ST. ALOYSIUS PARISH
Serving the English Catholic Community in the East End of Montreal since 1908
8402 de Marseille Street, Montreal, Quebec, H1L 1P9 · T: 514-351-3281 · F: 514-351-5585
Email: & Website: www.saintaloysius.ca
MASS INTENTIONS
For Today: Intentions are for: Requested by:
Sunday, January 22nd JEAN-PIERRE GUIMOND Mrs. Mary McKuch
and VITTORIO FLORIANI Sal, Joanne, Chloe & Chelsea
and EDNA ST. PIERRE WATT Gary & Elizabeth Rose St. Pierre
For Next Week:
Sunday, January 28th DOLORES MARTELL-DUSSAULT Margaret Martell
and WILLIAM ROGER Alphonsine Valenta
and ALINE FINN Betty & Bob Trottier
BIRTHDAY GREETINGS for this week go out to: CELEBRATING AN ANNIVERSARY this week:
Babs McMahon (22), John Henry (23), No anniversaries listed
Lois Dozois (25), Natasha McArdle (26),
Lorraine McArdle (28)
This Week’s Stewardship Reflection
Jesus walked along the Sea of Galilee and called the first disciples, inviting them, “Come after me and I will make you fishers of men.”
In much the same way, Christ calls each of us to follow Him and to use the time, talents, and treasure He has given us to build the Kingdom.
St. Paul reminds us, “The world in its present form is passing away.” So, we ought not to get caught up in the things of this world. We ought to live in this world but not of it, proclaiming the goodness of God and the glory of His Kingdom.
Each one of us has been given particular gifts of time, talent, and treasure, and it is up to us to recognize those gifts and to share them lovingly in such a way that God will be glorified and we will call others to come to know Him. In all we say and do, we must honour Him. He must be more important to us than anything else – more important than our careers, more important than our hobbies, even more important than our families. The disciples in today’s gospel show us just how unreserved our response to God must be. They left their nets – their careers as fishermen – and left their father, to serve the Lord.
For most of us, the call to discipleship will not require us to leave behind family and friends and even our secular career. But for all of us, the call to be disciple means God must be first and foremost in our lives, and we must offer Him the first fruits of our time, talents, and treasure as His faithful followers.
ST. ALOYSIUS BULLETIN
January 22n, 2012
ST. ALOYSIUS’ NEWSFR. PAUL’S BLOG & WELL WISHES FOR FR. PAUL
Fr. Paul’s blog is up and running.
Fr. Paul will post updates on his health, etc. You are welcome to visit his blog at:
http://fatherpaulsblog.wordpress.com
For anyone wishing to send Fr. Paul their well wishes or words of encouragement, an email address has been set up for this purpose. Your messages will help uplift Fr. Paul during his healing process. Please forward your wishes to
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION
First Confessions for the children receiving their sacraments this year will take place at St. Brendan’s Parish on the following dates:
For First Communicants:
Saturday, January 28th, 2012 at 10:00AM or 12:00PM.
For Confirmandi:
Saturday, February 4th, 2012 at
10:00AM, 12:00PM or 2:00PM. Please bring your child to the session (date/time) that was assigned to them. Thank you.
CHILDREN’S LITURGY
Please note that our program resumes next week, SUNDAY, JANUARY 29th, at our 9:30AM Mass. A warm welcome back to all our children!
PASTORAL COUNCIL
Please note that the meeting for all members of Pastoral Council originally scheduled for Thursday, January 19th, 2012 has been re-scheduled to THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16th, at 7:30PM in St. Joseph’s Centre. / LITURGIE DE LA PAROLE OECUMÉNIQUE- ECUMENICAL SERVICE
As is tradition every year at this time, four local faith communities, St. Margaret’s Anglican, Paroisse Ste. Louise-de-Marillac French-speaking Catholic, St. Élie Romanian Orthodox, and St. Aloysius Parish English-speaking Catholic, gather together in prayer and Christian unity by celebrating an ecumenical service involving traditions from these brethren faiths. You are all invited to attend this special celebration to take place on SATURDAY, JANUARY 28th, 2012 at 4:30PM in Ste. Louise-de-Marillac Church. Fr. Francois Barile, coordinator of this service and parochial administrator of the five French-speaking parishes here in Mercier-Est, extends his warmest invitation to everyone. All are welcome!
2012 PENNY CAMPAIGN AND NAZARETH HOUSE
As many of you may know, the mission of the Penny Campaign here at St. Aloysius was fostered by the loving stewardship of long time and devoted parishioner, MR. CHUCK DOZOIS. The campaign has since been passed on to Mr. Christopher Orrell, our new “Penny Man”. Through your continued donations over the past few months, a total of $283.50 was given, this past Christmas season, to the Nazareth House Community, which offers a home for many homeless to access basic needs, a place of support and love, and help to reintegrate into the community. Christopher is very grateful for your support and is well underway with his Easter Campaign, hoping to collect a healthy amount for the House by Easter. As Mr. Dozois always says, “Every penny counts!”. Thank you for your generosity. / WARDENS’ ELECTIONS
Congratulations to MR. ALLEN WAYLAND and to MR. MICHAEL MICHALISZYN, as they begin their new terms as members of the Fabrique, with a very special welcome to MR. WAYLAND, our newest Fabrique Warden as of January 1st, 2012. We would like to express our deepest gratitude to MR. FRANCIS MASCARENHAS, for his years of dedicated and generous service. Your contribution has been vital to the life of our community, Francis, and we thank you!
COMMUNITY NEWS
ALMAGE 50+ CENTRE
Please join us in celebrating Valentine’s Day at our centre! Lasagna and salad lunch will be served, with cherry cake for dessert. All are invited to arrive wearing pink or red. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14th, 2012 at 11:45AM, 8680 Hochelaga St. Cost is $12.00 for members, $15.00 for non-members. For more info, please see John Henry or call 514-355-1712.
Have a wonderful week everyone, thank you for your stewardship, and keep up the excellent work! J
“Come follow me and I will make you fishers of people.”
—Mark 1:17
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