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MASS INTENTIONS

Saturday, December 17

5:00pm † Marie Samson by Leo Samson

Sunday, December 18

8:30am †Pierre Gilbert Jungas by Janine Jungas

10:30am † René Marr by St. Vincent De Paul-Dunnville

Tuesday, December 20

8:30am Special Intention for Erin Monture

by Kaela & Wray Anderson

Wednesday, December 21

8:30am † John Powers by Frank & Cathy Powers

Thursday, December 22

8:30am † Charles Gamache by Jenny Gamache

Friday, December 23

8:30am † Noel O’Brien by Kaela & Wray Anderson

Saturday, December 24

5:00pm † Patricia Withers by Seraphine Dowd

11:00pm † Peter Lavell by Audrey Lavell

Sunday, December 25

8:30am † Andrew Jackson by Paul, Patricia & David Jackson

10:30am † Agnes Anger by Barb & Dan Sutcliffe

LECTORS: December 17 5:00pm Steve Gandour December 18 8:30am Mona Inglis December 18 10:30am Lindsay Kennedy December 24 5:00pm Seraphine Dowd 11:00pm Steve Gandour December 25 8:30am Margaret Noble December 25 10:30am Barb Sutcliffe EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS: December 17 5:00pm Hank Tuin December 18 8:30am Louise DeCaire December 18 10:30am Glenna Dulmage December 24 5:00pm Hank Tuin 11:00pm Trenny Dockrill December 25 8:30am Tony Smagata December 25 10:30am Jasmine Moody CHILDREN’S LITURGY: December 18: Mary-Anne Kollee

December 25: No Children’s Liturgy

Today, while celebrating the last Sunday of Advent prior

to the Feast of Christmas Day, we

can associate with the greatest joy

of the Blessed Virgin Mary who

awaited the coming of Baby Jesus

into the world. Anticipation and

preparedness are the watchwords

for this Sunday of Advent. THE HEDGEHOGS: It was the

coldest winter ever. Many animals

died because of the cold. The

hedgehogs, realizing the situation,

decided to group together to keep

warm. This way they covered and protected themselves; but

the quills of each one wounded their closest companions. After

awhile, they decided to distance themselves one from the other

and they began to die, alone and frozen. So they had to make a

choice: either accept the quills of their companions or

disappear from the Earth. Wisely, they decided to go back to

being together. They learned to live with the little wounds

caused by the close relationship with their companions in order

to receive the heat that came from the others. This way they

were able to survive. The best relationship is not the one that

brings together perfect people, but when each individual learns

to live with the imperfections of others and can admire the

other person's good qualities.

PEACE OF MIND: Once Buddha was walking from one

town to another town with a few of his followers. This was in

the initial days. While they were travelling, they happened to

pass a lake. They stopped there and Buddha told one of his

disciples, I am thirsty. Do get me some water from that lake

there. The disciple walked up to the lake. When he reached it,

he noticed that some people were washing clothes in the water

and, right at that moment, a bullock cart started crossing

through the lake. As a result, the water became very muddy,

very turbid. The disciple thought, How can I give this muddy

water to Buddha to drink! So he came back and told Buddha,

The water in there is very muddy. I don t think it is fit to drink.

After about half an hour, again Buddha asked the same disciple

to go back to the lake and get him some water to drink. The

disciple obediently went back to the lake. This time he found

that the lake had absolutely clear water in it. The mud had

settled down and the water above it looked fit to be had. So he

collected some water in a pot and brought it to Buddha.

Buddha looked at the water, and then he looked up at the

disciple and said, See what you did to make the water clean.

You let it be ... and the mud settled down on its own and you

got clear water... Your mind is also like that. When it is

disturbed, just let it be. Give it a little time. It will settle down

on its own. You don t have to put in any effort to calm it down.

It will happen. It is effortless. What did Buddha emphasize

here? He said, It is effortless. Having 'peace of mind' is not a

strenuous job; it is an effortless process. When there is peace

inside you, that peace permeates to the outside. It spreads

around you and in the environment, such that people around

start feeling that peace and grace. COFFEE SOCIAL TODAY : AFTER 8:30AM MASS

MASS INTENTIONS: Every Mass is a wonderful gift of God for us. We consciously recall the love of God poured out for us in the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. At each Mass all the intentions of all God’s people, both living and dead, are included. Since each Mass is of infinite value, requesting only several Masses is of tremendous benefit for the person prayed for as well as for the family knowing that their intention is joined with the prayer of the church. We are in shortage of mass intentions. Envelopes are placed at the entrance of the church. If you need a specific date please let us know at least one month in advance.

NEW YEAR’S EVE ROAST BEEF DINNER,

SOCIAL &

DANCE: will be

held on Saturday

from 6:00pm till

12:30am. Social at

6:00pm dinner at

7:00pm. Followed

by entertainment:

Big John T-Bone

Little. Tickets:

Adults/$20 &

children/$10. All alcoholic beverages are $3 or 7

for $20.Tickets are available at the back of the

church or call Ruth Rykse @905-899-3826 or

Margaret Kielbowich @905-774-7024.Advance

tickets sale only. Next Sunday (December 25th)

is the last day to purchase the tickets.

THANK YOU : to Bernadette Poth and team for

preparing us a very delicious Christmas dinner.

Everyone enjoyed the dinner and the party.

Special thanks to Santa and all others who helped

to arrange the party for our children as well as

the adults and who helped to clean up

afterwards.

CHRISTMAS FLOWER DONATIONS: If

you wish to make a donation towards Christmas

flowers in memory of your loved ones, envelopes

are at the back of the church.

2017 OFFERING ENVELOPES: are at the

back of the church.

Those of you who

do not have

envelopes, please

pick up a box

without names on it

and write your

name and address on the first envelope before

you make an offering.

REPAIR AND RENOVATION FUND

(Building Fund): Please consider giving monthly

to the building fund.

FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT (December 18, 2016)

C.W.L: will be collecting Canadian Tire money to help offset the cost of various supplies used in functions we have in our parish. A jar will be put at the back of the church. 50/50 tickets are available, you could win $500 or more this year. We will also be collecting hats, mitts and toys for children of the Women's Shelter for winter. A basket will be provided for donations. Membership renewal time is on it's way....cost is $ 20. No CWL meeting until January 10, 2017.

DECEMBER BIRTHDAYS: Harper Sutcliffe (9th), Zoey

Crysler (24th), John Huitema (30th)

All children will receive a

chocolate bar on their birth-day, if you let us know

when their birthdays are. Please approach Jen Vespa or Laurie Rykse before or after Mass to receive your

chocolate bar.

CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR MASSES

24th (Saturday) 5:00pm Christmas Eve Pageant/

Mass & Santa Claus 11:30pm Carol singing

followed by Midnight Mass

25th (Sunday) 8:30am Christmas morning Mass

10:30am Christmas day Mass

31st (Saturday) 5:00pm Vigil Mass

6:00pm New Years Eve Social

6:45pm Roast Beef Dinner Entertainment

by BIG JOHN T-BONE LITTLE

January 1st (Sunday) 8:30am & 10:30am Mass as usual

CHANGING OUR VISION: There was a very wealthy man who was

bothered by severe eye pain. He consulted many physicians and was

being treated by several. He did not stop consulting a galaxy of medical

experts; he consumed heavy loads of drugs and underwent hundreds of

injections. But the ache persisted with more vigour than before. At last,

a monk who was supposed to be an expert in treating such patients was

called for by the suffering man. The monk understood his problem and

said that for sometime he should concentrate only on green colours and

not to let his eyes fall on any other colours. It was a strange

prescription, but he was desperate and decided to try it. The millionaire

got together a group of painters and purchased barrels of green paint

and directed that every object his eye was likely to fall to be painted

green just as the monk had directed. When the monk came to visit him

after few days, the millionaire's servants ran with buckets of green paint

and poured it on him since he was in red dress, lest their master see any

other colour and his eye ache would come back. Hearing this, the monk

laughed and said "If only you had purchased a pair of green spectacles,

worth just a few dollars, you could have saved these walls and trees and

pots and all other articles and also could have saved a large share of his

fortune. You cannot paint the world green." Let us change our vision

and the world will appear accordingly. It is foolish to shape the world,

let us shape ourselves first.

THE LAW OF THE GARBAGE TRUCK: One day I hopped in a

taxi and we took off for the airport. We were driving in the right lane

when suddenly a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front

of us. My taxi driver slammed on his brakes, skidded, and missed the

other car by just inches! The driver of the other car whipped his head

around and started yelling at us. My taxi driver just smiled and waved at

the guy. And I mean, he was really friendly. So I asked, 'Why did you

just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the

hospital!' This is when my taxi driver taught me what I now call, 'The

Law of the Garbage Truck'. He explained that many people are like

garbage trucks. They run around full of garbage,

full of frustration, full of anger, and full of

disappointment. As their garbage piles up, they need

a place to dump it and sometimes they'll dump it on

you. Don't take it personally, just smile, wave, wish

them well, and move on. Don't take their garbage

and spread it to other people at work, at home, or on

the streets.

JANUARY 2017

10th(Tuesday) 8:30am Mass followed by CWL meeting 6th (Friday) Father Sunny’s 27th Ordination Anniversary 18th (Wednesday) 9:15am School Mass

22nd(Sunday) 10:30am Youth Mass / Luncheon

St. Vincent De Paul Conference of Dunnville

116 Lock Street East . N1A 1J7 Phone # 905-701-9999

Email: svdp-dunnville@outlook.com Monday-Friday 10:00am-4:00pm

Saturday 9:00am-1:00pm

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YOUTH MINISTRY

Shelley Dulmage : 905-701-4825

YOUTH MASS

Laurie Rykse: 905-774-6052

Irene Pinelli: 905-774-6052

ALTAR SERVERS

Jennifer Vespa: 905-774-1148

CHILDREN’S LITURGY

Siobhan Hamilton: 905-351-4392

LITURGY & MUSIC MINISTRY

Margaret Kielbowich : 905-774-7024

Elizabeth Niec : 905-701-9033

Organists: Cindy Huitema:905-774-7784

Karen Hofstede : 905-774 - 4488 LECTORS & EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS

Barbara Sutcliffe: 905 –774-5396

BAPTISM CLASSES

Seraphine Dowd : 905-774-7959

MINISTRY TO THE SICK

Mary Gandour : 905-774—5191

Tony Smagata: 905-774-6533

CHURCH DECORATIONS

Margaret Kielbowich : 905-774-7024

PARISH CELEBRATIONS

Bernadette Poth:905-701-1153

Dan Rykse: 905-899-3826

PARISH PHOTOGRAPHERS

Marissa Iozzo : 905-774-8869

Amanda Disher: 289-209-8212

SUNDAY COFFEE SOCIALS

Margaret Noble:905-481-1244

FINANCE COMMITTEE

Lorne Boyko: 905-774-6309

BUILDING COMMITTE

Carl Hofstede : 905-774 - 4488

CUSTODIAN

Margaret Noble : 905-481-1244 ST. MICHAEL’S CEMETERY BOARD

Don Weaver : 905 -774 -4132

Secretary: Lisa Ellis:905-736-0563

PARISH ORGANIZATIONS & SCHOOL

ST.MICHAEL’S SCHOOL

Principal : Craig Colbert: 905-774-6052

Secretary :Irene Bowden

CATHOLIC WOMEN’S LEAGUE

President: Bernadette Poth: 905-701-1153

LEGION OF MARY

Margaret Noble : 905-481-1244

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS

Mike Dilse: 289-808-8599

ST. VINCENT DEPAUL

Mary Mater: 905-701-9999

ST. MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

OUR PARISH MISSION STATEMENT We, as the Eucharistic family of St. Michael the Archangel , believe in the

life , death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. We foster a

welcoming and active faith community by sharing our gifts of time, talent

and treasure. Following Jesus and guided by the

Holy Spirit, we commit ourselves to prayer, service,

and living our faith. We continue to give witness to

our faith as we attempt to lead all souls to God’s

eternal kingdom in the Roman Catholic Tradition.

PRAYER TO ST. MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be

our protection against the wickedness and snares of

the devil. May God rebuke him , we humbly pray;

And do Thou the Prince of the Heavenly Host, by the

Divine Power of God, cast in to hell, Satan and all

the evil spirits, who roam throughout the world

seeking the ruin of souls. Amen

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204 Alder Street West,

Dunnville, Ontario N1A 1R4

Tel. & Fax: 905 -774 - 6972

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Diocese of St. Catharines

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WE CELEBRATE THE EUCHARIST Saturday Vigil: 5:00 p.m. Sunday: 8:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.

Monday: No Mass Tuesday: 8:30am Wednesday: 8:30am Thursday: 8:30am Friday: 8:30am

Sacrament of Reconciliation : Saturday :4:15 p.m or by appointment

OFFICE HOURS

Tuesday: 12:30 pm - 3:30 pm. Wednesday: 12:30 pm- 3:30 pm. Thursday: 12:30 am - 3:30 pm

(Mondays & Fridays: Closed)

—————— Please remember St. Michael’s Church in your Will. ——————

These spaces are available. Just $ 100 for a year

Please call 905 -774 -6972