MASS INTENTIONS

Saturday, October 10 NOVENA TO OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL

5:00 pm + Cynthia Butler by Halina Boruta

Sunday, October 11

8:30 am + Pat Zdunich by Tom & Terry Montague

10:30 am + Christopher Peters by Judy Web

Tuesday, October 13 DEVOTION TO INFANT JESUS OF PRAGUE

+ Mathias & Irene Gagnon by Yvette & Lionel Gagnon

Wednesday, October 14 DEVOTION TO OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP

Intentions of the Parishioners

Thursday, October 15 DEVOTION TO ST. ANN /MEMORIAL OF ST. TERESA

+The Repose of the Souls of Laureen & Michael Montague

Friday, October 16 MEMORIAL OF ST. MARGUERITE D’YOUVILLE

+ Lucille Dendwick & Marcelle Fluet by Yvette & Lionel Gagnon

Saturday, October 17 NOVENA TO OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL/MEMORIAL OF ST. IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH

5:00 pm + John Klunder by Betty & Bill Klunder

Sunday, October 18

8:30 am + Betty Eady by Tom & Terry Montague

10:30 am + Pietro DiRidolfi by The Family

ANNOUNCEMENTS ALL POSTED GUIDELINES REMAIN IN EFFECT AND ARE TO BE FOLLOWED. THANK YOU.

VIRTUAL SUNDAY SCHOOL AVAILABLE:

Heather Piette, a parishioner of St. Patrick’s Church has started a virtual

Sunday School programme on line for children. It will be available every

Sunday. There will be singing and music, stories, crafts, colouring pages

and activities families can watch, download and do with their families at

home. Please go to Facebook and search:

St. Patricks Catholic Church Caledonia Virtual Sunday School.

LETS NOT FORGET FORMED: Our Catholic Netflix—Family movie

night just got better with content that is not only entertaining and inspir-

ing, it’s good for the soul. Formed truly offers something for everyone,

and has added lots of new movies and programs. Check it our at

Formed.org. Go to: stmaryandstann.formed.org—Register and Enjoy!

REMINDER: Memorial Rosary in honour of Our Lady’s 6th apparition in

Fatima @ St. Mary's Church @7 pm, Tuesday, October 13th. We will pray

the Sorrowful Mysteries https://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=Q14nKKRAekk for an end to the Coronavirus Pandemic among other inten-

tions. We hope for good weather, so please bring your lawn chairs. We will move indoors if need be.

To access the video/audio, if you plan on praying the Rosary from home:

click on the link provided above OR copy/pasting it into your search bar -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q14nKKRAek

OR enter: Sorrowful Mysteries with Father John Riccardo in your search bar.

RIGHT TO LIFE PINS FOR SALE:

The Knights of Columbus have the new Right to Life Rose

Pins for sale. They are $5.00 each. $3.00 from the sale of each

pin goes to the Simcoe Right to Life people. Please see Greg

Lougheed, Lionel Gagnon or Randy Reid if interested in

purchasing.

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION: On Saturday Oct 17th the first communicant

children will receive for the first time the Lord Jesus in Holy Communion. Let

us keep them in our prayers.

RESCHEDULED DATES FOR SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

Due to the challenges of this year and COVID-19, alternative dates have

been chosen for Special Collections if you have not already taken the op-

portunity to make these donations.

. Sunday, Oct 18th - World Mission Sunday

. Sunday, Nov 1st - C.C.O.D.P.—Development & Peace

28TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Immediately after criticizing the religious leaders through the parable of the ten-

ants in last Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus proceeded to tell another parable, again di-

rected at the religious leaders. We hear this parable in today’s Gospel.

In the parable of the wedding feast, Jesus offers an image of the kingdom of

heaven using the symbol of a wedding banquet. In today’s first reading from the

prophet Isaiah and in today’s psalm, the Lord’s goodness is evident in the symbol

of a feast of good food and wine. Jesus’ listeners would have been familiar with

the image of a wedding feast as a symbol for God’s salvation. They would con-

sider themselves to be the invited guests. Keeping this in mind helps us to under-

stand the critique Jesus makes with this parable. The context for this parable is the

growing tension between Jesus and the Jewish religious leaders in Jerusalem. This

has been the case for the past two Sundays and will continue to be true for the next

several weeks.

The parable Jesus tells is straightforward. The king dispatches his servants to in-

vite the guests to the wedding feast that he is planning for his son. The listeners

would have been surprised to learn that the first guests refused the invitation. Who

would refuse the king’s invitation? A second dispatch of servants follows. Again

to the listeners’ great surprise, some guests ignore the invitation. Some of the in-

vited guests even go so far as to mistreat and kill the servants. The king invokes

his retribution against these murderers by destroying them and burning their city.

We might stop here for a moment. Why would some guests kill the servants sent

to invite them to the king’s wedding feast? It might be possible that the king was a

tyrant, evidenced by the destruction of the city of those who refused his invitation.

But if we follow this idea, then the allegory seems to be about something other

than the kingdom of heaven. It is more likely that the destruction of the city would

have been a powerful image corresponding to the destruction of Jerusalem by the

Romans in A.D. 70, which would have been an important event for Matthew’s

audience.

With the invited guests now deemed unworthy to attend the king’s wedding feast,

the servants are sent to invite whomever they can find. The guests arrive, but it

appears that accepting the king’s invitation brings certain obligations. The guest

who failed to dress in the appropriate wedding attire is cast out of the feast. We

are reminded that while many are invited to the kingdom of heaven, not all are

able to meet its requirements. God invites us to his feast, giving us his salvation.

Yet he asks us to repent for our sins.

Jesus’ message in the parable cautions against exclusive beliefs about the kingdom

of heaven. The parable also teaches about humility. Those who assume that they

are the invited guests may find that they have refused the invitation, and so others

are invited in their place. To accept the invitation is also to accept its obligations.

God wants our full conversion in complete acceptance of his mercy.

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MASS INTENTIONS: Masses are offered for various intentions

such as death anniversaries, birthdays, wedding anniversaries and

for the sick and dying or other intentions you may have. We look

forward for your mass intentions using the envelopes available for

10your use. Each mass intention is $10.

POPE FRANCIS’ PRAYER INTENTION FOR MONTH OF OCTOBER:

WE PRAY BY THAT THE VIRTUE OF BAPTISM, THE LAITY,

ESPECIALLY WOMEN, MAY PARTICIPATE MORE IN AREAS

OF RESPONSIBILITY IN THE CHURCH.

LECTORS

Sat—Oct 10 5:00 pm Bill Klunder

Sun– Oct 11 8:30 am Greg Lougheed

10:30 am Yvette Gagnon

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Oct 3&4, 2020

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Building Fund $ 395.00

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ST. MARY’S AND ST. ANN’S PARISH OCTOBER 11, 2020

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Bishop Gerard Paul Bergie

Parish Pastor: Rev. Vincent D’Souza, ocd

Cell: 289-244-9835 Email: ocdvincy@gmail.com

Parish Secretary: Denice Gill Office - 905-768-5726 Fax - 905-768-2229

94 Main St. S., Hagersville, ON Email: stmary.stann@rogers.com

Bulletin is found on the website.www.stmary-stannparish.com

MASS TIMES

Weekend Masses: Saturday 5:00pm; Sunday: 8:30am St. Ann’s;

10:30am St. Mary’s

Weekday Masses: Tues, Wed, Fri, 9:00am at St. Mary’s;

Thursday 9:00am at St. Ann’s

Confessions: Sat at 4:00pm or upon request

Baptisms: 3rd Sunday of the Month. Contact the office.

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Charity, Unity, Fraternity and Patriotism

If you are interested in serving your parish and your community

with like-minded brothers, you are invited to join the Knights of Co-

lumbus.

Contact: Lionel Gagnon

or Randy Reid

lgrr.KOC@gmail.com

ontariokofc.ca

Meetings the First Wed of the month

SPACE AVAILABLE

$100 A YEAR

CATHOLIC WOMEN’S LEAGUE Rooted in Gospel values

Callings its members to holiness

Through service to the

People of God.

St. Mary’s & St. Ann’s

League Est. 1953

For more information

on becoming a member

please contact the

League President

Catherine Montague

905-768-1235

Meetings the First Monday of the Month

CWL provides lunch for

funeral receptions.

Please contact Catherine (905-768-1235)

or Linda Leonard (905-768-1084)

TUESDAYS WEDNESDAYS

PRAYERS TO INFANT PRAYERS TO OUR LADY

JESUS OF PRAGUE OF PERPETUAL HELP

THURSDAYS SATURDAYS

PRAYERS TO ST. ANN NOVENA TO OUR LADY

OF MOUNT CARMEL

PRAYER FOR PRIEST Lord Jesus Christ, You love

Your church and those called

to share Your priesthood!

With our love and prayers, we

join You in asking our Heav-

enly Father to continue to

pour out His gifts of holiness ,

compassion and ardent zeal

on your priests everywhere.

Inspire each of them to offer

his life as an Ambassador of Christ, bringing reconciliation

and healing to the world.

Mary, Mother of all Priests,

inspire us to live in peace and

joy and pray this prayer with

us. Amen.

NO ONE IS BORN A PRIEST

Priests are made by prayer and

with the help of the community.

If you feel that our Lord may be

calling you to serve Him in

ordained ministry, we invite

you to contact us to begin your

vocational discernment.

Please do all you can to en-

courage priestly and religious

vocations. Your prayers and

support make a difference.

PRAYER FOR

VOCATIONS

O Loving God,

inspire your people to

promote and to answer

the call to Priestly and

Religious Life.

Remove fears and

doubts

from their hearts.

Give them the Spirit`s

gifts of wisdom

and courage. We ask

this in Jesus name.

Amen.