9pm

Friday, April 27 ~ Capture The Flag

Senior High Youth Group, 7pm – 9pm

Friday, May 4 ~ The Other Options

FB + Instagram @diyouthministry diyouthministries@gmail.com

Difficulty hearing? Turn your radio to 98.5FM and use ear-phones to hear directly from our amplifier.

CONFESSIONS Saturday: 4:15 - 4:45pm

Sunday: 5:50 - 6:15pm

Weekdays: 1/2 hr before Mass

Or by appt.

Dear Friends in Christ,

The Fourth Sunday of Easter marks the

World Day of Prayer for Vocations instituted by

Pope Paul VI in 1964. To highlight this occasion I

offer you this reflection. It is taken from Pope

Benedict XVI’s letter titled “Vocations as a Sign of Hope

founded in Faith” from 2012:

“Vocations to the priesthood and the consecrated life

are born out of the experience of a personal encounter with

Christ, out of sincere and confident dialogue with him, so as to

enter into his will. It is necessary, therefore, to grow in the ex-

perience of faith, understood as a profound relationship with

Jesus, as inner attentiveness to his voice which is heard deep

within us. This process, which enables us to respond positively

to God’s call, is possible in Christian communities where the

faith is lived intensely, where generous witness is given of ad-

herence to the Gospel, where there is a strong sense of mission

which leads people to make the total gift of self for the Kingdom

of God, nourished by recourse to the Sacraments, especially the

Eucharist, and by a fervent life of prayer. This latter “must on

the one hand be something very personal, an encounter between

my intimate self and God, the living God. On the other hand it

must be constantly guided and enlightened by the great prayers

of the Church and of the saints, by liturgical prayer, in which

the Lord teaches us again and again how to pray proper-

ly.” (Spe Salvi, 34). Deep and constant prayer brings about

growth in the faith of the Christian community, in the unceas-

ingly renewed certainty that God never abandons his people

and that he sustains them by raising up particular vocations – to

the priesthood and the consecrated life – so that they can be

signs of hope for the world. Indeed, priests and religious are

called to give themselves unconditionally to the People of God,

in a service of love for the Gospel and the Church, serving that

firm hope which can only come from an openness to the divine.

By means of the witness of their faith and apostolic zeal, there-

fore, they can transmit, especially to the younger generations, a

strong desire to respond generously and promptly to Christ who

calls them to follow him more closely. Whenever a disciple of

Jesus accepts the divine call to dedicate himself to the priestly

ministry or to the consecrated life, we witness one of the most

mature fruits of the Christian community, which helps us to look

with particular trust and hope to the future of the Church and to

her commitment to evangelization.”

In Christ,

Please pray for our brothers and sisters who are sick…….Sylvia GOSSELIN, Randall KIMBROUGH, ,Emma FLYNN-MANTYLA, Shirley-

Lynne KIMBROUGH, Mary Ellen DILLON, Victor ROMAN, Ireneo VAZQUEZ, Felix BERNALDINO, Valmond BOUDREAU, Jean-Luc,

Alberto VALENCIA, Carmen FUENTES, Carl WARD, Jacqueline SCHEIDL, Tat ENG, Teddy GRIFFITH, Eve CROOKSTON, David HUM-

PHRIES, Armand COSENZA, Christine CASEY, Shirley LAKE, Derek PERABO, Carmel VANASSE, Chantal NADEAU, Maurice NADEAU,

Aislynn BALL, Fay OUIMET, Ron ANDERSON, Jacques HÉBERT, Mary WATERS, Sacha, Carol SCULLY, Rémi PELLETIER, Michael

JACQUES, Ethel LAWRENCE, Pat BELANGER, Aniston CHENIER-MUNRO, Richard DAGENAIS, Kyram DEAR, Joe PISTILLI, Donna ABBI-

NETT, Rob HURRY, Aimé ESSIAMBRE, Laura OUIMET, Lauren DITTRICH BILYEU, Jeremy, Jores DUVERSEAU, Benoit HENDRIX, André

VILLENEUVE, Mia HEUTHORST, Olivia TRAFICANTI, Claudette DAGENAIS, Millie MASON, David WARMINGTON, Samuel BROOKES,

Aaliyah SYLVESTER, Donna LeBLANC, Florence PAQUET, Lucas TREPANIER, Max FOWORA, Christine KEABLE, George MARCHAND,

Marianne MARCHAND, Carmel HINS, Erin HOLT, Sue-Anne HURRY-LECOMPTE, Ethan LAVICTOIRE, Pat McGARRY, Stephan SIGOUIN,

Mary Lou MacKINNON, the Residents of Madonna Nursing Home and t hose whose names are entered in our Book of the Sick.

HOUSE BLESSINGS Our Deacons are available to visit your home to bless it, typical-

ly on an evening or weekend. The people who live there must be

present. Call or email the office to request a date.

PERPETUAL ADORATION Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament at St.

Margaret Mary Church Cumberland (#2571 Hwy174).

Contact Lyse Charron at 830-7721.

GENERAL MEETING - 1st Tuesday of every month.

GROCERY CARDS - DEBIT NOW AVAILABLE

Don’t forget to purchase your grocery cards every

weekend in the foyer of the church. Rebates from the sale of

grocery cards support our parish and local charities.

PARISH BREAKFAST - The next parish breakfast is on

Sunday, May 6 from 8:00am until after 11:15am Mass. This

will be the last breakfast until August.

ROSE PRO-LIFE CAMPAIGN - The Knights to Columbus

will be collecting donations in the foyer of the church on April

28th & 29th in support of the Miriam Centre

CATHOLIC WOMEN’S LEAGUE GENERAL MEETING 4th Tuesday of every month. The next CWL meeting

is April 24th at 7:00pm in the parish hall.

FEAST OF OUR LADY OF GOOD COUNSEL - April 26. Mass at 7:00pm with reception to follow.

ST. MATTHEW’S HIGH SCHOOL REUNION For students and staff who attended from 1987 - 1993; will be held

Friday, May 18th & Saturday, May 19th. For more information

please check the St. Matthew's Reunion Facebook page or contact

Laurie Alphonse at laurie.alphonse@gmail.com or Joanne Rice at

joannerice808@gmail.com

WEDDING ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION Are you celebrating 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50,

60 or more years of marriage in 2018? If so, you

may wish to take part in the celebration on Sun-

day, May 6 at 2:30pm at Notre Dame Cathe-

dral. Archbishop Prendergast will celebrate Mass. Registration

forms can be found on our parish bulletin board near the parish

library and the office. Please register by Wednesday, April 25.

CONGRATULATIONS Congratulations to those who received the sacrament of

confirmation this weekend. May the gifts of the Holy Spirit

strengthen them in their Christian faith, and renew in them

their baptismal commitment. Please remember them in your

prayers.

ACADEMIA STELLA MARIS ~ FUNDRAISER MOVIE Come with your family and friends to a movie night to view 2

Christian movies appropriate for the whole family (Jericho-

LEGO movie and Amazing Love) on April 28 at Ste Euphemie

Parish in Casselman. Doors open at 5:30pm and movies start at

6:00pm; $5.00/adult $2.00/child (3 and over). Popcorn & juices

available for $0.50 each. Profits will support Academia Stella

Maris.

THE NEW EVANGELIZATION SUMMIT Join Catholics from around the World at a conference on the

New Evangelization April 27 - 28, 2018. At the Infinity Con-

vention Centre, Ottawa, and webcast to host sites across 5 coun-

tries. Catholic speakers: Michael Dopp, George Weigel, Patrick

Madrid, Curtis Martin, Sr. Ann Shields, Christy Dupuis, Arch-

bishop Prendergast and more. Fee: $95. Register online: https://

www.newevangelization.ca/. Hosted by Mission of the Redeem-

er Ministries.

USHERS NEEDED The number of parishioners available to be greeters and ushers

at weekend Masses is declining, especially at the Sunday

9:30am Mass. These volunteers perform such an important ser-

vice for our parishioners - welcoming, assisting and answering

questions. If you are able to help in this important ministry,

please contact Stephane Therrien, the parish coordinator at

613-255-7643 or by e-mail at Stephane2012@rogers.com

Thank you for your attention.

SPIRITUAL ADOPTION ~ MONTH TWO Your baby is making progress developing all external

features and internal organs. Their brain is functioning

at 40 days and the Mother can hear the baby’s heart-

beat now on an ultrasonic stethoscope. Milk-teeth

buds are present at 6 ½ weeks. It has been reported that a two-

month old baby can suck their thumb. From this moment, your

spiritually adopted baby grows and refines their body. But eve-

rything they need to survive once born is already present by the

end of the eighth week.

MONTFORT HÔPITAL ~ SPRING FAIR Spring Fair May 3 (artisans and merchants) - Hôpital Montfort

auditorium, Thursday, May 3rd, 7:30am – 4:00pm. Free admis-

sion. Free parking with $10 purchase or more. A fund-raising

activity of the hospital’s Volunteer Association. Bring a friend!

THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY For the special collection taken up for the poor on Holy

Thursday. Parishioners generously donated $1,735.35; a

significant increase over the previous year. All donations

received have been given to Help Our Students Ministry, a

local charity founded by one of Divine Infant’s parishion-

ers. Thank you so much.