MASS INTENTIONS Saturday, December 3

9:00am PRAYER SERVICE FOR THE HOLY FAMILY

5:00pm for + Paula VanExem by Andrew VanExem

Sunday, December 4

8:30am for + Joyce Feeney by Mike & Linda Feeney

10:30am for The Intentions of the Parishioners

Monday, December 5

9:00am

7:00pm for + deceased members of the Montague Family

Tuesday, December 6 by Monica Montague

9:00am for +Eileen Doyle & deceased family members

Wednesday, December 7

9:00am for +Alice Fluet by Lawson & Judy Webb

Thursday, December 8

9:00am for + Joyce Feeney by Lee Bowen

Friday, December 9

9:00am for

Saturday, December 10

9:00am

5:00pm for + George Schneider by Pat & Sherri Scheider

Sunday, December 11

8:30am for + Fred Walker by Marie Graham

10:30am for The Intentions of the Parishioners

LECTOR SCHEDULE

Sat, Dec 3 5:00pm Bill Klunder

Sun, Dec 4 8:30am Sue Feeney

10:30am Maryanne Moretti

Sat, Dec 10 5:00pm Yolande Laidlaw

Sun, Dec 11 8:30am Greg Lougheed

10:30am Maryanne Moretti

MINISTER SCHEDULE

Sat, Dec 3 5:00pm Carolyn Jopko

Sun, Dec 4 8:30am Terry Montague

10:30am Loretta Kyle

Sat Dec 10 5:00pm Jules Letourneau

Sun, Dec 11 8:30am Lee Bowen

10:30am Yvette Fleut-Gagnon

UPCOMING EVENTS

Sat, Dec 3 9:00am Mass & Holy Family Service

Mon, Dec 5 7:00pm CWL mass & meeting & Social

Tues, Dec 6 7:00pm Parish Advent Reconciliation

Wed, Dec 7 School confessions

Wed, Dec 7 6pm K of C Christmas dinner

Thurs, Dec 8 7:00pm “Trust in God”

Sat, Dec 10 10am RCIA

11am Hagersville X-Mas House Tour

Tues, Dec 13 7:00pm “Watch and Pray”

Wed, Dec 14 6:30pm Anawim Prayer Group

Thurs, Dec 15 7:00pm “Gift”

Fri, Dec 16 7:00pm “Story of the Nativity” movie

Sat, Dec 17 10am RCIA

Sun, Dec 18 10:30am Youth Mass & Luncheon

Special Visitor, Pagaent practice

Wed, Dec 21 9:45am School Mass

PARISH ANNOUNCEMENTS CWL MEETING: Next meeting on Monday, Dec 5th. Mass, short meet-

ing and Christmas Social. A REMINDER: Memberships are now due $20.

SUPER SOUPER: Thank you to all you donated soup and their time to

make the super souper happen. Profit of $236.00.

FORMED: A catholic digital on line program, to enrich and enlighten

our faith. All parishioners are invited to register; go to formed.org; go to

register; parish code TG9FDT (all capitals) to sign up for free; follow the

instructions. Your password should be 6 characters no spaces. FORMED :

ADVENT SPIRITUAL JOURNEY TOGETHER

The following dates will be at 7:00pm at St. Mary’s Parish Hall

Nov 30th; Dec 8th; Dec 13th; Dec 15th; Dec 16th.

COOKIES FOR SALE: Homemade cookies are available to buy on Dec

10 & 11th. They are $10 a doz for cookies and squares or butter tarts. St.

Mary’s is a part of the Hagersville House Christmas Tours and there will be

cookies available for sale on Dec 10th during the day.

CHRISTMAS EVE PAGAENT: Please consider taking part in this

wonderful celebration of the story of Christmas. Come and see it through

the eyes and hearts of a child. Please sign up, return the form by Dec 5’16.

HOLY FAMILY IMAGE COMING TO OUR PARISH

We welcome the Holy Family image blessed by Pope Francis into our par-

ish from Sat, Dec 3 to Fri, Dec 9 as part of the Knights of Columbus Holy

Family prayer program. The intent of the Holy Family Prayer program is to

strengthen Catholic families and their prayer lives.

PARISH CONFESSIONS: On Tues, Dec 6th at 7pm with a visiting priest.

NEED A PLACE TO STORE YOUR TIRES: K of C will store your

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KEEP CHRIST IN CHRISTMAS SIGNS available, call Greg768-3649

SYRIAN REFUGEE FUND: Last date to have your donations for the Syrian Refugees

will be the weekend of December 10th-11th. Thank you for your generous contributions.

WEEKEND MASS GREETERS: We invite all parishioners to be greeters for our

weekend masses. Duties would include greeting people as they enter the church, hand out

bulletins, sit people as necessary and making new visitors welcome. If you would be in-

terested, please let Fr or Mary know.

SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT In the Gospel passage from St. Matthew, St. John the Baptist declares, among other

things, “Prepare the way of the Lord; make straight his paths.” Isn’t that a sign to us of

what Advent means to us? Are you familiar with roads in the world that are filled with

curves and hills? Depending on your age, you may be familiar with efforts to straighten

those roads, perhaps even to build tunnels through those hills, so the journey is less

treacherous and threatening.

That is part of our goal during Advent. With the coming of Christ imminent we want to

work to rid our lives of the hills, valleys, curves, and twists in our lives. The readings on

this Second Sunday of Advent speak of endurance and persistence to accomplish that.

In today`s gospel It all comes down to the fact that John the Baptist is a witness for

Christ. He is the kind of disciple we need to be. Witnessing is an important part of stew-

ardship, and it is something we all need to practice and be willing to do. St. John the Bap-

tist was more than an effective witness, however; you might say that John was a living

witness because of how he lived; the way he lived made people pay attention to him. He

is incredibly real—the way he dresses, what he eats, the way he lives.

In the same way we are called to witness as John did, with our very lives. What people

perceive us to be as Catholics and Christians is the most important stewardship witness

we can offer. This Advent season is the time for us to make that commitment, that con-

version. Like John we need to do more than preach the message; we need to be the mes-

sage. Our beliefs, our faith, and our actions must always reflect that.

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SYRIAN REFUGEES:

We will continue to raise funds

for the refugees

Until Dec 11

Collection to date:

$7,410.00

ONGOING FUND RAISER:

We are collecting empty wine, liquor bottles,

beer cans and bottles. Please try and support

this effort. We ask that you return your bottles

and donate the money to the parish.

Collection to date $223.50

CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR MASSES

Christmas Eve Masses

5:00pm Mass & Pagaent at St. Mary’s

10:00pm Mass at St. Ann’s

Christmas Day Mass at 10:30am at St. Mary’s

New Year’s Eve and Day as per weekend mass times

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ADVENT HYMN

TO SING WHILE LIGHTING THE ADVENT

WREATH: Lead by St. Mary’s Youth Choir

A FAMILY PRAYER

Heavenly Father, thank you

for the gift of our family.

Enlighten our hearts and

minds that we may live more

fully this vocation to love. In

our daily life and work, may

we reflect the self-giving love

which you, O Father, eternally

show with your Son and the

Holy Spirit Let your love be

evident in the peace that

reigns in our home and in the

faith we profess and live. May

our family always be a place

of generosity, understanding,

forgiveness and joy. Kindly

give us the wisdom and cour-

age to be witnesses to your

eternal design for the family;

and grant that the Holy Fam-

ily of Nazareth may always

guide our path to holiness as a

family.

We ask this through our Lord

Jesus Christ, your Son, who

lives and reigns with you in

the unity of the Holy Spirit,

one God forever and ever.

Amen.

ADVENT PRAYER

Father of our Lord Jesus

Christ, ever faithful to your

promises and ever close to

your Church: the earth re-

joices in hope of the Saviour’s

coming and looks forward

with longing to his return at

the end of time.

Prepare my heart during this

Advent season. Increase my

longing for Christ my Saviour

and give me the strength to

grow in love.

POPE’S PRAYER

INTENTIONS FOR

DECEMBER

That the scandal of child sol-

diers may be eliminated the

world over.

That the peoples of Europe

may rediscover the beauty,

goodness, and truth of the

Gospel which gives joy and

hope to life.