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RESERVATIONS REQUIRED TO ATTEND CHRISTMAS MASS
In light of the pandemic, you must make a reservation to attend one of the
Christmas Masses. Walk ins will not be able to be accommodated.
Reservations will be taken by phone only on Monday, November 23rd and Friday, November 27th from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM. You are asked to call 832-3327 to make your reservation.
You will need to provide your name, phone number, which Mass you would like to attend, and how many people are in your party. There are limited number of seats available due to social distancing requirements and as such, reservations will be taken on a first come – first serve basis. Please be patient when making your reservation as we embark on a new process.
Please note that reservations will not be taken during regular office hours.
Christmas Mass times are as follows:
CHRISTMAS EVE
Thursday, December 24
4:00pm St. Bridget’s
6:00pm St. Anthony’s
8:00pm St. Alphonsus
CHRISTMAS DAY
Friday, December 25
9:30am St. Alphonsus
In light of the pandemic, you must make a reservation to attend one of the
Christmas Masses. Walk ins will not be able to be accommodated.
Reservations will be taken by phone only on Monday, November 23rd and Friday, November 27th from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM. You are asked to call 832-3327 to make your reservation.
You will need to provide your name, phone number, which Mass you would like to attend, and how many people are in your party. There are limited number of seats available due to social distancing requirements and as such, reservations will be taken on a first come – first serve basis. Please be patient when making your reservation as we embark on a new process.
Please note that reservations will not be taken during regular office hours.
Christmas Mass times are as follows:
CHRISTMAS EVE
Thursday, December 24
4:00pm St. Bridget’s
6:00pm St. Anthony’s
8:00pm St. Alphonsus
CHRISTMAS DAY
Friday, December 25
9:30am St. Alphonsus
PART-TIME OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR
If you are organized, able to work independently with limited direction, have knowledge and work experience in office accounting (QuickBooks), computer programs, and payroll and you have good interpersonal skills, please submit your resume in a sealed envelope to Father. Don or place it in the parish office mail box. If you have questions, please contact Father Don. This is a part-time position located at St. Alphonsus church, and is approximately 12 hours per week.
If you are organized, able to work independently with limited direction, have knowledge and work experience in office accounting (QuickBooks), computer programs, and payroll and you have good interpersonal skills, please submit your resume in a sealed envelope to Father. Don or place it in the parish office mail box. If you have questions, please contact Father Don. This is a part-time position located at St. Alphonsus church, and is approximately 12 hours per week.
CAMP SHELDRAKE
Camp Sheldrake, a Catholic based children’s camp located on the Miramichi has erected a Memorial Board in their main lodge as a way for families to remember deceased love ones through sponsorship of children to attend camp. For a minimum donation of $500, a loved one’s name will be placed on the Board and a child will be sponsored in the deceased loved one’s name to attend one week of camp. Donors to this Memorial will be invited to a ceremony held in their area to memorialize their loved one through prayers, memory sharing. and placing of the name on the Board. For more information on this memorial, please call Camp Director Hilary Whitney at (506) 626-1489 or visit www.campsheldrake.com.
Camp Sheldrake, a Catholic based children’s camp located on the Miramichi has erected a Memorial Board in their main lodge as a way for families to remember deceased love ones through sponsorship of children to attend camp. For a minimum donation of $500, a loved one’s name will be placed on the Board and a child will be sponsored in the deceased loved one’s name to attend one week of camp. Donors to this Memorial will be invited to a ceremony held in their area to memorialize their loved one through prayers, memory sharing. and placing of the name on the Board. For more information on this memorial, please call Camp Director Hilary Whitney at (506) 626-1489 or visit www.campsheldrake.com.
INTO THE DEEP
An evening with the Franciscans of Halifax, Saturday November 21, 2020, 7:00-8:30pm, St. Francois-de-Sales Church. Talks by Sister Teresa and Father Pio, music by Meghan Darling. Free will offering (all proceeds to support the Franciscans of Halifax) or non-perishable food item. Please register by emailing claudinepohl8@gmail.com.
An evening with the Franciscans of Halifax, Saturday November 21, 2020, 7:00-8:30pm, St. Francois-de-Sales Church. Talks by Sister Teresa and Father Pio, music by Meghan Darling. Free will offering (all proceeds to support the Franciscans of Halifax) or non-perishable food item. Please register by emailing claudinepohl8@gmail.com.
BOTTLES FOR LIFE
A fundraising campaign for New Brunswick Right to Life. Drop your refundable bottles at the Golden Mile Redemption Centre, 35 Linton Rd, and let the teller know they are for the New Brunswick Right to Life Fundraiser. If you are unable to bring your bottles to the redemption centre, you can contact the Saint John Chapter of NBRL at: sjrighttolife@gmail.com to arrange for a volunteer to them pick up. Please invite your friends and family to help with this important fundraiser!
A fundraising campaign for New Brunswick Right to Life. Drop your refundable bottles at the Golden Mile Redemption Centre, 35 Linton Rd, and let the teller know they are for the New Brunswick Right to Life Fundraiser. If you are unable to bring your bottles to the redemption centre, you can contact the Saint John Chapter of NBRL at: sjrighttolife@gmail.com to arrange for a volunteer to them pick up. Please invite your friends and family to help with this important fundraiser!
MASS - Diocese of Saint John - Livestreamed from the Cathedral
Please note, a Facebook account is not required to watch the live stream. The link below takes you to the Diocesan Website. Open that link and click on Our Facebook Page. A screen may pop up asking you to Log In or Create New Account. If you scroll down on the right hand side of the page, another screen will pop us asking you to Log in or Create New Account, but if you click on “Not Now” , this will open up the full Diocesan Facebook page.
https://www.facebook.com/Diocese-of-Saint-John-108332564142619/
Please note, a Facebook account is not required to watch the live stream. The link below takes you to the Diocesan Website. Open that link and click on Our Facebook Page. A screen may pop up asking you to Log In or Create New Account. If you scroll down on the right hand side of the page, another screen will pop us asking you to Log in or Create New Account, but if you click on “Not Now” , this will open up the full Diocesan Facebook page.
https://www.facebook.com/Diocese-of-Saint-John-108332564142619/
TELEVISED MASS
Salt + Light TV has communicated with us that they have made arrangements with cable companies across Canada (Rogers, Bell, Telus, Shaw Direct, Videotron) so that Salt + Light TV is available free of charge to all subscribers until 1 May 2020. This means that any person who subscribes to cable TV will be able to access Salt + Light TV and therefore the Daily TV Mass and Sunday TV Mass produced by National Catholic Broadcasting Council. (Please note that times are in Eastern Standard Time.)
<Click Here> for English Mass information.
<Click Here> for French Mass information
Also, “La Messe du jour” that is produced and televised by Salt + Light TV six days a week from the crypt at Saint Joseph Oratory in Montreal will likewise be televised on Sundays now through arrangements with the Archdiocese of Montreal. Therefore, all may have access to televised Mass in both French and English seven days a week.
Salt + Light TV is televising the daily Mass celebrated by Pope Francis from Casa Santa Marta. This airs every day at 9:00 am and will be televised in both English and French.
The channel number on each cable company that carries Salt + Light TV can be found at https://saltandlighttv.org/subscribe
Please note that the Daily TV Mass is available on other faith based television networks besides Salt + Light TV. The various networks and Mass times can be found at https://dailytvmass.com/about/broadcast-schedule/.
On a similar note, please note that the weekly (Sunday) showing of “Le Jour du Seigneur” (Radio Canada) will continue as always to provide Sunday Mass at its usual time and channel.
Resources for Mass – PDF:
The CCCB General Secretariat has received word from Novalis, Living with Christ and Prions en Église, that during this current health crisis, they are willing to post on their websites PDFs of the pages from Living with Christ and Prions en Église for each upcoming Sunday Mass, as well as for Daily Mass, so as to allow people to download them for free during this limited period of time – until 29 March; this offer will then be assessed based on the situation at that time These resources can help the faithful who follow Mass from their homes on TV or internet. At the very least, they can read the Scriptures and follow along on televised celebrations. The CCCB has given permission to Novalis to do so.
Please click on the following links for the English and French PDF versions of the Sunday Mass Readings and prayers from Novalis:
The approved version for Canada of the Scriptural texts for Mass are likewise readily available on the website for the Association épiscopale liturgique pour les pays francophones (AELF) at https://www.aelf.org/calendrier/romain/2020/03
Sincerely yours in Jesus with Mary,
Msgr. Frank Leo, Jr.
General Secretary
NEWCOMER UPDATES
Our 1 year commitment to Aman and Mikele is now complete, and we are happy to report that both men are working. Aman is still with Premier Auto, as he has been for the past 10 months. Mikele was hired on with MCL (McLaughlin) Construction starting July 13th; after 3 months, he will be placed on their medical and dental plan and enrolled in the carpentry apprenticeship program. Both men are taking level 3 English lessons online with the Y – they need to reach Level 4 in order to enroll in the GED program and get their high school diplomas. This is necessary in order to write the apprentice blocks for their mechanic and carpentry Red Seals. If you have any time you might spare to help them with English online, it would be much appreciated.
Helen has a job at Rocmaura as a Resident Aide. She is a casual employee but has been picking up extra shifts. She is also doing online English classes, and like the men, needs to complete her GED in order to apply to the Nursing program at NBCC. Helen graduated in Eritrea, but she has no access to her records to prove it. The only challenge she will face with her GED, is her English, although she has been assessed as Level 4-5 reading/writing and 5-6 speaking/listening. She figures that working on her GED will prepare her for studying at NBCC. If you would like to help Helen prepare to write her GED, it would be much appreciated.
Please continue to pray for Helen’s daughter Heldana, who is waiting in Ethiopia with her grandmother, to join her mom here in Canada. Also, please keep in your prayers our other sponsor refugees - Muhamad, awaiting his application in Lebanon, and Aman’s brother Daniel, Lola and their 3 children in Israel. Finally, there is Mikele Beserat’s sister in Israel, who we are joint sponsoring with St. Paul’s Anglican Church and the Coptic Church.
Thank-you for your continued support, prayers and welcoming of our neighbours form afar!
Karen Bethune
634-1717
Salt + Light TV has communicated with us that they have made arrangements with cable companies across Canada (Rogers, Bell, Telus, Shaw Direct, Videotron) so that Salt + Light TV is available free of charge to all subscribers until 1 May 2020. This means that any person who subscribes to cable TV will be able to access Salt + Light TV and therefore the Daily TV Mass and Sunday TV Mass produced by National Catholic Broadcasting Council. (Please note that times are in Eastern Standard Time.)
<Click Here> for English Mass information.
<Click Here> for French Mass information
Also, “La Messe du jour” that is produced and televised by Salt + Light TV six days a week from the crypt at Saint Joseph Oratory in Montreal will likewise be televised on Sundays now through arrangements with the Archdiocese of Montreal. Therefore, all may have access to televised Mass in both French and English seven days a week.
Salt + Light TV is televising the daily Mass celebrated by Pope Francis from Casa Santa Marta. This airs every day at 9:00 am and will be televised in both English and French.
The channel number on each cable company that carries Salt + Light TV can be found at https://saltandlighttv.org/subscribe
Please note that the Daily TV Mass is available on other faith based television networks besides Salt + Light TV. The various networks and Mass times can be found at https://dailytvmass.com/about/broadcast-schedule/.
On a similar note, please note that the weekly (Sunday) showing of “Le Jour du Seigneur” (Radio Canada) will continue as always to provide Sunday Mass at its usual time and channel.
Resources for Mass – PDF:
The CCCB General Secretariat has received word from Novalis, Living with Christ and Prions en Église, that during this current health crisis, they are willing to post on their websites PDFs of the pages from Living with Christ and Prions en Église for each upcoming Sunday Mass, as well as for Daily Mass, so as to allow people to download them for free during this limited period of time – until 29 March; this offer will then be assessed based on the situation at that time These resources can help the faithful who follow Mass from their homes on TV or internet. At the very least, they can read the Scriptures and follow along on televised celebrations. The CCCB has given permission to Novalis to do so.
Please click on the following links for the English and French PDF versions of the Sunday Mass Readings and prayers from Novalis:
- Prions en Église, French Canadian edition: http://www.prionseneglise.ca/
- Living with Christ, English Canadian edition: https://www.livingwithchrist.ca/index.php/intentions?_ga=2.50103011.496730847.1584390822-169904871.1417450886
The approved version for Canada of the Scriptural texts for Mass are likewise readily available on the website for the Association épiscopale liturgique pour les pays francophones (AELF) at https://www.aelf.org/calendrier/romain/2020/03
Sincerely yours in Jesus with Mary,
Msgr. Frank Leo, Jr.
General Secretary
NEWCOMER UPDATES
Our 1 year commitment to Aman and Mikele is now complete, and we are happy to report that both men are working. Aman is still with Premier Auto, as he has been for the past 10 months. Mikele was hired on with MCL (McLaughlin) Construction starting July 13th; after 3 months, he will be placed on their medical and dental plan and enrolled in the carpentry apprenticeship program. Both men are taking level 3 English lessons online with the Y – they need to reach Level 4 in order to enroll in the GED program and get their high school diplomas. This is necessary in order to write the apprentice blocks for their mechanic and carpentry Red Seals. If you have any time you might spare to help them with English online, it would be much appreciated.
Helen has a job at Rocmaura as a Resident Aide. She is a casual employee but has been picking up extra shifts. She is also doing online English classes, and like the men, needs to complete her GED in order to apply to the Nursing program at NBCC. Helen graduated in Eritrea, but she has no access to her records to prove it. The only challenge she will face with her GED, is her English, although she has been assessed as Level 4-5 reading/writing and 5-6 speaking/listening. She figures that working on her GED will prepare her for studying at NBCC. If you would like to help Helen prepare to write her GED, it would be much appreciated.
Please continue to pray for Helen’s daughter Heldana, who is waiting in Ethiopia with her grandmother, to join her mom here in Canada. Also, please keep in your prayers our other sponsor refugees - Muhamad, awaiting his application in Lebanon, and Aman’s brother Daniel, Lola and their 3 children in Israel. Finally, there is Mikele Beserat’s sister in Israel, who we are joint sponsoring with St. Paul’s Anglican Church and the Coptic Church.
Thank-you for your continued support, prayers and welcoming of our neighbours form afar!
Karen Bethune
634-1717
