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PASTOR

Fr. Joseph Grima ext. 8pastor@blessedozanam.ca

OFFICE INQUIRIES

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SACRAMENTAL INQUIRIES

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YOUTH MINISTRY

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SOCIAL COMMITTEE

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SOCIETY OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL

ssvp@blessedozanam.ca ext. 5

OUR PARISH SCHOOLS

St. Joseph CES 905-294-4045St. Julia Billiart CES 905-471-8221St. Kateri Tekakwitha CES 905-471-4477Sir Richard W. Scott CES 905-472-3964St. Brother André CHS 905-294-7671

WEEKDAY MASS

St. Brother André CHS (Chapel)6160 - 16th Avenue, MarkhamMonday, Wednesday & Friday 9:00 a.m.First Friday of the month 7:00 p.m. (no morning mass)

WEEKEND MASS

St. Brother André CHS 6160 - 16th Avenue, MarkhamSaturday 5:00 p.m.Sunday 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m.

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A Blessed Thanksgiving Dear parishioners and friends of Blessed Ozanam Parish, Thanksgiving is one of my favorite days of the year because it reminds me to never loose an opportunity to be grateful and bless the Lord for his countless instances of blessing in my life. Over the Fall, as a parish we hosted our first Bible Study Class and I chose the theme on “The Eucharist” precisely because In Giving Thanks, we unite with Jesus’ self giving sacrifice on the cross on that Good Friday afternoon. That is our everything - what unites us as one here at Blessed Ozanam and through that all the networking with our brothers and sisters around the globe.

It is one of those realizations that leave you speechless. There was something significantly more, qualitatively more, going on in Jesus’ prayer than the traditional, “Blessed are You, L-rd, our G-d, King of the universe, who brings forth bread from the earth” (Passover Haggadah, translated into English). Jesus gave thanks to His Father for the True Bread, His Body, that would be broken for us. He thanked the Father that He was able to offer Himself for our redemption! We see how difficult this was for Him when, just a few hours later, we glimpse Him in the Garden of Gethsemane; and yet, almost paradoxically, it was an offering He “earnestly desired” to make.

Historically at Calvary, and sacramentally at Jesus’ final Passover, we see our Lord living out as a man, Who He is from all eternity — the Son of the Father. For it is the Son Who receives all He is from the Father and reciprocates by pouring out Himself to the Father, in the Person of the Spirit. This is the same Trinitarian movement we see in the Cross/Eucharist — but with the Son’s humanity now fully caught up into His outpouring of Love. The Son, Who has received all He is, “gives thanks,” by pouring Himself out in a return of Love. And because He does this as man, His action overwhelmingly atones for — and superabundantly redeems — all sin, man and woman’s rejection of God.

By calling what we Christians “do” Eucharist (the Greek word for “thanksgiving”), we make a profound statement. We have been made sons and daughters in the only Son, and we enter into His Gift of Self to the Father. Like Him, we who have received all we are from the Father, give ourselves back to Him in a movement of thanksgiving/Love — the Holy Spirit pouring forth from Jesus, and carrying us into the arms of the Father. It only makes sense that the Eucharist, what the Church calls “the source and summit of the Christian life,” should be a manifestation of its central Mystery — God’s own Trinitarian Life.

A Blessed Thanksgiving to all of you as you gather round your tables with your families and all those you love.

Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time October 13, 2019

Monday, October 14, 2019 – HAPPY THANKSGIVING!! 9:00 a.m. NO MASS Wednesday, October 16, 2019 9:00 a.m. AvailableFriday, October 18, 2019 9:00 a.m. + Johnathan Pinto Saturday. October 19, 2019 5:00 p.m. + Ivor & Michael Crosswell Sunday, October 20, 2019 10:00 a.m. + Nigel Tarry 12:00 p.m. pro populo

Come and See Weekend – Friday, November 1 (begins at 7:00 p.m.) to Sunday, November 3 (ends at 1:30 p.m.), at St. Augustine’s Seminary: Inviting single Catholic men 17 years and older, to cultivate a deeper prayer life and relationship with Jesus Christ; leading to a better discernment of God’s call for their lives. Time for prayer, reflection and information on the process of becoming one of Christ’s disciples as a Catholic priest. Register online at www.vocationstoronto.ca. Registrants 17 years old require parental consent. For more information, please contact Fr. Joseph or the Office of Vocations at: 416-968-0997 or email: vocations@archtoronto.org

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If you have a loved one who has passed away between November 2018 and October 2019 and would like to have them remembered at this Mass, kindly submit their name, date of death, and your contact information to us, either by email or by calling the parish office. You are invited to bring a framed photo of your loved one (5”x7” maximum) to place on a table in front of the sanctuary. If you would also like a photo included in our power point presentation, please send a jpeg via email to: office@blessedozanam.ca.

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