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Week Liturgy: Monday to Friday, 9:00 am THE FRANCISCAN CHURCH OF ST. BONAVENTURE Sacrament of Reconciliation: 2019 - Parish Family Photo Directory 1300 Leslie Street, Toronto, ON., M3C 2K9 Saturday, 4:00 pm Telephone: 416-447-5571 Fax: 416-447-4082 Sunday Liturgy: Saturday Vigil, 5:00 pm The purpose of this new project is to help develop the Website: www.st-bonaventure.ca Sunday, 8:30 am, 10:00 am community spirit among us and to help us get to know and 12 noon our fellow parishioners by name. Remember, it’s free YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME AT ST. BONAVENTURE Ministry Centre Hours and we need you to participate! Thanks in advance for Monday to Thursday: 9 am to 4:30 pm GROWING IN SPIRIT, COMMUNITY AND SERVICE your support and participation in the program. This Friday: 9 am to 3 pm directory will embrace young and old, families, couples Inspired by St. Francis we seek to live and proclaim the gospel in Closed for lunch: 12:30 to 1:30 pm and single members. You are all members of our our daily lives, responding to the spiritual hungers of the community Saturday: 2 pm to 6:30 pm and becoming an oasis of peace, prayer and service. church family, our directory is not complete without Sunday: 9:30 am to 1:30 pm __________________________________________ you. October 20, 2019 Ministry Centre Contacts - (416-447-5571) Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time Pastor: Friar Dennis J. Mason, OFM Conv. We will be in touch with Ministry leaders to coordinate Ext. 234 group photos for the various ministries. And Now, A Word from Our Patron Saint Associate Pastor: Friar Peter Knaapen, OFM Conv. Early sign-ups get the benefit of first choices of Come, let us give a little time to enjoyment. Ext. 233, frpeter@st -bonaventure.ca appointment times. We have set aside the following Even on a grey day let’s find some time for joy. dates: Deacon: Sal Badali St. Bonaventure [email protected] Nov 19 - 2:30 pm to 8:30 pm Nov 20 - 2:30 pm to 8:30 pm Parish Manager: Connie Durante Nov 21 – 11 am to 8:30 pm Join our Parish: Pick-up a registration form at the back of Ext. 224, [email protected] the church, Ministry Centre or download online. Baptism of Infants: One Sunday every other month. Lay Pastoral Associate: Greg Beath More dates will be added once these dates are fully Request forms are on the website, at the back of the church Ext. 258, [email protected] booked. Sign-up sheets are available at the back of or at the Ministry Centre. church. You can also sign up on-line at: Becoming Catholic (RCIA): For those not baptized, those Minister, Maturing Adults: Maureen McDonnell https://booknow.securedata-trans.com/b2xyj39s/ baptized in another Christian tradition and those baptized Ext. 550, [email protected] You will be able to view and select from available In Pope Francis’ address for the “Angelus,” he Catholic but have not completed their initiation, a process of appointment times. becoming Catholic involving prayer, inquiry and study is asks, “Why does God want us ‘to cry out day and available. Please contact Greg, our Lay Pastoral Associate. Pastoral Assistant: Nimfa Chua Ext. 222, [email protected] night’ to the Lord? Doesn’t he already know our Some tips for a great photo: Please wear rich School-aged Children: Preparation of children for the needs?” celebration of First Reconciliation, First Eucharist and colours and dress for a full-length portrait. St. Clare Inn Office: Confirmation is provided through our Parish Program. 1320 Leslie Street, Suite 200 And this is a good question, that leads us to Further information will be provided in the bulletin during Please consider volunteering for this project. We need Toronto, ON. M3C 2K9 deepen a very important aspect of the Faith: the school year. some volunteers to help with the album layout, make 416-690-0330 God invites us to pray with insistence, not Marriage: Contact Friar Dennis or Friar Peter at least [email protected]; www.stclareinn.org telephone calls to book appointments, greeters to help one year before the desired date. Couples need to participate guide families to the phot shoot. If you are interested, because He doesn’t know what we need, or in a Marriage Preparation Course. Franciscan Ministries: please contact the Ministry Centre for more information, because He doesn’t listen to us. On the Religious Life: Discerning a call to the consecrated 1320 Leslie Street, Suite 200 416.447-5571. contrary, He always hears and knows all of us, religious life please see one of the friars. 416-690-5611 with love. In our daily journey, especially in Pastoral Care: Ministers of the Eucharist bring difficulties, in the fight against evil outside of St. Anthony of Padua Mission Aid How long is the photography process? Communion to the homebound. Contact the Ministry Centre to make arrangements. 1320 Leslie Street, Suite 100 From registration through taking photos and ourselves and within us, the Lord is not far Toronto, ON., M3C 2K9 choosing your directory poses between 30-45 away, He is at our side; we fight, with Him Private Prayer: Contact Friar Boniface at 416-447-5571 ext. 500 416-690-9904 minutes. beside us, and our weapon is prayer, which makes us feel His presence alongside of us, His Spiritual Direction: Contact Friar Mark at St. Bonaventure Catholic School What to wear for the best professional mercy, even His help . [email protected] 1340 Leslie Street, Toronto ON. M3C 2K9 Prayer Network: Members pray daily for intentions Phone: 416-393-5263 Fax: 416-393-5117 photography? Group coordinated solid colours, long sleeves held in confidence. Contact Nimfa Chua at 416-447-5571 ext. 222 Catholic Cemeteries Archdiocese of Toronto: and smile. Pope Francis, Angelus, October 20, 2013 Copyright©2019, Anne M. Osdieck. All rights reserved. 4950 Yonge St. Suite 206, North York ON., Permission is granted to reproduce for parish use. Funeral: Please contact the Ministry Centre and we will M2N 6K1 Phone: 416-733-8544 assist you in planning the liturgical services. www.catholic-cemeteries.com Community Life Psalm 121~ Our help is from the Lord, who Congratulations to Rev. Mr. Salvatore Badali on made heaven and earth. his 25th Anniversary of his Ordination as a St. Bonaventure’s Ministry with Maturing Adults And Now, A Word from Our Pastor Deacon. Mass Intentions 2019 Fall Series Oct. 21 Monday 9:00 am †Patrick Bernard Matthews As we mark the 25th anniversary of the ordination of On October 13, Pope Francis inscribed the Oct. 22 Tuesday 9:00 am †Malcolm MacKinnon Deacon Sal today, October 20, 2019, 12:00 noon Mass. name of John Henry Newman in the roll of the Oct. 23 Wednesday 9:00 am †Beatrice Lobo After Mass the celebration continues with a reception saints. Raised and ordained a priest in the Oct. 24 Thursday 9:00 am †Teresita Barin in the Main Hall of the Parish Centre. Anglican tradition, Newman eventually became a Oct. 25 Friday 9:00 am The Friars Catholic. He was a poet, an educator and a Ministry with Maturing Adults invites a deepening †Mercia Ekanayake composer of hymns. Long before Vatican Council awareness of the depths of our spiritual life as we grow into †Eddie Sanchez II, Newman recognized and fostered the role of This Week in Our Parish Hall the fullness of our wisdom years. The program offers an †Mr. & Mrs. Ibrahim Tuesday, October 22nd lay women and men in bringing the Gospel into exploration of relevant and thought-provoking topics led by †Anthony ‘Nikki’ Nicholas 9:30 am Ministry with Maturing Adults-Fall Program/ the world. Pope Leo XIII made him a cardinal in a variety of presenters. All are welcome, please come and †Ivy Lyn Francis Room gratitude for his service to God’s People. participate in this most satisfying program. We are †Carmel McCarthy Wednesday, October 23rd Newman offered that service first and foremost pilgrims together! Oct. 26 Saturday 5:00 pm †Rosario Enriquez 1:30 pm Life Story Writing- Gisela Cote/Bonaventure Room through his vocation as a priest. His motto, We meet on Tuesdays at 9:30 to 11:45 am in the Oct. 27 Sunday 8:30 am †Hugh Canning (father & son) 7:00 pm Alcoholic Anonymous/Francis Room “Heart speaks to Heart,” summarizes Newman’s Thursday, October 24th Francis Room. We begin with coffee, tea and treats. 10:00 am †Jennifer Khayat pastoral approach to ministry. 9:30 am CWL Flea Market donations dropped off/Main Hall 12:00 pm Joyce De Gannes The same day saw the canonization of 3 Friday, October 25th Dates: Prayer Intentions: October 22 – “Supportive Communication” religious sisters: Indian Sister Mariam Thesia, 9:30 am CWL Flea Market donations dropped off/Main Hall presentation with Nicole Gardner, Italian Sister Giuseppina Vannini, both of whom Vigil Lamp: Emmy D. Francisco Saturday, October 26th For the Sick: Tonya M., Beatriz Ortega, Michelena Oakes, Public Education Coordinator, Alzheimer’s founded religious orders; and Brazilian Sister 9:00 am CWL Flea Market Douglas Woollings, Margaret Fernando, Josephine Society of Toronto Delores Lopes Pontes, who was nominated for a 9:30 am Christian Meditation/Oak Room Jenkinson, Christine Wojnicki, Alfonz Pavli, Raymund 9:30 am Al Anon Group/Bonaventure Room November 5 – Reclaiming the Christian Tradition Nobel Peace Prize for her service to the poor. Fung, Kay Corner, Dorothy Lord, Mabel Lim, Fernando of the Art of Dying; Exploring the work On that same day, Marguerite Bays, a DiBona, Pina Aristodemo, Carol Marchant, Sri Suppiah and ______________________________________ of Sister Nula Kenny, Presenter – laywoman from Switzerland, was acknowledged Gertrude McMaster Maureen McDonnell as a saint.