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St. Leonard Roman Catholic Parish 50 th Anniversary 1968 - 2018 St. Leonard Parish is a Catholic Community Rooted In The Gospel Where All Are Invited To Encounter Christ, Grow In Holiness, and Proclaim His Good News To The World Pastor : Rev. Gerard Plant Masses Administrative Assistant: Susan Streng Saturday: 4:30 p.m. Sunday: 9 a.m. & 11 a.m. email: [email protected] Weekday Masses : Wed. Thurs. Fri. 9 a.m. Address: 5332 Long Island Road First Saturday of the month : 9:00 a.m. Manotick, Ontario K4M 1E8 Reconciliation Telephone: 613-692-4254 Saturday 3:00 p.m. 4:15 p.m . & by appointment Fax: 613-692-3562 Parish Office Hours Website: www.stleonardsparish.ca Tuesday Friday : 8:30 a.m. 3:00 p.m.
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Page 1: St. Leonard Roman Catholic Parish 50 Anniversary 1968 - 2018St. Leonard Roman Catholic Parish 50th Anniversary 1968 - 2018 St. Leonard Parish is a Catholic Community Rooted In The

St. Leonard Roman Catholic Parish

50th Anniversary 1968 - 2018

St. Leonard Parish is a Catholic Community Rooted In The Gospel Where All Are Invited To

Encounter Christ, Grow In Holiness, and Proclaim His Good News To The World

Pastor : Rev. Gerard Plant Masses

Administrative Assistant: Susan Streng Saturday: 4:30 p.m. Sunday: 9 a.m. & 11 a.m.

email: [email protected] Weekday Masses : Wed. Thurs. Fri. 9 a.m.

Address: 5332 Long Island Road First Saturday of the month : 9:00 a.m.

Manotick, Ontario

K4M 1E8 Reconciliation

Telephone: 613-692-4254 Saturday 3:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m . & by appointment

Fax: 613-692-3562 Parish Office Hours

Website: www.stleonardsparish.ca Tuesday – Friday : 8:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

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Parish Ministries Altar Linens

Colleen Grum 692-7841

Altar Servers

Daniel Giguere 736-7889

Amor Dei

Roxy McCarthy 692-3678

Manotick Food Cupboard 692-6333

Baptism 692-7611 Michelle Dixon

Carleton Lodge Visitation

Roxy McCarthy 692-3678

Catholic Women’s League (CWL)

Suzie Noaro 491-0298

Children’s Liturgy Natalie, Abby, Alyssa, Rosie & Elena

Cursillo

Marc & Susan Lamarre 822-2424 Confirmation

Stephane McNicholl 822-9535

Development & Peace

Carroll Woods 489-0852

Jean Lashley 491-4775

Finance Council

Michel Doucet 692-6128

First Communion Elizabeth Murphy 491-3334

Knights of Columbus, Council # 11752

Jim Kile 612-3561

Ladies’ Auxiliary and Funeral Hospitality Ann O’Neill 491-1751

Liturgical Environment

Ogo Nwobu Nnebe 819-923-1091

Liturgical Music Ministry Bob Russell (Sat.) 692-3233

Everard de Souza 692-5080

Maintenance

Vince Thomson 425-2713

Marriage Preparation

Paul & Clare Grant 620-3643

Mary in the Morning Sat. 7:30 a.m. Don & Daisy Langdon 298-9016

Mass Ministry Scheduling

Mary Robotham 692-2212

Pastoral Care Team

Marc Wood 692-3667

Pastoral Council

Charles Slade 692-1936

Pro- Life

Andrew & Eileen Brown 692-2216

RCIA and Adult Faith Formation

Judy Wood 692-3667

Sept. 20, 2020 25th Sunday In Ordinary Time

Sat. Sept. 19 4:30 p.m. Repose of the soul of Roman Michalko by Halia Michalko Intentions of Denis Poirier by Linda and Paul Dupre Sun. Sept. 20 9:00 a.m. Repose of the soul of Donal McKenna by Nathalie McKenna 11:00 a.m. Intentions of the Parishioners of St. Leonard Wed. Sept. 23 9:00 a.m. Repose of the soul of Rene Albert Gomez on the 2nd anniversary of his passing by Milena Mikac

Thur. Sept. 24 9:00 a.m. A special intention of a friend by Carol Dailey, Anne Villeneuve & Gerri Layman Fri. Sept. 25 9:00 a.m. Sat. Sept. 26 4:30 p.m. Repose of the soul of Mary Garnett and the intentions of her family by Brian & Carrie Fritsch Sun. Sept. 27 9:00 a.m. Special intention of Marg MacCormack by Carol Dailey Intentions of Carol Dailey by her friends

11:00 a.m. Repose of the soul of Mary Trstenjak by the Neidert family Repose of the soul of Karen Cuddy by Theresa Cuddy

Financial Update

Collections Current Year Current Budget Last Year September to Date 5,880 11,500 9,118

Year to Date 153,481 199,000 192,740

Youth Colleen Menton 692-1839

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The Magnificent Generosity of the Lord

by Cardinal Thomas Collins “One person I am always amazed with in history is Lorenzo Medici, the great Italian ruler of the Renaissance. He went down in history as Lorenzo il Magnifico, Lorenzo the Magnificent. Would not that be a nice nickname to have down through history? The Magnificent! He was called this because he was generous in everything he did. He never just simply went for the minimum; he always gave the very best. He did not just dip his toe in the sea of life, but dived right in. And so, he was known as the Magnificent. Now an Italian ruler of the Renaissance is perhaps not so important to us in our own life but, I think, that spirit of absolute generosity, abundance and magnificence is something that we need to reflect upon in our life in Christ. In fact, that is basically a reflection of the Lord God himself because God does not measure out His mercy to us in little tiny amounts. God always acts with superabundant generosity, with magnificence, in the way in which He gives to us the grace in our lives, and the blessings with which we are surrounded. We see in that generosity of the Lord God himself, a model for us, an invitation for us, and a command that we are to go and do likewise.

We see this in the Gospel of today’s Mass (Mat 20:1-16a). There we have the landowner who hires people to work in his vineyard. The first who are hired, early in the morning, are given the fair amount for a day’s work. Then he calls others to work at different times throughout the day, and finally at the eleventh hour, just before the working day ends, he calls still more. Those who are called last have only worked about an hour, but receive a full day’s wage. Now if you look at things in a narrow-minded way you can sympathize with the people who were hired at the beginning of the day. What is going on here? Did we not work through the heat of the day? Should not we get more – and yet those who worked only an hour got the same amount as

we did? But the master says, “No, my friend; can I not be generous with that which is mine?”

“This parable highlights the super abundant generosity of God. It is very much parallel to what we see in the Parable of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32). When the younger son returns, the loving father overwhelms him with generosity and loads him with goods and things like that to celebrate, because he has returned. The angry elder brother says, “No, No, No” – sort of like the first workers in today’s Parable – how dare you do that? That is not fair. This, your son, does not deserve it. The older brother has measured it out and his brother does not deserve what he is receiving from their father. That, of course, is correct. And yet the father replies that this, your brother, was lost and is found. And so, we see that magnificence and generosity from the hand of the Heavenly Father. It is not deserved by any of us.

We need to appreciate that in our own lives, and recognize, as Isaiah says in the First Reading today (55:6-9), “My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord.” We need to go deep in the mystery of God’s generosity and to reflect upon it. First of all, we are the receivers of it. We receive so much that we do not deserve, like the workers hired at the eleventh hour; we deserve nothing, not even life itself, and yet God gives us that in superabundance. He gives us the faith, He gives us grace, He gives us everything. He gives us time, the time that we live our life – He gives us that. He gives us everything. And so, we receive from the magnificent generosity of the Lord God.

But we are also called, as His servants, as His creatures, as the disciples of the Lord, to show to others that same spirit of magnificence, that same spirit of generosity in the use of the gifts that we have received.

We are not the Master. If we were the master we would not be as generous as the master in today’s Gospel. No, we are servants. We must imitate the generosity of our Master. We are stewards. That means we are servants who have been entrusted with the gifts received from the Master and we are called to use them well, to use them fruitfully, as in the Parable near the end of the Gospel of Matthew (25:14-30): We see that the master hands out various gifts, talents, to his servants. Some use them fruitfully, with generosity and creativity. Another one just goes and buries it in the ground. Sterile. Useless. He does not catch the spirit of the master, the creative spirit. But we are called to be “stewards of the mysteries of God” (1 Cor 4:1), stewards of the gifts of God. They are entrusted to us by our generous Master and He calls us to use them well; generously, creatively and fruitfully.

We are asked to thank God for the gifts that we have received from His hand more generous even than those of the eleventh hour who received a full day’s wage for working almost nothing. We receive even more generously from our gracious Lord. And we are called then, having received these gifts, whatever they may be, to use them fruitfully and to help and invite others to do the same. So as a whole community, we are people who recognize that we are stewards of the generous, abundant, magnificent goodness of the Lord.

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Please Mark Your Calendar

Life Chain 2020... Sun. Oct. 4th 2:00-3:00 pm. Bank St. & Hunt Club Rd. Outdoor event ... safe distancing...bring a mask...signs provided. Signs state the truths : "Abortion Kills Children" "Abor-tion Harms Women"..."Jesus Forgives & Heals" .... "Adop-tion the Loving Option". Please take this opportunity to Stand in silent Witness to the injustice of abortion. It is a simple but powerful reminder to our fellow citizens of the sanctity of human life and our duty to defend the weakest members of our society. For more information, please contact Doneen Brazier 613-491-5433 e-mail [email protected] or visit https://www.campaignlifecoalition.com/life-chain

Rosary Rally Oct 10, 2020 Noon to 1:00 pm

Bracken Field, Manotick

Public Rosary Rally ...Sat Oct. 10th ...Noon -1:00 pm Bracken Field (corner of Long Island Rd & Bridge St.) Outdoor event...safe distancing...bring a mask and your rosary. For more information, please contact Doneen Brazier 613-491-5433 e-mail [email protected] Miriam Centre Opens in New Location

Miriam Centre is now open at a new location: 107-1803 St. Joseph Blvd., Orleans ON K1C 6E7. The Centre is a bilingual charity that helps women and their families who find the circumstances surrounding their pregnancy difficult. At the Centre they receive emotional support, encouragement and practical help both before and after the birth of their baby. Also, we offer support to grieving parents after the loss of a baby. Info: 613-830-8623; [email protected].

“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you.”

Next Virtual Youth Alpha Night

Sept 26th 7-8:30 pm!

Come hang out virtually with your peers and also take

in Youth Alpha: Episode #7: Who is the Holy Spirt and

what does He do?

To join, obtain the Google Meet link by emailing Colleen

O’Mahony-Menton before 6:45 p.m. Sept. 26th .

[email protected]

Alpha in Roman Catholic Parishes in the Ottawa Alpha is an 11-week course that creates a space, online or in person, where people are excited to bring their friends for a conversation about life, faith and meaning. General info on Alpha: www.alphacanada.org. St. John the Apostle Parish [email protected] 613-820-7852 Beginning Thurs. Sept. 17 @ 7:00 p.m. St. Monica & St. Andrew Parish https://saintmonicaparish.ca/event-items/alpha-experience-online-viazoom 727-1067 ext. 221, Thurs. Sept. 17 – Thurs. Dec. 3 - 8:00 – 9:15 p.m. Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish [email protected] 613-733-9636 Beginning Thurs. Sept. 24 @ 6:30 p.m.

Night Of Worship And Ministry Online: Live stream at St. Mary’s Parish Ottawa YouTube Channel. An online evening of praise, prophecy, teaching and healing on September 25, 7:00 - 9:00 pm. Theme: "The Lion and the Lamb". Speaker: Fr. Ben St. Croix, CC, Spiritual Director of Catholic Charismatic Renewal Services of Ontario. For More information please contact Natalia Lacar (613-728-9811 x720); [email protected]. White Mass for Doctors and Other Health Care Professionals: Join us in blessing and celebrating healthcare professionals on the Feast of Saints Cosmas & Damian, Sept. 25, 5:00 p.m. at Notre Dame Cathedral. The celebrant will be Archbishop Prendergast. Health care professionals are invited to wear their white coat.

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