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New to the Parish? Welcome! Make sure to introduce your-self to our parish staff, and fill out a Parish Registration Form available at the back of each church or online on our website.

Sacrament of Baptism: Celebrated after a preparation program is completed. Phone us, or fill out an online form to register.

Sacrament of Matrimony: Please contact our Parish Priest at least six months in advance of the intended date of marriage.

Sacrament of the Sick: First Friday of the month at the 9:00am Mass, or please contact our parish office.

Vocations to the Priesthood/Religious Life: Please speak to our Pastor or visit: www.beapriest.ca or www.csjssm.ca

Financial Support: Please consider supporting the works of the parish through traditional Sunday envelopes, or by our Pre-Authorized Debit Plan. Contact the parish office.

24/7 On-Call Priest: Please notify the Chaplain, Nurse or Nursing Home Coordinator to contact the Priest on-call.

Communion to Shut-Ins: Please notify the parish office.

Bulletin Submissions: Deadline for items to be considered for printing is Wednesday morning. Please note that all submissions may be edited.

Parish Office: 895 Memorial Drive, North Bay, Ontario, P1A 1X9 Phone: 705-495-1501 | Fax: 705-495-3079 | Email: holynamestalphonsus@ssmd.ca

Website: www.holynamestalphonsus.com

Pastor: Rev. Daniele Muscolino (Cell: 705-358-9630) Deacon: Rev. Mr. Allan Charette

Secretary: Ms. Geraldine Boland Business Administrator: Ms. Judith King Diocesan Order of Service: Mrs. Maureen Carriere, Mrs. Mignonne DelGuidice

Custodial Staff: Bob & Hether Pagé, Larry Carriere, Kas Pelc, Harley Park Office Hours: Tuesday to Friday: 9:30am - 4:30pm (closed for lunch 12pm-1pm)

Holy Name of Jesus 895 Memorial Drive, North Bay, Ontario

St. Alphonsus Liguori 163 High Street North, Callander, Ontario

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Sunday Mass Schedule Saturday: 4:00pm (Holy Name) Sunday: 9:00am (St. Alphonsus) 11:15am (Holy Name)

Weekday Mass Schedule Please see schedule inside bulletin

Confession Times Weekdays: Before Daily Mass Saturday: 3:00pm - 3:30pm (Holy Name) Sunday: 8:15am - 8:35am (St. Alphonsus) Also available by appointment

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament: Tues. - Fri.: 11:30am-4:30pm (Holy Name)

Friday: 8:30am - 11:30am (St. Alphonsus)

First Friday: 24 Hours (8:30am - 8:30am) (St. Alphonsus)

SUNDAY COLLECTION - DECEMBER 8, 2019

HN Sunday Offering: $ 2,888.00 (103/223 Envelopes) HN Loose: $ 347.70 HN Pre-Authorized: $ 339.00 Building Fund: $ 530.00 Christmas: $ 200.00 Initial Offering: $ 10.00 TOTAL: $ 4,314.70 Bishop’s Annual Appeal: 20.00 SAL Sunday Offering: $ 959.00 (45/89 Envelopes) SAL Loose: $ 77.05 SAL Pre-Authorized: $ 101.00 TOTAL: $ 1,137.05 Outreach to the Poor: 65.00

Budgeted Weekly Income Needed: Holy Name: $4,000.00, St. Alphonsus: 1,400.00

Thank you for your financial support!

DECEMBER 15, 2019: THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT

MASS INTENTIONS FOR THIS WEEK Tuesday, December 17 - **9:15 AM** (Holy Name with students from Our Lady of Fatima School) Genesis 49.2, 8-10 & Matthew 1.1-17 Gaetane Trudel by her family Wednesday, December 18 - 9:00 AM (St. Alphonsus with students from St. Theresa School) Jeremiah 23.5-8 & Matthew 1.18-24 Alexandra Lafontaine by Gerry & Joyce Lafontaine Thursday, December 19 - 10:30 AM (Waters Edge) Judges 13.2-7, 24-25a & Luke 1.5-25 Giuseppe Muscolino by Holy Name of Jesus CWL Friday, December 20 - 9:00 AM (Holy Name) Isaiah 7.10-14; 8.10d & Luke 1.26-38 All Souls in Purgatory by J.M. Ouelette & family

Fourth Sunday of Advent Isaiah 7.10-14, Romans 1.1-7 & Matthew 1.18-24

Saturday, December 21 - 4:00 PM (Holy Name) Intentions of all parishioners by our Pastor Deceased members of the Duval & Caruso families by Marie Duval Sunday, December 22 - 9:00 AM (St. Alphonsus) Intentions of Rev. Mr. Romeo DelGuidice by Jackie Alkins & family 11:15 AM (Holy Name) Intentions of our Pastor by Carol Boulley Elmerinda Lecce by a parishioner

WON’T YOU SPEND ONE HOUR WITH ME? Join us for a Holy Hour on Wednesday, December 18 from 7:30pm - 8:30pm at Holy Name of Jesus Church. This hour will in-clude time for silent prayer and musical reflection.

BAPTISM CELEBRATIONS We are pleased to welcome to our parish community: Lucas Edmunds, son of Daniel & Micha; Wesley Davis, son of Thomas & Chantelle; and Isla-Rae Turncliffe, daughter of Michael & Lindsay, who were all baptized last

weekend. Please keep these children and their families in your prayers.

CHRISTMAS GIVING TREES The final deadline to return all gifts

is this Sunday, December 15. Thank you for your generosity!

At Holy Name of Jesus: the Holy Family Giving Tree in support of fami-lies in our parish and Our Lady of Fatima & St. Francis Schools. At St. Alphonsus: the Jesse Tree is in support of the Christmas Cheer out-reach and families at St. Theresa School.

SACRAMENT OF FIRST RECONCILIATION A BIG CONGRATULATIONS to our young people who received the Sacrament of Reconciliation for the first time this past Wednes-day. Thank you to our Sacramen-tal Preparation Team who helped prepare our young people. They are: Lori Schlueting, Micheline

Lamarche, Mike Pepin, and Fr. Daniele. Thank you also to Msgr. Dave, Fr. Rex, and Fr. Francis for help-ing with this Celebration. Please keep these young people in your prayers:

Jacob Arcand Noah Lafrenier-Cowden Luke Arcand Owen Lance Adele Bessette Paige Lang Owen Bettiol Noah Lavoie Brooklyn Brown Lauren Morissette Quinn Butineau Emma Nieman Caden Callaghan Sheamus Palmieri Malyah Cook Sophie Sawchuk Frankie Dodd Antonio Seguin Ross Fay Nicholas Sokolov Ashlyn Gallagher Makenna Spenceley Isabella Kowal Rylan Spenceley Katelyn Kowal

UPCOMING EVENTS HN: Holy Name of Jesus

SAL: St. Alphonsus Liguori Dec. 15 - Deadline to return gifts for both Giving Trees!

Dec. 15 - 12:45pm (HN) Ascent: A Journey of Discipleship - for Young Adults 18-35

Dec. 16 - 5:30pm (HN) 4:00 Choir Practice

Dec. 17 - 10:30am (HN) Prayers for the New Evangelization

Dec. 17 - 11:00am Advent Mass at St. Theresa School

Dec. 17 - 1:15pm St. Joseph-Scollard Hall Advent Mass at the Pro-Cathedral

Dec. 18 - 7:30pm (HN) Holy Hour in Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

Dec. 19 - 4:30pm (HN) 11:15 Choir Practice

Dec. 19 - 6:30pm (HN) EDGE Christmas Party! for students in Grade 6, 7 & 8!

Dec. 21 - 11:30am (HN) St. Francis Table Community Meal

Dec. 22 - 1pm - 4pm (HN) Christmas Decorating - can you help?

Dec. 24 - 5:00pm (HN) Christmas Eve Family Mass With Carols at 4:30pm

Dec. 24 - 8:00pm (SAL) Christmas Eve Mass *incense to be used

Dec. 25 - 12:00am (HN) Christmas Eve Midnight Mass *incense to be used

Dec. 25 - 11:15am (HN) Christmas Day Mass

2019 CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR’S MASS SCHEDULE The Nativity of our Lord Jesus (Holy Day of Obligation) Christmas Eve (December 24) 5:00pm – (Carols at 4:30pm) Family Mass (at Holy Name)

8:00pm – (at St. Alphonsus Liguori)*with incense 12:00am – Midnight Mass (at Holy Name of Jesus) *with incense Christmas Day (December 25) 11:15am (at Holy Name of Jesus) Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God (Holy Day of Obligation) **Please note that incense will be used at both these celebrations Tuesday, December 31: 4:00pm (at Holy Name of Jesus) Wednesday, January 1: 10:00am (at St. Alphonsus Liguori)

ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT SCHEDULE Please note that our regular hours for daily Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament at Holy Name of Jesus will not occur from December 24 - January 3. It will resume on Tuesday, January 7 at 11:30am.

CHRISTMAS OFFICE HOURS Please note that our parish office will be closed from 4:30pm on Friday, December 20 until 9:30am on Friday, December 27, and closed again December 31 and January 1. Will reopen January 2.

BULLETIN ADVERTISERS WANTED We are currently seeking advertisers for our parish bulletin beginning January 2020 until December 2020.

These ads are printed weekly in colour, and are also available digitally on our website. A good opportunity for you to promote your business at a great deal! Call the parish office for more info and get your ad noticed!

2020 PARISH FINANCIAL SUPPORT WHAT ARE MY OPTIONS TO DONATE? 1) 2020 SUNDAY OFFERTORY ENVELOPES The 2020 Sunday Offertory Envelopes are now available at the back of each church, sorted alphabetically. Please do not use these until 2020.

2) AUTOMATIC WITHDRAWALS If you no longer wish to use envelopes - this is a great opportu-nity to switch to our Pre-Authorized Debit Plan (or Automatic Withdrawal). You set the amount and frequency, and the amount is automatically withdrawn from your account, as is the case with the way we pay other bills directly. More info and forms are available at each entrance or please contact the parish office.

This Thursday - December 19! 6:30pm - 8:00pm For students in Grades 6, 7 & 8! New students welcome!

Your prayers are strongest at the consecration at Holy Mass (at the raising of the

Host and Chalice). Each time we look at the Most Blessed Sacrament,

our place in Heaven is raised forever.

(revealed by Our Lord to St. Gertrude the Great)

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“A Legacy of Faith & Service.”

Meetings every first Wednesday of the month. Contact Grand Knight Josh Sullivan at 705-478-9842 or jdjsullivan@gmail.com

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