Family of Parishes Office Sacred Heart, St. Joseph, St. Paul 9399 Townline Road Windsor, Ontario N9J 2W6 Phone (519) 734-8044 Fax (519) 734-6486 Website: lasallerivercanardfamily.dol.ca

Office Hours - Currently closed to the public Available by phone or email only Monday to Friday 8:30am to 12 Noon & 1pm to 4:00pm

Mass Schedule (All Masses temporarily cancelled)

Saturday 4:30pm St. Paul 6:00pm Sacred Heart

Sunday 9:15am Sacred Heart 9:15am St. Joseph

11:15am St. Paul 11:15am St. Joseph

Daily Mass (Temporarily cancelled) See schedule inside

Reconciliation (Temporarily cancelled) Saturdays -11:15am to Noon at Sacred Heart

Adoration (Temporarily cancelled) St. Paul - Tuesdays 10:00am to 1:00pm

Sacred Heart - 2nd Thursday of each month 10:00am to 6:00pm

St. Joseph - 1st Friday of each month

9:45am to 2:00pm

Pastoral Team

Pastor: Fr. Dwayne Adam

Associate Pastor: Fr. Ray Lawhead

Deacon: Art Bondy

Coordinator of Parish Ministries: Rebecca Bondy

Youth & Family Formation: Lisa Mullins

Family Faith Formation: Sue Orcsik

Parish Staff

Financial Secretary: Ruth Cushing

Parish Secretary: Kim Meloche

Communications Secretary: Sharon Smith

Custodians: Jeff Moore (Sacred Heart)

Kirk Bertelle (St. Joseph)

Gerry Semande (St. Paul)

May 10th, 2020 - 5th Sunday of Easter

10 mai 2020 - 5e dimanche de Pâques

LaSalle River Canard

Catholic Family of Parishes

Jesus lives within us. We can change the world!

Jésus vit en nous. Nous pouvons changer le monde!

Scripture Reflection: As Jesus was

preparing to die, He encouraged the disciples

who were feeling insecure about His leaving

them behind, to seek peace of heart. He said:

“Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God,

believe also in me.” Today’s Gospel is often heard

proclaimed at funeral celebrations as it offers an

incredible message of hope in the promise of eternal life.

Jesus said: “I am the way, and the truth, and the life.”

During the pandemic, we too are feeling insecure about

all that is happening in our world and we are called to

seek peace of heart. Fear cripples us. Hope allows us to

move forward. More than ever, we need to follow Jesus

as the way, the truth and the life. In the conviction of

living the truth that Jesus lives within us, we can, like the

apostles, change the world. The Acts of the Apostles

recount for us the newly forming life of the Church to

which we are committed. With Jesus, we can change the

world by sharing a message of hope.

Réflexion: Alors que Jésus s'apprêtait à mourir, il a

encouragé les disciples qui ne se sentaient pas sûrs qu'Il

les laisse, à rechercher la paix du cœur. Il leur dit: «Que

votre cœur ne soit pas bouleversé; vous croyez en Dieu,

croyez aussi en Moi.» L’Évangile d’aujourd’hui est

souvent entendu lors des célébrations funéraires, car il

offre un incroyable message d’espoir dans la promesse

de la vie éternelle. Jésus a dit: "Je suis le chemin, la vérité

et la vie."

Pendant la pandémie, nous aussi, nous ne sommes pas

sûrs de tout ce qui se passe dans notre monde et nous

sommes appelés à rechercher la paix du cœur. La peur

nous paralyse. L'espoir nous permet d'avancer. Plus que

jamais, nous devons suivre Jésus comme le chemin, la

vérité et la vie. Dans la conviction de vivre la vérité que

Jésus vit en nous, nous pouvons, comme les apôtres,

changer le monde. Les Actes des Apôtres nous racontent

la vie nouvelle de l'Église dans

laquelle nous nous engageons.

Avec Jésus, nous pouvons

changer le monde en partageant

un message d'espoir.

FAMILY OF PARISHES NEWS UPDATE

Consecration to the Blessed Virgin Mary: On

Friday, May 1st at noon, Bishop Fabbro and

Bishop Dabrowski joined Bishops from across

the United States and Canada to consecrate the

Diocese to Mary, Mother of the Church,

seeking her protections during the Coronavirus pandemic.

You can view the Consecration here: https://

youtube.com/user/wwwdolca.

Happy Mother’s Day: We offer our finest wishes to

all of the Moms in our Family of

Parishes and though we may be isolated

from them at this time, our prayers for

them will be a great blessing. Give

thanks to God for your mom and let her

know today in a special way how special she is! And if

by chance your mom is already in the presence of God,

then thank Him for her life and pray that her intercession

will lead you into His heavenly kingdom.

Weekly Mass for our Family of Parishes: Join us online this Sunday for either a French or English Mass. The videos will be made available beginning at

9:00am and can be viewed anytime afterwards. Click

here to go directly to our YouTube Channel.

May & Mother’s Day: May is a month traditionally

dedicated to honoring the Blessed Virgin

Mary. In our churches and homes, we

celebrate May as a “Marian month,” with

May processions, May crownings, and

other popular devotions in honor of the

Mother of God. This Marian month falls

during the liturgical season of Easter. We

thus particularly emphasize Our Blessed Mother’s

participation in the Paschal Mystery and her presence

with the Church in preparation for Pentecost, just as she

prayed with the disciples in the upper room while they

awaited the descent of the Holy Spirit.

It is very fitting that we celebrate Mother’s Day during

the Marian month. As we honor the Mother of God, our

spiritual mother, we also honor our earthly mothers. On

Mother’s Day, we remember with gratitude and affection

our mothers, not only through material gifts, flowers, or

cards, but also, and more importantly, by our prayers for

them. We thank God for the gift of our mothers who

conceived and gave birth to us, who cared for us,

protected us, taught us, and loved us. Many passed on the

precious gift of faith to us. We remember all our mothers,

living and deceased. We thank them for their generosity

and self-giving love.

Mary is a model for all mothers. Pope Benedict XVI said

that “Mary is the image and model of all mothers, of their

great mission to be guardians of life, of their mission to

be teachers of the art of living and of the art of loving.”

From: todayscatholic.org - May, Mother’s Day & Mary

FAMILY OF PARISHES NEWS UPDATE

Pray for the Sick in our Family of Parishes:

Margaret Blondin, Bernie Campeau, Barb Coates, Larry Delmore, Anne Ducharme, Teresa Durante, Judy Durocher, Catherine & John Gagnon, Ken Gaspar, Margaret Gignac, Gord Laird, Lilah Lamont, Christina Mancina, Larry Marcotte, Anna Markham, Lorne Meloche, Richard & Jayce Meloche, Howard Paddon, Emily Perry, Wayne Racine, Ed Regan, Frank Riegl, Robert Robinet, Allan Taylor, Chiara Tedesco, and Fiorae Zanchetta.

Pray for the Deceased, especially Jeannette Holdaway, sister of Juliette Pouget, Aimy Beneteau, niece of Dave & Alice Beneteau and Bob DePape and Bill Tighe, that they may find peace in the loving arms of the Lord.

Pray for the Diocesan Ministers:

Sunday: Rev. Terrence McNamara

Monday: Brothers of St. Louis

Tuesday: Rev. Richard Janisse

Wednesday: Deacon Richard Walter

Thursday: Deacon Jerome (Jerry) Lozon

Friday: Sister Elzbieta Mruczek A.H.J., PM

Saturday: Rev. Raymond Lawhead

The following Mass intentions will be offered by Fr. Dwayne or Fr. Ray.

Tuesday, May 12th

Delima Adam (5th) her Family

Tracy Beaudoin Leonard & Olga Beaudoin

Wednesday, May 13th

Ineke Jacobs (3rd) her friends

Intentions of the Seminarians a Parishioner

Thursday, May 14th

Ray Renaud Mary Jane Renaud

Yvonnette Latreille Vincenza Malfara

Friday, May 15th

John Hillman Sheila Johnston

Eugene Mailloux Ray & Sue Dufour

SSVP: Do you need help with shopping or picking up a prescription? Are you alone and isolated? Your sisters and brothers with the Society of St. Vincent de Paul are here to help. Call Darcy at (519) 734-0042.

Blood Donors Needed: To comply with the physical

distancing guidelines, the LaSalle Blood

Drive has been cancelled for May and

June. Instead, we have opened up the

Windsor Blood Donor Centre (at 3909

Grand Marais Rd. East) for you on these days:

Wednesday, May 13th from 3:00pm - 7:00pm

Wednesday, June 10th from 3:00pm - 7:00pm

Donations by appointment only. Please book at blood.ca

or download the GiveBlood App.

Follow us on Facebook: Our Facebook

Page will give you instant news, updates and

reminders, so be sure to “follow” us so our posts

come up in your newsfeed. We also have a Facebook

Group (LRC Online Community). In this group you can

share posts and connect with other members of our Parish

Families. Check it out today by clicking here.

K of C Bursary: The Knights of Columbus, Sacred Heart LaSalle Council 9500 is now accepting applications for their annual Bursary.

Two bursaries of $750 will be awarded to a LaSalle River Canard Family of Parishes parishioner who is currently in their final year of Secondary School and has gained admission to a post-secondary institution. For more information and the application, visit our website.

Mass for Kids: Catholic Kids Media presents the

weekly readings, Gospel and a homily in

cartoon form. It’s only about ten minutes

long and keeps your kid’s attention from

beginning to end! Check it out by

clicking here.

Video for Mom’s

FAMILY OF PARISHES FINANCES

Financial Update: In light of the COVID19 restrictions, we thought it would be important to show that our

revenues have gone down considerably, comparing March 2019 to March 2020.

The Receipts and Expenses shown below only include operating. Capital donations or expenses are not included.

Comparable Easter donations, 2019 to 2020 are shown below.

Sacred Heart St. Joseph St. Paul

March 2020 March 2019 March 2020 March 2019 March 2020 March 2019

Receipts $21,178.75 $38,491.34 $29,211.30 $49,480.61 $7,203.93 $21,648.33

Expenses 28,593.32 33,261.08 33,011.03 40,485.95 17,841.64 19,524,.63

Surplus (Deficit) ($7,414.57) $5,230.26 ($3,799.73) $8,994.66 ($10,637.71) $2,123.70

2020 2019 Difference

Sacred Heart $4,375.00 $15,550.00 ($11,175.00)

St. Joseph $4,461.00 $20,628.00 ($16,167.00)

St. Paul $685.00 $10,570.00 ($9,885.00)

**Please note that these contributions reflect the donations that were dropped off at the office, mailed, e-transferred or through Canada Helps as of May 4th.**

How Can You Donate?

INTERAC E-Transfer: Log in to your online banking and add your parish email address as the recipient. Sacred Heart - shlasalle@dol.ca & St. Joseph - stjosephrc@dol.ca (St. Paul does not have the ability to accept e-transfers.)

Canada Helps: Please note, that they retain 4% of the donation. Your tax receipt will be issued by CanadaHelps. It will not be part of your year end receipt from the parish.

To donate to Sacred Heart - Click Here. To donate to St. Paul - Click Here. To donate to St. Joseph - Click Here.

Pre-Authorized: This is a great time to sign up for pre-authorized withdrawal. Your offering is deducted from your account once each month and automatically deposited in the Parish account. If you are interested in signing up contact the parish office or fill out a request by clicking here.

Envelopes: Feel free to drop them off at the secure Sacred Heart mailbox located next to the parish hall entrance or mail them to the parish office at 9399 Townline Rd. Windsor, ON N9J 2W6.

Sacred Heart

Regular $1,310.00

Appeal 40.00

Capital 10.00

Other 110.00

Total $1,470.00

St. Joseph

Regular $3,950.00

Appeal 115.00

Capital 2,050.00

Other 1,280.00

Total $7,395.00

St. Paul

Regular $1,275.00

Capital 20.00

Other 55.00

Total $1,350.00

Financial Contributions – April 26th & May 3rd, 2020

Although we are not celebrating Mass, each

church building still has ongoing operating

costs. If you are able to contribute, listed

below are 4 easy ways to donate.

Claire Bondy

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