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Parish Calendar Dec 10, 2018 - Dec 16, 2018 Stewardship This Yr Last Yr Dec 1-2 $2446 $2529 We thank you sincerely for your generosity! News & Events Featured Advertiser Please pray for us… Fred Cadi gan, Mike Jilesen, Steve Foster, Chris Sand- ers, Christine Bellefeuille, Lionel Kilroy, Darius Irwin, Paul Cavanagh, Deacon Joseph McTeague, Eliza Vivian. Please call t he Parish O f fice with regular upd ates. Parish Ministry Schedule Dec 15-16, 2018 Sat 5pm Sun 9am Sun 11 am Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion Elizabeth Ionson * Linda Mulville * Rosemary Hotrum * Walter Lumsden (ch) Margi Moloney Tom Jones John Collins (ch) Michelle Garvey (ch) Lectors: Michelle Lumsden Ed Ward Eleanor Jessup Altar Servers: Joe Hulsman Adam Murray Eamon Brand Will Brand Music Ministry : VHC Gift Bearers: CWL CWL CWL Children’s Liturgy: (9am only): Jane Daniels, Cathy Nihill Offertory Counters (3rd): Dennis & Sue Gallant, Fran Damario Tuesday December 11 6:30 pm Mass ╬ Stanislaw & Walentyne Szabunia & Antoni & Cezaria Szabunia (Ms. Jane Kocjan) Wednesday December 12 6:00 pm Mass ╬ Julia Marie Murray (The Family) * Knights of Columbus Dinner Meeting Following Mass Thursday December 13 9:00 am Mass ╬ Mary (Mrs. Frank) Hickey (Ray & Clara Cavanagh) Friday December 14 9:00 am Mass ~ The Intentions of Fred & Laurie Cadigan (Joe & Kathy Young) Saturday December 15 5:00 pm Mass ╬ Deceased Members of the Hickey & Sullivan Families (John & Claudette Sullivan) Sunday December 16 8:35 am ~ Praying the Holy Rosary 9:00 am Mass ╬ ANNIV: Sr. Pat Cavanagh (The Family) 11:00 am Mass ~ The Intentions of All Parishioners CWL / KofC Dues 2019 Please used the gold coloured envelope in your offer- tory envelope box to submit your CWL & Knights of Columbus Dues for 2019. Amount is $25 (CWL), and $40 (KofC) - these can be placed on the collec- tion basket at any weekend Mass. We thank you sin- cerely for your continued membership and support! Cemeteries of Ennismore Township We have 5 of these books left in the Parish Office for sale - $47 (incl tax). These make wonderful Christmas gifts! Please contact the Parish Office or Paul Young (705 292-7335) if you wish to purchase one. Knights News! - As part of their Keep Christ in Christmas campaign, our Knights of Columbus members will distribute Merry Christmas buttons and nativity car magnets at the back of the church at all Masses this weekend and next weekend. The car magnets are $10 each and the Christmas buttons are by donation. Also, if you are driving south on Highway 28 from the Douro Road towards Hwy 7 during the month of December you will see a large billboard with the an image of the Holy Family and the words "Keep Christ in Christmas". The billboard is spon- sored by the 6 Knights of Columbus Councils in our district. Please continue to recite the Prayer for Life daily for the duration of the Novena for Life which continues until this Wednesday Dec 12th, the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Our Monthly Dinner meeting is THIS Wednesday Dec 12. All Brother Knights are encouraged to attend starting with Mass at 6:00 pm followed by dinner and the meeting. The highlight of the meeting will be the exemplification of four new members in the first degree of the order! Advent Reconciliation St. Martin of Tours Parish - Thurs Dec 20th Penitential Service at 6:00 pm - individual confessions to follow until 8:00 pm St. Anne’s Parish - Dec 15th (3:00 - 4:30 pm) Cathedral of St. Peter ‘s - Dec 15th (8am - 5pm) St. Alphonsus Parish - Dec 21 (9am - 9pm) Helping the People of Uganda: Fr. Paul and the Peterborough Medical Brigade will be travelling to Uganda in February to provide free medical care to the poor there. St. Martin’s has always made a huge contri- bution by donated vitamins to improve the health of the Ugandan people. For the first 3 weeks of Advent, boxes will be at the entrance to the church. Please be as generous as you can donating vitamins for us to take along: NOTE: only multiple vitamins for adults or children and no gummy vitamins please as they can- not be divided up for distribution. Collection will be from Dec.1- 16th. And God bless you for your generos- ity. Fr. Paul Our 14th Annual Christmas Concert in support of Brock Mission & Cameron House Sunday December 16th - 2:00 pm There is no better way to get in the spirit than helping those less fortunate - and listening to the beautiful Music of Christmas Please mark your calendars & plan to attend! If you know of someone that might like to attend, but does not drive, why not offer to pick them up! Cheques should be made payable to Brock Mission Christmas Flower Donations Anyone wishing to help with Christ- mas Flowers, please place your donation in an envelope marked Christmas Flowers - be sure to put your name on it (and envelope # if possible), as well as who you are making the donation in memory (or in honour) of. Your donation will be included in your year end tax receipt. We thank our Advertisers! Our advertisers not only help by offsetting the cost of printing our weekly bulletins, but many of them also provide prizes, or discounts on products/ services for Parish events and projects. Please let them know that you appreciate their spon- sorship by mentioning that you saw their ad in our bulletin (and of course by purchasing their products and services. One more advertising space is available (cost - $250 per year) Please call or email the Parish Office if you are interested. 705 292-8823 2019 Offertory Envelope Boxes are ready! They are in alphabetical order at the main entrance of the church. PLEASE check the address on the box, as this is where your tax receipt will be mailed to - call or email the Parish Office if any changes are required (spelling of names, or address). Also, please remember, you may have a DIFFERENT number from year to year, so make sure you use ONLY the 2019 box starting January 1, 2019; in order to ensure you get credit for all donations you make. I would like to thank Marlene Barry for coming every year and spending the afternoon helping me with this project. If you do not see a box in your name, please call the Parish Office at 705 292-8823. We will look into it. ~ Kathy Our CWL - Thanks You!! We thank all who contributed to the Cookie Extravaganza - your generosity is truly a blessing! We assembled 72 cookie trays - bursting at the seams ….52 were delivered to shut ins, elderly, etc; and the remaining trays were sold with funds being depos- ited to our CWL Account for future project. May God bless you abundantly for your kind support of this project year after year. Scott Woods & Band (An Old Time Christmas) Fundraiser for the Cathedral of St. Peter-in-Chains (in memory of Fr. Bernard Heffernan) Sat Dec 15th - 7:00 pm - Market Hall - Tickets $25 adults $10 (ages 6-12) Age 5 & under FREE! Call 705 749-1146 for tickets! Deck the Halls! Please come and help us decorate our beautiful church for Christmas!! Next Saturday Dec 15th (2-3 pm). Many hands truly do make light work. All ages are welcome to participate. God Bless!
