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MASS INTENTIONS
Saturday, Feb 2 1ST SATURDAY MASS –DEVOTIONS TO OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL
9:00am for + Ronald Simon by Maryanne Simon
5:00pm for + Max King by Debbie & Ed Feeney
Sunday, February 3
8:30am for + John Paul Benson by Tom & Terry Montague
10:30am for + Theo Dykstra by John & Kelly Goldsmith
Tuesday, Feb 5 DEVOTION TO INFANT JESUS OF PRAGUE ST. AGATHA - MEMORIAL
9:00am for The Intentions of the Parishioners
Wednesday, Feb 6 DEVOTION TO OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP & ST. PAUL - MEMORIAL
9:00am for + Lucille Dendwick by Judy Webb
Thursday, February 7 DEVOTION TO ST. ANN
9:00am for + Theo Dykstra by Laureen Montague
Friday, February 8
9:00am for + Lillian Pavlovich by Jeanette Pauplis
Saturday, February 9
5:00pm for + Charles Maggio by Charlie’s family
Sunday, February 10
8:30am for + Germaine Stoneman by Frances Montague
10:30am for + Pietro DiRidolfi by The Family
MINISTERS OF THE
HOLYCOMMUNION LECTORS
Sat, February 2 5:00pm Carolyn Jopko Bill Klunder
Sun, February 3 8:30am Linda Feeney Kaeleigh Walsh
10:30am John Webb Audrey Whitman
POPE’S INTENTION FOR FEBRUARY
For a generous welcome to the victims of human trafficking, of enforced
prostitution and of violence.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
FORMED FOR OUR PARISH COMMUNITY
We encourage all to gain free access on your computer, tablet or
smart phone to hundreds of entertaining movies, enlightening pro-
grams, inspiring talks and a great selection of popular eBooks for
everyone in your family. Enjoy and share with others.
PARISH SECRETARY RETIREMENT: As you have heard
Mary Lane is retiring as secretary on June 28’19. We appreciate
her commitment and service to our community and we wish her a
wonderful retirement. We will like to appoint a new secretary, if
anyone is interested , please submit your resume by end of Febru-
ary.
40 DAYS FOR LIFE: Invest one hour to save a Lifetime! Be part
of a peaceful campaign by prayer and fasting during Lent March
6—April 14th. Each parish is asked to adopt a day with two people
for each hour to give public witness by standing on Portage St out-
side Niagara General Hospital. The date we have chosen is Thurs-
day, March 28 from 2-4pm. If interested in doing this please let the
office know by February 17th.
OFFERTORY COLLECTION:
JAN 12-13
Regular Fund $ 1,601.00
Building Fund $ .00
Organist required
We are looking for
an organist who can
help us out for
10:30am masses.
Gluten-Free Host: If there is anyone
who prefers to
have Gluten-free
host at mass,
please feel free to
contact the office.
*A large number of people followed from Galilee and from Judea. Mk 3:7-8*
Neither Jesus nor His Apostles made any publicity yet He attracted a large crowd to-
wards Him. The gospel mentions clearly, "hearing what he was doing a large number of
people came to Him". Jesus was doing GOOD and this became the source of drawing
people towards Him.
Politicians attract crowds by their PROPOGANDA, film stars by their PUBLICITY, sports stars by
their PERFORMANCE and great people by their ACHIEVEMENTS. But Jesus attracted people by His good LIFE.
A greatness of a person is not in having thousands of followers on twitter or hundreds of friends
in face book rather in one's purity of mind, generosity of heart, truthfulness of words and faithfulness of
actions above all in the sanctity of life which draws people to us and us to God.
Unfortunately today this attraction towards Jesus is slowly diminishing not
because Jesus lacks *attraction* but because of our *distraction* with the things of
the world. Let us rediscover our attraction to Jesus.
Fr Joel Lopes, OFM
Deck Of Cards
Back in 1778, a soldier, overseas during the war, was in his bunker with
a deck of cards spread out on his bed when the sergeant walked in and asked the
soldier what he was doing. The soldiers answers, "Sir, I was just about to spend
some time in prayer with the Lord, sir." "Looks like you're getting ready to play
cards." The sergeant said to the soldier as he eyeballed the cards spread out on the bed. "Oh no sir,"
spoke the soldier. "If you will just let me explain, I'll show you something kind of interesting." At that
point he gathered all the cards in his hands and began to shuffle them. "You see, this deck of cards may
seem ordinary to you but it acts as my Bible." He then began to flip over the first card which revealed the
ace of spades. "You see sir, in a deck of card, the Ace reminds me there is only One God."
The next card he reveals is the two (2) of diamonds. "The two, is the two halves of the Bible. The
Old and the New Testament." The next card he flips over reveals a three (3) of clubs. "The three, that's the
Trinity. The Father, Son and Holy Ghost." Then the next card reveals a four (4) of hearts. "The four,
that reminds me of the four Gospels Matthew, Mark, Luke and John." With the cards he is still holding in
his hands, the soldier begins to divide them up shifting them between each other. The top card he flips over
reveals the six (6) of clubs. "The six, sir, reminds me that God made earth in six days, in which," at that
moment the next card he flipped over revealed the seven (7) of spades, "on the seventh day He rested."
Again, with the remaining cards in his hands he splits them up and divides them three separate
times. Finally, he flips the top card and reveals the ten (10) of hearts. "In the Bible, you have ten command-
ments" The next card on top reveals the king of hearts, "And this, this is my absolute favorite, sir." Said
the soldier as he smiled a huge smile. "Jesus, who is the King. He's the King of my heart." At this point, the
sergeant was surprised and impressed with the way the cards seem to fall into place for the soldier.
"That's pretty good." He said. The soldier says, "It doesn't stop there, sir. The Queen is for Mary Queen of
Heaven. You see, in a deck of cards there are four (4) suites, hearts, clubs, spades and diamonds. That
represents the four seasons. In fact, there's thirteen (13) cards in each suite. There are exactly 13 weeks in
each quarter of the year."
The soldier then gathers all the card in his hand and says, "There's fifty-two (52) cards in a deck
which represents 52 weeks in a year." There are 365 spots on the deck of cards that represent the days in
a year. He then looks up at the sergeant, raising the deck of card in his hand and says, "So you see sir, my
deck of cards is my Bible. It's my calendar. It's my almanac." Then he lays the cards on his bed and spreads
them out. "When I have cards spread out in front of me, I can see all the things I have to be thankful for."
Psalm 107:1 Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Mon, Feb 4 7:00pm CWL meeting
Wed, Feb 6 6:00pm Anawim Prayer Group meet
Wed, Feb 6 7:30pm K of C meeting
Thurs, Feb 7 10:30am Pastor’s visit to Parkview Meadows
Wed, Feb 13 9:45am School Mass
Thurs, Feb 14 10:30am Pastor’s Visit to Anson Place
Mon, March 4 7:00pm CWL meeting
Wed, March 6 9:15am ASH WEDNESDAY mass at St. Mary’s
6:00pm Mass at St. Ann’s
7:30pm K of C meeting
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ST. MARY’S AND ST. ANN’S PARISH FEBRUARY 3, 2019
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DIOCESE OF ST. CATHARINES
Bishop Gerard Paul Bergie
Parish Pastor: Rev. Victor Fernandes, ocd - 905-923-3861
Parish Secretary: Mary Lane Office - 905-768-572 Fax - 905-768-2229
94 Main St. S., Hagersville, ON Email: [email protected]
Bulletin is found on the website.www.stmary-stannparish.net
MASS TIMES
Weekend Masses: Saturday 5:00pm; Sunday: 8:30am St. Ann’s;
10:30am St. Mary’s
Weekday Masses: Tues, Wed, Fri, 9:00am at St. Mary’s;
Thursday 9:00am at St. Ann’s
Confessions: Sat at 4:00pm or upon request
Baptisms: All Sundays at noon.
1st Friday 9am mass, 9:30am10:30am Adoration & Benediction
1st Saturday of the month, Mass at 9am
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Charity, Unity, Fraternity and Patriotism
If you are interested in serving your parish and your community
with like-minded brothers, you are invited to join the Knights of
Columbus.
Contact: Lionel Gagnon
or Randy Reid
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CATHOLIC WOMEN’S LEAGUE
Rooted in Gospel values
Callings its members to holiness
Through service to the
People of God.
St. Mary’s & St. Ann’s
League Est. 1953
For more information
on becoming a member
please contact the
League President
Catherine Montague
905-768-1235
CWL provides lunch for
funeral receptions.
Please contact Catherine (905-768-1235)
or Linda Leonard (905-768-1084)
PRAY FOR OUR PRIESTS OF THE
DIOCESE OF ST. CATHARINES - February
Rev. Andrew Morasse, Rev. Charles Moser, Rev. James Mulligan,
Rev. Miroslaw Osszewski, Most Rev. John O’Mara, Rev. Rico
Passero, Rev. Mathew Pendanathu, Rev. Stanley Pietlock, Rev.
Msgr, Dominic Pizzacalla, Rev. Gerard Power, Rev. Peter Rowe, Rev.
Msgr. Melvyn Schaefer, Rev. Gregory Schmidt, Rev. Sunny Sebas-
tian, Rev. Manuelpillai Soosaipillai, Rv. David Spengler, Rev. Melvin
Stevens, Rev. Krzysztof Szczepanik, Rev. John Tracey, Rev. Paul
Vellakunnathu, Rev. Peter Walton, Rev. Michael Wastag, Rev. Ken-
neth Webb, Rev. Benjamin Weber, Rev. Ron Wiecek, Rev. Wieslaw
Woloszyn, Rv. Alarey Abella, Rev. Vijai Amirtharj.
PRAYER FOR PRIEST
Lord Jesus Christ, You love Your
church and those called to share Your
priesthood! With our love and
prayers, we join You in asking our
Heavenly Father to continue to pour
out His gifts of holiness , compassion
and ardent zeal on your priests eve-
rywhere.
Inspire each of them to offer his life
as an Ambassador of Christ, bringing
reconciliation and healing to the
world. Mary, Mother of all Priests,
inspire us to live in peace and joy and
pray this prayer with us. Amen.
PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS
O Loving God,
inspire your people to
promote and to answer
the call to Priestly and
Religious Life.
Remove fears and doubts
from their hearts.
Give them the Spirit`s
gifts of wisdom
and courage. We ask this
in Jesus name.
Amen.
NO ONE IS BORN A PRIEST
Priests are made by prayer
and with the help of the
community. If you feel that
our Lord may be calling you
to serve Him in ordained
ministry, we invite you to
contact us to begin your
vocational discernment.
Please do all you can to
encourage priestly and
religious vocations. Your
prayers and support make
a difference.