Highlights

• We welcome Rachel through the waters of Baptism!
• Please submit a Church Addition Survey  the presentation & survey
• No Card Party this Tuesday (Nov. 22nd)
• The Giving Tree
• Sunday Missal available $5.ea   Advent begins next Sunday!

Is it difficult for your family to celebrate Christmas?

If you could use some help this Christmas with one of our food hampers – call the parish office.

St. Vincent de Paul Christmas Hamper Project

Help us reach out to those in need this Christmas.   Three ways to help:

Contribute non-perishable food, participate in the giving tree, or financial contribute to St. Vincent de Paul.  Envelopes are available and donors will be receipted for income tax purposes.  This is how you can participate in the Giving Christmas Tree:  select a  “Gift Card” from the tree, completing the Donor Section which is left behind and taking the  tear off section with you which provides you with the child’s age and size. Purchase a gift(s) and return with the stubb from the Tree by December 11.

CWL Penny Table

The CWL welcomes donations of penny table type items for a silent auction to be held at our Christmas dinner, November 22.  Items may be brought the day of the dinner or dropped off at the parish office.  Proceeds go to the Walkerton Residential Hospice project.

Proposal for Parish Photo Directory—March of 2023

We hope to engage in this project in March of next year.  It would require a small committee of volunteers, preferably at least one from each parish to help in various ways such as; give input on design, assist with welcoming parishioners at the time of the photo taking, help ensure we have good coverage of all the ministries, highlights and history of the parishes, distribution.

If you would be interested in being part of this exciting endeavor, please contact the parish office.  This would be a wonderful way for us to come together celebrate our past and look forward eagerly to our future.

Lenhard Kitchen Volunteer

Holy Family is seeking a volunteer to purchase and maintain kitchen supplies for our Lenhard Kitchen.  If you are interested in helping out in this way, please contact the parish office.

Saint Francis Xavier News

• We welcome through the waters of Baptism this weekend in St. Francis Xavier Carlsruhe, Rachel Joan Grubb, daughter of Darcy & Melissa.  Congratulations!
• The parish of St Francis Xavier invites all parishioners to consider volunteering to help in our different ministries.  We would love to have you share your gifts as a lector, and usher, a Eucharistic minister, altar server or a musician.  If you prefer to work behind the scenes, it would be wonderful if you could help out as a member of our church cleaning team; we have different groups responsible for cleaning the church each month. Please Contact Anne Rehkopf at the parish office if you’d like to help out.
• Parishioners and friends are invited to stay after Mass on the 27^th of November to help put up the Manger in the church.   Under the direction of Herb Girodat, we can learn what has to be done to complete this special job.  Many hands make light work, so we look forward to seeing you then.
• One man’s junk is another man’s treasure! I’ll be collecting used postage stamps again this year to forward to Les Missions Etrangères in Laval for them to use for fundraising. The stamps should be intact, not torn or ripped. Please leave a ½ cm border around the stamps when you cut them off the envelope. Leave them at the back of St F.X. I’ll be collecting until January 15, 2023 so please include your Christmas stamps.  Thanks, Claire W.B.

Job Opportunities

Mary Immaculate Chepstow & St. Joseph Cargill is looking to fill three employment opportunities; a book keeper, secretary & a housekeeper.

Full descriptions of the positions are available from the parish office.  Applications should be received by Nov. 30/ 22 and submitted to maryimmaculatechepstow@hamiltondiocese.com, or  ggrewal@hamiltondiocese.com or to the Mary Immaculate Chepstow parish office, or the Holy Family Parish Office.

Memorial Mass:   Tues. Nov. 29th  at 7 pm – email your pictures this week!

If your loved one passed away in the past year, you are invited to submit the name and a photo of the deceased person by emailing it to sam@holyfamily.ca by  Thursday, Nov. 24th.  During the prayers of the faithful, your loved one’s image will be shown and their name called out.  You or someone you designate is invited to come forward and light a candle from the Baptismal candle in a special remembrance ceremony.  All are invited to come out and be part of this special Mass for the deceased.

Catholic Women’s League Membership Due

It’s time for submitting your 2023 membership fee which is $40.  If paid by November 30th your name will be entered into a draw for the chance to win your 2024 membership fee.  Our fee has been increased to $40/year.    If you are using Church Envelopes, please note they were already printed before the increase decision was made.  You may put your membership in the collection basket – clearing marking it CWL Membership.  All ladies invited to consider becoming a member.  Questions, call Diane at 519-375-6562 or Geraldine 519-363-9690.  Thank you.

Spiritual Bouquet for Bishop Crosby’s 25th Anniversary of Ordination as a Bishop 

The diocese is organizing a spiritual bouquet to present to Bishop Crosby on January 2nd in celebration of his anniversary.  If you would like to contribute to it, please contact the parish office, by November 15th.  A spiritual contribution would be offering prayers and/or actions for his     intentions, such as Rosaries, Morning Offerings, Acts of Charity, Acts of Mercy, Holy Communions.

This Sunday’s Gospel

Luke 23: 35-43

Discussion Questions

• Whose death has affected you most?  Why?
• Chose one line or phrase from this Gospel and explain why it appeals to you most?
• What is the difference between the two criminals and how can identifying that help each of us?

This Week’s Schedule & Mass Intentions