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St. Joe’s Weekend Bulletin December 17th, 2017 — 3rd Sunday of Advent

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A Parish of the Oblates of

Mary Immaculate

since 1856

Office Entrance 151 Laurier Ave. E.

Office Contact 613-233-4095 x 221

frontdesk@st-josephs.ca

Church & Hall 174 Wilbrod St.

Office Hours

Mon-Fri: 8am-7:30pm Sat: 11am-5pm

Weekend Mass

Saturday 5pm Sunday 9:30am & 11:30am 7pm University Mass (Sept-Apr)

Weekday Mass

Wed/Thur/Fri at 12noon

Reconciliation

After noon Mass or by appt.

Adoration

1st Fri. after the noon Mass in the Church.

Parking —In our lot there is no need to pay meters while attending weekend Mass + 30 minutes after Mass. If you are parking for non-parish related activi-ties, please pay the meter lo-cated at the southern end of the lot. —Or park in U of O Lot B only on Sundays from 8am-2pm (enter off Cumberland between Wilbrod & Stewart). Get pass at Welcome Desk to display in car. Questions? Contact the Front Office at x221.

Reminder St. Joe’s is a busy place. Please do not leave valuables in plain sight in your cars, and please don’t leave purses in the pews. If you find any items that could be lost, please bring them to the Welcome Desk.

Welcome! Are you new to St. Joe's or a visitor? Please introduce your-selves at the Welcome Desk at the back of the Church, or contact Maria Virjee, 613-234-6000, mvsali2@gmail.com

Registration Forms can be found at the Welcome Desk.

Donation Envelopes Are provided upon registra-tion. Please mark your name clearly on front of each enve-lope.

Online Giving Sign up for auto-debit at Wel-come Desk or through “Canada Helps” Don’t like passing the basket empty-handed? Feel free to stop by the Welcome Desk each week as you enter Mass, and pick up a laminated dona-tion card that you can drop in the basket as it passes.

Bequests Please consider including St. Joe’s in your will.

Coffee Sales Fair-Trade Coffee is sold near the Welcome Desk after each Sunday Mass. Bags (340g) are $13. All proceeds directly benefit Development & Peace.

This

Weekend’s

Readings

Isaiah 61.1-2a, 10-11

1 Thessalonians 5.16-24

John 1.6-8, 19-28

Saturday, Dec. 23

(4th Sunday of Advent)

5 pm

Sunday, Dec. 24

(4th Sunday of Advent)

10:30 am

(Christmas Eve)

5 pm - Family Service

8:15 pm - Choral Prelude/

Carols

9 pm - Christmas Eve Mass

11:15 pm - Choral Prelude/

Carols

12 am - Midnight Candle-

light Mass

Monday, Dec. 25

(Christmas Day)

11:00 am

Saturday, Dec. 30

(Holy Family)

5 pm

Sunday, Dec. 31

(Holy Family)

9:30 am & 11:30 am

(Mary, Mother of God) 5 pm

Monday, Jan. 1, 2018

(Mary, Mother of God)

11 am

** Last Sunday for 7 pm

University Mass was Dec.

10. It resumes on Sunday,

Jan 7.

St. Joe’s Christmas Mass Schedule

Christmas Liturgy Sign-Up

Sheets—Please consider adding your name

to the Christmas Liturgy sign-up sheets at the

back of the church. We will need Eucharistic

Ministers, Greeters, and Collectors. Thank you!

Office Closure—Please note that the Parish Office will be

closed between Dec. 22, 2017—Jan. 2, 2018 for Christmas holidays.

News From The Parish Pastoral Council One of the roles of the Parish Pastoral Council (PPC) is to have an

ear open to members of the parish to receive feedback regarding our

parish. It is our intention to have regular communication with the

members of our parish. We want to ensure that you are informed of

the work of PPC. To address this, regular inserts will be in the bulle-

tin dealing with a cross-section of issues. We will also keep our sec-

tion of the parish website up to date. Feel free to email me with any

questions or comments at ppc@st-josephs.ca

— Bob Orser, Vice-Chair of PPC

Need info on:

—Baptism

—First Communion

—Confirmation

—Adult Initiation

—Marriage Prep

—Weddings

Visit our website, then contact: Brian Ouellette x235 or

bouellette@st-josephs.ca

—Funerals

Sharon Gravelle segravelle@bell.net —Memorial Masses

Contact the Front Office

—Pastoral Care or

Anointing of the Sick

Contact the Front Office or Fr. Richard Beaudette —Our Bulletin

- Is also posted on our website each week. - Email submissions online at the website under “publications/bulletin/submission” by Wed noon. - To receive this Bulletin via email each week, contact the Front Office.

News from around the Table…

The Supper Table Brandon Rushton, Interim Manager

brushton@st-josephs.ca,

613-233-4095, x251

www.stjsuppertable.ca \

Christmas Bake Sale—

TODAY!

The Supper Table

Christmas Bake Sale

will be held at the back

of the church following each Mass this week-

end. Our lovely Tuesday bakers have been

busy baking Christmas treats over the past few

weeks and a variety are on sale with all pro-

ceeds supporting our food program.

Christmas Dinner

We are hoping to hold

a Christmas Dinner

for guests on the last

night we are open be-

fore the Christmas

holiday (Dec. 21). We have plenty of turkeys,

but if you are able to donate fixings (cranberry

jelly, gravy, etc.) please bring leave them in

the donation bin at the back of the church or

bring them to the Parish Office before

Wednesday, Dec. 20. Thank you!

Meal Program Needs: Sliced bread, dry spa-

ghetti/pasta, chilli powder (not cayenne), gar-

lic powder.

Food Bank Needs: Kraft Dinner, instant rice

(Uncle Ben’s, etc), Ziploc bags.

Thank You!

—Thank you to

Cory, Leanne, and

their team at

Loblaws Bar-

rhaven! The store

donated gifts

cards that allowed

us to supplement

our Christmas

Food Bank with

stuffing, gravy,

veggies, cranberry sauce, and hot chocolate.

—Thank you John Weir, who collected non-

perishable food items at his apartment build-

ing. Together, residents were able to give over

100 items.

Our Financial Stewardship…COLLECTION for December 10: $7,219

Refugee Outreach Com-

mittee Advent Message As we conclude 2017 and prepare for

the celebration of Christmas, the Refu-

gee Outreach Committee shares two re-

flections from Pope Francis.

We are called to reach out to those who

find themselves in the existential periph-

eries of our societies and to show par-

ticular solidarity with the most vulner-

able of our brothers and sisters: the poor,

the disabled, the unborn and the sick,

migrants and refugees, the elderly and

the young who lack employment.

I would like to ask you all to see a ray of

hope as well in the eyes and hearts of

refugees and of those who have been

forcibly displaced. A hope that is ex-

pressed in expectations for the future, in

the desire for friendship, in the wish to

participate in the host society also

through learning the language, access to

employment and the education of chil-

dren. I admire the courage of those who

hope to be able gradually to resume a

normal life, waiting for joy and love to

return to brighten their existence. We

can and must all nourish this hope!

Our ministry at St. Joseph’s will con-

tinue in 2018 given this update from

UNHCR.

There are 65.6 million forcibly displaced

persons world-wide, 22.5million of

which are refugees. Of those, 17.5 mil-

lion are under UNHCR's mandate

(UNHCR employs 10,966 staff members

working in 130 countries).

The ROC thanks our generous commu-

nity and extends warm Christmas

wishes.

Supporting Refugees –

How can you help? In January, the Ottawa Mennonite Refugee

Assistance (OMRA), with the support of our

Refugee Outreach Committee, will initiate

their grocery card program at St. Joe’s. You

will be able to purchase cards from

Loblaws, Independent, Metro, Food Basics,

and Farm Boy in various denominations.

When you buy the grocery cards, you will

be able to use the full value of the card to

buy your groceries. The stores give a small

percentage of the value of each card sold to

OMRA. OMRA uses these funds to subsi-

dize rental costs for refugee families in Ot-

tawa. We currently subsidize rent for six

refugee families and plan to offer subsidy to

at least four additional families in 2018.

Keep an eye on the upcoming January bulle-

tins for more information about how to get

involved. Please contact Donna Rietschlin at

dbrietschlin@hotmail.com or 613-715-9797

if you have any questions.

Library News—Books available on CHRIST-

MAS include: Brown, Raymond. Adult Christ at

Christmas: Essays (BS2575.2.H65 1989), Idle,

Christopher. Christmas Carols and their Stories

(M2085.C5O5 1988) and Lewis, Suzanne. Living in

Joyous Hope: Advent and Christmas Meditations

(BX2170.A4R64 2005).

Weekly Events Sundays —Masses at 9:30am & 11:30am + 7pm University Mass (Sept-April). —Children's Liturgy at 9:30 am Mass three Sundays a month. Children are dis-missed with leaders during Mass to meet in age groups (JK-1, Gr 2-3 and Gr 4-6) and share on the Word of God at their own level. All children are welcome. For more information, please contact Toni Tarasco at tarasco.toni@gmail.com

Mondays

—weekly 9:30am Christian Meditation 613-730-0108.

Tuesdays

—weekly Christian Medita-tion from 4-5pm in the Main Floor Meeting Room

Wednesdays

—English Conversation and Practice for Newcomers to Ottawa 7- 8:30pm (Sept - June) Saint Paul University, 233 Main St., Laframboise Hall, Rm L142. 613-744-2429 or michaelrichard2008 @hotmail.com

Fridays

—weekly 7:30pm Christian Meditation 613-236-0155 —Catholic LGBT & Straight Alliance meets the 2nd Fri/month (SJcglgroup@gmail.com)

Saturdays

—Vigil Mass at 5pm ______________________________________

Financial Coaching

Ministry—Contact Mélanie Forget at 613-294-1418 or coach@ melanieforget.ca to book your free confidential one-on-one coaching session today or for more info.

Contacts Main: 613-233-4095 Executive Director

—Chris Adam x223

cadam@st-josephs.ca

Pastor —Fr. Richard Beaudette x222

rbeaudette@omilacombe.ca Music & Liturgy —Jamie Loback x228 jamieloback@yahoo.ca

Young Adult Ministry

& Faith Formation —Brian Ouellette x235 bouellette@...

Finance

—Saul Mendoza x229 smendoza@...

Office Manager & Interim

Supper Table Manager —Brandon Rushton x251 brushton@...

Maintenance —Nick Cacciato x230 ncacciato@...

Women's Centre Director

—Marsha Wilson x224

mwilson@...

Advent Small Group Faith Sharing This group will con-

tinue to meet

Wednesdays at 7:15

pm in the Oblate

Lounge until Dec,

20 as we prepare the

way to Christmas sharing our own faith stories in relation to the

Advent Sunday scriptures. All are welcome. Enter via the Laurier

Ave. entrance.

First Communion 2018 Registration Who? Students in grade 2

Prerequisites: Baptism

(A copy of Baptism Record is required)

Where? St. Joseph’s

When? Sundays 10:30-11:20 am

Register: At Welcome Desk after Mass

*Take/Fill out Registration Form *Registration Fee

Online: Print off Registration Form under the “Sacraments” tab on St. Jo-

seph’s Parish Home page: www.st-josephs.ca/sacraments/first-communion/

Return Registration form and fee/donation to Brian Ouellette or Parish Office by Jan. 20.

You can email completed registration form to bouellette@st-josephs.ca and pay the fee at

the first class. Children are considered registered once the registration form is turned in to

Brian. Classes begin Jan. 21, 2018

YAM Winter Accessories Drive The St. Joe’s Young Adult Ministry is collecting winter

weather accessories that will be handed out to the homeless

during the Catholic Student Week Service Day.

We are currently in need of the following items: New, warm

socks and gloves for men.

Please drop off your collections, labeled “YAM Collection”,

at the Welcome Desk or at the Parish Office during the

week.

Music Ministry Annual Christmas Concert

and Carol-Sing—TODAY (Sunday)

Join us here at St. Joe’s at 7 pm to hear

our Music Ministry’s repertoire of

Christmas classics. Admission is a

freewill donation or non-perishable

food item. Proceeds go to St. Joe's

Supper Table.

Prayers for the sick: Anne MacIsaac, Dennis Furlong, Gilles Touchette, Andre Thibault, Florence Camp-

bell, Donald Campbell, Reg Peters, Anne-Marie Klliher, Chae Kyong, Estelle Lemoyre, Kevin Harper, Kar-

son Napoleon, Marjorie Ulysse, Junior Laguerre Family, Cassandra Destin, Moses Jean Charles, Raymonde,

Maenva Hancey, Aime Lalonde, Mae Lalonde, Patricia Daly, Daniel Lamont, Veronica Koller, Lily Jewett,

Dylan, Esther Joseph, Katie Leopold, Patricia Rooney, Phyllis Perrakis, Charlotte Jobin, Kevin Kelly, David

Cyr, Alison Sutherland, Nancy McGee, Maria Rizzi, Roslyn Brown, Jack Lalonde, Kenuli Amodya, Bridget and Mathew

Obodoechine, Therese Cousineau, Chung Wu, Bo Kai Yuhn, Christopher Wu, Estelle Lemoyre, Jean-Claude Filion, Mi-

chelle Burke, Pierre Costin, Charlie, Pat MacDonald, Brian Gravelle, Marge Lambe, Dona Doreen, Kevin Barr, Samuel

Smiderle, Paul Labelle, Heather Gray, Helene Villeneuve, Beekey Dwornik, Annaliese Apholz-Coulombe, Flo Thornton,

Fr. Frank Kavanaugh, Vicki Henry, Nina Chartrand, Elaine Villeneuve, Estqlal Al Shereefi, Roy Bowers, Xeno Kizas, Rich-

ard Leveille, Evelyn L’Heureux, Aime L’Heureux, Nicole Caissie, Jamie Caissie, Alfriede Schmid, Madison Powell,

Delores Part, Katherine Laundy, Jan Chisanga, Joseph Paul, Antoinette Tissarachchi, Javier, Jonathon Pitre, Myra Lidstone,

Richard Balson, Percy D’Aoult, Ann Elmer, David Robb, Joseph Paul, Cora-Lee Lane, Laura Eldridge, Jennifer Johnson,

Isabel Zabaveta, and Jean-Claude Filion, Prayers for those who have died: Robert Thompson, Ines Sequeira, Christiana

Fitzsimmons, Tom Scalis, Del Armbruster, Jim Koshman, Carl Kelly (OMI), Victims of Mosque bombing in Egypt, Lois

Garneau, Gord de Laat, Ray Daly, Charlotte McCarthy, Lauchlin Chisholm, Annette & Maurice Delaquis, Ignacy Strachota,

Alfred Labelle, Laurent Combaz, Basil Wren, Jane Buchanan, Roger Cochrane, Gord Downie, Albert Cremasco, Annette

Bienvenue, Patricia Chartrand, Francoise Gauthier, Gregory Baum, Gertrude Duffie, Sherry Clarke, Armando Bellotta,

Pauline Shields, Eric Field, Eduardo Tineo, Ceclia Montano, Fr. Joe Kane OMI, Shammas, Nadeem Paul, and Maria Vink.

To add a name, please inform the Front Office or write it in the binder at the Welcome Desk.

Poinsettia Donations Give a Christmas flower in honour of, or in memory of, a loved one!

Community members are invited to bring poinsettias and other Christmas flowers to help decorate

the church for Christmas. Many donate in honour of someone special, or in memory of someone

who has died. The list of names of those being honoured or remembered will be published in our Christmas

bulletin on the weekend of Dec. 23/24. Please drop off flowers (or monetary donations) at the Welcome Desk

or at the Front Office. Be sure to include: “In honour of….” or “In memory of…” with flowers.

2018 Donation Envelopes—Next year’s donation envelopes are available at the back of the

church before and after masses this weekend. They can also be picked up at the Front Office during the

week. Please note that some numbers have changed, so do not be surprised if you do not have the same box

number as last year. If you do not yet use envelopes to donate, please contact the Front Office to be assigned a box or

consider donating through auto-debit. Visit the Welcome Desk to find out how.

Some Thoughts on the Oblate

Community Celebration—On December 8,

2017, many parishioners of

St. Joseph’s Parish attended

the Oblate Community

Celebration of the Feast of

the Immaculate Conception

at Canadian Martyrs

Church. We thank all the

organizers and Fr. Jim Fiori

OMI for their hospitality.

Many thanks to McE

Galbreath, the Ontario Dis-

trict administrator, for ex-

tending the invitation to all

St. Joseph’s parishioners. Fr. Jim is leaving Ottawa to be-

come Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Keewatin-Le Pas.

Over the decades, Fr. Jim has been engaged in many different

types of ministry, including Oblate formation in Kenya in his

role as Superior, he ran a retreat house in Winnipeg and has

worked with Indigenous populations in northern Saskatche-

wan and Manitoba. Prior to the creation of OMI Lacombe

Canada, Fr. Jim served as Provincial for the Manitoba Oblate

Province. We wish him the very best in his new ministry, as

we do to Fr. Tim Coonen OMI, who becomes Pastor of Cana-

dian Martyrs.

Richard Beaudette OMI

Pastor

Christopher Adam

Executive Director

Joanne Lee

Chair – Parish Pastoral Council