Upcoming Events - 2018/19 Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

after the 2PM Mass on Dec.28th.

Next Family Mass and Luncheon 2019 January 27, 11AM

Please join and support

our Parish Ministries.

Last Week’s Collection

Sunday Offering - $ 1869.85 Repair & Renovations fund - $ 10.00

Christmas Decoration - $ 56.00 Bless you for your continued

generous support.

Fourth Sunday of Advent & Christmas –The Nativity of the

Lord, Year C, December 23rd and 25th 2018 Saint Andrew the Apostle, pray for us

Mass Schedule & Intentions from December 22, 2018 to January 1, 2019

…,And the Word became flesh and

lived among us, and we have seen his

glory, the glory as of a father’s only

son, full of grace and truth…,

John(1:1-18)

Saturday

Sunday

Monday

Christmas Eve

Christmas Day

Wednesday

Thursday Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Feast of

Holy

Family

Monday

Dec.31st Tuesday

Jan 1st 2019

5:00PM

9:00AM

11:00AM

5:00PM 12:00AM

9:00AM

11:00 AM

9:00AM 2:00PM

5:00PM

9:00AM

11:00AM

5:00PM

10:00AM

† Frank Lostracco by Family

Domenico Locco by Wife Lea & Family Giuseppina Nero by Husband Amore & Family

In honour of St. Anthony by Nancy Fazari † Salvatore Giovinazzo by Wife & Family

Bruna Belcamino by Joe Belcamino Georgio Frasca by Maria Fazzalari

Tony Mazzei by Father & Mother For us and for all our dearly deceased ones

† Frank Pellegrino by Wife Yoli & Family Midnight Mass - for all your intentions

(followed by Carol Singing from 11.30pm) For us and all our dearly deceased ones. For us and all our dearly deceased ones.

No Mass

Communion Service Mass & Adoration

Thanksgiving by Isaac Vellakunnath

† Domenico Locco by Wife Lea & Family

Domenic Mammarella by Liliana Mammarella † Carlo Nero by Wife Olga & Family

Members of the Czerlau Family by Helen Dahle

For us and for all our dearly deceased ones Mass of Thanksgiving– For 2018

The Solemnity of Mary, The Holy Mother of God! A day of obligation, too. Also celebrated as World Day of Peace!

Pope Francis

General Audience

December 19, 2018 Dear brothers and sisters:

In a few days it will be Christmas. In this busy season,

we might ask ourselves how the Lord himself would like

us to keep this feast. If we look at the first Christmas, we

see that it is full of God’s surprises. Mary is visited by an

angel; Joseph is told to take her in, to become a father to

her Child and to flee with the Holy Family to Egypt. But

the greatest surprise of all is that God himself becomes a

little Child, born in humility and poverty. Christmas

changes our world. It speaks to us of God’s self-giving

love that should inspire the way we live and relate to one

another. It tells us that we best celebrate the Saviour’s

birth by imitating Mary’s trusting faith and Joseph’s quiet

openness to God’s will, and by opening our hearts to the

Lord, who asks us to make room for him in our busy

lives. Amid the bustle of our Christmas preparations, may

we not forget the very One whose birth we are

celebrating! And in worshiping the Son of God, born in

the poverty of our flesh, may we be mindful of the poor

and those in need all around us. This Christmas, may you

and your families experience the joy and peace

proclaimed by the angels, and be ever more open to

God’s wonderful surprises!

SEPARATED AND DIVORCED

HEALING MINISTRY No meeting December 24th. Regular meetings will resume January

14, 2019. Meetings are 7 to 9 pm at Mount Carmel Spiritual Centre,

7020 Stanley Ave, Niagara Falls. Pre-registration is not required.

For a pamphlet call 905-356-4113 or 905‑684‑0154, or email

separatedanddivorced@saintcd.com

Hello my dear ones, Christmas is a time of great joy!

To enter into that joy we have to enter into that manger

and see Baby Jesus, Blessed Mother and St. Joseph. That

was what the shepherds did after hearing the good news

from the Angel. Any amount of decorations and music or

parades and partying won’t replace our journey to

Bethlehem. Sitting on Santa's lap and taking pictures are

fun. But if we stop there, we won’t be able to sit with God,

the only-begotten Son, close to the Father’s heart. Hope we

are ready for the journey to Bethlehem. Let us decorate our

hearts with all that are pleasing to the Baby in swaddling

clothes lying in a manger and ‘see the glory as of a

Father’s only-begotten Son, full of grace and truth’.

I wish you all a very blessed and joyful Christmas.

With love and prayers, Fr. Paul.

New Year Mass Schedule

Year-End Mass of Thanksgiving

Dec.31st, Monday- 5pm

New Year Mass:

Jan. 1st 2019 Tuesday- 10AM

4th Sunday of Advent

Office Hours for the Christmas, New Year

Weeks December 27 & 28 2018 at 9:30-12:00

January 3 & 4 2019 at 9:30-12:00

Regular schedule to follow in the New Year.

Pope’s Message for World Youth Day Contd. From last week

...It can be expressed in different ways: in marriage, in

consecrated life, in the priesthood… All these are ways

of following Jesus. The important thing is to discover

what God wants from us and to be brave enough to say

“yes”.

Mary was a happy woman, and this is because she

replied generously to God and opened her heart to

God’s plan for her. When God has a proposition for us,

like the one he had for Mary, it is not intended to

extinguish our dreams, but to ignite our aspirations.

Propositions like this are meant to make our lives

fruitful and produce many smiles and happy hearts. To

respond to God positively is to take a first step towards

being happy and towards making many people happy.

Dear young people, take courage, enter within

yourselves and say to God: “What do you want from

me?” Allow God to answer you. Then you will see how

your life is transformed and filled with joy.

... May Our Lady be with you on this pilgrimage, and

may her example encourage you to be brave and

generous in your response.

Have a good journey on your way to Panama! And,

please, do not forget to pray for me. See you soon.

The 86th annual broadcast of Midnight Mass from the

Cathedral of St. Catherine of Alexandria will be available on

Newstalk 610 CKTB at 11:30 p.m. and at

www.610cktb.com. Thank you.

Father, all-powerful God, your eternal

Word took flesh on our earth when the

Virgin Mary

placed her life at the service

of your plan. Lift our minds in

watchful hope to hear the voice which

announces his glory

and open our minds

to receive the Spirit who prepares us for

his coming. We ask this through Christ

our Lord. ~AMEN.

When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting,

the child leaped in her womb. And

Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit

and exclaimed with a loud cry, “Blessed

are you among women, and blessed is

the fruit of your womb…, Luke(1:39-45)

Meatball Making This past Saturday we were making meatballs. Thank you to all who supported this

fundraising program. Special thanks to all the volunteers who sold tickets and/or came

out to make the meatballs, especially to Stephen Martin and David Pastirik for their

leadership. We are also very grateful to Maria Fazzalari,

Denis & Anita Bilodeau, Yoli Pellegrino, Nick Villela, George Poll, Ivan Slobodnik,

Faisal & Nazira Kaba and grade 8 students Nikloas Marcello and

Hailey Marcello for their support in the whole process.

[There are few more Jars of meatballs left (now frozen), for sale]. Thank you again,

for all your support!