MINISTRY FAIR RESULTS
I wanted
to share, again this weekend, the resulst of our Ministry Fair so
that you will see that we still need more people to volunteer on our committees
and in our ministries, in particular, Ministers of the Word and Ministers of
the Eucharist at weekend Masses and special occasion Masses. I will list
each one with the numbers of new volunteers. I have also done a very brief
explanation of each ministry/committee.
Altar Guild: 4 (Washing the
sacred vessels used at Mass. Each person usually does it once per month on
Friday morning after Mass)
Baptism Ministry: 2 –( helping priest at
Baptisms distributing certificates, preparing baptismal table beforehand)
Children’s Liturgy Program: 9
(Talking to children about the readings at the weekend Masses)
Church Cleaning Crew: 0 (Cleaning the church and
pews once a year usually before Easter)
Collection Counters: 4 (Counting and
documenting collections and banking them)
Confirmation: 4 (Helping to take the
students through the journal for Confirmation)
Folk Choir 11:30 Mass: 0 (Singing at
11:30 Mass – rehearsal Wed. Evening 7:30)
Funeral Ministry: 1 (Assisting priest at a
funeral with incense, carrying holy water)
Hospitality Committee: 3 (Helping to prepare
coffee and refreshments for parish events and, occasionally, a
funeral) Knights of Columbus: 0 (Meeting once per month organizing
parish events)
Marriage Prep Course: 2 (2 weekends a year
helping to facilitate at our prep course)
Ministers of the Eucharist: 0
(Distributing Holy Communion at weekend Masses)
Ministers of Welcome: 4 (Welcoming people
when they come into church and doing collection at weekend Masses)
Ministry to the Sick: 7 (Taking communion to the
sick at home or in hospital)
Ministers of the Word: 4 (Reading the
scriptures at weekend Masses)
RCIA: 0 Helping our coordinator prepare
those wishing to be Roman Catholic))
Resettlement Committee: 3 (Helping to resettle new
families in Mississauga and helping to organize resettlement bazaar))
SATB Choir 9:30 Mass: 0 (Singing at 9:30 Mass on Sunday and
rehearsal on Monday 7:30pm)
St. Vincent de Paul: 5 (Helping to work with our
marginalized families in the community and also coordinating the Christmas
Giving program)
Social Justice Education Committee: 7
Wedding ministry: 6 (Helping at wedding
rehearsals and the wedding Mass)
ADVENT WREATH – Please
put your family name and phone number on the list in the vestibule if you wish
to light a candle on the Advent Wreath during Advent
PLEASE
NOTE THAT SUNDAY DECEMBER 18TH AFTER THE 11:30 MASS IS DECORATING
SUNDAY AND I WOULD APPRECIATE ALL THE HELP I CAN GET PREPARING THE CHURCH FOR
CHRISTMAS. THANKYOU!
The Feast of Christ the King
Today
is the final Sunday, the Feast of Christ the King, in the Liturgical Year C.
Next Sunday we begin cycle A. The Feast of Christ the King was established by
Pope Pius XI in 1925 as an antidote to secularism, a way of life which leaves
God out of man's thinking and living and organizes his life as if God did not
exist. The feast is intended to proclaim, in a striking and effective manner,
Christ's royalty over individuals, families, society, governments, and nations.
Today's
Mass establishes the titles for Christ's royalty over men: 1) Christ is God,
the Creator of the universe and hence wields a supreme power over all things;
"All things were created by Him"; 2) Christ is our Redeemer, He
purchased us by His precious Blood, and made us His property and possession; 3)
Christ is Head of the Church, "holding in all things the primacy"; 4)
God bestowed upon Christ the nations of the world as His special possession and
dominion.
Today's
Mass also describes the qualities of Christ's kingdom. This kingdom is: 1)
supreme, extending not only to all people but also to their princes and kings;
2) universal, extending to all nations and to all places; 3) eternal, for
"The Lord shall sit a King forever"; 4) spiritual, Christ's
"kingdom is not of this world".
Wishing
you all a great week as we move in the season of Advent.
Fr. Phil 