Highlights

• Please note the parish office will be closed on Monday, and there are no week day Masses until Friday morning.
• The Diocesan Liturgy Office is offering Formation Workshops in September for Children’s Liturgy, Ministers of the Word, & Extraordinary Ministers of Communion.  More info follows
• Please keep in your prayers the students, their parents, and the educators as they begin a new school year.

Parish Pictorial Directory Our directory is in the final draft stages.  We hope to have it available by Thanksgiving Weekend. Card Parties on Tuesday afternoons will resume on Tue. Sept. 12th    Solo & Euchre  – Beginning at 1:30 pm   Admission is $2.00  Everyone welcome – bring a friend CWL Meetings Resume Meetings will resume with a general meeting on Monday, Sept. 11, 7 pm in the Lenhard Room.  We will be painting inspirational messages on rocks that can be displayed in your yard, along paths, on trails; Kindness Rocks to inspire another, to offer a stranger a word of kindness. Bring along some craft paints and brushes if you have some. Not feeling very creative?  Come out anyway.  We would enjoy your company. Mark your calendar for the October meeting to be held on Monday, October 16, 2pm.  Members of our Diocesan executive will be on hand to engage in discussion concerning our council, its present status, needs and future objectives. What does the future look like for our CWL at Holy Family?  Where do we go from here?  Come and join the discussion. Children’s Liturgy Returning to 9 am Mass – Sun. September 10th We look forward to once again offering a children’s liturgy at our 9 am Mass.  For more info or to become a helper (no teaching involved) please contact Shari at 364-6916 Are you, or someone you know, interested in becoming a Catholic? The Holy Spirit is alive and moving in our midst.  Many times people will share that their hearts are longing or stirring for ’something more’.   Often it just takes a simple invitation extended with sincerity to really help them take that next step to inquire. The RCIA program teaches the faith in a casual way and encourages opportunities to experience God’s love as the inquirer discerns their faith journey.  As we near the fall schedule, please prayerfully consider those in your circle of work, family, or friends that might be waiting for that invitation. Are you a seeker?   You need not wait to be personally invited, please contact Anne, at the parish office to enroll yourself.     519-364-1973       anne@holyfamily.ca Adoration Chapel News We now have two specified Adoration parking spaces on the school side.  A second sign will be posted shortly.  This enables proper parking during the school day and assists those with walking difficulties.  Our Adoration Chapel is open Mondays at 9 am until Thursday at 8 pm.  Come spend quiet time in prayer before the Blessed Sacrament.  For more information contact Don Waechter at 364-1185 Plan to attend the Mildmay Sacred Heart  Parish Bazaar on Wednesday, September 13 at the Mildmay-Carrick Recreation Complex from 7 – 9 pm.  Free admission.  Fun for the whole family! This Sunday’s Gospel Matthew 16: 21-27 Discussion Questions:

1. What can I deny myself today in order to better follow my Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ?
2. Who inspires me, by their good works?
3. What apostolic work am I involved in, or being called to?

 

This Weekend’s Masses  22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time September 2/3 rd,  2023 4:00 pm  Location:  St. Anne, Chesley Eternal Happiness of Hugh Chornaby – The Family 6:00pm Location: Holy Family Hanover Eternal happiness of Harold & Helen Weber – The Family 9:00am Location: Holy Family Hanover For all the people of the Parish and Parish Missions 11:00am Location: St. Francis Xavier Carlsruhe Eternal Happiness of Harold & Helen Weber – The Family     No Week day Masses until Friday

Friday: 9:00 am Mass  Eternal Happiness of: Joe Del Guidice – Mary Frank Mercey – Don & Helen Waechter Jack Dunne – Irene Serre Pat Evans – Kay Garvey Margaret Terpstra – Johanna Terpstra Frank & Mary Garvey – The Estate Living & deceased adorers of the Holy Family Adoration Chapel 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time  September  9/10th,  2023 6:00pm Location: Holy Family Hanover Eternal happiness of Frank & Mary Garvey – The Estate 9:00am Location: Holy Family Hanover For all the people of the Parish and Parish Missions 11:00am Location: St. Francis Xavier Carlsruhe Eternal Happiness of Harold Poechman – the Estate