Saturday Jan. 23 5:15 p.m. James Lawton

Sunday Jan. 24 9:30 a.m. Members of the Parish

11:00 a.m. Special Intentions of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Collection Counters

Tuesday Jan. 26 7:00 p.m. Arlene Dillon / Len Persian

Wednesday Jan. 27 9:30 a.m. Deceased Members of the Balachandran Family

Thursday Jan. 28 9:30 a.m. Aelian Weerasooriya

Friday Jan. 29 9:30 a.m. Special Intention

Saturday Jan. 30 5:15 p.m. Rosemary Dicola

Sunday Jan. 31 9:30 a.m. Maria & Manuel Cabral

11:00 a.m. Members of the Parish

** All servers welcome in the Sactuary at all liturgies

Liturgies this week

The Rosary The Rosary is prayed in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament Mass, Tuesday. – Saturday., before Mass.

Prayer for Justice and Peace

Almighty and Eternal God, may Your grace enkindle in all of us a love for the many unfortunate people, whom poverty and misery reduce to a condition of life unworthy of human beings. Arouse in the hearts of those who call You Father, a hunger and thirst for social justice and for fraternal charity in deeds and in truth. Grant, O Lord, peace in our days, peace to souls, peace in families, peace to our country, and peace among nations. ~ Amen

Prayer Line Contact: Shirley Legris 613-545-0493

Knights of Columbus 1st Tues. of the month after 7:00 p.m. Mass, Grand Knight – Joseph Hamilton

Catholic Women’s League

2nd Tues. of the month after 7:00 p.m. Mass

Finance Committee Dr. A. Sanfilippo, Chairman

Parish Council Kay Weerasooriya, Chairperson

Property Committee Richard Hoffman, ChairmanFundraising Committee 4th Wed. of the month 7:00 p.m. = Elaine

Clark, ChairpersonHospitality Committee Kay Weerasooriya

Justice and Peace Committee

4th Thurs of the month 7:00 p.m. - Bronek Korczysnki, Chairman

Liturgy Committee Kay Weerasooriya, Chairperson

Screening Committee Joanne Cosgrove, Chairperson

Legion of Mary Tues. 9:30 a.m.

Junior Liturgy 9:30 a.m. MassPartners in Mission Food Donations

Food to be received 3rd week each month

Choir Practice Thursdays | 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.

Secretary’s Office Hours Mon. – Thurs. 9 to 12 noon

September - June

Deacon Greg Burliuk has received scheduled hip replacement surgery. He will return to parish ministry when he is walking easily. If you wish to contact him, the mailing address is 340 Wilson Road, RR1, Yarker, Ontario, K0K 3N0

Father Brennan plans to return to the parish January 29. Please extend your usual gracious welcome to Father Burke and Father Tallon, who are providing your pastoral care.

The Knights of Columbus Council 7224, would like to invite you to a spaghetti dinner on Friday, Jan. 29, at 5:30 pm in Our Lady of Lourdes Church Parish Hall. Ticket prices will be $10 each but children under 10 years will be served for free. Tickets will be sold over the next three weeks after each weekend Mass or by contacting George Iori (613-384-4812). We look forward to serving you!

Liturgical Assignments are posted on the bulletin boards and on the parish website

Holy Communion to those in the Parish who are not well enough to come to Sunday Mass, please contact Carol Young: 613-389-6306.

Sacrament of Penance Saturday, 4:30-5:00 p.m., daily before Mass, and by appointment

Sacrament of Baptism: by appointment

Sacrament of Marriage: Arrange 6 months in advance. Pre-marriage course required

Sacrament of the sick: as needed. Call the parish office.

Sacraments

Information from Archbishop Brendan O’Brien This past October, the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada launched a joint Declaration on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide. At the time of its release, the Declaration had been signed by 56 faith leaders across Canada. These signatories, including the CCCB, are now making a concerted effort to obtain signatures from a wide spectrum of Canadians who agree with the principles outlined in the Declaration. You are invited to show your support for this initiative. The Declaration and signatory option can be accessed at the following link: www.euthanasiadeclaration.ca

Cursillistas There will be an ULTREYA on Sun., Feb. 7 at St. John the Apostle Church Hall, 88 Patrick St. The Ultreya will start at 2pm and end at 3pm. it will consist of a witness talk, response, small groups and prayer. Light refreshments will be available. There will be an Apostolic Hour of Adoration before the Blessed Sacrament from 3 to 4 pm. This Hour is optional. All are welcome. Please spread the word.

Hotel Dieu Hospital/St. Mary’s Coat Drive wraps up Winter coats will be distributed at St. Mary’s Parish Centre 1-4 pm, Mon. to Fri. only until Fri., Jan. 29. Many thanks to all for their donations!

Pancake Supper – St. Paul the Apostle Church is hosting a Pancake Supper on Shrove Tuesday, Feb. 9 from 5-7pm at Holy Cross Catholic S.S. in the cafeteria. Contact Nadia Gundert for tickets, 613-484-2446 or pick up at the door. $5 per person, $15 per family.

The 9th St. John Fisher dinner will be held on Mar. 31st at the Ambassador Hotel and Conference Centre. This event has become one of the most celebrated annual Catholic dinners anywhere in Canada – an honour for our local community. This year we are proud to express our solidarity with the Church in Ukraine. Ukraine: Church of the New Martyrs. Our Visitor is His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk of Kiev, Patriarch of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. Reception 6 pm Dinner 7 pm. Individual registration for the dinner is $80. Table of 10 - $700. We would encourage you to register at http://store.cco.ca as soon as possible. All proceeds from the dinner support the work of Catholic Christian Outreach (CCO) at Queen’s University, where they have been working closely with Newman House since 2007.

The year 2017 marks the 50th Anniversary of the founding of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish. A 50th Anniversary Sub-Committee of the Parish Council has been formed, and members are busy planning an agenda of celebratory events. There will be a special Thanksgiving Liturgy and several other events, such as a pilgrimage to Lourdes,

France, a parish family barbecue, a special fundraising dinner and historical photo story boards.

In order to commemorate this important parish milestone, we invite all parishioners to participate in a new Parish Photo Directory. The Knights of Columbus have generously offered to organize this project under the leadership of Jack Breault. The Knights will begin taking booking for family and/or individual photographs on February 1. We would ask all of you to join in and make this Photo Directory a success.

Updates on the 50th anniversary celebrations will be provided in the bulletin and on our parish web page, as plans progress. Let us invoke the intercession of Our Lady of Lourdes upon the golden anniversary of our parish celebrations.

5:15 pm 9:30 am 11:00 am

Lectors P. Noonan D. Daniel A. Clark

E.M. P. Noonan P. Gilmartin

D. Daniel K. Mulvihill

A. Clark L. Garofalo

Gifts Mark Family Gooding Family Chandrarajan Family

Ushers T. O’Flaherty Volunteer

J. MacIntyre Volunteer

R. Vanderhelm Volunteer

Liturgical Assignments |January 30/31

Year of Mercy - Archdiocesan Celebration The Rite of Election with Catechumens and the Rite of Calling Baptized Candidates to Lenten RenewalOn Sunday, 14 February at 4:00pm at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Archbishop O’Brien will celebrate the Rite of Election with catechumens from the Archdiocese of Kingston. At the same celebration, all baptized candidates seeking full communion with the Catholic Church will be called to Lenten renewal. All parishioners are welcome to attend this special event and to support our new brothers and sisters in faith. Refreshments will be served afterwards at St. Mary’s Parish Centre.

24th Annual Life Jesus Higher RallyMarch 5, 9 am to 5:30 pm. Metro Toronto Convention Centre. Bus leaves St. Mary’s Cathedral at 5:30 am. Cost for transportation (admission ticket and dinner not included) is $45. Tickets to rally $20/adults and $15/youth. For reservations and tickets, contact Ann Lyng at 613-546-5521, Ext. 5 or at: alyng@cogeco.ca This year’s theme is Learning to Love Children and Youth as Jesus Loves Them.

Regiopolis-Notre Dame’s Grade 8 Parent Information Night Thursday, Feb. 11 at 6:30 pm in the school cafeteria. Students and parents interested in information on the International Baccalaureate Program should plan to attend an information session beginning at 5:30 pm.