I am the way, and the truth and the life...Happy Mothers' Day • Cornerstone Project • Testimony • Maintaining Mental and Spiritual Health • This Week's Collection
We honour and pray for all the mothers among us, and thank them for their love, sacrifice, and courage in living out their vocations! We are so grateful for our mothers who have carried, nurtured, and supported us from our infancy! We also thank God for all the beautiful women who have been spiritual mothers to us, including our own Sister Mary. Finally, we thank God for giving us His own mother Mary, to accompany us, love us and pray for us in our journey as disciples of Christ.
Loving God,
We thank you for all the mothers in the world.
Bless them so that they may always give life, and nourishment to their children through firm faith, generous and selfless love, good example, and constant concern for their bodily and spriritual health.
Grant that we, their children may honor them always with the spirit of profound love, respect and thanksgiving.
Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Fr. Markus gives us another walkthrough of the progress made in the last couple of weeks!
Check out our latest testimony!
Click the banner for resources for building resiliency and managing emotional and spiritual health.
"Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it’s less good than the one you had before. You can fight it, you can do nothing but scream about what you’ve lost, or you can accept that and try to put together something that’s good.”
– Elizabeth Edwards
Thank you to everyone who donated last week to our collection, 10% of which will be going to Catholic Family Services. We thank you for your continued support!
This week, 10% of all donations we receive will be going to St. Martin's Manor, a residence for pregnant and parenting young women, with a primary focus of providing a continuum of care for young mothers.
If you donate online, please be sure to check your junk mail if you haven't received your charitable receipt, as they sometimes get directed there by your email provider.
If you are unable to donate online, you can drop off your envelopes in the mailbox at the Church office on Tuesday between 1 -3 pm, or Thursday morning, from 10 am - 12 pm.
In the town of Lanciano some time in the 700s, there was a monk who was struggling with the idea of transubstantiation. He was having doubts. One day, as he consecrated the bread and wine, it miraculously turned into flesh and blood.
There have many scientific evaluations of the flesh and blood, the most thorough taking place in 1970 with the permission of Pope Paul VI. The blood was found to be of human origin with the type AB. Read more about the Miracle of Lanciano here! So now you know!
Click the banner to read Bishop Crosby's most recent "Heart to Heart!"
Fifth Sunday of Easter
“The one who believes in me will also do the works that I do and, in fact, will do greater works than these...” Are you willing to do the work of the Lord as a priest? If God is calling you, contact Fr. Michael King, Vocation Director, Diocese of Hamilton at 905-528-7988 or vocations@hamiltondiocese.com.
If you would like to have a Mass celebrated for a special occasion, on behalf of a family member, a friend, or a deceased loved one, please call the office to have that intention put into the calendar.
Please rest assured that Fr. Markus is honouring these intentions in his daily private Mass.
This Week's Intentions Tuesday, May 12, 2020
✞Zef Lulgjuraj Wednesday, May 13, 2020
✞Andrew Thursday, May 14, 2020 no intentions booked Friday, May 15, 2020
✞Andrew Saturday, May 16, 2020
✞Roger Pretto
✞Eugenia & Andrew Jacula
Click the image above to see booked mass intentions and all dates that are available to book to pray and remember those who have died or for the needs of our family and friends.
We've made it easier for you to request Mass intentions! Father Markus is including all requested intentions in his daily private Mass, so if you'd like to request intentions, please do! Click the image to go to a new section on the website where you can make on-line requests. You can even send your stipend (optional, suggested $10) electronically! Or you can drop it in the office mailbox (Tues 1- 3; Thurs 10 - 12).
"Whose mom is it anyway?" answers: (top left) Sr. Mary's mom; (top right) Rachael and her mom; (bottom left) Fr. Markus's mom; (bottom right) Erin's mom. Did you get them all right?!
