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bulletin – June 25

Sunday, June 25th, 2006

THIS IS OUR LAST BULLETIN FOR THE SEASON.
WE WISH YOU A HAPPY AND SAFE SUMMER.

SUMMER OFFICE HOURS:

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM MONDAY TO FRIDAY
1:00 PM – 5:00 PM SATURDAY
9:00 AM – 2:00 PM SUNDAY

SOUVENIRS OF ST. GABRIEL’S CHURCH:

If you would like a souvenir of this Church before its demolition, consider ordering a picture of the mosaic over the main doors. Order forms are available at the back of the Church on a table under the sample pictures. Please note that you have a choice of frames. You may drop the order forms into the collection basket at any Mass.

ST. GABRIEL’S CHILDREN’S FAITH PROGRAM

is designed for children from Senior Kindergarten to Grade 8 in our Parish who are attending either private or public school and wish to learn about our Catholic Faith. We are currently accepting new students for the 2006/2007 school year. The deadline for enrollment is JUNE 30, 2006. For more information please call the Parish Office at 416 – 221 – 8866.

SUNDAY COLLECTION: June 17/18, 2006

Total: $8,803.00

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	4:30	8:30	10:30	12:30
Loose	117.62	106.91	202.82	223.10
Env. $	1,844.11	2,380.36	3,015.46	1,563.07
Total	2705.22	2503.91	2571.08	2698.10
# of Env.	127	124	158	77

Sharelife

I want to take this opportunity to thank you for your very generous support of this year’s ShareLife.
– Fr. Paul

2005 SHARELIFE TOTAL: $176,612.27
2006 TO DATE: $148,119.01

RCIA:

Meetings will begin Monday September 18 at 7:30PM. These evenings are for persons interested in learning about the Catholic Faith. Adult Catholics who wish to celebrate the Sacraments of Eucharist and Confirmation are welcome. For more information, please call Mary Landry at 416-221-8866 ext 224

ALTAR SERVERS

There will be a meeting for all altar servers on Sunday July 9th after the 12:30 Mass. It is important to attend.

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION

Friday July 7th after the 9:00AM Mass until 12 noon.

ROSARY GROUPS:

Please enter by the West doors.
SATURDAY JULY 1st – ENGLISH – 9:00AM
SUNDAY JULY 2nd – CHINESE – 3:30PM

BAPTISMS – WELCOME!

Adriana Sofia Balarezo
Aidan Boylan
Ella Anne Jones
Chi – Ping Kung
Lucas Benjamin Sulit
Anju Tsukimoto

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ST. GABRIEL’S SCHOOL GRADUATION CLASS OF 2006!

CASSEROLES FOR THE GOOD SHEPHERD

During the summer, the chicken rice casseroles will be collected on the weekend of July 22/23 (a week earlier than normal because of the move to the new Church) and the weekend of August 26/27 (in the new Church). More volunteers are encouraged to get a copy of the casserole recipe and a pan and give it a try. For more information, please contact Irene Albrecht at 416-221-2791.

JUST COFFEE

Sales of Fair Trade coffee will be suspended for July and August. Thank you to all who supported this program to provide farmers in the south with a fair living wage.

ANNOUNCED MASSES

Date	Time	Intentions
JULY 29 SAT	4:30PM	BUTCH ANDRADA req Mimi Garrido
AUG 1 TUE	9:00AM	WALTER MATTICE req Family
3 THU	9:00AM	IN THANKSGIVING req JOHN CHAN & FAMILY
4 FRI	9:00AM	JOSEPH LAM req Peter Lam & Family
5 SAT	4:30PM	Deceased members of the PEREIRA & PAUL FAMILIES req Sophie Pereira
8 TUE	9:00AM	FRANK NASELLO req Family
10 THU	9:00AM	KONG CHIK req Agnes
11 FRI	9:00AM	SANDY SMITH req Isabelle Quirion
12 SAT	4:30PM	FELICISIMO SORIASO req Family
15 TUE	9:00AM	SPECIAL INTENTIONS req John Chan & Family
17 THU	9:00AM	VERA KHO req Teresa Marchie
18 FRI	9:00AM	GIZELA TLUCKO req Fran Moscall
19 SAT	4:30PM	GINO GERARDI req Family
22 TUE	9:00AM	NADIA GOUDA req Family
24 THU	9:00AM	JOSEPHINE CHAN req John Chan & Family
25 FRI	9:00AM	MARCELINO FERNANDES req Tita Fernandes & Family
26 SAT	4:30PM	GORDON LUSK req Family
29 TUE	9:00AM	VERA KHO req Tish Slemon
31 THU	9:00AM	ANTHONY & MARGARET TOSONI req Family
SEPT 1 FRI	9:00AM	SILVINA BANAYAD req Mariano Family
SEPT 2 SAT	4:30PM	VINCENZA GRECH req Family

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bulletin – May 7

Sunday, May 7th, 2006

From the 7th to the 12th of May, Fathers Steve Dunn, Bernard and Paul will be attending an important meeting of the Passionist Community in Scranton, PA. This meeting is called a “Chapter” and at it the leadership of the community for the next four years will be elected and issues of the Passionist Community will be discussed. Please pray for the success of this important meeting. The Franciscans , from St. Bonaventure’s Parish, will be celebrating the Masses during the coming week. On Wednesday of last week, we had a visit from Fr. Ottaviano D’Egidio, our Superior General from Rome. Fr. Ottaviano is an architect and was anxious to see our new Church. He told us he was delighted by what he saw and supported our efforts.

OUR NEW CHURCH

One of the features of our New Church will be a large gathering space. To give parishioners the opportunity of socializing after Mass and to deal with the reality of underground parking, we will be changing the hours of our weekend Masses. As of June 4th, the hours of Sunday Masses will be
Saturday – 4:30 PM
Sunday – 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM and 12:30 PM

This will allow for a more leisurely coming and going between Masses.

ANNOUNCED MASSES

Date	Time	Intentions
Tue., May 9	9:00 am	EMMY & FRED SPEED req Yvonne & Barney Singh
Thu., May 11	9:00 am
Fri., May 12	9:00 am
Sat., May 13	4:30 pm	MARY & MIKE McCLOSKEY req Family

THE GIFTING PROGRAM

The balance for our new organ is $ 38,639.00. If you would like to donate to the new organ, please get in touch with the parish office. Each donor will be inscribed in the special Heritage Book. Again, thank you for your generous response to our Gifting Program.

Please make your cheque payable to: St. Gabriel’s – Gifting – and forward it to the parish office to the attention of Marilyn Doré. We would also ask that you let us know in whose honour (living or deceased) you would like your gift named.

TIME TO STUDY

Tuesday, May 16 at 7:30 pm
Wednesday, May 10 at 10:30 am (West Door Entrance)

Ecology

Wednesday, May 17 at 10:30 am ( West Door Entrance)

ST. GABRIEL’S CHILDREN’S FAITH PROGRAM

is designed for children from Senior Kindergarten to Grade 8 in our Parish who are attending either private or public school and wish to learn about our Catholic Faith. We are currently accepting new students for the 2006/2007 school year. Enrollment forms are available at the Parish office. The deadline for enrollment is JUNE 30, 2006. Volunteers to the program are always welcome. For more information please call the Parish Office at 416 – 221 – 8866.

FIRST RECONCILIATION FOR STUDENTS OF ST. GABRIEL’S CHILDREN’S FAITH PROGRAM

and other children in the Parish will be held on Saturday, May 27th at 11:00 AM. Parents, please bring the children to the Church at least 10 minutes earlier.

CONFIRMATION RETREAT

Thursday, May 25th from 9:00 AM to 2:30 PM. All candidates receiving Confirmation this year are expected to attend a retreat in their honour to be held in the Church Hall.

SUNDAY COLLECTION: April 29/30, 2006

Total: $10,478.31

	4:30	9:00	10:30	12:00
Loose	117.62	106.91	202.82	223.10
Env. $	2587.60	2397.00	2369.00	2475.00
Total	2705.22	2503.91	2571.08	2698.10
# of Env.	127	124	158	77

TODAY IS SHARELIFE’S SECOND OFFERING

On behalf of Cardinal Ambrozic and all those served by ShareLife’s 34 Agencies, we would like to thank you for your generous support. This year the Diocese asked our Catholic faith community to “answer the call to give”, responding as stewards of healing and hope to the poor and marginalized. May we continue to help those in need.

2005 SHARELIFE TOTAL: $176,612.27
2006 TO DATE: $78,875.00

CASSEROLES FOR THE GOOD SHEPHERD CENTRE

Thank you to the volunteers who prepared 48 casseroles for April. For May, your prepared casseroles (frozen please) will be collected at the Masses on the weekend of May 27/28 for delivery to the Good Shepherd Centre. More volunteers are encouraged to become active in helping to feed our less fortunate sisters and brothers. If you require more information or would like to get a copy of the recipe and a casserole pan, please contact Irene Albrecht at 416-221-2791.

CATHOLIC FAMILY SERVICES OF TORONTO

provides desperately needed counselling and support assistance to families in parishes throughout the Archdiocese. Beginning this year, we are hoping to involve more participation from each parish in supporting our activities through volunteering, helping with fundraising events and serving on our Board of Directors.

Our new activities kick off on Wednesday, May 24th with a day of golf for all parishioners at the glorious Glen Eagle Golf Club. We are hoping that each parish will sponsor at least one team of four in our tournament. However, individual players are encouraged to sign up as well. The event is open to both casual and competitive golfers and is followed by a magnificent Dinner and Awards Banquet.

Registrations will be available at the parish office, or for more information, please contact Mark Evans at Catholic Family Services by phone at 416 – 921 – 1163, or by email at mevans@cfsofto.org

SACRED WALKING … A journey of the heart

Single women, 18 – 40 are invited to a retreat weekend May 12-14 or June 2-4, given by a team of Sisters of St. Joseph. For information please call Sister Dorothy at 416 – 934 – 0042.

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