bulletin – October 8

MASS WILL BE CELEBRATED ON THANKSGIVING DAY,
MONDAY, OCTOBER 9th at 10:00 AM

GOD HAS GIVEN US THE EARTH TO BE OUR HOMELAND. ALONG WITH THIS GIFT, WE ARE ASKED TO SHOW OUR THANKFULNESS BY CARING FOR THE EARTH AND BY SHARING OUR OWN GIFTS WITH ONE ANOTHER.

THANKSGIVING FOOD DRIVE – GOOD SHEPHERD MINISTRIES

We have received our annual appeal from the Brothers of the Good Shepherd for our assistance during the Thanksgiving Season. You can participate by bringing non-perishable food items on October 7th and 8th and also on Thanksgiving Day, Oct. 9th. The following is a list of urgently needed items: canned vegetables and meats, rice, canned soups and stews, cold breakfast cereals, cookies, tea, instant and ground coffee, hot chocolate, sugar, powdered milk, powdered fruit juice, powdered soup bases (chicken & beef), ketchup, paprika, garlic powder, salt & pepper. Kindly drop off your donations at the front doors of the Church and place them in the designated containers. You have always supported this appeal so generously. Please keep up the good work.

ANNOUNCED MASSES

Date Time Intentions
Oct. 10 9:00AM EDITH CHUNG req Chung Family
Oct. 12 9:00AM
Oct. 13 9:00AM
Oct. 14 4:30PM GINO GERARDI req Family

SUNDAY COLLECTION: September 30/October 1, 2006

Total: $9,785.67

4:30 8:30 10:30 12:30
Loose 125.31 69.83 153.76 692.52
Env. $ 2,289.00 2,087.25 2,613.00 1,755.00
Total 2,414.31 2,157.08 2,766.76 2,447.52
# of Env. 91 107 152 74

REGISTRATION FOR CHILDREN’S SACRAMENTS

PUBLIC/PRIVATE SCHOOL CHILDREN

Registered parishioners, with school-aged children in public or private schools who wish to receive one or more of the sacraments, may pick up a registration form in the main office at any time. Please bring completed forms and related documents to the parish office.

CHILDREN’S FAITH PROGRAM & ST. GABRIEL’S SCHOOL STUDENTS

Parents, please bring completed registration forms and relevant documents to the parish office on any of the following days: OCT. 10 (Tue), OCT. 11 (Wed), or OCT 17 (Tue) between 7:30 and 9:00 PM.

TUESDAY NIGHTS AND WEDNESDAY MORNINGS ARE LEARNING TIMES

NEW CHURCH – OLD AND NEW IDEAS

This fall we will look at our new “green” church from different perspectives, including: “Who started us in this direction? Why did we choose this way of placing the pews, the altar, the pulpit (ambo)? Do we as Catholics have any tradition linking ecology and religion?” — and any other questions you may have. Each topic will be repeated the following week. You are invited to join us on:
DATE: Wednesday, NOVEMBER 1st (to be repeated on November 8th)
TIME: 10:30 AM to noon
PLACE: Come to the Parish Office

We hope the discussions will be informative and enjoyable. We are also prepared to offer this series of presentations on alternate Tuesday evenings for those interested, beginning NOVEMBER 7th at 7:30 PM. If you wish to attend Tuesday evenings, please phone Mary Landry at 416-293-3760.

On TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 31st

we will begin with the topic: How is our Christian life and ethics similar to those of other faith traditions? How are they different?
TIME: 7:30 – 9:00 PM
PLACE: Come to the Parish Office

CEREMONY OF THE BLESSING OF THE SICK
WILL BE AT 3:00 PM ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2006.

The Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick is one of the Seven Sacraments. This Sacrament is celebrated with those who are seriously ill, those who are preparing for surgery and the elderly. The preferred place for celebrating this Sacrament is in the Church with family and the members of the parish community present. All are more than welcome to attend.

ALTAR SERVERS

I invite any girl or boy from grade 5 and upwards to join our Altar Servers. This is an important ministry in our parish. Mr. Tom Li, who is in charge of our Altar Servers, will be holding a training session on Sunday afternoon, October 22. If you are interested in serving the parish in this way, please call the parish office and leave your name and phone number or speak to me after one of the Masses.
Fr. Paul

SOCIAL CLUB

The parish is creating a social club for all people between 20 and 30 years of age. Whether you want to network or meet people to hang around with, you are welcome! Our first meeting will be in the Church (date to be determined). All who would like to join or who need more information are asked to email Felipe Sanchez Rijckewaert at: stgabes.socialgrp@gmail.com