Pastors | Saint Anthony's Church | Shrine | Jubilee 2000 Prayers | Bulletin | Saints | Links | Photo Gallery Home
THE BIRTH OF THE LORD First Reading: Titus 2: 11 -14 (English):
In this reading, we see the grace of the Lord shining upon us. Jesus, our Saviour and Redeemer, saved us from all iniquity and purified us as people of his own.Second Reading: Hebrews, 1 :1 - 14 (Lebanese):
St. Paul asks us to be humble and pure like Jesus. He wants us to be the Light and to be joyful this season of love.Gospel: Luke , 2: 1 - 20 (English & Lebanese):
In this Gospel reading, we are invited to celebrate the Birth of The Lord with Mary, Joseph, the shepherds and the angels who proclaimed the good news to people on earth.Last Week's Collection
Total Collection $ 2,050.00Thank you for your continued support and generosity. May God bless you and your families.
Masses &Celebrations during the Week:
Sun. Dec. 24th
11:00AM
Youssef Saleh Zeiter & Wife & Daughter & Daughter-in-law & Granddaughter (David Nohra & Family)5:00PM
Christmas Eve Mass (Children)12:00 Midnight
Christmas Eve Mass (Parishioners)Mon. Dec. 25th
12:00Noon
Christmas Day Mass (Parishioners)Tue. Dec. 26th
12:00Noon
Milani Abraham (Family)Wed. Dec. 27th
5:15PM
Rosary & Mother Mary's Prayers6:00PM
All Forgotten Souls (Max Jacobs & Family)Thu.Dec. 28th
5:15PM
Rosary & St. Charbel's Prayers6:00PM
Antonios & Estephan Boutros (Boula & Alice Boutros)Fri. Dec.29th
6:00 PM
Antoinette Sassine (Sam & Maria Sperdutti)
Sun. Dec. 31st
10:00AM
Rangi Khalife (Abdallah Khalife & Family)12:00PM
Mikhail Bou-Obeil & Wife & Deceased Children (Bakhos Obeid & Family)Mon.Jan. 1st
12:00Noon
Intentions of all ParishionersLeamington Ministerial Association invites all the Christians to pray for each other. This week we pray for :
North Leamington United Mennonite
His Excellency Mgr. Joseph Khoury would like to wish all the Parishioners a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. May the Lord gives all of you his fatherly blessings and shines his light in your hearts pointing out the way of love, joy and truth.We would like to welcome all the visitors who came to celebrate this Holy Season with their families. We wish them all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year .
Our sincere thanks to Committee 2000, all the volunteers who decorated the Church for the Christmas Season, the children for the Christmas play, and all those who helped them prepare this special event which was a complete success, specially Our lady of Lebanon Auxiliary, the Leamington Lebanese Club, everyone who helped make this Christmas so special for our Parish. May God bless them all and give them a happy and safe holidays with their families.
St.Charbel's Calendars for the year 2001 are on sale for $5.00 in St. Anthony's Parish. Thank you in advance for your support. May God bless you.
New Year's Eve Party: Ring in the New Year with a bang at the Leamington Lebanese Club on Sunday, December 31st, 2000, featuring: Jody Raffoul, Atef Amine and Paula Aoun. Tickets $80.00 in advance, $ 100.00 at the door, $ 60.00 for 16 years and under, includes: Appetizer table, full course dinner, midnight buffet table, champagne & Party favors at the stroke of midnight. Doors open at 6:00PM. Please call: 326-3883 for reservations.
Envelopes for 2001: The offertory envelopes for the Year 2001 will be distributed to your houses. Please let us know if you don't receive your offertory envelopes.
Bingo Sessions: Just a reminder of the Bingo Sessions' dates: December 26th, 2000 at 1:00PM & 3:00PM at Leamington Bingo Country, 14 Mill St. East.
Prayer for Jesus, God's Greatest Gift
O Jesus, I believe that the greatest proof of God's love is his gift to us of you, his only Son. O Lord, Jesus Christ, we ask you to incarnate in us your invisible Divinity. What you accomplished corporally in Mary, accomplish now spiritually in your Church. May the Church's sure faith conceive you, its unstained intelligence give birth to you, and its soul united with the power of the Most High preserve you forever.Amen. Abouna's Message
Dear Friends,I would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Christmas is a time for sharing. It reminds us of our call to be Jesus to others. It is time to celebrate God who loved us so much that He became one of us, who walks with us, who celebrates with us and who teaches us to love as He loves.
Christmas is a time for us to open our eyes to the signs of the times, to be prophets of justice and peace, to look and do something about the hunger for love, for hope, for reconciliation, for peace and justice.
I hope and pray that you and your families have a blessed Christmas filled with the peace and love of God, and that this New Year be abounding with God's favor.
With Affection I remain,
In Jesus Christ, Our Saviour
Merry Christams and Happy New Year !Top of Page