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Sunday of the Birth of John the Baptist
December 6th, 2009أحد مولد يوحّنا المعمدان.
6 كانون الأوّل سنة 2009
Gospel: Luke: 1: 57 – 66 Readings: Galatians 4: 22, 5:1
This Sunday we celebrate the birth of John the Baptist. Through today’s readings, we are invited to remember that we are the children of the New Covenant, born to be free in the Lord our Father. Through Jesus each one of us was freed from slavery. Jesus saved us from all the depression the human kind was going through.
Today we are invited to protect that freedom and use it to shield ourselves. Luke’s Gospel shows us the freedom that Zechariah and Elizabeth lived by ignoring all traditions no matter how important they are.
They continued living according the will of God and raise the child they have been waiting for. Jesus praised John saying: “Truly I tell you, among those born of women no one has arisen greater than John the Baptist; yet the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.” John was born through a divine intervention.
He was named from heaven not according to human logic. Zechariah’s and Elizabeth’s relatives made a mistake similar to that of the Galatians. Both of them did not know what went on during the heavenly vision.
Collection Last week’s Collection: $ 1,174.85
Fund Raising Goal: $ 250.000.00
Land Purchase: Our Goal: $105,000.00
$ 0.00: Total Received (After 4th loan payment)
Total Received: $ 17,365.50
Please Remember St. Anthony's Church In Your Will.
Leamington Ministerial Association invites all the Christians to pray for each other. This week we pray for Wheatley Baptist Church
Masses & Celebrations During The Week:
Sunday, December 6th, 2009
Sunday of the Birth of John the Baptist
أحد مولد يوحنّا المعمدان.9:30AM: Hanna Mansour Youssef (Mem. Mass) (Family)
11:00AM: Theresa Nehmetallah (Family)
Monday, December 7th, 2009
9:00AM: Rosary Prayers (4 Mysteries)
5:30PM: Devotion Prayers to St. Anne.
6:00PM: Sarkis Boula Boutros & Brothers Elias & Joseph (Boula & Alice Boutros)
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
Feast of the Immaculate Conception
عيد الحبل بلا دنس5:30PM: Devotion Prayers to St. Anthony.
6:00PM: For the Intentions of Ladies Auxiliary Members Dead & Alive (Ladies Auxiliary) Renewal of vows. تجديد النذور
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
5:00PM: Devotion Prayers to Mother Mary.
6:00PM: Betty Krndija (Sadie Jraige)
Thursday, December 10th, 2009
8:30AM: Raffoul Raffoul & Wife & Deceased Family Members (Mrs. Alia Raffoul & Family)
9:00AM: Devotion Prayers to St. Charbel.
Friday, December 11th, 2009
5:30PM: Devotion Prayers to the Sacred Heart.
6:00PM: Souls in Purgatory (Maria Santos)
Sunday, December 13th, 2009
Sunday of the Announcement to Joseph
أحد البيان ليوسف9:30AM: Mikhail & Shamma Jraiche (Jawad Jraiche & Family)
11:00AM: Bakhos Jacobs (5 Yr. Mem. Mass) (Family)
This Weeks News & Events
Christmas Children’s Party: St. Anthony’s Parish will have a Christmas Party for all the children on Sunday, December 20, 2009 from 3:00 to 5:00PM. Please sign up your names on the sheet provided at the Church Entrance.
Bingo: Friday, December 12th, 2009 at 9 PM.
List Update: We are updating our Parish List. Please let us know if your address has changed. Thank you.
We received the Masses & Donations in memory of Tom Raffoul. Thank you for your generosity. May God rest his soul in peace and grant consolation for his family and relatives.
Our deepest sympathies to the family and relatives of Hanna Youssef who passed away in Lebanon at the age of 64. The Memorial Mass is held today at St. Anthony’s Parish for the rest of his soul. May God rest his soul in peace and grant consolation for his family and relatives.
Confessions at the Schools:
- Queen of Peace: Tuesday, Dec. 8, 09 @ 9:00AM
- St. Louis: Wednesday, Dec. 9, 08 @ 9:00AM
- Cardinal Carter: Thursday, Dec. 10, 09 @ 8:30AM
- St. Michel: Friday, Dec. 11, 09 @ 9:00AM
The Science Department at Cardinal Carter Catholic Secondary School is holding a Pasta Dinner/Silent Auction Fundraiser on Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at the Leamington Roma Club, from 5:30PM to 7:30PM.
Funds raised will be used to purchase educational technology. Ticket prices are $ 15.00 for adults (2 meatballs, pasta, salad, bun, coffee/tea); $ 8.00 for children 10 and under (1 meatball, pasta, salad, bun); children 3 and under are free. To purchase tickets, please contact the school at (519)322-2804. Tickets may also be purchased at the door.
2009 New Year’s Eve Banquet: The Lebanese Centre of Bashir Gemayel presents: 2010 New Year’s Eve Banquet, on December 31st, 2009. Live Lebanese Entertainment by Salim Barakat, plus English DJ. The event will take place at the Ciociaro Club, Salon A, 3745 North Talbot Rd., Windsor. Doors open at 6:00PM. Dinner served at 7:30PM Sharp! Tickets are $ 100.00 per person. Cash Bar, Midnight Buffet & Champagne, Party Favours, Balloon Drop. For tickets please call (519) 966-0999 or (519)819-4582.
The Immaculate Conception of Mary, December 8th
The Solemn Feast of Mary’s Immaculate Conception, celebrated nine months before the feast of her birth (September 8), recalls the Christian belief that Mary was preserved free from all stain of original sin from the moment of her conception by her mother, Ann.
For this reason the feast day prayer asks God to “trace in our actions the lines of her love, in our hearts her readiness of faith.” The bishops of the United States, with firm belief in Mary’s intercession, confided their new nation to her care under the title of her Immaculate Conception.
Prayer to Our Lady of Guadalupe
Pray, O Holy Mother, for all those responsible for our country and all countries in the world.
Our Lady of Guadalupe, inspire the authorities, so that with scrupulous respect for human dignity, and in a spirit of service to their countries, they would always search for peace, harmony, and real progress, as a sign of the morality in their public life. Amen.