Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Please call to make an appointment

Most of the activities listed below have been put on hold or have been adapted to observe COVID-19 regulations. Please contact the par-ish office if the contact information below does not provide you with the communication you

need. Thank you for your patience.

Welcome New Parishioners New parishioners are asked to register in the parish office where you can also

learn how you can share your time, talent and treasure in the parish.

Baptism Contact the parish office a minimum of three months before the desired date of

Baptism.

First Reconciliation, First Eucharist, Confirmation & Christian Initiation-RCIA

Adults wishing to become Catholic, please contact the parish office and ask

to speak to the Pastor.

Marriage Contact the parish office at least one year in advance of the desired date. weddings@stjohnsnewmarket.ca

Anointing of the Sick For home visits, call the parish office.

From the hospital, ask for a priest directly at the nursing station.

Children’s Liturgy of the Word Available at the 5pm mass on Saturday

and at the 10am mass on Sunday.

Visiting Ministry To arrange for a visit and/or to receive Holy Communion to someone at home,

contact the parish office.

Volunteer Screening Christine Frigo

screening.stjc@gmail.com

Catholic Women’s League President—Madeleine Burke

cwl@stjohnsnewmarket.ca

Knights of Columbus Grand Knight—Dean Yeats

facebook.com/kofc6643 knights@stjohnsnewmarket.ca

St. Vincent de Paul To volunteer, make a donation or if you

require assistance call 905-898-4264. Blog: sjcses.blogspot.com

Community Bread For information, to volunteer or

to donate, contact communitybread@stjohnsnewmarket.ca

Catholic Schools Canadian Martyrs 905-895-8530 Notre Dame 905-895-5001 St. John Chrysostom 905-895-7411 St. Nicholas 905-895-3777 St. Paul 905-895-4122 Sacred Heart H.S. 905-895-3340 Chaplain: Erica Gismondi

Trustee: Theresa McNicol 905-898-2210

Roman Catholic Church - Established 1841

432 Ontario Street, Newmarket, Ontario L3Y 2K4 Phone: 905-898-4137 | Fax: 905-898-0277 Email: parish.office@stjohnsnewmarket.ca

Website: https//stjohnchrysostomne.archtoronto.org | twitter: @parishsjc

Weekend Masses Saturday Vigil

5:00 pm Sunday

9:00 am & 12:00 pm 3:00 pm (Spanish)

Weekday Masses

Tuesday 7:00 pm Wednesday 12 noon Thursday 9:00 am Friday 9:00 am

Communion Services Monday & Saturday

9:00 am live streamed only

Exposition

Wednesday & Friday (after mass)

Pastoral & Office Staff

Clergy Fr. Efre n Alvarez Pelayo, Pastor fr.efren@stjohnsnewmarket.ca

Gary Johnson, Deacon deacon.gary@stjohnsnewmarket.ca

Don McMillan, Deacon deacon.don@stjohnsnewmarket.ca

Office Louisa Steele, Office Admin

Joan Turco, Secretary Mirella Lupo, Receptionist

Brenda O’Donnell, Receptionist

parish.office@stjohnsnewmarket.ca

Accounting Maria De Ruyte, Accountant accountant@stjohnsnewmarket.ca

Theresa McNicol, Acct Asst.

Property Dan Christante - Manager

property@stjohnsnewmarket.ca

Leo Lopez, Custodian

Cemetery Don Smart ⧗ Christine Allen cemetery@stjohnsnewmarket.ca

Fax: 905-884-0477

Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mass Intentions The hand of the Lord feeds us. It feeds us, however, through the common efforts of others: note that Jesus, when feeding the five thousand, passed out the food in the hands of the disciple. He did this, moreover, right after telling them “Give them something to eat yourselves.” The problem in feeding the world’s population is not with the

productivity of God’s earth. The problem lies with our political lack of will, our economic system biased in favor of the affluent, our militarism, and our tendency to blame the victims of social tragedies like hunger.

Saturday, August 1 5:00 pm Mass

Sunday, August 2 9:00 am Mass 12:00 pm Mass 3:00 pm (Spanish) For the health of Vilma

Alvarado Rodriguez

Monday, August 3 9:00 am Communion Service Cancelled

Tuesday, August 4 7:00 pm Mass † Nicola Del Gobbo † Sue Finnegan

Wednesday, August 5 12:00 pm Mass † Lawrence Lassaline † Pasquale Zaino

Thursday, August 6 9:00 am Mass † Nicola Del Gobbo † Peter Pacione

Friday, August 7 9:00 am Mass

Saturday, August 8 9:00 am Communion Service

SANCTUARY LAMP August 3-15

For Victims of Covid-19, those fighting the disease and those who have succumbed to it.

WE ASK FOR YOUR PRAYERS For the Sick: Jack Ryan, Maria Guadalupe Pelayo. The Deceased:

Antonio Centra.

PRIVATE PRAYER Parishioners interested in private prayer an hour before benediction please sign up by calling the parish office. We will have a limit of 10 people.

PARISH OFFICE CLOSED The parish office will be closed on Monday, August 3. In the event of an emer-gency, please use extension

306. We wish everyone a safe long weekend.

PARISH OFFICE HOURS The parish office is now open for scheduled ap-pointments only. Tues-days, and Saturdays’ 9am –12pm, Fridays’ 1pm - 4pm. Please call the office to book your appoint-ment.

WEEKDAY MASS SCHEDULE Livestream will still be available

Registration is not required, howev-er, we ask that you keep a log at home of the weekday masses you are currently attending. The Week-day Mass Schedule is as follows:

Tuesday: 7pm Mass Wednesday: 12pm Mass

Thursday: 9am Mass Friday: 9am Mass

There will be no masses on Mondays & Saturday during COVID-19

FEAST OF THE ASSUMPTION This feast celebrates the special place that Mary has in the life of the Church. This place is first of all defined by her being chosen to be the mother of Jesus, his only human parent. This alone gives her a uniqueness which is shared by no other person who has ever lived. On Saturday, August 15, we will have a mass at 9am instead of a Communion Service and parish-ioners are welcome to attend. Please arrive 20-30 minutes before as we will only be able to accommodate no more than 70 people at this mass.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO VOLUNTEER? Please consider to volunteer with the sanitizing or

screening. for weekend and weekday masses, (must be 18+). Contact the parish office to leave your name, email and phone number.

CHANGE, CHANGE, CHANGE Turning Endings into New Beginnings.

As previously announced at all Sunday masses two weeks ago, at the end of August we will be welcom-ing Fr. Landorff Garcia as pastor and Fr. Rafal Bar-tosinski as associate pastor. Fr. Efren’s last week-

end will be August 22-23. Regrettably, we will not be able to have the oppor-tunity for a farewell. However, as we have done during this time of Pandem-ic, we can always find ways to breach the necessary physical distance and use what we have at our disposal to express our personal farewell to him as he leaves for his Sabbatical. You can always reach Fr. Efren via email at

fr.efren@stjohnsnewmarket.ca

August 2, 2020

VOCATIONS “And all ate and were filled.” Are you fulfilled? If you think God is calling you to the priesthood, diaco-nate and consecrated life, contact Fr. Chris Lemieux at : vocations@archtoronto.org or

vocationstoronto.ca

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament on Fridays after

the 9 am Mass, followed by Adoration until Bene-diction at 7pm.

PARISH BULLETIN ON-LINE In this time of isolation, consider subscribing to our bulletin and stay connected. Once you subscribe, the bulletin will be sent to your in-box automatically. Help us stay connected by subscribing TODAY.

LAY MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION August 8- 10am to 11am. “This Wonderful Sacra-ment’. Download and re-view the latest instruction-al document before at-tending at: https://bit.ly/EMHCGuide Online registration for the

webinar is required by August 6 at: https://bit.ly/EMHCW-Aug2020Register

Your registration confirmation will include details on how to join the webinars. August 22 from 9am –12pm you are invited to join an online version of the in person for-mation events previously held by the Office of Formation for Discipleship. Registration is required at: https://bit.ly/EMHCF-RegisterAug2020

NEW BEGINNINGS At Catholic Family Services of Toronto, we have a min-istry dedicated to assisting those who have suffered a

loss through separation, divorce, or the death of a loved one. This closed support group allows us to work to-gether to explore our grief, experi-ence healing, and renew our faith. Contact Arcangelo Limanni at (416) 921-1163, ext. 2225 or

alimanni@cfstoronto.com

OFFERTORY COUNTERS NEEDED We are in need of more offertory counters. The commitment is for 4 to 5 hours each week on Mon-

days. We are hoping to get enough volunteers so that your commitment is to take a turn to count on one Monday morning per month. Those interested please contact the parish office. Volunteer Screening will be expected.

ST. JOHN’S CEMETERY (and Catholic Cemeteries)

Due to current protocols surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, the St. John’s Cemetery Annual Mass for the Faithful Departed has been cancelled this year. All Catho-lic Cemeteries have also canalled their Annual Masses and Cardinal Thomas Collins, Archbishop of To-ronto, will celebrate Mass via livestream on Wednesday, August 12 at 7pm from St. Michael’s Cathe-dral Basilica at:

www.stmichaelscatherdral.com/live.

SUPPORT YOUR PARISH At a time like this it can be uncom-fortable to talk about giving. Our pri-mary concern is the health and well-being of our parishioners. However, these difficult circumstances show just how important the offertory is to the life of our parish. The reality is that our parish relies on the sacrifi-cial giving of our parishioners to op-erate – parish salaries, programs and ongoing operating costs (heating, water, electricity, etc.) are funded through the generosity of our parish-ioners. It will be a challenge for our parish to maintain operations with-out the weekly offertory collection. There are several ways that parish-ioners can continue to support the parish at this time. Mail your regular weekly offertory contribution to the parish office or contribute through pre-authorized giving. PAG forms are available on our parish website. If you have any questions please contact the parish office.

Saturday, August 8 5:00 pm Mass

Sunday, August 9 9:00 am Mass 12:00 pm Mass Cancelled 3:00 pm (Spanish)

Monday, August 10 9:00 am Communion Service

Tuesday, August 11 7:00 pm Mass † Vicente Ofalsa † Marianne Nelson

Wednesday, August 12 12:00 pm Mass † Antonio Covatta † Nicola Del Gobbo

Thursday, August 13 9:00 am Mass † Deanna Daoust † Nicole Ferrier

Friday, August 14 9:00 am Communion Service

Saturday, August 15 9:00 am Mass Feast of the Assumption

(attendance permitted)

Mass Intentions

SUNDAY MASS SCHEDULE Saturday 5pm

Sunday 9am & 12 noon Sunday 3pm (Spanish)

The Eventbrite link to register is on the parish website. Click on: “Register for Mass” and complete the registra-tion. Each person in your household, who will be attending needs to be registered individually.

At this time, we regret that attendance is limited to 7yrs or older.

If you do not have access to the internet, please call the office, be-fore 5 pm on Thursdays and we will register for you.

Capacity is limited to 70 people in the pews.

Volunteers are not required to register as they will not be occu-pying the pews.

We ask parishioners to self-assess before coming to all masses. Simp-ly copy and paste the link below, into your browser, for complete self-assessment information.

https://covid-19.ontario.ca/self-assessment/

As of July 17, face masks are man-datory.

For your safety, washrooms are closed till further notice.

It is important that you arrive 30 minutes or more before mass be-gins so our volunteers have time to welcome, screen and direct you to your seat. Entrance doors will be locked when mass starts and you will have to register for an-other mass if you arrive late.

Anyone with mobility issues will be moved to the front of the line so they can be seated in pews des-ignated for them.

Seating is not optional and will be assigned in sequence to ensure safe distancing. Parishioners are asked to remain in the seat as-signed to them during the mass to respect the safety of others.

CEMETERY COVID-19 POLICY UPDATE Effective July 2, 2020, the ceme-tery will be re-suming cremation burials. We ask that the amount of time spent at the cemetery after the service be no more than half an hour for the exca-vator to close the grave in a timely fashion. As well, the number of at-tendees is to be limited to 10 per-sons. We remind you to maintain physical distance of 6 feet and rec-ommend the wearing of masks. The remaining temporary policies will continue to be in effect, that is, ceme-tery plots will only be sold on an as needed basis and the plots will be assigned. In the case of financial dif-ficulty, due to loss of income during this time, clients can contact the cemetery to discuss payment op-tions. We thank you for your pa-tience. ( Cemetery Board)

MASKS ARE MANDATORY

As you may have heard in recent days, a new by-law has been passed

that makes the use of masks or face coverings inside all public places mandatory. This includes churches and our own parish. I would ask that all those coming to church bring a mask or face covering and wear it upon entering the church. York Re-gion – by-law passed. A mask/face covering is required in public indoor spaces, including places of worship as of Friday, July 17, 2020.

Register for Mass

THANK YOU We cannot thank our volunteers enough during this difficult time of Pandemic. Returning to Mass has been not only stressful for those attending but also exhausting for our volunteers who have put in so much of their time and personal sacrifice. We could not do this without you and we pray that this unprecedented time will not go too far into the future. Your commitment and willingness to take personal risks is a sign of your generosity to respond to God’s call to serve your neighbour and be your brother/sister’s keeper. Thank you.

12NOON MASS CANCELLED

Given the unexpected low attendance to the 12pm mass and the lack of volun-teers, we have decided to temporarily cancel this mass for the remainder of the Summer. Please make every effort to attend either the 5:00pm mass on Saturday or the 9am Mass on Sunday. Both can easily accommodate more attendants. We may bring it back in the fall when every-one returns from the Sum-mer.