29 sunday in ordinary time
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St. Francis of Assisi Parish
49 Blueridge Ave., Kitchener, Ontario N2M 4E2 519-745-7301 www.stfranciskw.ca [email protected]
Administered by the Congregation of the Resurrection: www.resurrectionists.ca
Lord’s Day Masses – with distancing Saturday at 5:00 pm Sunday at 9:00 am & 11:00 am
Weekday Masses – with distancing Tuesday – Friday at 9:00 am
Reconciliation Saturday from 4:00 – 4:30 pm or by appointment.
Sunday Children’s Liturgy No Children’s Liturgy at this time
Prayer Network Call parish office to request prayers
Funerals Please call the parish office.
Baptism Please call the parish office.
Marriages Please call the parish office.
Parish Office Open by Appointment Monday – Friday
8:30 am – noon & 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Vocations Information:
Hamilton Diocese Congregation of the Resurrection
“We are a Christ-centred faith community seeking to be
instruments of God’s peace.”
October 17th, 2021
29th SUNDAY in
ORDINARY TIME
Pastor: Fr. Murray McDermott, C.R. ([email protected])
Wikariusz: Fr. Stanislaw Zaryczny, C.R. ([email protected])
住宿: Fr. Raphael Ma, C.R.
([email protected]) Pastoral Minister: Miss Ruthann Fisher
Music Ministry: Mrs. Terrianne Moulton
Admin. Assistant: Ms. Alice Soeder
Building Manager: Mr. Gary Howell
”The Son of Man came to serve
and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
~ Mark 10: 45
STEWARDSHIP REPORT October 9/10 Collection $5,447.95 2021 Total Collection $187,118.35 2021 Total Collection BUDGET $294,500.00
WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK? Monday Overeaters Anonymous (H) 7:30 pm
Saturday/Sunday World Mission Sunday – Evangelization of Nations Collection All Masses
DIOCESAN PRAYER CALENDAR Mon. Oct. 18: Very Rev. Adrian Lee
Tues. Oct. 19: Very Rev. Michael King Wed. Oct 20: Congregation of the Holy Cross (CSC)
Thu. Oct. 21: Rev. Marko Stefanec Fri. Oct. 22: Rev. Hanh Van Tran, OMI
Sat. Oct. 23: Rev. Yvon Paquin, OH
THANK YOU for your generous support of our Thanksgiving Food Drive! You donated 365 pounds of food to share with our neighbours in need, a reason to give thanks for sure!
FR. MURRAY, FR. STAN & FR. RAPHAEL’S HOMILIES ONLINE
Click the picture below for this Sunday’s homily.
You can listen to past homilies by clicking here.
ALL SOULS MEMORIAL MASS
On Tuesday November 2nd at 7pm we will celebrate our annual All Souls Memorial Mass, in memory of our loved ones who have passed away in
the last year. If you would like to join us for the mass please call or email the parish office to RSVP, since we have limited seating due to the pandemic.
MASS INTENTIONS October 19 - 24, 2021 Tuesday, 19th - Weekday
9:00 am +Beverley Haukenfrers – David & Aida Haukenfrers
Wednesday, 20th - Weekday
9:00 am +Onofre Clemente – Leonor & Carlos Fonseca
Thursday, 21st - Weekday
9:00 am Intentions of George Papeleo – Anne Pritchard
Friday, 22nd - Weekday
9:00 am Intentions of Maria Cabral – Helen Shantz
+Anne Shoniker – Betty Corrigan & Family
+John Fischer – Sandy Milne
+Donna Renaud – Eileen Cox
Saturday, 23rd - 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time
5:00 pm Intentions of Ed & Linda Bourgeois – Lucille & Cathy Vanzieleghem
+John Boshart – Margaret Boshart & Family
+Lorne MacDonald – Aunt Margie & Dana Marsh
+Edna & Frank Munro & Family – Barb & Donna Munro
+Maria Sarkany – Eleanor Buchanan
+Sr. Anne Rektor, SSND – Mary Ann Sellner & Family
Sunday, 24th - 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time
9:00 am Parishioners of St. Francis of Assisi
11:00 am Intentions of Alice & Bernie Preiditsch – Marilyn Alston
Thank You so much for your overwhelming
generosity donating personal hygiene products for patients in need at St. Mary’s General Hospital and the Sexual Assault Centre and Domestic Violence Centre. These items may seem ordinary but they have made a huge and immediate impact on patient care. Some of our staff were moved to tears to see the stocked cart of supplies we brought to units, allowing them to support their patients’ healing in this way. So overwhelming was your response, we ran out of storage space! So we have paused the campaign temporarily but look forward to reaching out again to you in the coming months. We feel humbled, honoured and grateful for your response and for this life-giving collaboration between our hospital and its kind neighbours.
oneROOF HOST HOMES oneROOF Youth Services is committed to providing for the safety, support and overall well-being of youth who are experiencing homelessness, and youth who are at-risk of homelessness inWaterloo Region. One of the ways they do this is through Host Homes, a prevention and diversion program, where people in the community welcome youth aged 16-25 who are at risk of homelessness into their own homes for a temporary stay. oneROOF is currently looking for more Host Homes and reached out to the invite the St. Francis community to learn more about the program. You can read a brochure and FAQs on our website by clicking here, or contact the parish office and we will connect you with oneROOF for more information. Thank you for prayerfully considering this vocation.
SYNOD OF BISHOPS 2023 Pope Francis recently announced that the next Synod of Bishops will take place in October 2023. The Theme of the Synod is: For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation, and Mission. For the first time, the meeting will be the culmination of a “three-year path” involving all of the People of God at every level of the Church. This “path” is a process which Pope Francis inaugurated this past weekend, and is meant to be a manifestation of “synodality” which is a form that realizes the participation of all the people of God in mission.
You can watch the full inauguration Mass with English translation by clicking here.
The synodal path will take place in three phases. 1. First Phase (October 2021 to April 2022)
A consultation with all the People of God in each Diocese and begins this weekend, on October 17th.
2. Second Phase (September 2022 to March 2023) The “continental” phase where Diocesan responses are collated across each continent. For example, Canada and the United States of America will collate their responses and submit them to the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops in Rome by March 2023.
3. The Final Phase of the Synod will take place in October 2023 with the celebration of the Assembly of Bishops in Rome.
In the Diocese of Hamilton, a Committee has been established to guide the Diocesan Phase of the Synodal Process. From November to mid-December parishioners in the Diocese of Hamilton will have an opportunity to respond to the questions posed by the Synod, more information on this to come. We pray for the success of this unique and historic synodal process:
We stand before You, Holy Spirit, as we gather together in your name. With you alone to guide us, make yourself at home in our hearts;
Teach us the way we must go and how we are to pursue it. We are weak and sinful; do not let us promote disorder.
Do not let ignorance lead us down the wrong path nor partiality influence our actions. Let us find in you our unity so that we may journey together to eternal life
and not stray from the way of the truth and what is right. All this we ask of you, who are at work in every place and time,
in the communion of the Father and the Son, for ever and ever. Amen.
CATECHESIS of the GOOD SHEPHERD "Virtual Atrium"
We are again pleased to offer Zoom prayer sessions in the style of a Virtual Atrium (no cost). Level 1, ages 3-6 Weekly on Tuesdays or Thursdays at 4:00 pm (~15 minutes duration). Begins October 26 or 28 and continues until Pentecost. We will listen to scripture, pray, and sing!
Level 2, ages 6-9 Weekly on Tuesdays at 4:30 pm (~30 minutes duration). Begins October 26 and continues until Pentecost. We will focus on living the covenant with an emphasis on Reconciliation and Eucharist.
Level 3, ages 9-12 Weekly on Thursdays at 4:30 pm (~30-45 minutes duration). October 28 - December 16. An 8-week Bible study about the Prophets and the Messiah.
Interested parents should contact the parish office. A Zoom meeting will be set up prior to the start date to meet the child.
AROUND TOWN
Hiring Lunch Hour Supervisors St. Paul School is hiring permanent and supply Lunch Hour Supervisors! Salary is between $22.20 – $23.46 per hour. You will be required to work one hour a day from 11:05- 12:05. If you are interested or know of someone who may be interested, please contact the principal by email [email protected] or call the school at 519-743-4401.
Ecumenical Taizé Services (October 24) All are invited to attend these ecumenical Taizé Services on the 2nd and 4th Sunday of each month. Each service takes place at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Kitchener at 4:00 pm and is followed by an opportunity to enjoy fellowship and pizza from Tiny Home Takeout. People who would like to participate in the choir are invited to arrive at 3:00 pm for a short choir practice. See the KW Ecumenical Services with Taize Songs Facebook page for info.
Bach Vespers - Cantata 187 Sunday, Oct. 24 at The Church of St John the Evangelist, Kitchener Two performances, 3:30 pm and at 5:00 pm, each lasting about 40 minutes. Presented by Spiritus Ensemble, please click here to read all the details including COVID and Vaccine requirements.
Lecture in Catholic Experience: Religion & Vaccine Hesitancy in the Age of Anxiety Dr. Paul Bramadat asks what the study of religion can contribute to our understanding of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and what do we learn about religion and spirituality by thinking about conspiracy and spirituality ("conspirituality")? This lecture will take place online Oct. 22 at 7:30pm. See the LCE website for more info and the link to attend.
COVID – 19 OCTOBER UPDATE
OPEN FOR MASS with distancing
Although we are not required to be vaccinated to attend Mass, we echo Pope Francis & Bishop Crosby in encouraging everyone who is able to get vaccinated. Please visit the COVID-19 page on our website for all the current COVID protocols.
A VACCINE MESSAGE
FROM BISHOP CROSBY
The official position of the Catholic Church is that all available COVID vaccines are ethical and all Catholics who are able are encouraged to receive the vaccine. All employees serving in the Diocese of Hamilton are encouraged to be fully vaccinated or to submit to a COVID rapid test every Monday and Thursday in order to carry out their responsibilities. Volunteer liturgical ministers are required to be fully vaccinated. Bishop Douglas Crosby, OMI, encourages every member of the Catholic Church within our Diocese of Hamilton to be fully vaccinated.
Anyone born in 2009 or earlier can be vaccinated for COVID-19.
If you need your first or second dose you can WALK IN to any vaccination clinic in the region, or
BOOK AN APPOINTMENT by calling 519-514-1499 or online at regionofwaterloo.ca
Those with very specific health concerns may be eligible for a third Booster shot, learn more by
clicking here and speak with your doctor.