Pastor:
Associate Pastor:
Office Hours:
Fr. Ray Rick
Fr. Roy Villas
Mon.-Fri. 9:00am to 2:00pm
"We are a community of believers growing together, faithful to the
teachings of the Catholic Church, rooted in the word of God,
prayer and sacraments, strengthening family, elderly and youth-our future--and serving those in need."
JANUARY 10, 2016
BAPTISM OF THE LORD
(Liturgical colour WHITE, symbolizing ‘JOY’)
CATHOLIC WOMEN’S LEAGUE
Membership dues for 2016 of $25.00 are due by the
end of January. Please use envelope designated in
your offertory envelopes or use a blank envelope and
place in the collection basket, but be sure to include
your name and address on the envelope. Please come
and join us for Pot Luck on January 12th and our
regular meeting which will also include a baby shower
for a boy a few months old. Call Linda Healy @
705-645-9703 or Lynn Emmons @ 705-645-6803 for
information, if needed.
JANUARY 16 & 17, 2016
COUNTERS-SUNDAY, JANUARY 17, 2016
AL & YOLANDE PECZ & MARY ANNE KELLY
COMMUNION SCHEDULE FOR THE PINES
JANUARY 10
GHISLAINE LAFERRIERE
JANUARY 17
MAUREEN JIBB
IT IS WITH GREAT JOY THAT WE WELCOME VISITORS AND
NEW PARISHIONERS TO OUR PARISH FAMILY.
New parishioners please fill out the form in the wooden box on the
back wall, call the office or better yet, come by the office so we can
meet you and welcome you personally.
Let us pray this Sunday for the seminarians of the
Diocese of Peterborough, that as members of the
Church, they may continue to grow in faith and
holiness in all they do. We pray to the Lord.
ST VINCENT DE PAUL
St. Vincent de Paul TAX RECEIPTS are now available
on the table at the far wall next to the far hall door to be
picked up. Any inquiries please contact Owen Mellow?
IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION TO PUT IN THE
BULLETIN, PLEASE TELEPHONE THE OFFICE OR
COME INTO THE OFFICE AND LET US KNOW, NO
LATER THAN 12 NOON MONDAY.
January 12 Catholic Women League Meeting 7pm
January 18 Parish Council Meeting 7pm
January 25 Knights of Columbus Meeting 7pm
(PLEASE NOTIFY THE OFFICE AS SOON AS YOU
ARE AWARE OF A DATE AND TIME OF AN
UPCOMING MEETING IN THE PARISH.)
LITURGY SCHEDULE
5:00 PM MASS – SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 2016
GREETERS
LINDA & LARRY MATTHEWS
LECTOR
ED FITZGERALD
EUCHARISTIC
LINDA MATTHEWS
MINISTERS
PEGGY FITZPATRICK
9:00 AM MASS–SUNDAY, JANUARY 17, 2016
GREETERS
JOHN & LENORE DAWSON
LECTOR
SANDRA WINSPEAR
EUCHARISTIC
JOHN O’BYRNE
MINISTERS
JERILYN ROYCROFT
11:00 AM MASS – SUNDAY, JANUARY 17, 2016
GREETERS
BARB CAMPBELL/LINDA CHARBONNEAU
LECTORS
DON DUPUIS/LAUREL DUPUIS
EUCHARISTIC
BARB CAMPBELL
MINISTERS
LINDA CHARBONNEAU
JANUARY 10, 2016
UPCOMING PARISH EVENTS
PRAYERS FOR THE SICK
We pray to Jesus Christ for all who suffer in
our community and especially for: Shirley
Bedley, Cathy Benedetto, Ashley Bridges, Lisa
Burns, Doreen Charlton, Mary Charron, Walter
Collis, Marg Conway, Theresa Crosgrey, Gerdie
Doherty, Tom Emmons, David F., Joyce
Fitzmaurice, Peter Gambell, Senta Geiser, Carol
Hamblin, Paul Hitchcock, Ted Ingleson, Regina
Lambert, Sarah Lazzara, June MacNeil, Louise
MacNeil, Luke Manary, Martha Marquarat, Mary
McKenzie, Raul Neps, Joan Neveu, Joe Neveu,
Joseph O’Donnell, Mike O’Hara, Jack & Laila
O’Neill, Fay Pearce, Ann Petersen, Joan Riley,
Rene Sabourin, Cole Shelly, Gloria Speicher, Julia
Tilson, John Van Ekelenburg, Jacob White,
Eleanor Wilson, Rob Ziola. Please call the
office (645-2294) if you would like your
name removed or added to this list.
SIMCOE
MUSKOKA
CATHOLIC
DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD
Please see the message on the bulletin
board at the back of the church from Carol
Corriveau-Truchon Trustee, Ward 4 of the
Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School
Board.
EUCHRE
PLEASE NOTE EUCHRE CARD GAMES WILL
BEGIN AT 1:00 PM ON WEDNESDAY,
JANUARY 13TH, 2016 IN THE PARISH HALL.
2016 OFFERTORY ENVELOPES
The envelopes are ready for pick up in the church on the
far wall next to the far hall door. If there is a problem
either you can’t find your envelopes or a correction is to
be made please call Carol (705-645-2294) at the office
MONDAY-THURSDAY FROM 9AM-2PM.
PLEASE
INCLUDE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS ON THE
FIRST THREE WEEKS OF THE NEW YEAR ON
YOUR OFFERTORY ENVELOPES.
THANK YOU
VERY MUCH FOR YOUR CONTINUING SUPPORT!
THANK YOU
We would like to express our appreciation and thank
you to those people who contributed to the cost of the
Christmas Gift program this year. We especially
want to thank the Knights of Columbus and the
Catholic Women’s League for their continued and
generous offering.
NEW VIDEO SERIES!!!
Father John Perdue and the Vocations Office for our
Diocese have launched a YouTube channel called
“Fisher of Men” - check it out! The series explores
the spiritual life using analogies drawn from fishing!
A few nice fish are caught along the way! Visit
youtube.com and type in ‘Fisher of Men Episode 1’ to
see the first video!
FEAST: THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD (January 10th)
Luke 3:2-21 (parallel accounts in Mt 3:1-17/Mk 1:3-11/Jn1:19-28-31-34)
John testified that he baptized with water only but that the one who
came after him, the Messiah, would baptize with the Holy Spirit. In
other words, it would no longer be just symbolic but would be a
sacrament.
(CCC1127)-Celebrated worthily in faith the sacraments confer the grace
that they signify. They are efficacious because in them Christ Himself is
at work: it is He who baptizes, He who acts in His sacraments in order
to communicate the grace that each sacrament signifies. Not only
would it be an outward sign, as ceremonies of the Old Covenant were,
but it would be a powerful inner transformation, brought about by Christ
through the Holy Spirit. At the baptism of Jesus in the Jordon the most
amazing thing happens – the sinless Jesus, God in the flesh, is
baptized by John. WHY? Jesus said, “It must be done, to fulfill all
righteousness.” This could be understood to mean, “Fulfill everything
laid down by God.” This might include: FIRST – Associating fully with
mankind and the Jewish nation and complying with the purification rites
of the Old Covenant; SECOND – Initiating His ministry (he was thirty
years old) with the descent of the Holy Spirit and the verbal confirmation
of His Father from heaven. Heaven made contact with earth, so to
speak and the new creation, the Church, was under way; THIRD –
Jesus was baptized to set the example of baptism, which He would later
teach as a means of being BORN AGAIN for entry into the Kingdom of
God. He also made water in baptism more than a mere symbol; it was
now a sacrament an outward sign that also works an inward grace. The
Trinity is revealed here in a clear and unmistakable demonstration.
Jesus is baptized, the Spirit alights upon Him and the Father’s voice is
heard from heaven. Christian Baptism is solemnly performed in the
name of the three Persons of the Trinity; the FATHER and the SON and
the HOLY SPIRIT. The three Persons of the Trinity work their grace
upon the newly baptized: Jesus in redemption, the Spirit in
regeneration and the Father in declaring us righteous and in adopting
us as his sons. Can anyone contemplate anything more glorious and
profound? (Taken from “CROSSING THE TIBER” by: Stephen R. Ray)
Christ commands baptism in Matthew 28:19 and speaks of its necessity
in Mark 16:15 and John 3:3-5. St. Paul says that baptism is the means
by which Christ sanctifies the Church and cleanses those baptized by
the “BATH OF REGENERATION” in TITUS 3:5 St. Peter describes
the effects of baptismal regeneration in Acts 2: 37-39 (Taken from
“Does the Bible really say that? BY: Patrick Madrid)
SUNDAY, JANUARY 10TH the 2nd Sunday of the
month @ 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm will be a Divine
Mercy Holy Hour with exposition of the Blessed
Sacrament, recitation of the Chaplet of Divine Mercy.
ANNOUNCED MASSES FOR THE WEEK OF JANUARY 11 TO JANUARY 17, 2016
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
SUNDAY
6:30 PM
+ARTHUR & PAUL FREDERICK
MONICA FREDERICK
6:00 PM
LIVING & DECEASED CWL MEMBERS
CATHOLIC WOMEN’S LEAGUE
9:00 AM
INTENTIONS OF CATHY BENEDETTO
MONICA FREDERICK
9:00 AM
+MARK DRESSLER
BEV BAX TER
10:45 AM THE PINES –ELSIE ENRICO
FRANCES ROBERTS
9:00 AM
INTENTION OF THE LIVING MEMBERS OF THE DEFABRIZIO FAMILY
HELENA & JOE DEFABRIZIO
9:00 AM
INTENTION OF THOMAS EMMONS
WALTER & TERRY SMITH
5:00 PM
+BOB WRIGHT
4TH DEGREE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
9:00 AM
+BOB WRIGHT
4 TH DEGREE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
11:00 AM
FOR THE PARISH
FOR THE PARISH