Bulletin: 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Posted 2024-09-06 by @saintmichaelyyc

 

What you need to know from this weekend’s bulletin:

 

Missionary Discipleship: What it means and why it matters

September 8, 2024

What would it feel like to be part of a parish that is filled with missionary disciples? Where almost every parishioner has a fire inside them to share their love of Jesus? Where people are hungry to be nourished by word and sacrament? Where people are sacrificial in their financial giving and where they serve the community, not to ‘help Father’ but to joyfully express their co-responsibility for the life and mission of the parish? Sound too good to be true? It is important to dare to dream. The first step to a renewed parish is to have a strong vision of what an actively engaged congregation of missionary disciples might look like. 
 
A missionary disciple has encountered Jesus through a personal experience of the love and presence of God. As a result of this encounter, they have chosen to say ‘yes’- to surrender to God’s love and God’s will for their life. They allow their entire life to be transformed by this relationship. Missionary disciples enthusiastically praise God, giving thanks for their many blessings and hunger for opportunities to encounter Jesus through the sacraments. They regularly attend Mass and frequent the Sacrament of Reconciliation. They have a robust personal prayer life. There are many different ways to habitually spend time with God. Prayer preferences are unique to each person and their individual relationship with God. The important thing is to regularly ‘show up’ for prayer. They look for opportunities to help others within the Christian community and outside of it. Missionary disciples want to do whatever they can to assist in the proper functioning of the parish and the care of those within it. And, importantly, they also have a heart to help the world become a more just place through generous service to those in need. They see everything they have as a gift from God and understand that sacrificial giving is a form of worship and a way of giving thanks. They are eager to learn more and more can about Jesus and the Church. Missionary disciples read the Bible and other spiritual books. They make it a priority to attend seminars, group studies, and retreat opportunities in order to grow and deepen their faith and discipleship. 
 
They want to understand where God is leading them. They actively discern their vocational call so as to live the unique plan God has created them for fellowship. They share life with fellow disciples in a community that nurtures and supports their mission in the world. They actively seek to draw outsiders into the Christian community. They exhibit the fruits of the Spirit. “The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.” (Gal. 5:22–23) Missionary disciples are filled with the Holy Spirit, and their faces and their lives radiate this reality.
 
Missionary discipleship is something we inherit or culturally acquire. It is more than following religious rules, attending Sunday Mass, or ‘being good’. It is not a transactional relationship with a judgmental God. It requires a deliberate decision to follow Jesus. It has significant implications for the life and vibrancy of a parish. Attendance, stewardship, apostolic creativity, evangelization, vocations, and catechesis are all enriched. Transformed lives transform parishes, which in turn transform the world around them.

fredmund@saintmichael.ca

 
 
Healing Lines
 
This Sunday is Grandparents’ Day. This day has a threefold purpose: to honor grandparents, to give grandparents an opportunity to show love for their children’s children, and to help children become aware of the strength, information and guidance older people can offer. Let’s take time to honor the grandparents in our lives. Celebrate what they have to offer us and our children. Be aware that many grandparents suffer from elder abuse and may be in need of our help.
 
 
 
Mass Schedule for this Weekend
 
Saturday, September 7 at 5:00 pm:  Fr. Kelvin Chukwurah
Sunday, September 8 at 8:30 am Morning Prayer:  Fr. Kelvin Chukwurah
Sunday, September 8 at 9:00 am:  Fr. Kelvin Chukwurah
Sunday, September 8 at 11:00 am:  Fr. Edmund Vargas
Sunday, September 8 at 5:00 pm:  Fr. Edmund Vargas
 
 

Announcements:

 

Please see this weekend’s bulletins for all announcements:

Download St. Michael bulletin

Download Diocesan bulletin (Condensed)

Download Diocesan bulletin (Full Length)

 
 

Weekday Daily Mass | Day Chapel | South Door Entrance

Daily Mass will be held in the Day Chapel on weekdays: Tuesdays at 6pm, and Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays at 9am.  Please use the South entrance doors to attend.

 

Prayer Book | Friday Daily Mass Intentions | Beginning September 20, 2024

Personal prayer intentions may be written in the Prayer Book that is located outside the Day Chapel. The prayer book will be replacing the Prayer Basket that was previously used.

 

Basket Collection | All Weekend Masses

The Basket Collection has been re-introduced upon the recommendation of the Pastoral Council and the Finance Council.  

 

Coffee Thursdays Moved to Wednesdays | Beginning Wednesday, September 4, 2024

Beginning September 4, 2024, Coffee Thursdays will be moved to Wednesdays. See you there!

 

Sacraments

Registration for all children’s Sacraments are now open!  If you would like more information, or would like to register your children for Baptism, First Reconciliation/ First Communion, Confirmation, or Sacraments for Teens, please visit the Sacrament section of our website.

 

Parish Renewal

Over the next three weeks and at the Parish Renewal Gathering, we will explore the three Pastoral Priorities (Pillars) that will support and focus our efforts on our renewal journey.  These three pillars are: #1: Being missionary disciples in Christ, #2: Being a Church of encounter and witness, and #3: Strengthening family life. Members of the team will be available in the Narthex after all Masses.  Please stop by, grab a postcard, and share your reflections on each of the pillars.  

 
 

 

St. Michael Event Schedule

 

Weekly Events:

Sundays – Coffee Connection: After 9am and 11am Mass (Begins September 8) | Children’s Liturgy (Begins September 15)

Mondays – Bible Study (Begins September 30) 

Tuesdays – Rosary Group | Grief Share Program (Begins September 10) | RCIA (Begins September 17)

Wednesdays – Coffee Connection: After Mass (Begins September 4) | Men’s Ministry (Begins September 11) | Women’s Ministry Bible Study (Begins September 11)

Thursdays – Knitting Ministry (Begins September 12)

 

September 2024:

September 10 | Rosary Group | Day Chapel | 6:30pm

September 10 | Grief Share Program | Rooms 143 and 144 | 7:00-9:00pm

September 10 | CWL General Meeting | St. Michael’s Room | 6:45pm 

September 11 | Men’s Ministry: “Apostles of the New Springtime” | Day Chapel and Narthex | 6:00-7:30am

September 11 | Women’s Ministry Bible Study: “Bread of Life” (Begins)| St. Nicholas Room | 9:30am-12:00pm

September 12 | Knitting Ministry (Begins)| Library | 10:00am-12:00pm

September 12 | First Reconciliation Parent Gathering | Sanctuary and Narthex | 6:00-8:-00pm

September 15 | Children’s Liturgy (Begins) | Guardian Angel Room | Session A:  8:30am | Session B: 10:30am

September 17 | Rosary Group | Day Chapel | 6:30pm

September 17 | Grief Share Program | Rooms 143 & 144 | 7:00-9:00pm

September 17 | RCIA (Begins)| St. Nicholas Room | 7:00-9:00pm

September 18 | Men’s Ministry: “Apostles of the New Springtime” | Day Chapel and Narthex | 6:00-7:30am

September 18 | Women’s Ministry Bible Study: “Bread of Life”| St. Nicholas Room | 9:30am-12:00pm

September 18 | Face-To-Face Ministries Session | Sanctuary | 7:00-9:00pm

September 19 | Knitting Ministry | Library | 10:00am-12:00pm

September 21-22 | Ministries Fair | Narthex | Before and After all Masses

September 22 | Altar Server Training | Sanctuary | 12:00-2:00pm

September 23 | Sacraments for Teens Session 1 (Begins)| Library | 7:00-8:30pm

September 24 | Rosary Group | Day Chapel | 6:30pm

September 24 | Grief Share Program | Rooms 143 & 144 | 7:00-9:00pm

September 24 | PPC Meeting | St. Michael’s Room | 7:00-9:00pm

September 24 | RCIA | St. Nicholas Room | 7:00-9:00pm

September 24 | SSVP Monthly Meeting | St. Gabriel Room 145 | 7:00-9:00pm

September 25 | Men’s Ministry: “Apostles of the New Springtime” | Day Chapel and Narthex | 6:00-7:30am

September 25 | Women’s Ministry Bible Study: “Bread of Life”| St. Nicholas Room | 9:30am-12:00pm

September 26| Knitting Ministry | Library | 10:00am-12:00pm

September 26 | First Reconciliation Session 1 | Sanctuary and Narthex| 6:00-7:15pm

September 27 | SSVP Mass for 30 Year Celebration | Sanctuary | 6:00pm

September 29 | St. Michael Feast Day and Parish Renewal Gathering | Mass 11:00am |  Reception 12:00-1:00pm | Sanctuary Gathering 1:00-3:00pm 

September 30 | National Day for Truth and Reconciliation | Office Closed

September 30 | Bible Study: “Daring to Walk the Talk” (Begins)  | St. Nicholas Room | 7:00-9:00pm

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