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ST. ANDREWS PARISH
1570 Shore Road
Website: www.standrewsrcparish.ca
Parish Office 16 Disciples Way
P.O. Box 160 Eastern Passage B3G 1M5
Pastor, Fr. Johni Mathew, 465-6063
[email protected]
Office Manager – Deacon Gordon MacKinnon
461-1987 (Ph)
465-2899(fax) Hours – Tues - Fri 9:00am - 1:30pm
[email protected]
Faith Formation Coordinator - Cathy Patriquin
465-6440 [email protected]
CONFESSION
Saturday - 3:30 - 4:00pm
DAY OF THE LORD MASSES
✝Saturday – 4:30
✝Sunday – 10 am
WEEKDAY MASS SCHEDULE
✝ Wednesday – 9 am – Dot Lintaman and Mae
Cashin
✝Thursday – 9 am – Vince Evans and Jim Legere
✝Friday – 9am – Mike MacDonald and John E.
MacDonald
✝Saturday Nov 08th - 4:30 pm – Isabel Naugle,
Don York, Vida and Neil Cunningham
NOVEMBER - ALL SOULS MONTH
This being All Souls’ month, it is a very special
time to remember and celebrate our departed
brothers and sisters by offering Mass and
praying together for them at home and church.
Your Mass intention offerings can be placed in
the offering plate placed in front of the ambo or
by placing your envelopes in the weekend
collections with the names of the deceased.
All Souls Day Significance
The commemoration of all the faithful departed
is celebrated by the Church on 2 November.
The theological basis for the feast is the doctrine
that the souls which, on departing from the body,
are not perfectly cleansed from venial sins, or
have not fully atoned for past transgressions and
that the faithful on earth can help them by
prayers, almsgivings and especially by the
sacrifice of the Mass. The date follows All Saints
Day with the idea that remembering the saints in
heaven should be followed by remembering the
souls awaiting release from purgatory. It is a
Roman Catholic day of remembrance for friends
and loved ones who have left for their heavenly
abode. Catholics believe that those who die are
not immediately eligible for the Beatific vision
(the reality and goodness of God and heaven)
and need to be purged of their sins. The Catholic
Church calls this purification of the elect
"purgatory."
On All Soul's Day the friends and relatives of the
departed souls pray and offer requiem masses.
While the Feast of All Saints is a day to
remember the glories of Heaven and those there,
the Feast of All Souls reminds us of our
obligations to live lives on the holy path and that
there will be purification of the souls of those
destined
for
Heaven.
ALL SOULS CANDLE LIGHT MASS
All soul’s Candle Light Mass at St. Andrew’s
will be celebrated at 7 pm. on Thursday,
November 13.
Today, especially we will
remember and celebrate and light candles for the
members of our families and friends departed in
the last year.
ST. ANDREW’S PARISH MISSION
Mark the Date:
Parish Mission – Sunday to Wednesday,
November 23, 24, 25 and 26, 2014
From 7 pm to 8 pm at the Church with Father
Earl Smith, SJ, on The Beatitudes.
PARISH MISSION INFORMATION
You are invited to attend our Parish Mission held
from Sunday, November 23 to Wednesday,
November 26. These days the Mission will start
at 7 pm, and the session is scheduled to last
approximately one hour. The Mission will be
conducted by Fr. Earl Smith SJ. Fr. Earl will be
the homilist of this weekend’s Mass as well.
This mission aims to look at the orientation of
the Beatitudes as part of the Sermon on the
Mount (Matthew 5:1-12) as giving direction for
our own lives. This guided mission is designed
to assist its participants gain a loving encounter
with the Lord Jesus whose core life orientation is
reflected in Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. The
Beatitudes are values basic to our heartfelt
knowledge of Jesus as ‘God’s Beloved
Son.’(Mark 1:11) Jesus’ identity and our own as
Christians is rooted in his Baptism and given
definition in the Beatitudes. A basic aim of the
Mission is to gain deeper knowledge of
ourselves as beloved members of God’s eternal
family. The gift of this mission is opening our
eyes & hearts to the identity and values of Jesus
in our own lives.
Fr. Earl Smith, S.J. is a member of the Society
of Jesus, the Jesuits, since 1977 and a priest
since May 1987. He is a native of Halifax and a
co-founder of the Jesuit Centre of Spirituality,
Halifax. He has been active as a teacher/pastoral
counselor and retreat provider for much of his
priesthood. He has academic credentials from
various schools including University of Toronto
and Loyola University, Chicago to support his
ministry. He is a student of the Spiritual
Exercises of St. Ignatius and is active in training
programs that teach others to give retreats in the
Ignatian tradition of spirituality.
NOVEMBER 02, 2014 – THE COMMEMORATION OF ALL THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED
REMEMBRANCE DAY ECUMENICAL
SERVICE
Our community’s Annual Remembrance Day
Ecumenical Service will take place here at St.
Andrew’s at 9:30 am. on Tuesday, November 11.
Rev. John Ferguson will be our speaker for this
years’ service. Following the service (at about
10:15 am.) we will have the parade to the
Legion.
THANK YOU
Our sincere thanks to the organizers, sponsors
and participants of our successful Walk/Rock a
thon. It was a great event to bring our
community together to raise fun and fund.
Thanks and congratulation to all.
CWL MEETING
The ladies of the CWL will meet on Sunday,
November 02nd at 1:30 in the parish hall. All
women are invited to attend.
CHRISTMAS “LOOSE CHANGE”
PARADE
Remember your loose change and drop it in the
box provided in the church porch. All monies
collected will provide Christmas hampers to
local families in need.
2015 SUNDAY MISSALS
The 2015 Sunday Missals are available from the
Mass monitors at a cost of $4.00.
Financial Corner - October, 25/26 - 2014
Regular Sunday Collection; 128 Envelopes -$1675.00
Average Envelope Offering;
- $ 13.09
Total Loose Collection;
- $ 197.60
Taxes;
- $ 490.00
Archbishops Appeal (Diocesan Collection) - $ 515.00