Bulletin: 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Posted 2024-09-20 by @saintmichaelyyc

 

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

 

Pillar #3: Strengthen Family Life

September 22, 2024

Our family life is crucial to our health and wellness. It affects our level of happiness and joy, our sense of safety in the world, our ability to create healthy strong relationships, and is the seedbed for developing love and forgiveness, trust and cooperation, empathy and compassion. Family life is a fundamental focus of our parish renewal process. 
 
The parish is the most dynamic center of Catholic life in the Church. It is here we gather around the Table of God’s Word and the Table of the Eucharist, to be nourished and renewed, so we may continue our pilgrimage. In our gatherings are persons born from all over the world, families from various cultural backgrounds and persons from various stages of life. The sacred dignity and worth of each individual is celebrated here. It is here we remind ourselves that each one of us is called, each one of us matters, and each one of us belongs. 
 
Together we are all family. This third component of our renewal process, with its focus on strengthening family life, helps us to become intentional around how our Catholic Christian values can be infused and permeate every aspect of our parish and family life. 
 
In the weeks and months ahead, join us as we together explore how families can be better supported in times of need and bereavement and educated through sacramental preparation and Scripture study. Consider getting involved as we formulate opportunities for our youth, reach out to the marginalized and the overlooked and help us discern how we as a parish will respond to the Spirit’s inspiration and guidance. Seek to foster a culture of openness, listening and dialogue. Every parish member is invited to speak with courage and honesty so we, as a parish, can learn how to accompany one another and experience ourselves as companions on the journey.

fredmund@saintmichael.ca

 
 
Healing Lines
 
The goals of overcoming violence and building a culture of peace imply spiritual, theological and practical challenges for our churches, which touch us in the centre of what it means to be church. The respect for human dignity, the concern for the well-being of the neighbor and the active promotion of the common good are imperatives of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Men and women are created equally in the image of God and justified by grace. Therefore, Human Rights are basic elements of preventing violence at all levels, individual, inter-personal, and collective, especially violence against women and children.
 
 
 
Mass Schedule for this Weekend
 
Saturday, September 21 at 5:00 pm:  Fr. Kelvin Chukwurah
Sunday, September 22 at 8:30 am Morning Prayer:  Fr. Kelvin Chukwurah
Sunday, September 22 at 9:00 am:  Fr. Kelvin Chukwurah
Sunday, September 22 at 11:00 am:  Fr. Edmund Vargas
Sunday, September 22 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)

 
 

Daily Mass Cancelled | October 8 – 10, 2024

Daily Mass will be cancelled for October 8 – 10, 2024 due to Priest Study Days.

 

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.

 

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 last few 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.  You can drop your postcard in the box at our table or bring it to the gathering on September 29.

 
 

 

St. Michael Event Schedule

 

Weekly Events:

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

Mondays | Bible Study (Begins September 30)

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

Wednesdays | Coffee Connection: After Mass | Men’s Ministry | Women’s Ministry Bible Study

Thursdays | Knitting Ministry

 

September 2024:

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 and 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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