Bulletin – May 1, 2022

COMMUNION INTERVIEWS

If you have not yet scheduled your child’s First Communion interview, please do so aso soon as possible.

Interview dates:
May 3rd, May 4th, and May 5th
May 10th, May 11th, May 12th,
May 17th, May 18th and May 19th.

Interviews are scheduled every 15 minutes from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM. Please call the Parish Office at 416-221-8866 to book your appointment with Fr. Brando. Please have your child bring their book to the interview.

ANNOUNCED MASSES

May 2nd to May 8th, 2022

MONDAY – EDGARDO DE BORJA ✞ – Requested by Maria De Borja
TUESDAY – CORRINE MATTICE ✞ – Requested by Mary Anne Barnes
WEDNESDAY – EUGENE JUWAH ✞ – Requested by Prescilla Juwah
THURSDAY – KOON TING LAU ✞ – Requested by Paul Lau
FRIDAY –
SATURDAY – JOSEPH D’GAMA ✞ – Requested by his Family
SUNDAY – 10:30 – EGBERTO & GREGORIA MONDEJAR ✞ – Requested by the Family
SUNDAY – 12:30 – NELLO PRADISSITTO ✞ – Requested by Fran Moscall

A PRAYER FOR PEACE IN THE UKRAINE

We pray for the реорlе of Ukraine today.
We pray for реaсе and the laying down
of weapons.
We pray for аll those who fear for tomorrow,
that your Spirit of comfort would draw near to them.
We pray for those with power over war or реасе,
for wisdom, discernment and compassion to guide their decisions.
Above аll, we pray for аll your precious children,
at-risk and in fear, that you would hold and protect them.
We pray in the name of Jesus, the Prince of Реасе.
Amen.

ROSARY GROUPS

Chinese Rosary Group
Sunday, May 1st at 3:30 PM in the Gabriel Room

English Rosary Group
Saturday, May 7th at 3:00 PM in the Gabriel Room

SHARELIFE

This weekend is ShareLife Sunday

“ShareLife is the way the rubber hits the road. This is how we validate the legitimacy and integrity of our Christian life: not by the words we speak, but by the love we share, in practical ways. That’s what we do with ShareLife.” – Cardinal Thomas Collins

To date, $36,410 has been received at the ShareLife Office and $31,750 has been received at the Parish for a total of $68,160 toward our goal of $198,000.

Please give generously during the ShareLife Sunday collection or at sharelife.org.

Thank you for supporting ShareLife!

BUNDLE UP WEEKEND COMING UP!

Weekend of May 14th/15th

It’s Spring-cleaning Time!

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is collecting gently used clothing, shoes, linens and household goods to support our neighbors in need or to be sold to help support their special works in the community on the weekend of May14th/15th

They cannot accept books, dishes, furniture, appliances, mattresses, construction materials or videos and cassettes. Please bring your donations and help others in your community.

The truck will be open Saturday from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM and Sunday from 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM. Volunteers will be there to assist with loading before and after each Mass.

GOOD SHEPHERD CENTRE CASSEROLES

There is still time to bring your prepared frozen casseroles to the Church at all the Masses next weekend for delivery to the Good Shepherd Centre. We have 33 so far but the need is great.

Please think about volunteering to help feed our less fortunate sisters and brothers. Three different recipes are available in the Parish Office or online at the Parish website. Casserole pans are also available from the Parish Office. If you require more information, please contact Irene Albrecht at 416-221-2791.

UKRAINIAN REFUGEE SPONSORSHIP, CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS

St. Gabriel’s Parish is hoping to sponsor at least one Ukrainian family. This will be done under the guidance of the Office for Refugees Archdiocese of Toronto (ORAT). These are early days in this initiative and much of the process for being matched with a Ukrainian family in need has yet to be announced. As our Refugee Committee receives information and time lines from ORAT, the parish will be updated.

Sponsorship of a family will require the support of the St. Gabriel’s community in many different ways. If you would like to learn more about the volunteer roles and to sign up, you can access that through the parish website under Ministries, Refugee Committee. If you speak Ukrainian, we would appreciate you identifying that skill through the website.

Since volunteers on the committee will work one on one with the sponsored family members, it is classified as a High Risk Volunteer position by the Archdiocese and screening by the Volunteer Screening Committee is required.

For our Parish, this will be the fourth refugee sponsorship we will have done in the last 10 years.

We thank you, the St. Gabriel Parish members, in advance for your support.

FOOD FOR ROSALIE HALL & GOOD SHEPHERD CENTRE

Thank you for your generous support of Rosalie Hall and the Good Shepherd Centre.

Your food donations are so important as Covid 19 remains with us and numbers of needy people continue to increase. Please check the expiry dates before donating since we cannot pass on food that has expired

THE GARDEN SHED

Opening: Summer Gardening Position for Youth

For the third year, St. Gabriel’s has received a Canada Summer Jobs grant from the federal government for a Gardening Helper, between the ages of 15 to 30, to assist with gardening tasks 30 hours per week for 9 weeks, beginning late May. Work can include, but not be limited to watering, weeding, planting, transplanting, soil preparation, pruning, harvesting, mulching, cleaning up debris and care of garden tools.

For more information, email sgpgardenministry@gmail.com.

To apply, please send your resume to stgabrielsparish@bellnet.ca.

CATHOLIC EDUCATION WEEK

“Rebuild, Renew, Restore Together”
May 1st to May 6th, 2022

During Catholic Education Week, May 1st to May 6th, we give thanks for the gift of publicly funded Catholic Education in our province.

Catholic schools foster supportive communities where young people can experience the joy of God’s love and understand the Christian mission in the world.

Together, our parishes, educators and families sow the seeds of faith with the next generation of Catholics, challenging them to live as joyful and faithful disciples. To affirm your support of Catholic education and sign-up for email update, please visit: www.togetherinfaith.ca.

PLANNING TO BE A CATHOLIC TEACHER?

If you are planning to be a teacher, it is important for you to know that to be hired to teach in any Catholic school board in Ontario, there must be a letter of reference from your pastor as part of your application.

The letter explaining that you belong to and participate in the community cannot be written if he does not know you. It is recommended that you have a conversation with your pastor early in the process well before the applications are to be submitted.

MINISTRY FOR MATURING ADULTS – COMMUNICATING WITH TECHNOLOGY

Would you like to learn how to connect with others virtually and via social networking apps safely and with ease? This program is a collaborative effort between the Maturing Adult Ministry and the Youth Ministry.

Please email Sr. Malou at StGabrielMMA@gmail.com for more information and to register.

FINANCE CORNER

Please pick up your Offertory envelopes at the Parish Office if you have not already done so. Thank you.