March 2, 2008
March 19, 2008
The Fourth Sunday of Lent
March 2, 2008
March 2, 2008
Building Reconciling Communities” events during Lent
Last summer, our pastor and nine parishioners attended an Institute on the theme of “Building Reconciling Communities” organized by the Archdiocese of Ottawa. You are invited to participate in several events that explore this theme in our parish and our world:
Lenten Evening Prayer & Exposition
Wednesday, March 5 at 7:00 p.m.
Adoration, Wednesday, March 5 from 8:00 p.m. to Thursday, March 6 at 6:00 p.m.
Liturgy of Lament and Sacrament of Reconciliation, Thursday, March 6 at 7:00 p.m.
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, 5 to 6 March, 2008
Volunteers are requested to place their name and phone number on the sign-up sheet that is available in the gathering space.
Parish musicians, please mark your calendars. The choir practice for Holy Thursday, Good Friday and the Easter Vigil is scheduled for Sunday, March 2, 2008 from 2 to 4pm. If you would like to participate in the music ministry for these liturgies, please plan to attend this practice.
GOOD FRIDAY WAY OF THE CROSS: Through the streets of downtown Ottawa. Procession, prayer, meditation and song, led by Archbishop Terrence Prendergast, S.J. Begins 9:30 a.m., Friday, March 21 at St Patrick's Basilica. Arrival at Notre-Dame Cathedral at 11:30 a.m. Sponsored by Communion and Liberation.
Info: 613-241-7496.
Knights of Columbus – Recruiting Weekend – Good Shepherd Council of the Knights of Columbus will be conducting our second membership recruiting drive of this year at all masses the weekend of March 1 & 2. Members of the Council will be available after all masses to answer questions and accept applications for membership. Please think about it.
The Share Lent collection for DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE, will be taken up next weekend. Please use the envelope tucked inside this Bulletin or the Share Lent envelope in your normal supply. As an alternative to giving a single lump sum, you may want to consider the Share Year-Round program in which one can pledge a monthly amount over a 12 month period. Details are available after Mass today or on the agency’s website at www.devp.org
Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (R.C.I.A.) News From RCIA. The Third Scrutiny is celebrated this weekend during the 9:00 am Mass on Sunday. The Gospel of the fifth Sunday of Lent announces the ultimate promise of Jesus Christ as Saviour. Jesus raises his friend Lazarus from the tomb. The message is clear. Whatever entombs any of us, wherever we are spiritually dead, that’s exactly where Jesus calls us forth to new freedom through our dying and rising with him on the day of our Baptism. The presence among us of the elect, and of the candidates for full communion with the Church are strong reminders to us of this transformation.
Our Lady of Charity Hour of Prayer
The Icon of our Lady of Charity which is touring the North America & sponsored by the Knights of Columbus will arrive in our parish on March 4th and will be present at our Vespers Service on Mar. 5th.
New to the Parish? Welcome! Please fill in a registration form, or call the office, and take a box of envelopes or consider using a cheque, Visa/MC or pre-authorized contribution plan for Sunday contribution. Our financial requirements are approx. $7,000 per week to support our approx. $2,000 a week mortgage payment. Thank you for your generous weekly support of Good Shepherd Parish. 2008 Envelopes are available in the gathering space. Making a Will – A Lasting Legacy: Please consider a gift to your Parish in your will as a lasting and beneficial testimony of faith.
Tax receipts for the 2007 year have been mailed out.
Last summer, our pastor and nine parishioners attended an Institute on the theme of “Building Reconciling Communities” organized by the Archdiocese of Ottawa. You are invited to participate in several events that explore this theme in our parish and our world:
Lenten Evening Prayer & Exposition
Wednesday, March 5 at 7:00 p.m.
Adoration, Wednesday, March 5 from 8:00 p.m. to Thursday, March 6 at 6:00 p.m.
Liturgy of Lament and Sacrament of Reconciliation, Thursday, March 6 at 7:00 p.m.
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, 5 to 6 March, 2008
Volunteers are requested to place their name and phone number on the sign-up sheet that is available in the gathering space.
Parish musicians, please mark your calendars. The choir practice for Holy Thursday, Good Friday and the Easter Vigil is scheduled for Sunday, March 2, 2008 from 2 to 4pm. If you would like to participate in the music ministry for these liturgies, please plan to attend this practice.
GOOD FRIDAY WAY OF THE CROSS: Through the streets of downtown Ottawa. Procession, prayer, meditation and song, led by Archbishop Terrence Prendergast, S.J. Begins 9:30 a.m., Friday, March 21 at St Patrick's Basilica. Arrival at Notre-Dame Cathedral at 11:30 a.m. Sponsored by Communion and Liberation.
Info: 613-241-7496.
Knights of Columbus – Recruiting Weekend – Good Shepherd Council of the Knights of Columbus will be conducting our second membership recruiting drive of this year at all masses the weekend of March 1 & 2. Members of the Council will be available after all masses to answer questions and accept applications for membership. Please think about it.
The Share Lent collection for DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE, will be taken up next weekend. Please use the envelope tucked inside this Bulletin or the Share Lent envelope in your normal supply. As an alternative to giving a single lump sum, you may want to consider the Share Year-Round program in which one can pledge a monthly amount over a 12 month period. Details are available after Mass today or on the agency’s website at www.devp.org
Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (R.C.I.A.) News From RCIA. The Third Scrutiny is celebrated this weekend during the 9:00 am Mass on Sunday. The Gospel of the fifth Sunday of Lent announces the ultimate promise of Jesus Christ as Saviour. Jesus raises his friend Lazarus from the tomb. The message is clear. Whatever entombs any of us, wherever we are spiritually dead, that’s exactly where Jesus calls us forth to new freedom through our dying and rising with him on the day of our Baptism. The presence among us of the elect, and of the candidates for full communion with the Church are strong reminders to us of this transformation.
Our Lady of Charity Hour of Prayer
The Icon of our Lady of Charity which is touring the North America & sponsored by the Knights of Columbus will arrive in our parish on March 4th and will be present at our Vespers Service on Mar. 5th.
New to the Parish? Welcome! Please fill in a registration form, or call the office, and take a box of envelopes or consider using a cheque, Visa/MC or pre-authorized contribution plan for Sunday contribution. Our financial requirements are approx. $7,000 per week to support our approx. $2,000 a week mortgage payment. Thank you for your generous weekly support of Good Shepherd Parish. 2008 Envelopes are available in the gathering space. Making a Will – A Lasting Legacy: Please consider a gift to your Parish in your will as a lasting and beneficial testimony of faith.
Tax receipts for the 2007 year have been mailed out.
Shamrocks will be on sale the weekend of March 8-9 in support of St. Patrick’s Home.
Thinkfast: Teens, Jamming, Drama, Sleepover, Global Poverty… March 7-8, Call Kat 613-234-1223 to register.
LENTEN ADVISORY - TELEVISED MISSION 2008: Keeping a Mellow Heart in a Bitter Time. Guest Preacher: Father Ron Rolheiser, O.M.I. On VISIONTV, Mon., Mar. 3 & Tues., Mar. 4, 7:00 p.m. (repeated 11:00 p.m.).
Introduction to Ignatian Discernment: How to Discern Spiritual Influences and God’s Will - Lay Formation Course taught by Fr. Terry Donahue, CC and Claire Johnson, STL at St. Mary’s Church hall, Mondays 7:15-9:15pm from March 31 to May 12. Registration call 613-728-3175.
Small Christian Community at Good Shepherd Parish provides a warm and welcoming place for the community to gather together regularly which offers people a chance to slow down, share coffee, be a bit more reflective about life, to sift and sort things that truly count. It is held every Friday from 7:00-8:30pm. Come join us! Open to all wanting to deepen their faith in Christ through more in-depth reflection on the Sunday readings! For further information, e-mail Deacon Paul (& Lilian) Delmas @ delmas@rogers.com or Angelita Guevara @ angelitaguevara@gmail.com or contact the Parish Office at 613.824.4394.
CATECHESIS ON THE EUCHARIST: To prepare spiritually for the International Eucharist Congress (to be held in Quebec City, June 2008) a series of catechetical evenings are being offered for all who are interested. They take place 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. (Note: * indicates Mass 7:00 p.m.; catechesis 7:30 p.m.) as follows:
Catechesis 6 – Eucharist and the Mission, Wed., March 12 at Good Shepherd
Catechesis 7 – Witnesses to the Eucharist in the World, Wed., April 16 at St Anthony’s
Catechesis 8 – Invitation to the wedding at Cana, Tues., May 6 at St Isidore’s
The Good Shepherd Widows and Widowers Friendship Group is holding its regular monthly meeting this Tuesday, March 4, 2008, at 7:30 p.m. in the social space. The Group is not a bereavement group but a social club that offers friendship and informal support. New members are always welcome. For more information about the group, please contact Pauline Canning or John Reny.
Announced Masses
Saturday, March 1
5:00 pm †Denis Cyr, req by Patricia Hirrel-Cyr
†Jack Warden, req by Pauline & Gilbert Labranche
†Harold Byrne, req by Bill & Monique Malley
Sunday, March 2
9:00 am For our parishioners
11:15 am †John MacPhee & Caroline MacPhee, req by
John & Lorraine MacPhee
†Paul David, †Timothy Wilson, †Kevin Megency, &
†Robert Costall, req by Les Mader and family
Tuesday, March 4
9:00 am †Maureen Turner, req by the family
Special Intention, req by a parishioner
Wednesday, March 5
9:00 am Private Intention
Thursday, March 6
9:00 am †Joseph Taujenis, req by Stase Danaitis
Friday, March 7
9:00 am Intentions of Terry & Paula Fletcher, req by Robert
& Angela Lavictoire
Saturday, March 8
5:00 pm †Jean-Guy Brunet, req by the Arnold family
†Helen Smith, req by Albert & Theo Lawrence
†Deceased relatives of the Pereira family
Sunday, March 9
9:00 am For our parishioners
11:15 am †John Kingston, req by Bernie & Jackie Roach
†Wendy Martin, req by Anne & Mike Patenaude
†Antanas Danaitis, req by Stase Danaitis
Please pray for our sick: Monique Byrnes, Eva Valere, Monica Groulx, John McDonald, Claire Harris, Helen Ramsay, and John Dunn
Please pray for our deceased: Raymond Logan, husband of Eva, Father James Whalen, pastor St. Margaret Mary, Cumberland, Luc Kibwenge
Gloucester Emergency Food Cupboard: has a critical shortage of plastic bags. Please donate any you may have to the Food Bank.
CD Release Concert - NET Ministries of Canada is releasing its latest CD, ‘You Are I Am’ by well known Catholic musician, Joe Zambon. Join them for an evening of great music with free admission and all ages are welcome. Door prizes will also be given out. Saturday March 1st at the Tudor Hall, 3750 Bowesville Road. Doors open at 7pm. Visit www.massiveworship.com for more details."
Excerpt from Letter from Archbishop Terrence Prendergast, S.J. to the Faithful for Lent 2008
Fasting
Fast and abstinence still comprise an important aspect of a Catholic’s devotional life. Catholics are called to abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday and the Fridays of Lent and to fast (eat only one full meal) on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday.
These are expressions of a desire to enter into the Lenten renewal at the start of Lent (Ash Wednesday) and gratitude for the Lord Jesus’ gift of his life for us (Fridays, especially Good Friday).
Other traditional acts of “giving up” sweets, alcohol, tobacco or other pleasures during Lent help individuals personalize their spirit of Lenten sacrifice—a desire to “turn from sin and believe the Good News”.
Thinkfast: Teens, Jamming, Drama, Sleepover, Global Poverty… March 7-8, Call Kat 613-234-1223 to register.
LENTEN ADVISORY - TELEVISED MISSION 2008: Keeping a Mellow Heart in a Bitter Time. Guest Preacher: Father Ron Rolheiser, O.M.I. On VISIONTV, Mon., Mar. 3 & Tues., Mar. 4, 7:00 p.m. (repeated 11:00 p.m.).
Introduction to Ignatian Discernment: How to Discern Spiritual Influences and God’s Will - Lay Formation Course taught by Fr. Terry Donahue, CC and Claire Johnson, STL at St. Mary’s Church hall, Mondays 7:15-9:15pm from March 31 to May 12. Registration call 613-728-3175.
Small Christian Community at Good Shepherd Parish provides a warm and welcoming place for the community to gather together regularly which offers people a chance to slow down, share coffee, be a bit more reflective about life, to sift and sort things that truly count. It is held every Friday from 7:00-8:30pm. Come join us! Open to all wanting to deepen their faith in Christ through more in-depth reflection on the Sunday readings! For further information, e-mail Deacon Paul (& Lilian) Delmas @ delmas@rogers.com or Angelita Guevara @ angelitaguevara@gmail.com or contact the Parish Office at 613.824.4394.
CATECHESIS ON THE EUCHARIST: To prepare spiritually for the International Eucharist Congress (to be held in Quebec City, June 2008) a series of catechetical evenings are being offered for all who are interested. They take place 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. (Note: * indicates Mass 7:00 p.m.; catechesis 7:30 p.m.) as follows:
Catechesis 6 – Eucharist and the Mission, Wed., March 12 at Good Shepherd
Catechesis 7 – Witnesses to the Eucharist in the World, Wed., April 16 at St Anthony’s
Catechesis 8 – Invitation to the wedding at Cana, Tues., May 6 at St Isidore’s
The Good Shepherd Widows and Widowers Friendship Group is holding its regular monthly meeting this Tuesday, March 4, 2008, at 7:30 p.m. in the social space. The Group is not a bereavement group but a social club that offers friendship and informal support. New members are always welcome. For more information about the group, please contact Pauline Canning or John Reny.
Announced Masses
Saturday, March 1
5:00 pm †Denis Cyr, req by Patricia Hirrel-Cyr
†Jack Warden, req by Pauline & Gilbert Labranche
†Harold Byrne, req by Bill & Monique Malley
Sunday, March 2
9:00 am For our parishioners
11:15 am †John MacPhee & Caroline MacPhee, req by
John & Lorraine MacPhee
†Paul David, †Timothy Wilson, †Kevin Megency, &
†Robert Costall, req by Les Mader and family
Tuesday, March 4
9:00 am †Maureen Turner, req by the family
Special Intention, req by a parishioner
Wednesday, March 5
9:00 am Private Intention
Thursday, March 6
9:00 am †Joseph Taujenis, req by Stase Danaitis
Friday, March 7
9:00 am Intentions of Terry & Paula Fletcher, req by Robert
& Angela Lavictoire
Saturday, March 8
5:00 pm †Jean-Guy Brunet, req by the Arnold family
†Helen Smith, req by Albert & Theo Lawrence
†Deceased relatives of the Pereira family
Sunday, March 9
9:00 am For our parishioners
11:15 am †John Kingston, req by Bernie & Jackie Roach
†Wendy Martin, req by Anne & Mike Patenaude
†Antanas Danaitis, req by Stase Danaitis
Please pray for our sick: Monique Byrnes, Eva Valere, Monica Groulx, John McDonald, Claire Harris, Helen Ramsay, and John Dunn
Please pray for our deceased: Raymond Logan, husband of Eva, Father James Whalen, pastor St. Margaret Mary, Cumberland, Luc Kibwenge
Gloucester Emergency Food Cupboard: has a critical shortage of plastic bags. Please donate any you may have to the Food Bank.
CD Release Concert - NET Ministries of Canada is releasing its latest CD, ‘You Are I Am’ by well known Catholic musician, Joe Zambon. Join them for an evening of great music with free admission and all ages are welcome. Door prizes will also be given out. Saturday March 1st at the Tudor Hall, 3750 Bowesville Road. Doors open at 7pm. Visit www.massiveworship.com for more details."
Excerpt from Letter from Archbishop Terrence Prendergast, S.J. to the Faithful for Lent 2008
Fasting
Fast and abstinence still comprise an important aspect of a Catholic’s devotional life. Catholics are called to abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday and the Fridays of Lent and to fast (eat only one full meal) on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday.
These are expressions of a desire to enter into the Lenten renewal at the start of Lent (Ash Wednesday) and gratitude for the Lord Jesus’ gift of his life for us (Fridays, especially Good Friday).
Other traditional acts of “giving up” sweets, alcohol, tobacco or other pleasures during Lent help individuals personalize their spirit of Lenten sacrifice—a desire to “turn from sin and believe the Good News”.