Please find attached this Sunday’s parish bulletin for the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time. This week we have a big announcement about the Supper Table’s upcoming fundraiser event, a grand 4-course Autumn Harvest Dinner! Included are also a variety of announcements from ministries restarting this busy Fall.
Please find below the Parish Bulletin for the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 10th. We have included a final deadline for the front stairs’ completion date as well as announcements for the Season of Creation and Faith Formation activities this month!
Attached is the Bulletin for this Sunday, September 3rd, the 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time. We have a plethora of announcements, including ones about the LGBTQ+ Barbeque, an update about our Step Up campaign, and a recap of this summer’s Faith Formation pilgrimage!
Below is our Bulletin for the 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time: August 27th, 2023. We have included an update on the front steps construction, as well as a reflection written by Serena Shaw, an Oblate Associate.
Full .pdf of John’s reflection is located at the end of this post.
As I reflected and prayed with this Sunday’s readings, I was struck by a common thread shared by all three scripture texts. The authors in each of these passages challenge their readers to reflect on their personal assumptions around who might find favour with God. To put it in more modern language, Isaiah, Matthew, and Paul are saying, “Get out of your self-righteous comfort zone!” Let’s look a bit more closely.
Please find attached the Parish Bulletin for the 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 20th, 2023. In this issue, we have a recap of the Women’s Centre Summer Event as well as a request for maintenance volunteers!
Here is the parish bulletin for August 13th, the 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time. This week’s bulletin features news about a a flood in our church due to the storm that passed through Ottawa on Thursday, August 10th. We are so grateful for our parishioners and staff who helped us manage the situation that evening.
Please find attached our Parish bulletin for the Transfiguration of the Lord. We have included an announcement about a generous donation to the Supper Table, courtesy of the Ottawa Community Foundation! There is also a volunteer job posting from the Women’s Centre as well as information about the Pride Barbecue on August 18th.
Attached is our bulletin for this coming 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time. In the bulletin you will find a lovely announcement from the ROC, requests from the Supper Table and Women’s Centre, as well as a reflection written by our former pastor Fr Beaudette!
The Book of Wisdom reminds us that God is in the process of making all things whole. I recall how last weekend Fr. Robert spoke of how God is gentle, full of love and forgiveness. I am reminded of the potter who continues to spin the wheel, so that the emerging form comes from within the clay itself – with the potter’s hands being there simply to allow form to come into being.”
Paul’s Letter to the Romans speaks to me of our own weaknesses, and how often we might not know how to pray. When that happens the prayers that we are trying to offer are also offered for us by the Holy Spirit. Bishop Blaise Cupich of Chicago in a 2020 homily stated: “the power of the Spirit is to take what is there and build on it… to bring us together as one body – interdependent on one another, one family.” Community…