Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

St. Michael’s Parish
29 Elliott St. Leamington, Ontario N8H3M4
Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Weekend Liturgical
Schedule
St. Michael’s
Phone: 519-326-2643
Fax: 519-326-2644
Sunday
7:30 a.m.
10:30 a.m. - Family
3:00 p.m. - Spanish
February - November
7:00 p.m. - Youth
St. Joseph’s
310 Sherk St.
Leamington, ON
Saturday - 5:00 p.m.
Sunday
9:00 a.m. Italian/English
12:00 NoonPortuguese/English
Our Lady of the
Blessed Sacrament
22 Middleton Line
Wheatley, ON
Sunday
10:30 a.m.
Eucharistic Adoration
Friday 2:30 p.m.
Followed by Divine
Mercy 3:00 p.m.
Reconciliation
St. Michael’s
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Saturdays
5:00p.m. - 7:00p.m.
First Fridays
St. Joseph’s
6:00p.m. - 7:00p.m.
Wednesdays
OUR PARISH MISSION:
“FINDING JOY IN FOLLOWING JESUS”
BEGINS MONDAY EVENING AT 7:00P.M.,
FOLLOWED BY TUEDAY AND WEDNESDAY
EVENINGS, SAME TIME. A SPECIAL AND WARM
WELCOME TO MICHAEL DOPP AND HIS FAMILY
WHO HAVE COME FROM OTTAWA TO GUIDE THE
MISSION OF RENEWAL FOR OUR CATHOLIC LIVES
Our mission coincides with another gift from Quebec. The
Cathedral Basilica of Notre Dame-de-Quebec is celebrating its
350th anniversary this year, and is dedicated to Mary under the
title of the Immaculate Conception. This historic site marks the
footprint of the Church in Nouvelle France, and the centre of
evangelization throughout North America. The Archdiocese of
Quebec is also the primatial See in Canada and its first bishop
is Blessed Francois de Laval de Montmorency. To celebrate
our faith throughout Canada, the Knights of Columbus are
hosts to a copy of a famous Icon of Mary Immaculate that is
in the sanctuary of Notre Dame Cathedral Basilica. This icon
will arrive in time for the Saturday evening Mass, and be given
prominence at most of the Masses of the weekend, and remain
with us during the week. It will be here for visits to St. Michael’s to pray for the intercession of our Blessed Mother to
help us in our times. Let us ask her to pray for us as we plant a
new Christian culture in our society that is in so much need of
Love who is God, and who therefore gives order to everything
in our existence. It is a time of gratitude for the Gift of our
life, and all the gifts that flow from the creating hand of God
through Jesus his Son, born of Mary, the Immaculate Mother of
God and Mother of the Church.
www.smp.dol.ca
Pastoral Team
Rev. Patrick W. Fuerth Ext 25
Pastor
Rev. Benjamin Huyge Ext 26
Rev. Patrick Bénéteau Ext 27
Associate Pastors
Rev. Christian G. Campos F.M.M.
Hispanic Ministry Ext. 34
Alex Litt
Deacon
Veronica Costa Ext 28
Youth Co-ordinator
Patricia Fox Ext 29
Pastoral Minister
Parish Advisory Chair
Mary Shaw
Finance Committee Chair
Joe O’Neill
Knights of Columbus
Jim Arthurton
Catholic Women’s League
Barbara Quenneville
St. Vincent de Paul
Kim Teskey Ext. 51
Office Staff
Beth Impens Ext 21
Business Manager
Simone Seres Ext 10
Secretary
Sacraments
Baptisms - Call office
A Media Safe Workshop sponsored by the Windsor/Essex
First Reconciliation Catholic District School Board’s Parent Involvement
ComPreparation begins in
mittee is being held on Wednesday , February 26 at 6:30p.m. at
January
Holy Name Catholic High School, 1400 Northwood Avenue
First Holy Communion in Windsor. Parents and their children are welcome. PrePreparation begins in March
registration for this Free Workshop is encouraged at
Confirmation - Preparation
www.BeMediaSafe.com
begins in September
“...you belong to Christ...” proclaims St. Paul on this 7th Sun- Marriage - Meeting with Clergy
day in Ordinary Time. May we know indeed who we are, why minimum six months in advance.
Marriage classes Spring and Fall
we are and where we are going.
Holy Orders - See clergy
Sacrament of the Sick Please pray for the sick and bereaved of our parish
Upon request
Fr. Pat Fuerth
RCIA and RCIC - Call office
PLEASE NOTE: WE WILL NOT BE SELLING TENOR’S TICKETS HERE AT
ST. MICHAEL’S OFFICE. THEY WILL GO ON
SALE ON MARCH 15TH AT THE LEAMINGTON KINSMEN RECREATION COMPLEX
ONLY!!!
The Knights of Columbus will be starting fish
fries on March 7th and every Friday until
April 11th. (No fish fry on April 4th) Cost
is $10.00 and take out is available.
St. Michael’s
February 24 - March 1
Mon.
Armando & Lurdes Rebelo, Grace Tavares
8:00 am Francois Bellemore & Sandra Kennedy Royal
Eva Barry
Tues.
8:00 am
Maria Mistretta
Loraine Frankfurth, David Couture, Stewart Crease
Alberto Ferreira Pires, Joaquina & Arlindo Domingues
Wed.8am
MORNING PRAYER
Thurs.8am MORNING PRAYER
GROWING IN PRAYER: A program
for pray-ers. Are you interested in
growing closer to God? Would you like
to know how some of the saints prayed?
Would you like to learn some new forms
of prayer? This Lent, we are offering a
program which will run 6 consecutive
weeks beginning on Monday, March 3
here at St. Michael’s in the Conference Room from
7-8:30p.m. Come join us in experiencing how to pray:
with scripture, Lectio Divina, Traditional prayer,
Examen, Silence and prayers of Freedom. For more
information please contact Simone at 519- 326-2643
Ex10.
CWL News
“Dear Lord, thank you for the gifts You have given
us so that we might serve the Body of Christ.”
On March 15, we will be having a Lenten Retreat Day in the Conference Room from 9:00a.m. to 2:30p.m. Please consider joining
us to enlighten your Lenten experience. Food will be provided,
so we need to know if you plan on attending. Notify Sister
Elaine, the Church Office or Barb by March 10 so that the food
can be purchased.
March 7 - World Day of Prayer will be held at St. John’s Anglican
Church. More details next week.
Please remember the St. Vincent de Paul Food Bank when you
are grocery shopping. Your generosity for the less fortunate of
our community is greatly appreciated.
This week the Leamington Ministerial
Association prays for
Leamington Evangelical Mennonite Church
May we be gifted in unity to serve God
and all peoples in authentic love
Please pray for the grade two children who will
celebrate their First Reconciliation on March 1st.
Fri.
8:00
am.
Elizabeth & George Fox & Dec. Family Members
Maria da Gloria Soares & Maria Conceicao Freitas
Antonio & Maria Mariano
Sat.
8:00
a.m.
Alice Batista
In thanksgiving for Dustin
Rita Jardim
St. Joseph’s
Wed.
Tony & Salime Keirouz
7pm
Ercolina Vernaroli
Guiseppe Aiello
February 26
Cardinal Carter
Wed.
Lodina Mastronardi
8:30am
Everett Reid
February 26
New Beginnings 106 Talbot St.
Thurs.
Donna Medeiros
10:00a.m Teresa Luzzi
February 27
Mennonite Home 22 Garrison St.
Thurs.
Arturo & Honorina Valirio
1:00p.m. Antonio & Cecilia Branco
February 27
Book of the Month Club February Pick for the book of the
month is: Back to Virtue by Peter Kreeft. Books are available for purchase at Setterington's books and gift shop, 13
Russell St. Leamington or Amazon or Kindle. Our meeting
will be on March 4, 2014.
Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
At times we allow our problems to get us down. We fear, fret
and worry about many things, and lose sight of the one thing
necessary, which is to live a life pleasing to our heavenly Father.
First Reading (Isaiah 49:14-15): The message of this is short
and sweet. It is that, come what may, God will never forget us.
Second Reading (1Cor4:1-5): God is the only one who can
judge rightly, because he alone knows the secrets of the heart.
Gospel (Matthew 6:24-34): Christ urges us to avoid useless
fretting and worrying about material things, and to place our
lives in the hands of our heavenly Father, to whom we are important and precious.
ANNOUNCING
FINDING JOY IN FOLLOWING JESUS
Led by: Michael Dopp, Catholic Evangelist
When: Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday
February 24, 25, & 26, 2014
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Where: St. Michael’s Church
Joy is Contagious - cannot be suppressed; it is ‘magnanimous’
- the thing that makes a soul great.
In the word so of St. Francis: “it overflows into everything a
Christian does bountifully, refusing limits, irrepressible, and
like a playful energetic puppy “cannot be held at heel.”
Please pray for the members of our parish family who
passed away this week:
Sandy Snider and Darlene Kelly both of our parish
Manuel Quadros, died in Toronto, brother of Lazarus
Quadros & Juvenalia Aguiar of our parish
Rocco Lemme, died in Italy, brother of Giuseppina Pallato of our
parish
Saint of the Week St Polycarp - February 23
Polycarp is on of the Fathers of the
early Church, and his letter to the
Philippians is one of the early
pieces of Christian writing in existence today. A disciple of the apostle John, he was a leader of the second generation of Christians, the firt
Christians who were not eyewitnesses to the death of and resurrection of Our Lord. Extremely influential in the catechesis and initiation an of new Christians, he was
named bishop of Smyrna, located in modern-day Turkey.
Polycarp was martyred for his faith about about the year 155, at
the age of 86. He is a patron of those suffering from earaches.
THIS TOPIC IS CENSORED ~ All teens in grades 8-12
are invited to our next youth event to be held on
Sunday, March 2nd starting with Mass at 7 p.m.
followed by a youth gathering until 9:30 p.m. in St.
Michael’s Church Hall.
FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES ~ Our next
movie will be held on Friday, February 28th starting at 7 p.m. in St. Michael’s Church Hall. The
featured movie is called “The Three Day Test”.
Can your family survive a weekend without any
electronics, internet, etc. Come and see what happens!!
SMYL YOUTH MINISTRY ~ All youth in grades 3-8 are
invited to our next youth event on Tuesday, March 4th
from 6:30 to 8 p.m. The theme for the evening will be
“Discovering Despicable Me” to be held in St. Michael’s Church Hall.
Calling all teens 16-21. Join us for our next South County Youth
COR to be held the weekend of April 4-6th.
Registration forms are available at the back of each church.
CHILDREN’S LITURGY ~ We are looking for volunteers to start a
Children’s Liturgy program at Our Lady of the Blessed Church
beginning end of March. We need 8 volunteers to help once with
this ministry. To volunteer call Veronica at 519-326-2643 ext 28.
OLD PALMS NEEDED ~ Ash Wednesday is just around
the corner, please bring in your palms from last year so
that they can be burned for the ashes. Palms may be
brought to mass or to the office.
St. Michael’s Parish
presents
Offertory Collection
February 16, 2014
413 Regular Envelopes...….........….$6,677.80
Loose….….………….…....…........…..............$627.20
Total……..……………..…..................….….$7,305.00
Average.....................................................$16.16
Thank you for your generous support!
Collection Counters - Team #4
Fundraising Campaign
To date we have received 681
(1-5 yr) Pledges totaling:
$3,891,851.03
Building Fund Total:
$2,643,576.20
Pledged Dollars received since last report
$6,482.50
The Tenors
May 22
8:00 p.m.
The Leamington Kinsmen Recreation Complex
Tickets will be available March 15th @
The Leamington Recreation Complex