ST. BERNARD PARISH

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PASTOR: Rev. Lukose Kochupurackal 1720 St. Bernard Street, Gloucester, ON K1T 1K8

Office Phone: 613-738-1943 † Fax Number: 613-739-1713 † Email: stbernard@rogers.com Visit our Website: www.saintbernardparish.com

SUNDAY EUCHARIST Saturday 5:00 pm. Sunday 9:00 am 11:00 am (Children’s Liturgy)

WEEKDAY MASSES Wednesday 9:15 am. Mass Thursday 6:00 pm. Eucharistic Adoration 7:00 pm. Mass Friday 9:15 am. Mass

CONFESSIONS

Thursday: 6:00 – 7:00 pm. Weekend Masses by request

SACRAMENTS Reconciliation Before mass or anytime, upon request. Baptism The last Sunday of each month at 10:00 am. Unless otherwise published. Contact the parish office for more information or to register your child. Marriage Please provide a minimum of 6-months’ notice, prior to the anticipated date of marriage. Ministry of the sick Contact your pastor to arrange for a visit at the hospital or at home.

PARISH OFFICE Office Hours Tuesday to Friday 9:00 – 1:00 Office & Bulletin Coordinator Phyllis Allen stbernard@rogers.com 613-738-1943 PARISH MINISTRY COORDINATORS Pastoral Council Kathleen Newport-MacIsaac knewport@bell.net Financial Council Chair Jeff Corman 613-526-1812 Cemetery Administrators Jackie and David Gorman 613-737-3940 Knights of Columbus Franco Pagani Franco.Pagani@Ottawa.ca 613-324-1423 Catholic Women’s League Joan Gray joangray16@rogers.com 613-523-5810

PARISH SCHOOLS St. Bernard School: 613-521-5894 St. Marguerite D’Youville School: 613-737-1141 St. Thomas More School: 613-739-7131

The Epiphany of the Lord

MASS INTENTIONS

Wednesday January 8th – No Mass Thursday January 9th 6:00 pm Adoration 7:00 pm For our Parish Community Friday January 10th – No Mass Saturday Janury 11th 5:00 pm † Teresa Mary Cornely by her Estate

Sunday January 12th 9:00 am † Michael Ryan by Eleanor Ryan † Renato Scarpino by Cristina Scarpino 11:00 am † Francis Thomus & Cecelia Winifreeda by

Innocent Jayawardene

Remember in your prayers all who are in need of our

prayers that God’s healing and comforting presence may be with them, especially: Mary Dawn Johnston, Paul Dennie, Lori Schaefer, Margaret Rule, Mary Lynne Egan, Cheryl Weldon, Helen

Weldon, Shannon Donegan, Lucille Forget, Betty Green, Sharron Quinlan, Rita Carroll, Janet Perry and Peter Jeffrey.

THE NEXT BAPTISMAL PREPARATION will be held on Thursday January 23rd at 7:30 pm and baptism will be held on Sunday, January 26th at 10:00 am.

Parents, we encourage you to attend Mass on Sunday and meet Fr. Lukose prior to registering your child for baptism. Please call our parish office, at 613-738-1943, for more information or to register for the next Baptismal Preparation.

YOUR OFFERINGS: Regular Collection for Dec 21/22 $1,678.40 Christmas Offering $6,851.00 Regular collection for Dec 28/29 $1,988.25 New Year’s Offering $1,383.80 Cash counters January 12th Tom Conklin & Maureen Wainwright

CATHOLIC WOMEN’S LEAGUE (CWL) CWL Meeting, Thursday, January 9th, 7:30 pm

Pastor’s Message “Epiphany of our Lord”

The Epiphany of our Lord is the wonderful liturgical festival observed on January 6. It is the oldest of the Christmas festivals and originally the most important. It is still the climax of the Christmas season. The word epiphany comes from the Greek noun epiphaneia, which means “shining forth,” “manifestation,” or “revelation.” In the ancient Greco-Roman world, an epiphany referred to the appearance of one of the gods to mortals. Since Hellenistic kings and Roman emperors were considered by many to be gods, the word epiphany was also used as a term for divine majesty. The epiphany of our Lord is the Christian festival that celebrates the many ways through signs, miracles, and preaching that Jesus revealed Himself to the world as Christ, God Incarnate, and King of kings. The Festival of the Epiphany of our Lord originally commemorated three incidents that manifested the mission and divinity of Christ: the visit of the Magi (Matthew 2:1-12), the baptism of Jesus (Mark 1:9-11), and the miracle at Cana (John 2:1-11). Epiphany is one of the most important festivals of the liturgical year because it shows the church how God comes to His people. I hope all of you enjoyed the Christmas celebrations with your families and loved ones. I wish and pray that you may have the spirit of Christmas for the New Year. Once again as I reflect the previous year at our parish, I am touched by the generosity and abiding support so many of you provided. I am so grateful to all those who made the Christmas Season a joyful experience by generously giving your time and talents. Special thanks to different music groups, Church decoration groups, Liturgical ministry volunteers, Maureen Wainwright and the children who took part in the Christmas pageant and many others. Thanks to all who have shown your appreciation through your gifts, cards and prayers to me. Let us remember to keep Our Lord in our hearts as we journey through the New Year 2014. May God bless you all! Fr. Lukose, CMF

January 5th, 2014

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS NEWS K of C Assembly, Tuesday, January 7th, 7:30 pm

K of C Council, Monday January 13th, 7:30 pm

PREPARATION FOR THE SACRAMENTS OF FIRST

HOLY COMMUNION AND RECONCILIATION - Parents who wish to have their child prepare for the Sacraments of First Holy Communion and Reconciliation are asked to attend a MANDATORY PARENT MEETING on Tuesday, January 21 at 7.00 PM in the church. Please note your child must be baptized Catholic in order to receive the Sacrament of First Holy communion.

PREPARATION FOR THE SACRAMENT OF

CONFIRMATION - Parents who wish to have their child prepare for the Sacrament of Confirmation are asked to attend the MANDATORY PARENT MEETING for their school: St. Bernard: Monday, January 27th at 7:00 pm St.Thomas More: Tuesday, January 28th at 7:00 pm Marguerite d’Youville: Wednesday, January 29th, 7:00 pm Please note your child must be baptized Catholic in order to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation

CHURCH ENVELOPES – 2014: The 2014 church envelopes are ready for pick up at the Church entrance.

Those parishioners who had boxes this year are asked to please take the box labeled with your name.

All others should request boxes from the office. Call 613-738-1943

DONATIONS BY CREDIT CARD OR INTERAC to make weekly, monthly, or one time donations: Visit, saintbernardparish.com, click on Canada Helps to give. Canada Helps will instantly issue you a tax receipt and will forward your donation into our parish account. CRA CHARITY NUMBER – Our parish is registered with CRA as: PAROISSE ST BERNARD 128967353RR0020. This number is needed to setup payroll charity giving.

ORDINATION: On the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul, Saturday, January 25th, 10:00 a.m. in Notre Dame Cathedral, Archbishop Prendergast will ordain Deacon Matthew Keshwah to the priesthood.

ARCHBISHOP’S RECEPTION FOR THE FEAST OF THE EPIPHANY: At the Archbishop’s Residence. Sunday, January 5, 3:00 p.m. The Archbishop will receive members of the faithful and the general public to exchange greetings for tne New Year. Children are invited to dress up as angels, shepherd, and magi. All welcome.

ANNUAL HOMELANDS MASS: At Notre Dame Cathedral on Sunday, January 26th, 2:30 p.m. Multicultural communities are invited to bring traditional food to the Cathedral Hall by 2:15 p.m. the flag bearer and those wearing national dress are asked to be in the Hall by 2:00 p.m. (Communities RSVP to 613-738-5025 x238 by January 13th. All are most welcome.

LECTOR/EUCHARISTIC MINISTER SCHEDULE & COLLECTION COUNTER SCHEDULES are posted on the bulletin board in the foyer, as well as on our parish website www.saintbernardparish.com

MINISTRY FOR SEPARATED & DIVORCED CATHOLICS: The Journey of Hope is a 17-week program designed to foster healing and support for anyone experiencing the pain of a marriage breakdown. Course for women begins January 14th. Participation fee: $25 (program workbook). Info/registration: Deacon Peter Lafleur (plafleur@archottgawa.ca)

Thank You

The following parishioners also donated flowers to decorate the church at Christmas in remembrance of deceased family: † Mary, Bill Henley Edstrom † Bruce McPherson † Frank & Rita Ewers † Diane Grenier The following parishioners contributed $500 or more to the Paving project: Mike Watkins Robert Tessier

The Best New Year Gifts To your friend – loyalty;

To your enemy – forgiveness; To your boss – service;

To a child – a good example; To your parents – gratitude and devotion;

To your mate – love and faithfulness; To all men and women – love;

To God – your life.

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Knights of Columbus

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The Knights of Columbus (K of C), for Catholic men, welcomes

new members anytime. For more information contact Franco

Pagani by email at Franco.Pagani@Ottawa.ca or visit the KofC link

on the parish website www.saintbernardparish.com.

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