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 johnimathew@hotmail.com Office Manager – Deacon Gordon MacKinnon 461-1987 (Ph) 465-2899(fax) Hours – Tues - Fri 9:00am - 1:30pm standrewsparish@eastlink.ca Faith Formation Coordinator - Cathy Patriquin 465-6440 patriquinfamily@eastlink.ca 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