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SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST First Reading: Ephesians 2 :13 - 18 (English):
In this reading, St. Paul explains that Jesus brought unity and broke all the dividing walls between the different groups. He reconciled and proclaimed the peace to everyone.Second Reading: 2 Corinthians 3: 1 - 6 (Lebanese):
St. Paul wants us to know that when we trust and believe in Jesus Christ, we become strong. Our strength is from the Spirit, the Lord. This is not written but it is engraved in our hearts.Gospel: Matthew , 10: 1 - 7 (English & Lebanese):
Jesus sends out his disciples after giving them all the instructions they need. He gave them authority over unclean spirits and power to cure all diseases and illness. He wants them to proclaim that the kingdom of heaven is near.Last Week's Collection
Total Collection $ 2,918.05Thank you for your continued support and generosity. May God bless you and your families.
Masses &Celebrations during the Week:
Sun. July 23rd
9:00AM
Antonios Najem & Wife Marianne & Yacoub Khalife
(Abdallah Khalife & Family)
11:00AM
Antonios Youssef Elbaresh (40 Days Mem. Mass) (Family)Mon.July 24th
8:30AM
Hnain Elias & Wife Shamma & Daughters Marianne & Najibe
(Bakhos Aziz & Family)Tue.July 25th
8:30AM
Raffoul Raffoul & Wife & deceased children (Gerges Raffoul)Wed.July26th
8:30AM
Youssef Yacoub Zakaria & Wife Badiaa & Son Sarkis & Grandson Marcel (Peter Semaan & Family)9:00AM
Mother Mary's PrayersThu.July 27th
8:30AM
All Intentions (John Debly )9:00 AM
St. Charbel's PrayersFri.July 28th
8:30 AM
Boula Mikhail (Chamel Gaspard)Sun.July 30th
9:00AM
Youssef Aziz (40 Days Mem. Mass) (Family)11:00AM
Wajih Elias (1 Yr. Mem. Mass) (Family)Second Banns Between: Alek Wassim Hage & Jennifer Thomas
Leamington Ministerial Association invites all the Christians to pray for each other. This week we pray for :
Faith Mennonite ChurchNext Sunday, July 30th, during both Masses a special collection will be taken after the Communion to help improving the convent of St. Rafca in Jrabta, Lebanon. All the contributions will help preparing for the Canonization of this Lebanese Saint in the Month of may, 2001. Thank you in advance for your generosity and we ask St. Rafca to bless you all and give you the health and strength to love and serve the Lord as she did.
Bingo Sessions: The Bingo Sessions will be held at Leamington Bingo Country, 14 Mill St. East, on August 2nd at 1:00PM & August 18th at 7:00PM & 9:30 PM, August 23 at 1:00PM & September 28 at 7:00 PM. Please call Mrs. Gladys Tannous @ 326-8080 for more information.
St. Anne's Feast: On July 26, we celebrate the Feast of St. Anne, the Mother of the Virgin Mary and Grandmother of Jesus. May our families be blessed by the prayers of St. Anne and her intercession before God for us.
Job Hiring: St. Anthony's Parish is in need for a janitor to clean the Church and the Rectory. $400.00 / month. If interested, please call (519) 322-2282.
Tomato Festival: All the Teens who participated in the Teens Celebration held in London, are asked to be at the Church on Monday, July 24, 2000 from 6:00PM - 8:00 PM to practice the dance, with the Youth Minister Miss Nouhad Eid, for the Tomato Festival.
Please wear decent clothes when you come to the House of God.
Our Deepest sympathy to all the relatives of Ghazi Kairouz who passed away in Bechare, North Lebanon on Friday, July 14, 2000 at the age of 50. A Memorial Mass was held in St. Anthony's Parish for the rest of his soul on Sunday, July 16, 2000 at 11:00AM. Our heartfelt sympathies to his daughter Antoinette Jraiche and her family in Leamington. May God rest his soul in peace and grant consolation for his family and relatives.
Pilgrimage to Merlin, August 15, 2000 to Our Lady of the Rosary Shrine. Cost $ 20.00. For more information, please call: 253-5018. Everyone is welcome.
St. Clement's Senior Complex Kickoff: August 13, 2000 at he Knights of Columbus Hall in McGregor. Meals $ 12.50 served from 4:00PM to 9:00PM. For tickets call Emily Desrosier @ 726-5177. Tickets sales end August 6, 2000. Everyone is welcome.
The Serenity Prayer O God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time, enjoying one moment at a time. Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace. Taking, as he did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it. Trusting that he will make all things right if I surrender to his will; that I may be reasonably happy in this life, and supremely happy with him forever.
St. Joachim and St. Anne
July 26Ancient Christian Tradition records the names of St. Joachim and Saint Anne as the parents of Mary, the Mother of Jesus. They were both members of the tribe of Judah of the house of David. According to tradition, Joachim and Anne came to Jerusalem from Galilee. Over the centuries, they have been honored, especially in the East, at great Churches and shrines built in memory of them. Historically and biblically, not much is known of Joachim and Anne, except that they are the parents of Mary and grandparents of Jesus. By their fruits we know how people lived, Jesus Taught. The Church recognizes the grandparents of Jesus as models of family virtue and faith, which they transmitted to their offspring.
O Good Saint Anne, Mother of Mary and Grandmother of Jesus, intercede before God for our families and their children. May one generation hand on to another faith in God's promise and trust that he will do great things for those who reverence his name.
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