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."
LITURGY SCHEDULE
OCTOBER 10 & 11, 2015
5:00 PM MASS –SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2015
GREETERS
LARRY & LINDA MATTHEWS
LECTORS
ELVA KOCHER
EUCHARISTIC
ED FITZGERALD
MINISTERS
BARBARA VAN CAPELLE
9:00 AM MASS–SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2015
GREETERS
JOE MACNEIL/J. WRIGHT
LECTOR
MICHELLE DEKONING
EUCHARISTIC
MICHELLE CRAIGEN
MINISTERS
MARY CHASSIE
11:00 AM MASS – SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2015
GREETERS
DIANE & MIKE O’HARA
LECTORS
CAROLE THUR
MIKE O’HARA
EUCHARISTIC
GLORIA SPEICHER
MINISTERS
DIANE O’HARA
COUNTERS- SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2015
BARRY & LYNNE DONNELLY & JERILYN ROYCROFT
COMMUNION SCHEDULE FOR THE PINES
OCTOBER 4
MARILYN BRUNNER
OCTOBER 11
GLORIA ROWE
Let us pray this Sunday for the people and clergy of
Our Lady of the Assumption Parish in Otonabee and
its mission St. John the Evangelist in Keene.
INTERESTED IN BECOMING CATHOLIC?
The parish is planning a course for those who may
wish to become Catholic.
It can be a good
refresher for adult Catholics too. If interested, call
705645-2294 and mention RCIA.
2015 FEDERAL ELECTION GUIDE
PLEASE SEE THE BULLETIN BOARD OR go to the
website: www.cccb.ca (search for election guide.)
Euchre
Euchre card games started last Wednesday afternoon and will
continue to be held in the Parish Hall every Wednesday afternoon
at 1:30 pm to 4:00 pm until further notice.
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.
OCTOBER 4, 2015
OCTOBER 4, 2015
TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY
IN ORDINARY TIME
UPCOMING PARISH EVENTS
October 13 CWL Meeting & Pot Luck Supper 6 pm
October 16 Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament 9:30AM – 9:30 PM
October 19 Parish Council Meeting 7pm (DOWNSTAIRS)
October 25 Parish Brunch-Marj’s Home Style Café 12:15 to 2 pm
October 26 Knights of Columbus Meeting 7 pm
(Liturgical colour GREEN, symbolizing LIFE & HOPE)
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, Marg Conway, Theresa
Crosgrey, Gerdie Doherty, Elsie Enrico, David F., Joyce Fitzmaurice,
Peter Gambell, Senta Geiser, Carol Hamblin, Paul Hitchcock, 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, Rob Ziola.
Please call the office (645-2294) if you would like your name
removed or added to this list.
DIVINE MERCY- A WAY OF LIFE
Pope Francis announced that 2015-2016
Liturgical Year would be dedicated as a
Jubilee Year of Mercy. St. Joseph’s Parish
is hosting a preparatory event dedicated to
the theme of Divine Mercy Saturday,
October 24th after the 9 am Mass until
lunch time – LUNCH IS PROVIDED Reith
and Peggy Doucette from the JP2 Centre
for Divine Mercy in Ottawa will lead us in a
morning reflection of “Divine Mercy in Our
Lives.” Following this will be veneration of
the 1st (First) Class Relics of St. John Paul
II, St. Maximillan Kolbe and St. Faustina.
Confessions
available.
For
more
information and RSVP contact Lynn 705645-6803
or
email
mercy.bracebridge@gmail.com
What is it? In His Encyclical on Divine Mercy, St. John Paul II called mercy
“the second name of love” and the greatest attribute of God toward
mankind. Divine Mercy can be defined in various ways: as God’s love
poured out in creating, redeeming and sanctifying us; as love poured out
on sinners; as love of the unlovable and forgiveness of the unforgiveable.
He summoned the church to plead for God’s mercy on the whole world.
MEET ST. FAUSTINA: HERALD OF DIVINE MERCY. A MYSTIC. St.
Faustina was born Helen Kowalska, the third of ten children to poor parents
on August 25, 1905 in a small village in Poland. At twenty she entered the
Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy, where, as a humble holy hard
working sister she lived the final years of her short life. She was to spend
her life pleading for mercy for the world. THE MESSAGE – On February
23, 1931 St. Faustina saw a vision of Jesus with rays of mercy streaming
from His Heart. Our Lord told her to have an image painted to represent
this vision and to sign it JESUS, I TRUST IN YOU (this image resides in the
prayer alcove at the back of the Church). In her diary, St. Faustina stated
after having a vision of Our Lord, “I promise that the soul that will venerate
this image will not perish”. (Diary299) In a series of revelations from 1931
– 1938 He taught her that His mercy is unlimited and available even to the
greatest sinners. TRUST – Trust is more than faith in God. It includes
hope which is reliance upon Jesus and His promises, as well as love. St.
John Paul II developed a fuller meaning of trust, “To believe (TRUST), he
says, means to abandon oneself to the truth of the word of the living God.”
THE CHALET – In September 1935, God revealed to her a powerful prayer
for mercy on the whole world: THE CHAPLET OF DIVINE MERCY. Said
on the beads of the rosary the prayer pleads for God’s mercy on the whole
world, offering Him the sacrifice of His beloved Son, Jesus Christ. The
Lord asked that this special prayer be recited at the hour that recalls His
death. Jesus said, “At three o’clock implore My Mercy especially for
sinners.” THE DIARY AND DEEDS OF MERCY – Calling her “the Apostle
and Secretary of His Mercy.” Jesus asked her to begin writing a diary so
that others would come to know and trust in Him. Much of what we know of
this comes to us from her diary. Her diary has reached out to the whole
world. The Lord asked for works of mercy from Faustina. “I am giving you
three ways of exercising mercy toward your neighbour: the first – by deed,
the second – by word, the third - by prayer. In these three degrees is
contained the fullness of mercy and it is an unquestionable proof of love for
Me(Diary 742).
CWL REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING –OCTOBER 13, 2015
Catholic Women’s League begins with Pot Luck at 6:00 pm speaker Sandra Winspear, Hospice Muskoka. All women of the
parish are welcome to attend. If you need a ride please call Linda
Healy 645-9703.
WHERE’S MY GOAT?
Bracebridge United Church presents Films That
Make You Think…Where’s My Goat? Is on Sunday,
October 4th at 7 pm. Please see bulletin board at
back of the Church for further details.
(PLEASE NOTIFY THE OFFICE AS SOON AS YOU ARE AWARE OF
A DATE AND TIME OF AN UPCOMING MEETING IN THE PARISH.)
MORINUS
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH FOR 2015
TWO MASSES ON THANKSGIVING WEEKEND SATURDAY,
OCTOBER 10TH AT 4 PM AND SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11TH AT
9:00 AM
A DIVINE MERCY TABLE HAS BEEN SET UP AT
THE BACK OF THE CHURCH THERE ARE FREE
CD’S AND PAMPHLETS ON DIVINE MERCY.
CHILDREN SUNDAY PROGRAM
We may be having a Children’s Sunday Program if
enough parents sign up there children for this program.
Children should be 3 years old and up to 7 years old to
sign up for the program. If you are interested in your
child attending a Children Sunday Program while the 9
am Mass is going on? Please contact the parish office
(705)645-2294 and let us know the name of your child
and parents names and phone numbers.
Red Scarf Project
Goal for this project is 350 scarves
for Bracebridge. We have 65
scarves. Setting our goal at 100, we
would have knitted our share. Not
far to go but we need money to buy
materials. This Sunday, volunteers
will be standing at the back of church
collecting your change. Thank You
WORLD MISSION SUNDAY
UNITED IN LOVE…LET US GO TO SERVE! World Mission
Sunday has been set aside by Pope Pius XI in 1926, so that it can
be the “feast of catholicity and universal solidarity” and that the
whole world may publicly renew its commitment to the missionary
movement: the propagation of the faith and the proclamation of the
Gospel to all peoples. This year, World Mission Sunday will take
place on October 18th.
SPECIAL COLLECTION FOR THE REFUGEE CRISIS
There is another special collection next weekend (October 10-11)
for the Refugee Crisis. When you make your donation for this
cause, please put your donation in an envelope and clearing
mark on it Refugee Crisis and put your name and address on
the envelope in order to get a tax receipt at the end of the year
for your donation.
DIVINE MERCY
ANNOUNCED MASSES FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 5 TO OCTOBER 11, 2015
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
SATURDAY
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
SUNDAY
6:30 PM
INTENTION OF MARK DRESSLER
6:30 PM
+WALTER FOERSTER
9:00 AM
+BERTRANDT LAMBERT
9:00 AM
+WALTER FOERSTER
10:45 AM PINES
9:00 AM
+WENDY MAE NEUMAN
9:00 AM
+KATHLEEN EGAN
4:00 PM ST. JOHN’S - FOR THE PARISH
5:00 PM
+JACK FITZMAURICE
9:00 AM
+RITA BENEDETTO
11:00 AM
+BOB WRIGHT
BEV BAXTER
PEDERSEN FAMILY
REGINA LAMBERT
PEDERSEN FAMILY
MARILYN MACKENZIE
MARY SCANLON
FRANCES ROBERTS & CAROL YOUNG
DEB MARINO & ANGELA O’TOOLE
SEAN USHER