108 St. Anne's Roman Catholic Church Brampton, Ontario WELCOME FATHER EDWARD MURPHY Readings for Sunday, January 15, 2012 SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME First Reading: Second Reading: Gospel 1 Samuel 3.3b-10, 19 1 Corinthians 6.13c-15a, 17-20 John 1.35-42 LAMP INTENTIONS The Two Sanctuary Lamps, the St. Anne Lamp, the Sacred Heart Lamp, the Divine Mercy Lamp and the Padre Pio Lamp burn for Your Special Intention: This week the lamps are burning for: LAMP NO. 1: LAMP NO. 2: SACRED HEART ST. ANNE LAMP: DIVINE MERCY: PADRE PIO: For the soul of Elena Maciel Anastacio Family For Albert Attard Family In loving memory of Taryn Granger In Thanksgiving for blessings Special Intention A warm St. Anne’s welcome to our new Administrator, Fr. Edward Murphy. EDGE NEWS The EDGE is designed to meet the catechetical, educational, spiritual, emotional and social needs of young adolescents in grades 6, 7 and 8. "The Sacraments" will continue to be our theme in the next coming months. Edge Nights will continue to be offered on the last Friday of every month. Thank you for your encouragement in bringing our young people closer to Christ Please see their board in the lobby for more information. LIFE TEEN Life Teen will meet Monday, January 9, 2012 9:15 am † Elena Maciel & Joao Soares Tuesday, January 10, 2012 9:15 am † St. Joseph Wednesday, January 11, 2012 9:15 am † Agostinho & Isabel Faria & Family & Francisco Lima 7:00 pm Open Intentions Thursday, January 12, 2012 9:15 am † Domenico & Maria Tassone Friday, January 13, 2012 9:15 am Lancelot Gonsalves 7:00 pm † Victor D’Mello Saturday, January 14, 2012 9:15 am † Pietro Tamburrini every Saturday evening in the Stephenson room for teens in grades 9 – 12 beginning at 6:00 p.m. Please bring a high school age friend or friends with you ! THANK YOU Father Damian Ali would like to thank St. Anne’s Parish Community for your kindness over the past 10 years. Thank you especially for the Parish’s overwhelmingly generous monetary gift at my farewell celebration and for your many individual and family gifts. As I visit the holy sites in Italy, you will be in my thoughts and prayers. Fr. Damian S. Ali JABEZ PRAYER GROUP Jabez Prayer Group will now be meeting on Monday evenings (7:309:00 p.m.) instead of Wednesdays, starting Monday, January 9, 2012 in the Fraser room. New members are always welcome!! FRENCH IMMERSION Parents/Guardians are invited to attend a French Immersion Information Meeting at St. Joachim School on Tuesday, January 10th, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. The school is located at 435 Rutherford Road North, Brampton. If you require further information, please call the school at 905 453-4472. CHRISTMAS DECORATING Volunteers are asked to help remove the Christmas decorations from the church and the lobby on Monday, January 9th at 6:00 p.m. Any help would be appreciated. We’ll meet in the church. MINISTERS OF CARE TRAINING Ministers of Care Training and Formation Program is designed to prepare lay persons to become involved in various caring ministries in the parish such as Ministry with the Sick, feeding the poor, social justice committee, bereavement, etc. This training will be held at St. Anthony’s Parish, Brampton, beginning on Thursday, January 12 to March 29, 2012 from 7:00 pm‐ 9:30 pm. Registration is $25. For further information contact Sally Amaral at (416) 721‐3741. OFFERTORY ENVELOPES - 2012 There are still quite a few envelopes that have not been picked up. They are available in the Lobby. Please take note of the label on your current box of envelopes for the last name as they will once again be in alphabetical order. Thank you! CATHOLIC WOMEN’S LEAGUE (C.W.L.) The CWL invites the ladies of St. Anne’s Parish, friends and th family to the 5 Annual Women’s Spiritual Retreat to take place on Saturday, January 28, 2012 here at St. Anne’s from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Our facilitator for the Retreat is Father Michael DeCruz who will start the retreat with Mass at 9:15 a.m. The tickets are $15.00 each and will be on sale after all masses on the weekends of January 14 & 15 and January 21 & 22. Continental Breakfast and Light Lunch will be provided. Tickets will also be available for purchase in the parish office during the week. CWL are now accepting membership registrations and renewals. The fee is $25.00 per year. For more information, 108 please contact: Ana Mendoza at (905) 456-0411 or Rose Marie Kenwell at (905) 846-9642. TORONTO RETROUVAILLE Help for Troubled Marriages A live in weekend to assist couples experiencing troubles in their marriage relationships will be taking place January 27, 28, 29, 2012. For further confidential and no‐obligation information, please contact: 416‐281‐6007 or www.torontoretrouvaille.com.