Office Hours: Monday through Friday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Saturday 9:00 am to 4:00 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 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 (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 Pastor

Fr. Landorff Garcí a fr.landorff@stjohnsnewmarket.ca

Associate Pastor Fr. Rafał Bartosinski fr.rafal@stjohnsnewmarket.ca

Deacons Gary Johnson

deacon.gary@stjohnsnewmarket.ca

Don McMillan 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

Twenty–Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Today we will hear that strange Gospel story about the two sons — one who says “Yes” to his father’s request, but then fails to do as he promised; the other who initially says “No,” but then reconsiders and does as his father asked. Our actions are more important than our words. Let us remember that our Lord is one whose words and actions are always faithful and who calls us to be like him. Paige Shortal

PARISH OFFICE HOURS The parish office is open for scheduled appointments only. Currently we are taking appointments on Tuesdays and Saturdays from 9am to 12pm as well as Fridays from 1pm to 4pm. Please call the office to book your appointment.

Register for Mass

Mass Intentions

Saturday, September 26 5:00 pm Mass Pro-populo

Sunday, September 27 9:00 am Mass Pro-populo 12:00 pm (Spanish)

Tuesday, September 29 7:00 pm Mass † Frank Galluzzo † Josefina Delos Reyes

Wednesday, September 30 12:00 pm Mass † Frank Miholic Elena Mynayeva

Thursday, October 1 9:00 am Mass

Friday, October 2 9:00 am Mass

SANCTUARY LAMP Sept. 28-Oct. 3

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

WE ASK FOR YOUR PRAYERS For the Sick:

Rafael Nieto, Jack Ryan, The Deceased:

Claudia Tae Young Sachini Punchihewa

Erminia Ferringi-Nardi.

SACRAMENTAL CELEBRATIONS FIRST COMMUNIONS

We are pleased to inform all anx-ious parents out there that we are prepared to start

the celebration of First Eucharist. We ask for both your patience and ability to adhere to the limitations this pandemic has brought upon us. The majority of parents have booked their date for mass, if you have not, please contact the parish office immediately as choices are becoming fewer every day.

October 3 and 4 October 10 and 11

October 24 (fully booked)

All First Communion ceremonies will be held at 2pm. There will be a maximum of 6 guests per child, including the child, for the actual celebration. Children will sit with their families. The family is ex-pected to both choose and book the date of their choice via email or phone. There is a limit of 26-30 families per celebration.

Livestream will be available

FIRST RECONCILIATION If you choose a Saturday for First Communion, your child’s first confes-sion and rehearsal will be on the Mon-day evening before their First Commun-ion date. If you choose a Sunday for First Com-munion, your child’s first confes-sion will be on the Thursday even-ing before their First Communion date.

CONFIRMATION We have been given permis-sion to begin preparation to celebrate the Sacrament of confirmation. We will be in

touch with the families once we have a plan in place. Please be pa-tient as these ceremonies may be affected by the recent rise of Covid19 infections. Thank you for your patience. Stay well and safe.

Sacramental Prep News

FIRST COMMUNION SCHEDULE — OCTOBER 3/4 WEEKEND

Rehearsal: Monday, September 28, 2020 7:00pm to 8:00pm Mass: Saturday, October 3, 2020 2:00pm—3:00pm

Rehearsal: Thursday, October 1, 2020 7:00pm to 8:00pm Mass: Sunday, October 4, 2020 2:00pm—3:00pm

September 27, 2020

OUR OFFERTORY COLLECTION Collection received on

September 19-20

Weekly Offertory

$12,631. We make a LIVING by what

we get

But we make a LIFE by

WHAT WE GIVE”-

Winston Churchill

MAINTENANCE FUND We remind eve-ryone that next weekend, Octo-ber 3-4 we have our collection to help maintain our church property. Any questions regarding this collection, feel free to contact us at : fnance.council@stjohnsnewmarket.ca

DEVELOPMENT & PEACE Support victims of the

catastrophic explosion

that affected the city of

Beirut in Lebanon, con-

sider donating today through

D&P. Your donation will be ampli-

fied by a special fund from the

Government of Canada that will

match your donation. Please visit:

www.devp.org “Crisis in Lebanon:

Emergency Fund” to make your

donation. Thank you for your gen-

erosity in these difficult times.

RECTORY MAIL BOX Weekly donation enve-lopes can still be dropped off in the mail box at the entrance of the Rectory located at the rear of the church. Copies of the bulletin are also available in the church after Sunday Mass, and at the par-ish office and Rectory door throughout the week. Thank you for your continued support.

PARISH MINISTRY CONFERENCE October 28-receive sol-id formation in the min-istries in which you serve. Pre recorded vid-eos, live stream ses-

sions, share and ask questions. His Eminence Cardinal Thomas Collins will speak about what it means to be holy and how to walk the path of a saint followed by live Q&A session. Contact: 416-934-3400 ext 514 or https://bit.ly/2020PMC-FAQ.

CEMETERY COVID-19 POLICY UPDATE

Effective July 2, 2020, the ceme-tery will be resuming 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 excavator to close the grave in a timely fashion. As well, the number of attendees is to be limited to 10 persons. We re-mind you to maintain physical distance of 6 feet and recommend the wearing of masks. The re-maining temporary policies will continue to be in effect, that is, cemetery plots will only be sold on an as needed basis and the plots will be assigned. In the case of financial difficulty, due to loss of income during this time, clients can contact the cemetery to dis-cuss payment op-tions. We thank you for your pa-tience. ( Cemetery Board)

OFFICE OF FORMATION FOR DISCIPLESHIP

October 30-31 Annual Virtual Parish Ministry Conference- en-dorsed by Cardinal Collins, Arch-bishop of Toronto. Register at: https://bit.ly/2020PMC-Register.

October 3-9am-2pm: Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion- For-mation webinar- Register at: https://bit.ly/EMHCF-Oct2020Register.

October 10-10am-11am Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion Common Questions Webinar-Register at: https://bit.ly/EMHCF-RegisterOct2020.

September 30-10am-12pm Ministry with Maturing Adults Virtual Network Meeting-all lead-ers in the Ministry for Maturing Adults or senior ministries are in-

NEW TO THE PARISH? If you are new to our parish, please remember to register with us and let your old parish know that you have moved, so that they too can update their records. Registration forms and offertory envelopes are available at the parish office.

MOVING? When you move, please remember to let us know so that we can update our files. Also, if you are new to our parish, please register with us and let your old parish know that you have moved so that they too can update their records.

vited-this is a great opportunity to connect with leaders from oth-er parishes for prayer, support, sharing and networking. Register free at: https://bit.ly/MAM-RegisterSept2020

SUPPORT YOUR PARISH At a time like this it can be uncomfortable to talk about giving. Our primary concern is the health and well-being of our parish-ioners. However,

these difficult circumstances show just how important the of-fertory is to the life of our par-ish. The reality is that our parish relies on the sacrificial giving of our parishioners to operate – par-ish salaries, programs and ongo-ing operating costs (heating, wa-ter, electricity, etc.) are funded through the generosity of our pa-rishioners. It will be a challenge for our parish to maintain opera-tions without the weekly offerto-ry collection. There are several ways that parishioners can con-tinue to support the parish at this time. Mail your regular weekly offertory contribution to the par-ish office or contribute through pre-authorized giving. PAG forms are available on our parish website. If you have any questions please contact the par-ish office. Thank you for your continued support.

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 & Saturdays during COVID-19

WEEKEND MASS SCHEDULE Saturday 5pm

Sunday 9am Sunday 12pm (Spanish)

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

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. Simply copy and paste the link below, into your browser, for complete self-assessment infor-mation. 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.

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.

THANK YOU We cannot thank our vol-unteers enough during this difficult time of Pan-demic. Returning to Mass has been not only stress-ful 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 fu-ture. Your commitment and willingness to take personal risks is a sign of your generosity to re-spond to God’s call to serve your neighbour and be your brother/sister’s keeper. Thank you.

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 Screen-ing will be expected.

YOU LIKE TO VOLUNTEER? Please consider to volun-teer with the sanitizing or screening. for weekend and weekday masses, (must be 18+). Contact the parish office.

It is important that you arrive 30 minutes or more before mass begins so our volunteers have time to welcome, screen and di-rect you to your seat. Entrance doors will be locked when mass starts and you will have to regis-ter for another mass if you ar-rive late.

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

Seating is not optional and will be assigned in sequence to en-sure safe distancing. Parishion-

ers are asked to remain in the seat assigned to them during the mass to respect the safety of others.

LIFE CHAIN Sunday, October 4 marks 30 years of Life Chain in Canada. For a location and

time of your nearest Life Chain visit: www.campaignlifecoalition.com/life-

chain.

VOCATIONS The invitation to serve often comes more than once; are you prepared with your answer? Con-sider ministry as a priest, deacon or in consecrated life. Are you being invited? If God is calling you contact:

Fr. Matt McCarthy 416-968-0997

vocations@archtoronto.org or vocationstoronto.ca

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament on Fridays after the 9 am Mass, followed by Ado-ration until Bene-

diction at 7pm. We continue to invite everyone to pray from home and visit using our webcam. The link can be found on our website main page. Click on the “Watch Us Live” link. Once you enter the webcam, allow the add to go through, click continue and then enable the sound.

PRAYER TO ST MICHAEL

Saint Michael

the Archangel, defend us in battle.

Be our protection against the wickedness and snares

of the devil. May God re-buke him, we humbly pray; and do Thou, O Prince of

the Heavenly Host - by

the Power of God - cast into hell, Satan and all the

evil spirits, who roam throughout the world

seeking the ruin of souls.

Amen.

St Michael is the patron Saint of the Archdiocese of Toronto. Join us in praying a novena to St. Mi-chael, from Sep-tember 20-29. The church will be open to parishioners on Septem-ber 29, Adoration: 5pm-Rosary & Chaplet of Divine Mercy: 6:15pm, Benediction: 6:45pm, Holy Mass: 7:00pm. Link to the Novena: http://www.michaelites.ca/prayers/st-michael-novena.html

NOVENA PRAYER (Recite between September 20 - 29)

Saint Michael the Archangel, loyal champion of God and His People.

We turn to you with confidence and seek your powerful intercession. For the love of God, Who made you so

glorious in grace and power, and for the love of the Mother of Jesus, the Queen of the Angels, be pleased to hear our prayer. You know the val-ue of our souls in the eyes of God.

May no stain of evil ever disfigure its beauty. Help us to conquer the evil spirit who tempts us. We desire to

imitate your loyalty to God and Ho-

ly Mother Church and your great love for God and people. And since

you are God’s messenger for the care of His people, we entrust to you these special intentions: specific in-tentions need only be recited on the

1st day, Mention your requests.

Lord, hear and grant our special in-tentions for this Novena that we

bring before You. Pray for us, St. Mi-chael, and also for those we love.

Protect us in all dangers of body and soul. Help us in our daily needs.

Through your powerful intercession, may we live a holy life, die a happy death and reach Heaven where we may praise and love God with you

forever. Amen. Our Father-Hail Mary- Glory be … Instructions: Pray this prayer daily

for nine days.

Feast of St Michael and the Archangels

THANKYOU FROM SHARELIFE Last Tuesday, Cardinal Thomas Collins celebrated Mass in grati-tude for someone very special to us: you. Thanks to you, ShareLife-funded agencies having supported thousands of people during this pandemic. If not for you , where would the poor and marginalized people in our communities turn for the compassionate care they need? During this Mass, we thanked God for your generous support and prayed for your intentions. In his homily, the Cardinal reflected on how Our Lady models our response to the global crisis: If you have not yet contributed to your parish's ShareLife campaign, we invite you to make your gift securely online. If you have already given, know that we, and Cardinal Collins are deeply thankful. "We pray in a special way in thanksgiving for all of the blessings which God has given to us through ShareLife, through the benefactors who make it possible, through all of those who are engaged in its work and the work of the various agen-

cies. As Mary stood at the foot of the Cross, they stand shoulder to shoulder with those who are most in need. And in that, they show what discipleship truly means."

WORLD DAY OF REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS SEPTEMBER 27

We are fortunate to live in a coun-try where people can practice their faith without fear of persecution. It is not like this in every country. In some places, peo-ple are threat-

ened with physical harm on the ba-sis of their religious beliefs. In 2009, Cardinal Collins established the Office for Refugees to welcome families to Canada who are fleeing difficult situations in their home-land. . Through ShareLife, we are supporting the work of the Office for Refugees. In 2019, 528 people were welcomed to Canada and 532 resettlement cases were initiated. Thank you!

LETTER FROM THE CARDINAL

Dear brothers and sisters,

Every year ShareLife gives us the opportunity to reach out with the hands of Christ to care for those who are most in need. This is what we're called to do as His disci-ples: to be with those at the side of the road who are suf-fering, just as the Good Sa-maritan did. This is what it means to be a Christian. At this time especially, in the midst of this pandemic, so many people are suffering greatly. There are people who are in great need of help for them as they struggle mental-ly and psychologically. Share-Life helps in that. For people lonely, isolated, for seniors who need help, ShareLife reaches out to them. There is a great deal of domestic vio-lence and the ShareLife agen-cies are there at this time of great need to bring the loving hand of Christ into the midst of situations of such suffering. In ShareLife we find the pres-ence of Christ in the midst of those who suffer. We are there with them because He is with us, sending us out to be with those who are in need. That's the purpose of Share-Life. Especially in this time of such great need in the midst of this pandemic, I ask you to, in a very particular way, be generous in supporting those in need during the ShareLife Sunday collection. May God bless you as you serve Our Lord by serving those who are in need.

Cardinal Thomas Collins Archbishop of Toronto

SHARELIFE SUNDAY IS BACK! Living the Gospel by welcoming newcomers to Canada. The Dia Desso family were forced to flee the Cote d’Ivoire due to the civil war. They sought safety in neighbouring Ghana,

where they met a team from the Office of Refugees of the Archdiocese of Toronto. ORAT, a ShareLife-funded agen-cy, facilitated the family’s private refugee sponsorship by Good Shepherd Parish in Thornhill. They are now thriv-ing! The father loves his work driving a forklift, the moth-er cares for their one-year-old son at home, and the daughters are succeeding at school. Thanks to your sup-port, the Dia Desso family is proud to be living in Cana-da. St. John’s goal this year is $106,000. which our parish takes on with courage. Our latest report indicates we are at 82% of our goal with a total of $86.448.40 collected.

October 11 is ShareLife Sunday. Please give generously

ShareLife News

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