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Sunday December 10, 2017 - 2nd
Sunday of Advent
Go to: www.archtoronto.org/confession for:
Confession Times throughout the Toronto Archdiocese
Examination of Conscience
How to go to Confession
Frequently Asked Questions
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Our parish Day of Confession is
Wednesday December 13 6:00 pm—9:00 pm
May I receive the sacrament if I’m divorced?
If you are civilly divorced but have not remarried or were validly married in the Church after receiving a declaration of nullity for your first marriage, then, yes, you may receive the Sacrament. If you have remarried outside of the Church or have entered into a cohabitating relationship, then those predicaments must be addressed before you can receive absolution. Pope John Paul II addressed this situation in 1981. “The church reaffirms her practice, which is based upon sacred scripture, of not admitting to Eucharistic communion divorced persons who have remarried. They are unable to be admitted thereto from the fact that their state and condition of life objectively contradict that union of love between Christ and the Church that is signified and effected by the Eucharist. … Reconciliation in the sacrament of penance, which would open the way to the Eucharist, can only be granted to those who, repenting of having broken the sign of the covenant and of fidelity to Christ, are sincerely ready to undertake a way of life that is no longer in contradiction to the indissolubility of marriage. This means, in practice, that when, for serious reasons such as, for example, the children's upbringing, a man and a woman cannot satisfy the obligation to separate, they ‘take on themselves the duty to live in complete continence, that is, by abstinence from the acts proper to married couples’” (FC 84). If you’re in these circumstances, you are encouraged to talk to a priest in the light of God about your present situation and possibly begin an investigation of whether your first marriage was valid.
What if I prefer to go to confession to priests at nearby parishes or at Catholic shrines or chapels where confessions are available each day?
The most important thing is that you go! You can go to any Catholic priest in good standing with the faculties to hear confessions. You may find over time, however, that you will be helped more in your struggle against sin by a good confessor who has gotten to know you than by confessing to various priests, none of whom really know you.
Perpetual Adoration Christmas Schedule
Sunday December 24 Chapel Closed Monday December 25 Chapel opens 2:00 pm Sunday December 31 Chapel Closed Monday January 1 Chapel opens 2:00 pm
Parish Office Closed these days
Monday December 25 Closed Tuesday December 26 Closed
Christmas Novena & Mass Schedule
Christmas Novena Masses
FRIDAY DECEMBER 15 – SATURDAY DECEMBER 23
inclusive, 7:30 pm
One of the best things about celebrating Christmas is the final days leading up to Christmas Eve. There are several long-standing Catholic cultural traditions that take us through these final days of Advent – heightened with anticipation in so soon welcoming the birth of the King of Kings. The Las Posadas (“The Inns”) celebrated in Latin American countries and Simbáng Gabi (“Night Mass”) in the Philippines are just two examples of nine-day celebrations. As the Christmas Novena of Masses aims to prepare our hearts for the coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ, plan with your family and friends to save these evenings, to make this year’s Christmas preparation meaningful.
SUNDAY
December 24
MONDAY
December 25
TUESDAY
December 26
4th
Sunday of Advent
Sunday Masses 8:00 am 9:30 am Italian 9:30 am English
11:00 am 12:45 pm Chapel Closed this day
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Christmas Eve Masses
5:00 pm Youth Mass 8:00 pm Cantor 11:30 pm Carols 12:00 am Adult Choir
Christmas Day Masses
8:00 am 9:30 am Italian 9:30 am English 11:00 am 12:45 pm
Eucharistic Adoration Chapel
Opens 2:00 pm
Feast of St. Stephen
Reconciliation
7:00 pm—7:30 pm
Mass
7:30 pm
SUNDAY
December 31
MONDAY
January 1
MONDAY
January 8
Feast of Holy Family with blessing of families
Sunday Masses
8:00 am 9:30 am Italian 9:30 am English
11:00 am 12:45 pm Chapel Closed this day
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Solemn Vigil Masses Mary, Mother of God 5:00 pm
9:00 pm
Mary, Mother of God
Masses
8:00 am 9:30 am Italian 9:30 am English 11:00 am 12:45 pm
Eucharistic Adoration Chapel
Opens 2:00 pm
Baptism of
our Lord
Mass
8:00 am
Sunday December 10, 2017 – 2nd
Sunday of Advent
MASS INTENTIONS
Monday, December 11 8:00am Fr. Joseph Occhio by Salesians of Don Bosco
Tuesday, December 12 10:30am Mass at Kipling Acres 7:30pm Luisa & Giorgio Imbrogno by Lidia & Mario Imbrogno
Wednesday, December 13 8:00am Michele Quaglietta by Quaglietta family
Thursday, December 14 8:00am Maria & Americo Zavagno by Aldo & Marisa D’Andrea
Friday, December 15 8:00am Fr. Joseph Occhio by Stefania Fantin 7:30pm Christmas Novena Mass
Saturday, December 16 8:00am Deceased members of the Rossi & Durante families by Maria Rossi 5:00pm Rita Brown by Helen & Family 7:30pm Christmas Novena Mass
Sunday, December 17 8:00am Annie Amato by Amato family 9:30am Deceased members of the Orlando & Coletta families by Ida & family 9:30am For the People 11:00am Iris Rabel by Gerry & Carol & family 12:45pm Raffaella & Evaristo Bernardi by Stefania Fantin 7:30pm Christmas Novena Mass
LAST WEEK’S COLLECTION
Sunday Offering $8,996 Debt Repayment $5,539
Thank you for your generosity.
Diocesan Assessment Outstanding Debt
Balance owing as at December 1, 2017 $173,646
LESS: Debt Repayment Parish second collection and PAG, December 1, 2017 ($1,300)
Balance owing as at December 8, 2017 $172,346
Advent Lessons & Carols
December 17 ~ 3:00 pm
St. Michael's Cathedral Basilica 65 Bond Street, Toronto
Lessons and Carols is a service of Christian worship celebrating the coming birth of Jesus at Christmas. It tells the story of the fall of humanity, the promise of the Messiah, and the birth of Jesus in short readings of scripture and in sacred song. St. Michael’s Choir School will provide the hymns and choir music. This event will also mark the closing of the 175th Anniversary of the Archdiocese of Toronto. First-come, first-seated.
www.stmichaelscathedral.com/concerts
Thank You! From the St. Benedict Sewing Group
We wish to thank FORTINO’S who supported our recent Bazar.
From St. Benedict Parish
We wish to thank the
St. Benedict Sewing Group
for your kind donation of
$1000 in support of our Debt Repayment
$1,000 to pay for Church Expenses
&
$200 in support of our Savio Club
Friars’ Student Writing Award 2018 Win Great Prizes!
Students aged 14-18 are invited to write a 500-word essay on the theme for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, celebrated January 18-25, 2018. The Theme for this coming year is "Your right hand, O Lord, glorious in power” (cf. Exodus 15:6). Students should read the Scripture passage Exodus 15:1-21 and respond to the following question in the essay:
Just as the Israelites sought deliverance from enslavement, in contemporary society the dignity of all people is threatened by new enslavements to poverty, violence, injustice and addictions. In what ways can Christians of all denominations work together to stave off these assaults to human dignity? Explain.
First prize is an iPad Pro (128 GB), second prize is a Kobo Aura H20 Edition 2, and third to sixth prizes are a one-year subscription to The Catholic Register and other prizes. Essays will be edited and published in The Catholic Register. Deadline for entries is January 8, 2018. Email your essay to [email protected] or FAX it to 416-934-3409 (please include your full name, email address, phone number, and the name of your school on the front page of the essay).
For further information call 416-934-3400 x344
or 416- 934-3410 x403 or 1-855-441-4077.
Don’t miss this opportunity!
Saturdaze Oratory
All children grades 4-8 are invited to join the Oratory one Saturday per month. A joyful opportunity to have time together with old and new friends playing, dancing, singing and praying.
Join us for our second Saturdaze on December 16 2017 – 3:00-6:00 PM
Contact Matteo or Andre for more information
[email protected] or 416-743-3830 ext6
