St. Elizabeth of the Trinity Parish

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1 St. Elizabeth of the Trinity Parish Holy Family Holy Ghost Immaculate Heart of Mary St. Jude s 52 Falkland St Moncton, NB E1E 4S8 Tel: St Riverside-Albert, NB E4H 3W8 Tel: Fatima Dr Riverview, NB E1B 2X8 Tel: Mass Times Mondays at 9:00 a.m. at Holy Family, Moncton Wednesdays at 9:00 a.m. at Immaculate Heart of Mary, Riverview Fridays at 2:00 p.m. at Peoples Park Tower Chapel, Moncton Saturdays Sundays 4:00 p.m. at Holy Ghost 9:00 a.m. at St. Jude s 7:00 p.m. at Holy Family 11:00 a.m. at Immaculate Heart of Mary Private confessions at Immaculate Heart of Mary on Saturday afternoons from 1:00 1:30 p.m Main St Salisbury, NB E4J 2L5 Tel: rd Sunday of Advent Dec 16 th, 2018 We pray for those who mourn the loss of Audrey Bates, Ken Dockrill, Philip White, uncle of Kate Merlin Hanson and Anne Marie Goodman, sister of Lou McGinn. We ask that God may comfort these families and loved ones in the way that only He can. And we pray to bring healing and peace to those who are sick and especially today, we pray for Shani Court, for Betty Gallant, sister of Mae Smith, for Rachel Lord, granddaughter of Al and Corinne and for Mary McAllister, mother of Marilyn McAllister-Munn. Daily Readings (December 17 th 23 rd, 2018) Monday Genesis 49:2, 8-10 Matthew 1:1-17 Tuesday Jeremiah 23:5-8 Matthew 1:18-24 Wednesday Judges 13:2-7, Luke 1:5-25 Thursday Isaiah 7:10-14, 8:10 Luke 1:26-38 Friday Zephaniah 3:4-18 Luke 1:39-45 Saturday 1 Samuel 1:24-28 Luke 1:46-56 Sunday (4 th Sunday of Advent) Micah 5:2-8 Hebrews 10:5-10 Luke 1:39-45 Liturgies for the week of December 17 th 23 rd, 2018 Peoples Park Tower Chapel Fri, December 21 st 2:00 p.m. Deceased members of Omer Roy s family (Arthur, May, Jeannine) Omer Roy Holy Ghost Sat, December 22 nd 4:00 p.m. Maisie Martin Brenda, Angela, Juanita Holy Family Mon, December 17 th 9:00 a.m. Joseph Gain Angela and Doug Wilson Sat, December 22 nd 7:00 p.m. Gerald Donovan (Anniv) Marie and family St. Jude s Sun, December 23 rd 9:00 a.m. For the People Immaculate Heart of Mary Wed, December 19 th 9:00 a.m. Sara Lia Loberza and her parents, Haydee and Lucas Liliana Trail Sun, December 23 rd 11:00 am. Donna Hearnshaw IHM Ladies Society

2 Food Basket Challenge Holy Ghost/Immaculate Heart of Mary - Rice (any kind) and oatmeal for the cold winter months ahead! St. Jude s - Cereals, pancake mix/syrup, peanut butter, sandwich fixings - mayo, ketchup, mustard, relish, jams, cheese wiz, granola bars and cookies for the little ones. Holy Family - instant rice, breakfast cereal, canned or powdered milk and juice boxes, margarine, mustard and ketchup for the House of Nazareth. Stewardship Happiness lies more in giving than in receiving. (Acts 20:35) ATTENTION Confirmation Candidates, Parents and Sponsors: The Rite of Enrolment will take place on Sunday, January 6 th at Immaculate Heart of Mary or Saturday night, January 12 th at Holy Family. Please contact the Catechism or Karen at ihmccatechism@rogers.com by Thursday January 3 rd. Also Candidate registration cards are due, as well as sponsor cards, by December 31 st. Let s Do Lunch! How about sharing your blessings with those less fortunate by donating a number of dinners to the Karing Kitchen! When $1 buys one serving, this is a wonderful gift idea! We have red Karing Kitchen cards at both Holy Family and Immaculate Heart of Mary! We are still accepting donations in memory of deceased family and friends for Christmas season environment in the churches. A list will be printed in the bulletin of those being remembered. The easiest way is to put your donation in a clearly marked envelope (Christmas Flowers) and drop it in the collection basket. Thank you. Throughout Advent, Mass will be celebrated at St. Augustine s on Tuesdays at 12:00 noon. Schedule of Christmas & New Year s Masses Christmas Eve, Monday December 24 th St. Bernard s 5:00 p.m. (family Mass), 8:00 p.m., 10:00 p.m. St. Augustine s 4:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. IHMC 4:00 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. St. Jude s 6:30 p.m. St. Lawrence O Toole 7:00 p.m. Holy Family 7:00 p.m. Our Lady of Mercy 7:00 p.m. Christmas Day, Tuesday December 25 th St. Bernard s 11:00 a.m. St. Augustine s 11:00 a.m. Holy Ghost 10:00 a.m. New Year s Eve, Monday, December 31 st St. Bernard s 5:00 p.m. St. Augustine s 4:00 p.m. Holy Ghost 4:00 p.m. Our Lady of Mercy 4:00 p.m. New Year s Day, Tuesday January 1 st, 2019 St. Bernard s 11:00 a.m. St. Augustine s 11:00 a.m. IHMC 11:00 a.m. St. Lawrence O Toole 9:00 a.m. Thank you for picking up the tab...ummmm, make that TABS! You wonderful people have raised our Tabs for Kids grand total to 2,474,727! We can hardly believe it s true! Just a bit ago, we were hoping to reach the 2 million mark and now? Just incredible! Please keep those tabs coming in! The Boys and Girls Club goal is to raise $13,500 and we are oh, so close!

3 Exploring our Faith Peace Beyond Understanding Last spring, I received a text from a dear niece requesting prayers for a good friend who had a few months previously been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. Two weeks ago, this young lady died. She was 23. A last Facebook post, presumably written by her family, states: I've been battling cancer for over a year now, it was one mighty battle and I went further than any of my doctors believed possible but sadly this battle ended yesterday morning! I want to thank all who supported me in my fight as well as anyone who's helped me to be the person I was. I am no longer in pain and can now rest in peace. Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus, Paul writes to the Philippians. How do we find peace in such challenging circumstances? While here it is Paul who writes about praying, prayer is a major theme of Luke s Gospel. I did as Dominique asked; I know she prayed also. Certainly, Stephy s Roman Catholic parents were praying, as parents always do for their children. And yet none of these prayers were answered in the way we had hoped. Still we are told that the peace of God will come to us. And in her post, young Stephy says she can now rest in peace. It is difficult to understand why this young lady, with a full life ahead of her, should have that life cut so tragically short. Luke tells us that persistence in prayer will pay off, but when our prayers seem to go unanswered by God, or we do not receive the answers we desire, how are we still able to find peace? Have faith? Believe? How are we, as we mark especially on this third Sunday of Advent, one traditionally known as Gaudete (Rejoice) Sunday, still able to live with joy? Pope Francis says, the message is so rich and so deep that it always exceeds our grasp. (EG #128) He says that joy is not expressed the same way at all times in life, especially at moments of great difficulty but it always endures, even as a flicker of light born of our personal certainty that, when everything is said and done, we are infinitely loved. (EG#6) This certainty helped Stephy s family make their statement, even in the midst of abject grief. God loved Stephy as much as God loves her parents, her family, her friends. And God will bring peace and comfort to them, just as God has brought peace to Stephy after a hard-fought illness. This is the joy we are called to not only on Gaudette Sunday but every day, a joy born of the conviction that whatever we are living - grief, tragedy, angst, doubt, anger - we are always unconditionally loved. Ellen Bennett. Office of Faith Development. Vision Bookstore Christmas Sale Come visit us at Place de la Cathédrale, 224, St-George St. from December 18 th - 21 st and take advantage of a special Christmas sale where most books and CD s (in stock) will be reduced by 10%. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE BOOKSTORE HAS NEW HOURS: 9:00 A.M. TO NOON AND 1:00 P.M. TO 4:00 P.M. Cancer Research Fundraiser 2019! One of our parishioners is planning a unique and amazing fundraiser! Hailing from Grand Falls, NB and with her Mom still livng there, she is going to create a Christmas at Home Christmas Tree Festival at the Farmer s Market there! Imagine 100 (or more) decorated trees, each depicting a favourite room of the house, all twinkling and sparkling, music playing, carollers singing and oh, the smell of hot apple cider! All proceeds will go to the Canadian Cancer Society! So how can you help? This inspired parishioner is trying to collect as many artificial Christmas trees and ornaments as she can everything will be helpful in creating the display. While the fundraiser is planned for Nov/Dec 2019, the time to be collecting the trees and ornaments is right now while we are all going through our Christmas goodies! If you can help, please contact Anne Senechal at annesenechal@rogers.com or

4 Storm Cancellation Policy In the event of a storm on the weekend that s bad enough to cancel Mass, the phone message at the office ( ) will be changed, we ll post the cancellation on our Facebook page and we ll post it up on our website, too. In addition, St. Jude s parishioners will receive an and a voic message, Holy Ghost parishioners will receive a phone call from Teresa and for Holy Family, we ll also change the phone message for ! If there s a bad storm through the week that affects the Mass at Holy Family (Monday) or IHM (Wednesday), we ll also, do our best to get the word out. Regardless, always be careful and travel wisely. St. Jude s Salisbury Helping Hands Needs Your Donations! Supporting local families at Christmas Looking for turkeys, food, new clothes, new toys, cash donations, stocking stuffers For drop-off locations and time or for more information, please call St. Jude s Community Spirit Committee Invites everyone to a community Caroling walk! Sunday, December 16 th starting at 5:30 pm at the Anglican parking lot on Fredericton Rd. Please join us for about an hour - walking, singing and making someone s Christmas just a little bit brighter! Everyone welcome! Holy Ghost Sunday Missals have arrived for personal copy and we ask $5.00 to offset the cost. Thank you. Envelopes for 2019 will likely arrive after the first week in January, so in the beginning of the New Year, please use a plain envelope and just mark your name/number on it, so your offering can be recorded. Thank you. Holy Family Come and Join Us! This Sunday, December 16 th at 3:00 p.m. we will be doing some Christmas Caroling at Holy Family! So come in full voice, ready to join in and celebrate the upcoming Christmas season! All are welcome and there will be light refreshments. Holy Family will be hosting a lovely Christmas Dinner for those who have no family nearby with whom to share the holiday spirit. Whether you're one person or a family, please plan to join us on Tuesday, December 25 th at noon. Registration will be limited to 50 people, so please register early by calling the parish office at If you have any questions, call Gerard at Thank you Jonathan Ryu! Jonathan s Christmas benefit concert raised right around $1300 for Holy Family! Immaculate Heart of Mary As well, congratulations to Lois Sullivan on winning $ on the 50/50 draw! We will be having an Annual General Meeting for Immaculate Heart of Mary Sunday, January 27 th, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. All parishioners are invited. IHMC Local Pastoral Council (LPC) elections will be held in January! Your LPC is a leadership group a group where Fr. Phil and fellow parishioners work together to consider the needs of the whole parish. They work also to ensure that all parishioners are included in parish life. We need nominations to fill positions that will become vacant in early Please look around you who in our faith community do you see as having the gifts needed to be a member of this group?

5 Community A Great Musical Christmas Gift! The Gentlemen of Harmony and Friends Jeunes Chanteur d Acadie, Harrison Trimble Vocal Ensemble and quartets Gale Force and Seventh Wave are performing their second annual Vocal Magic a Cappella show at the Riverview Arts Centre on Saturday February 2 nd, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. The show was a great crowd pleaser last year! Tickets available at Franks s Music, Jean Coutou and Sobeys in Riverview and Tickets would make a wonderful gift for someone on your list! Weekly Collection for all es Peoples Park Tower Chapel (includes PADs) Support $442.00; Loose $ Maintenance Fund $25.00 Holy Family (includes PADs) Support $ ; Loose $ Maintenance Fund $ St. Jude s (includes PADs) Support $559.00; Loose $50.55 Holy Ghost (incl PADs) Support $402.00; Loose $10.60 Missals $35.00; Flowers $45.00 Immaculate Heart of Mary (incl PADs) Support $ ; Loose $ Property Upkeep $330.50; Youth $ Social Action $ envelopes are now available! Sooooo, are your mailing labels OK? do we have your address? do you want to start a Pre-Authorized Debit (PAD) offering? do you want to receive a box of envelopes? Call Anne ! 2018 Charitable Donation Receipts Thank you to the many parishioners who make a donation to the church at this time of the year. Please note though, that the parish office will be closed between Christmas and New Year s, so if you wish to make a donation and have it included in your 2018 tax receipt, it must be in the collection at one of our four churches (not St. Bernard s or St. Augustine s) by December 30 th or dropped off into the office in Riverview by noon on December 24 th. This way, we can have the monies deposited by December 31 st and then everything will be included in your 2018 tax receipt. Again, thank you! From the Offices of Faith Development, Liturgy and Youth Faith Development Ellen at or ellen.diocesemoncton@gmail.com; Trevor at or trevord.diocese@gmail.com Deb at liturgymoncton@gmail.com Advent God Sightings: Be mindful of the Advent themes of Peace, Joy, Hope, and Love by sharing your Advent God Sightings on Instagram! How do you participate? on Instagram. Take a photo (as many as you want!) that represent to you the Advent themes just mentioned, and post them! Be sure to tag #youthfaithmoncton as well as #adventgodsightings so we can see them. Think creatively and outside the box, something that speaks to you as we journey together through Advent towards Christmas. Don t forget, the Parish Office will be closing at noon on Monday, December 24 th (Christmas Eve) and reopening on Wednesday, January 2 nd, 2019 Regular office hours in Monday to Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.