ST. MARK THE EVANGELISTCATHOLIC CHURCH

160, RUE PRINCIPALE, (AYLMER SECTOR)GATINEAU, QUEBEC J9H 3M8

TELEPHONE: 819 684-6926 FAX: 819 684-7830

E-mail: stmarkchurch@bellnet.ca Website: www.stmarksaylmer.ca

Father John Malazdrewich, OMI, pastor_stmark@bellnet.caJulie Cool, Pastoral Associate, pastoral_agent_stmark@bellnet.ca

Parish Office Hours:Tuesday to Friday, 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM

SUNDAY MASSES

Saturday: 5:00 PMSunday: 9:00 AM and 11:00 AM

WEEKDAY MASSES

See Mass times inside

Confessions:Saturday, 4:00 PM to 4:30 PM, before weekday Masses, or by appointment.

A warm welcome to all!If you are new to the parish, we invite you to fill out a registration

form that you will find in the vestry. You can drop off the completed form in the collection basket at any of our Masses.

ACTIVITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS

LITURGYReaders Diane BoisJoli 819 557-1136Eucharist Ministers Diane BoisJoli 819 557-1136Altar Servers Diane BoisJoli 819 557-1136Music Director 5:00 PM Mass, Saturday Rachel Sciampacone 819 682-5268 9:00 AM Mass, Sunday Daniel Corkum 819 684-4296 11:00 AM Mass, Sunday 819 661-4247 Senior Choir (Funerals) Marina Moore 819 684-5903Ushers / Ministers of Hospitality Paul Beck 819 332-0962Sacristans / Decor Kathleen O’Halloran 819 685-9912Liturgy of the Word / Children Corinne McCarthy 819 771-7574

FAITH FORMATIONBaptism of Children Parish Office 819 684-6926 Facilitator Linda Curnock 819 685-3994Confirmation of Teenagers Parish Office 819 684-6926First Eucharist Parish Office 819 684-6926Reconciliation Parish Office 819 684-6926Marriage Parish Office 819 684-6926 (Contact us one year prior to wedding) Seeking to Become Catholic Parish Office 819-684-6926RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults)

FELLOWSHIPCatholic Women’s Guild Brenda McGuire 613 797-0106 Colinda Dubeau 819 682-1652Knights of Columbus Josef Doerig 819 561-0127Pastoral Care for the Sick Margie Voisin 613 316-9907Coffee Sunday Shirley Frenette 819 685-0576Youth Group stmarksyouthaylmer@gmail.comEvents Committee Brenda McGuire 613 797-0106

SERVICE / OUTREACHDevelopment and Peace Esperanza Garrido 819 685-0391St. Vincent de Paul Help Line Centre 819 685-1343Christian Meditation André Sirois 819 685-1478Parish Hall Rental Parish Office 819 684-6926

PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL WARDENS Lloyd de Vere Hunt .......................... 819 923-0071

Maria Paulina Forero ........................ 819 332-0834

Kathy Kit ............................................. 819 962-7871

Tish Delorme (Chair) ....................... 819 595-3347Alechia Alemka ................................. 819 684-0009Daniel Rousseau ............................... 819 772-9962Ricardo Barajas ................................. 819 685-0391Carol Ann Bowers ............................ 819 595-1094Michel Lambert ................................ 819 682-7059Wilmer Marchena ........................... 613 407-7446

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613 841-8111

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Proudly Canadian

2559 Innes Rd., Blackburn 4275 Innes Rd., Orleans ≈: 613 830-1212 ≈: 613 837-4747 ∆: 613 830-3932 ∆: 613 837-6908

Lou Frangian, Pharmacist Free Delivery Livraison Gratuite

BiLinguaL service

Knight of Columbus

10 % senior discount at all time

Gifts and souvenirs for all religious

occasions

1260 Old Innes Rd., Unit 602, Ottawa (Near Innes Rd. and St. Laurent Blvd.) 613 745-1537

Inc.

www.liturgica.cafor ads advertising

call 1 800 360-5233

Parish Bulletin

TheA Family Owned & Operated Business Since 1925

Call with confidence Sean P. CopelandTel.: 613 233-1488 515 Cooper St.

Let yourself be known!Thank to the advertisers, this weekly Bulletin can be free of charge for the Parish. Besides, the advertising of these sponsors is weekly distributed to hundreds of potential customers.

N.B. The renewal of the advertisements in the Bulletin of our parish will be made very soon. To reserve your space, please leave your name at the parish office, so that the representative of the Parish Bulletin can contact you.

Through a host of programs supporting human rights work, sustainable farming, basic housing and emergency relief, DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE helps communities throughout Latin America, Asia and Africa to overcome poverty and injustice. Our contributions do make a difference in the world.

1 888 234-8533www.devp.org

Thanks to the advertisers and welcome to the new ones!

Galarneau & associatesBARRISTERS AND SOLICITORS

SUSAN E. GALARNEAUTANYA PARKER WALLACE MICHAEL D. WONHAM

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October 2, 2016

Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Mass Times and Intentions: October 4 – October 9, 2016

Tuesday October 4 10:30

Monastery For the intentions of the Parishioners of St. Mark’s

Wednesday October 5 9 am For the intentions of the Parishioners of St. Mark’s

Thursday October 6 9 am For the Personal Intentions of Hélene Lambert

First Friday

October 7 9 am For the intentions of the Parishioners of St. Mark’s

Saturday October 8 5 pm For the intentions of the Parishioners of St. Mark’s

Sunday October 9 9 am For the intentions of the Parishioners of St. Mark’s

Sunday October 9 11 am In memory of Beverley Couture by Virginia Gricken & Sharon Ballantyne & Families

A reflection for this Year of Mercy

“Merciful like the Father… is the ‘motto’ of this Holy Year. This is a shortened version of the verse in Scripture, “Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful” (Luke 6:36). The Pope wrote, “In mercy, we find proof of how God loves us. He gives his entire self, always, freely, asking nothing in return. He comes to our aid whenever we call upon him. What a beautiful thing

that the Church begins her daily prayer with the words, “O God, come to my assistance. O Lord, make haste to help me” (Ps 70:2)! The assistance we ask for is already the first step of God’s mercy toward us. He comes to assist us in our weakness. And his help consists in helping us accept his presence and closeness to us. Day after day, touched by his compassion, we also can become compassionate towards others”(Pope Francis). Like all other dioceses throughout the world, the Archdiocese of Gatineau has opened up Holy Doors in our cathedral. The Holy Door symbolizes the extraordinary way that we can open ourselves up to God.

A special invitation to two diocesan events: Mark your calendars

Diocesan celebration of our Feast Day: October 11 is the Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church, principal patron of the Archdiocese of Gatineau. Every year, we are invited to join our brothers and sisters from the other parishes in the archdiocese at a Mass at the cathedral to celebrate this feast day. Please join us at the Cathedral (245, boul. Saint-Joseph) for this Mass at 7:00 PM on October 11. During the celebration of this Eucharist in this Year of

Mercy, we will ask the Lord forgiveness for our occasional lack of mercy, both as individuals and as a church.

Year of Mercy pilgrimage for English parishes: One of the central components of the Jubilee of Mercy is that the Holy Doors throughout the world will be opened during this Jubilee year. When they are opened at the beginning of the year, "the Holy Door will become a Door of Mercy through which anyone who enters will experience the love of God who consoles, pardons, and instils hope." (Pope Francis) The English parishes of the diocese will be coming together on Saturday, October 15 to make a pilgrimage to go through the Holy Door at the Cathedral. There will be a 14-km pilgrimage leaving from St. Mark’s at 9:00 AM on October 15, and a shorter pilgrimage (about 2 km) leaving from Our Lady of the Annunciation at 1:00 on the same day. We will come together at St. Joseph’s Cathedral (245, boul. Saint-Joseph) to go through the Holy Door and celebrate Mass at 2:00. Please see our Web site for more information and to register for the pilgrimage. Please invite friends and family members to join us!

St. Mark’s Fall Harvest Dance! Come out and have some fun!!! Join us for the third Fall Harvest Dance, Saturday October 22nd in church basement; 7:30pm to 11:30 pm. Live music with Classic Country Re-Vu. Please bring your own refreshments (liquor license obtained) - Light refreshments will be provided. Tickets: $10 per adult, free for anyone under 18. Please call Brenda McGuire @ 613-797/0106 or Shirley Frenette @ 819-685-0576 to purchase a ticket (tickets also available at the door). Still time to register for First Communion and Confirmation Schools in Quebec no longer prepare children for First Communion and Confirmation. This is now done entirely in the parish. This provides us, as a parish community, with a good opportunity to echo our faith to the next generation. Preparation for these sacraments takes several months, starting in October. We have set up an on-line registration process to make it easier for parents to register their children for First Communion and Confirmation. We ask you to share the information below about registration with your friends and family members. Registration for First Communion (ages 7+) and Confirmation (ages 15+) can be done either:

• on-line at www.stmarksaylmer.ca (under Sacraments); or • By contacting the parish office to pick up a registration form.

Development and Peace On October 4, 2016, take action for peace in Syria Through prayer and action. Development and Peace is joining forces with Caritas International as part of its Syria: Peace is Possible campaign. Please join us for a time for prayer from 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM or from 7:00 PM – 7:30 PM, at St. Mark’s church. We will gather to meditate

around St. Francis of Assisi’s prayer “Lord, make me an instrument of your peace,” and Caritas’ campaign prayer. If you have not already done so, please sign Development and Peace’s petition asking the Prime Minister to act for peace in Syria. For more information on the campaign for peace in Syria and related activities, go to devp.org/Syria.

Operation Christmas Child Bring joy & hope to underprivileged children around the world, by filling a shoebox with items such as school supplies, toys, hygiene items etc. Each box will reach a child for Christmas. Boxes are found at the entrances to the church. Please take a pamphlet on the entrance tables which has instructions on filling the boxes and labels to put on the boxes. Boxes are due back before November 14th. For info call Shirley (819-685-0576). Thank you for supporting such a wonderful project!! Coffee Sunday Looking for volunteers to prepare and serve at the coffee Sundays. Someone is needed after the 9 am mass on the third Sunday of the month. Also for the first or third Sunday of the month after the 11 am mass. Please call Shirley at (819) 685-0576 for more information. Join our youth group! St. Mark’s has a very active youth group for youth over 12. Last year, they put on a talent show, participated in a NET retreat, did volunteer work in the community and had lots of fun! Check out the photos of last year’s activities on our website. You can also register on the website. The youth group meets weekly on Thursday evenings. If you want more information, you can send your questions to the youth group email account at stmarksyouthaylmer@gmail.com.

Upcoming Meetings and Events

Tuesday October 4 1:00 - 4:00 CWG Crafts Tuesday October 4 7:00 - 9:00 CWG Meeting Wednesday October 5 7:00 - 9:00 Choir Practice Thursday October 6 7:00 - 9:00 Youth Group

Weekly donation vs Operational needs– Thank you for your support

Weekly budgetary Target: $2,700.00

On-line giving: $300.00

Last week’s collection: $2,223.75

Shortfall: $176.25