Pastor: Fr. Ray Rick
Associate Pastor: Fr. Roy Villas
Office Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9:00am to 2:00pm
"We are a community of believers growing together, faithful to the teachings of the Catholic Church, rooted in the word of God, prayer and sacraments, strengthening family, elderly and youth--our future--and serving those in need."
IT IS WITH GREAT JOY THAT WE WELCOME VISITORS AND NEW PARISHIONERS TO OUR PARISH FAMILY.
New parishioners please fill out the form in the wooden box on the back wall, call the office or better yet, come by the office so we can meet you and welcome you personally.
VOCATIONS OFFICE – FISHER OF MEN EPISODE 4
Watch Father John Perdue catch a few beautiful bass and share a great message in Fisher of Men Episode 4, the latest video from the Vocations Office. Go to www.youtube.com and type in ‘Fisher of Men Episode 4’.
IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION TO PUT IN THE BULLETIN, PLEASE TELEPHONE THE OFFICE OR COME INTO THE OFFICE AND LET US KNOW, NO LATER THAN 12 NOON MONDAY.
APRIL 10, 2016
THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER
(Liturgical colour WHITE, SYMBOLIZING JOY)
PRAYERS FOR THE SICK- We pray to Jesus Christ for all who suffer in our community and especially for: Shirley Bedley, Cathy Benedetto, Ashley Bridges, Lisa Burns, Doreen Charlton, Mary Charron, Walter Collis, Theresa Crosgrey, Gerdie Doherty, Tom Emmons, David F., Linda Formhals, Joyce Fitzmaurice, Peter Gambell, Senta Geiser, Arnolda Goodwin, Carol Hamblin, Paul Hitchcock, Ted Ingleson, Regina Lambert, June MacNeil, Louise MacNeil, Luke Manary, Martha Marquarat, Mary McKenzie, Raul Neps, Joan Neveu, Joe Neveu, Joseph O’Donnell, Mike O’Hara, Jack & Laila O’Neill, Fay Pearce, Ann Petersen, Joan Riley, Rene Sabourin, Mary Scanlon, Cole Shelly, Gloria Speicher, Julia Tilson, John Van Ekelenburg, Eleanor Wilson, Rob Ziola. Please call the office (645-2294) if you would like your name removed or added to this list.
REFUGEE FUNDRAISING UPDATE:
The Syrian Fundraising Dinner at St. Dominic's high school last weekend was a resounding success. Congratulations are in order to Maria Vandenberg and her students and to the organizers as well. Thanks to this event, and the Bridge Tournament in mid-March, plus the many individual donations, this parish has far surpassed its financial commitment to the refugee resettlement project. Therefore, we do not anticipate asking for further monetary support for this effort, but we may need practical, hands-on help in the future, particularly after the refugee families finally arrive. Many thanks to all who helped organize and to those who contributed. Well done!
PARISH BRUNCH
On April 17, 2016 we are having our Parish Brunch at Home Style Café at 500 Muskoka Road, Hwy 118 West at 12:15 pm. We will be signing up participants at all 3 weekend Masses this Sunday, April 10th.
ST. JOSEPH’S PARISH DIRECTORY
We have heard that the photo directories should be here in one month’s time.
APRIL 10, 2016
UPCOMING PARISH EVENTS
April 12 Mass 6:00 pm CWL Pot Luck/Meeting
April 24 Seder Meal
April 25 Knights of Columbus Meeting 7 pm
May 1st First Communion & Mass 11 am
(PLEASE NOTIFY THE OFFICE AS SOON AS YOU ARE AWARE OF A DATE AND TIME OF AN UPCOMING MEETING IN THE PARISH.)
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS –ANNUAL CAR RAFFLE TICKETS
Please support the K of C and purchase your ticket for $5.00 each. 16 Grand Prizes ranging from Cars to cash prize of $200,000. as well as 490 more prizes to win. The Knights will be selling these raffle tickets after each of the Masses on the weekend. Thank you for your support.
RONNIE FUND-10TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
Join us for refreshment and meet Ronnie and Serah at our 10th Anniversary Ronnie Fund Celebration Reception on Sunday, April 17th from 2:00 – 5:00 pm at Bracebridge United Church. Hear Ronnie & Sera talk about 10 years of transformation in Wongonyi Village and Kenya at 3:30pm. Sale of African crafts to support our new Leadership Centre.
REPECT LIFE CHOCOLATE EASTER EGG CAMPAIGN
Please contact Linda Healy at 705-645-9703 if you would like to purchase any delicious chocolate eggs. The proceeds of the sale of the chocolate eggs will support the programs run by the Respect Life office in the diocese.
ALLERGY ALERT: EGGS ARE NOT NUT FREE.
SACRED TRADITION
Sacred Tradition is the Church’s lived understanding of the deposit of faith, handed on faithfully and completely from one generation of Christians to the next. Catholics believe in a given Tradition today as it was believed in the early Church. When we talk about Tradition we talk about Apostolic Traditions (capital T) not human traditions (small t). Apostolic Traditions are the deposit of divine truths that Jesus orally entrusted to the Apostles. St. Jude said, “The faith once and for all handed down to the saints.”
The characteristic of Tradition shows us that indeed Christ has been true to His promise that He would send the Holy Spirit to guide the Church into all truth (John 16: 12-13) and He Himself would be with His Church “even until the end of the world.”(Matthew 28:20) This is why the Catholic Church can speak with a confidence and an authority that is not, ultimately her own: it’s Christ’s own authority that she speaks with. Just as He said, “Whoever listens to you, listens to Me. And whoever rejects you rejects Me.” (Luke 10:16; Matthew 16:18-19, 18:18)
St. Paul himself explains that he, as a member of the magisterium of the infant Church, had the obligation of making sure the Church understood the message in accordance with the way in which He had intend it to be understood. “Now I would remind you brethren, in what terms I preached to you the gospel, which you received, in which you stand, by which you are saved if you hold it fast….unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures…. .” (1Cor.15: 1-3 RSV)
1. HOLD IT FAST – meaning you are not permitted to neglect or dispense with this oral teaching.
2. St. Paul reminds his readers that he too “received” this oral teaching first then handed it onto them (which is the precise meaning of Tradition: receiving it, handing it on.
3. It is the role of the magisterium (Latin: teaching office; represented here by St. Paul, one of the Church’s first bishops and doctors to explain the meaning of scripture and faithfully deliver the message to the faithful. St. Paul commands the Thessalonians to keep the Apostolic Traditions, “So then brethren, stand firm and hold to the Traditions which you were taught by either by word of mouth or by letter.” (2 Thess.2:15)
Tradition works in the Church along side and never in competition with Sacred Scripture.
(Taken from “Why is that in Tradition” by: Patrick Madrid)