MASS INTENTIONS

Saturday, Feb 2 1ST SATURDAY MASS –DEVOTIONS TO OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL

9:00am for + Ronald Simon by Maryanne Simon

5:00pm for + Max King by Debbie & Ed Feeney

Sunday, February 3

8:30am for + John Paul Benson by Tom & Terry Montague

10:30am for + Theo Dykstra by John & Kelly Goldsmith

Tuesday, Feb 5 DEVOTION TO INFANT JESUS OF PRAGUE ST. AGATHA - MEMORIAL

9:00am for The Intentions of the Parishioners

Wednesday, Feb 6 DEVOTION TO OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP & ST. PAUL - MEMORIAL

9:00am for + Lucille Dendwick by Judy Webb

Thursday, February 7 DEVOTION TO ST. ANN

9:00am for + Theo Dykstra by Laureen Montague

Friday, February 8

9:00am for + Lillian Pavlovich by Jeanette Pauplis

Saturday, February 9

5:00pm for + Charles Maggio by Charlie’s family

Sunday, February 10

8:30am for + Germaine Stoneman by Frances Montague

10:30am for + Pietro DiRidolfi by The Family

MINISTERS OF THE

HOLYCOMMUNION LECTORS

Sat, February 2 5:00pm Carolyn Jopko Bill Klunder

Sun, February 3 8:30am Linda Feeney Kaeleigh Walsh

10:30am John Webb Audrey Whitman

POPE’S INTENTION FOR FEBRUARY

For a generous welcome to the victims of human trafficking, of enforced

prostitution and of violence.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

FORMED FOR OUR PARISH COMMUNITY

We encourage all to gain free access on your computer, tablet or

smart phone to hundreds of entertaining movies, enlightening pro-

grams, inspiring talks and a great selection of popular eBooks for

everyone in your family. Enjoy and share with others.

PARISH SECRETARY RETIREMENT: As you have heard

Mary Lane is retiring as secretary on June 28’19. We appreciate

her commitment and service to our community and we wish her a

wonderful retirement. We will like to appoint a new secretary, if

anyone is interested , please submit your resume by end of Febru-

ary.

40 DAYS FOR LIFE: Invest one hour to save a Lifetime! Be part

of a peaceful campaign by prayer and fasting during Lent March

6—April 14th. Each parish is asked to adopt a day with two people

for each hour to give public witness by standing on Portage St out-

side Niagara General Hospital. The date we have chosen is Thurs-

day, March 28 from 2-4pm. If interested in doing this please let the

office know by February 17th.

OFFERTORY COLLECTION:

JAN 12-13

Regular Fund $ 1,601.00

Building Fund $ .00

Organist required

We are looking for

an organist who can

help us out for

10:30am masses.

Gluten-Free Host: If there is anyone

who prefers to

have Gluten-free

host at mass,

please feel free to

contact the office.

*A large number of people followed from Galilee and from Judea. Mk 3:7-8*

Neither Jesus nor His Apostles made any publicity yet He attracted a large crowd to-

wards Him. The gospel mentions clearly, "hearing what he was doing a large number of

people came to Him". Jesus was doing GOOD and this became the source of drawing

people towards Him.

Politicians attract crowds by their PROPOGANDA, film stars by their PUBLICITY, sports stars by

their PERFORMANCE and great people by their ACHIEVEMENTS. But Jesus attracted people by His good LIFE.

A greatness of a person is not in having thousands of followers on twitter or hundreds of friends

in face book rather in one's purity of mind, generosity of heart, truthfulness of words and faithfulness of

actions above all in the sanctity of life which draws people to us and us to God.

Unfortunately today this attraction towards Jesus is slowly diminishing not

because Jesus lacks *attraction* but because of our *distraction* with the things of

the world. Let us rediscover our attraction to Jesus.

Fr Joel Lopes, OFM

Deck Of Cards

Back in 1778, a soldier, overseas during the war, was in his bunker with

a deck of cards spread out on his bed when the sergeant walked in and asked the

soldier what he was doing. The soldiers answers, "Sir, I was just about to spend

some time in prayer with the Lord, sir." "Looks like you're getting ready to play

cards." The sergeant said to the soldier as he eyeballed the cards spread out on the bed. "Oh no sir,"

spoke the soldier. "If you will just let me explain, I'll show you something kind of interesting." At that

point he gathered all the cards in his hands and began to shuffle them. "You see, this deck of cards may

seem ordinary to you but it acts as my Bible." He then began to flip over the first card which revealed the

ace of spades. "You see sir, in a deck of card, the Ace reminds me there is only One God."

The next card he reveals is the two (2) of diamonds. "The two, is the two halves of the Bible. The

Old and the New Testament." The next card he flips over reveals a three (3) of clubs. "The three, that's the

Trinity. The Father, Son and Holy Ghost." Then the next card reveals a four (4) of hearts. "The four,

that reminds me of the four Gospels Matthew, Mark, Luke and John." With the cards he is still holding in

his hands, the soldier begins to divide them up shifting them between each other. The top card he flips over

reveals the six (6) of clubs. "The six, sir, reminds me that God made earth in six days, in which," at that

moment the next card he flipped over revealed the seven (7) of spades, "on the seventh day He rested."

Again, with the remaining cards in his hands he splits them up and divides them three separate

times. Finally, he flips the top card and reveals the ten (10) of hearts. "In the Bible, you have ten command-

ments" The next card on top reveals the king of hearts, "And this, this is my absolute favorite, sir." Said

the soldier as he smiled a huge smile. "Jesus, who is the King. He's the King of my heart." At this point, the

sergeant was surprised and impressed with the way the cards seem to fall into place for the soldier.

"That's pretty good." He said. The soldier says, "It doesn't stop there, sir. The Queen is for Mary Queen of

Heaven. You see, in a deck of cards there are four (4) suites, hearts, clubs, spades and diamonds. That

represents the four seasons. In fact, there's thirteen (13) cards in each suite. There are exactly 13 weeks in

each quarter of the year."

The soldier then gathers all the card in his hand and says, "There's fifty-two (52) cards in a deck

which represents 52 weeks in a year." There are 365 spots on the deck of cards that represent the days in

a year. He then looks up at the sergeant, raising the deck of card in his hand and says, "So you see sir, my

deck of cards is my Bible. It's my calendar. It's my almanac." Then he lays the cards on his bed and spreads

them out. "When I have cards spread out in front of me, I can see all the things I have to be thankful for."

Psalm 107:1 Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Mon, Feb 4 7:00pm CWL meeting

Wed, Feb 6 6:00pm Anawim Prayer Group meet

Wed, Feb 6 7:30pm K of C meeting

Thurs, Feb 7 10:30am Pastor’s visit to Parkview Meadows

Wed, Feb 13 9:45am School Mass

Thurs, Feb 14 10:30am Pastor’s Visit to Anson Place

Mon, March 4 7:00pm CWL meeting

Wed, March 6 9:15am ASH WEDNESDAY mass at St. Mary’s

6:00pm Mass at St. Ann’s

7:30pm K of C meeting

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DIOCESE OF ST. CATHARINES

Bishop Gerard Paul Bergie

Parish Pastor: Rev. Victor Fernandes, ocd - 905-923-3861

Parish Secretary: Mary Lane Office - 905-768-572 Fax - 905-768-2229

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

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

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: All Sundays at noon.

1st Friday 9am mass, 9:30am10:30am Adoration & Benediction

1st Saturday of the month, Mass at 9am

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

Columbus.

Contact: Lionel Gagnon

or Randy Reid

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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

CWL provides lunch for

funeral receptions.

Please contact Catherine (905-768-1235)

or Linda Leonard (905-768-1084)

PRAY FOR OUR PRIESTS OF THE

DIOCESE OF ST. CATHARINES - February

Rev. Andrew Morasse, Rev. Charles Moser, Rev. James Mulligan,

Rev. Miroslaw Osszewski, Most Rev. John O’Mara, Rev. Rico

Passero, Rev. Mathew Pendanathu, Rev. Stanley Pietlock, Rev.

Msgr, Dominic Pizzacalla, Rev. Gerard Power, Rev. Peter Rowe, Rev.

Msgr. Melvyn Schaefer, Rev. Gregory Schmidt, Rev. Sunny Sebas-

tian, Rev. Manuelpillai Soosaipillai, Rv. David Spengler, Rev. Melvin

Stevens, Rev. Krzysztof Szczepanik, Rev. John Tracey, Rev. Paul

Vellakunnathu, Rev. Peter Walton, Rev. Michael Wastag, Rev. Ken-

neth Webb, Rev. Benjamin Weber, Rev. Ron Wiecek, Rev. Wieslaw

Woloszyn, Rv. Alarey Abella, Rev. Vijai Amirtharj.

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

Heavenly Father to continue to pour

out His gifts of holiness , compassion

and ardent zeal on your priests eve-

rywhere.

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.

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.

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

encourage priestly and

religious vocations. Your

prayers and support make

a difference.