St. Andrew Parish Mass temporarily at St. Monica Church, 2080 Merivale Road Saturdays at 7:00 pm www.saintandrewparish.ca

Located at St. Monica Church 2080 Merivale Rd, Nepean K2C 3H1 613-723-9767

All public Masses (weekend and weekday) will be at 25% of capacity until further notice. Saturday 7:00 pm Mass at St. Monica Church requires a reservation. Weekday Masses at St. Monica Church are ‘first come, first served’. Masks still are necessary for all This is in order to comply with the directives of the Province of Ontario. Please continue checking our website for updates.

September 26, 2021 ~ Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

RE-OPENING We are cautiously optimistic about being able to return to Mass at St. Joseph High School in October. Even with government permission, this will be possible only with a ONLINE RESERVATIONS solid team of set-up / take-down volunteers and a full FOR WEEKEND MASS compliment of those in the liturgical ministries. We will be As of June 26, we resumed our 7:00 pm Saturday evening contacting people about this is in the coming weeks. Mass at St. Monica Church for the parishioners of Thank you for thinking of what you might be able to do to St. Andrew Parish. make this happen. More information will be made If you would like to attend, you need to make a reservation. available as soon as we have it. This can be done online at https://standrew.app.rsvpify.com/

Reservations are accepted Tuesdays to Thursdays ONLY! The PARISH WEBCAST requests will be processed on a first-come-first-serve basis SUNDAY MASS FROM and if your request cannot be honoured, you will be contact- ST. MONICA CHURCH ed. Reservations will only be taken one week at a time. If We will be continuing our web-based transmission you do not have internet or if you have any questions, you of the celebration of Sunday Mass on the internet may call the office at 613-723-9767 x 1 (YouTube), via https://saintmonicaparish.ca/

Currently the Province of Ontario has set the limit as up to 25% of the building’s capacity for religious services. The Sacrament of Reconciliation is available to those who wish to receive it in the St. Monica If you would like to help, please email Church vestibule, near the main doors, at the fol- [email protected] or call Janice Pilgrim, the parish lowing times; Monday & Wednesday 7:45 pm, secretary, at the above number. Tuesday & Thursday 9:45 am, Saturday afternoons and any other times by appointment only

Please see the parish website for further details at We are looking forward to seeing you. www.saintandrewparish.ca

Diocesan Theme: Christ Is Everything For Us. “Lord, to whom can we go? You have the words to eternal life”. (John 6.68) PARISH ADMINISTRATION Pastor: Fr. Frank Brewer [email protected] 723-9767 x 3 Sophie Pilgrim Associate Pastor Fr. Charles Orchard [email protected] 723-9767 x 4 Visiting Clergy: Fr. Pierre Champoux [email protected] Deacon: Rev. Mr. Gerard Vardy [email protected] Michael Nachef, Connor O’Hara. Admin Assistant: Janice Pilgrim Sat Sep 25 Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time [email protected] 723-9767 x1 School Age Sacramental 7:00 pm + Mary Garnett by Robert Garnett Co-ordinator: Milva Calla FINANCIAL APPEAL [email protected] 723-9767 x2 Sat Oct 2 Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time To financially support our Parish during Parish Finance: Robella Folliet this time, contributions may be mailed [email protected] 7:00 pm For the People of the Parish via Canada Post to the parish office or PARISH MINISTRIES by calling Robella Folliet, our part-time Pastoral Council bookkeeper, at (613-723-9767 x222) to Chair: Serge Bosquet RE-OPENING IN arrange for monthly automatic bank or Building Committee OCTOBER? credit card withdrawals. Another op- John Kane [email protected] It seems like we have been tion is to contribute Pleasedirectly Gym set up Team wandering in the desert with through CanadaHelps on our parish Liem Nguyen [email protected] no home except all we have website (www.saintandrewparish.ca). Eucharistic Ministers Paula Gallant done for the past year and a note, anyone who donates through Music Ministry half is stay home. As the province is permitted the Parish website will automatically be Sat. 5:00 pm John Pilgrim more and more to be open, we are setting our sent a tax receipt to the email address Sun. 9:30 am Lorraine Young Tomalty attention on re-opening the gym at St. Joseph High you provided. If you are already con- Altar Servers Lesley McCoy School for the St. Andrew Parish weekend Masses tributing monthly through one of these Readers & Children’s Liturgy (we may only begin with a Sunday morning Mass). methods, we sincerely appreciate your Mellissa Applewaithe donations. If not, please consider tak- Adult Faith Formation (RCIA) In order for us to open, we need a significant num- ing the steps to begin monthly contri- Parish office 723-9767 x 1 ber of committed volunteers. Will you be back? School Age Sacrament Prep Will you resume your ministry? Will you join a min- butions. Thank you. Milva Calla 723-9767 x 2 istry? Our usual tasks include the set-up and take- Catholic Women’s League (CWL) down of the gym, readers, Eucharistic ministers, Linda Lovelace [email protected] 843-9905 music ministry and sound system. We may be re- quired to still keep attendance lists. Can you assist PARISH SCHOOLS with checking people in when they arrive for Mass? Monsignor Paul Baxter School We likely will need to sanitize. Can you help with 825-7544 this? COLLECTION FOR THE 333 Beatrice Drive NEEDS OF THE CHURCH IN Principal: Vincenza Nicoletti Please send an email to secre- St. Benedict School 692-1005 CANADA: This will be held on [email protected] (title line: Mass Help) 2525 River Mist Road Sept. 25/26 to assist the Bishops in Principal: Lisa Hurd to let us know how you will be able to help. St. Cecilia School 692-6164 their ministry of accompanying, teach- 3490 Cambrian Road If we do not have sufficient commitment, we will ing, guiding, sanctifying and caring for Principal: Jody Provost not be able to resume Mass. Remember, WE are the Church in Canada. As part of their St. Elizabeth Ann Seton School the church and we need to be of service to one an- 825-3596 episcopal ministry, the Bishops work 41 Weybridge Drive other. Thank you. together on relations with Indigenous Principal: Ann Beauchamp St. Emily School 825-4300 peoples, important doctrinal and ethical 500 Chapman Mills Drive DIOCESAN NEWS questions; ecumenical initiatives and Principal: Tracy Mertz interreligious dialogue; international St. Luke School 825-2520 2021 National Catholic Health Care Week: relations; evangelization, faith educa- 60 Mountshannon Dr. Oct. 3-9. Info: Catholic Health Alliance of Canada Principal: Kathy Weisenberg tion and catechesis; questions of social (https://www.chac.ca/en/). St. Patrick School 825-4012 justice; responsible ministry, and the 68 Larkin Drive 2021 Campaign for Freedom of Conscience development of a culture of life and Principal: Greg Rusch Rights in Ontario; family. To support this work, make out St. Mother Teresa Catholic HS In March, Parliament passed legislation to expand eutha- 823-1663 your cheque to the parish and mark 440 Longfields Dr. nasia and assisted suicide to include people with disabili- Principal: Julie Mathé ties, chronic conditions, and mental health concerns. Go ‘Canadian Church’ on the envelope. St. Joseph Catholic HS 823-4797 to https://en.archoc.ca/2021-campaign-for-freedom-of- If you use Canada Helps to donate 3333 Greenbank Rd electronically, put ‘Canadian Church’ as Principal: Alison Strucchelli consciencerights-in-ontario to read Archbishop Damphousse’s full statement about this. Also see Contact the parish office to the purpose, making the donation to subscribe to our weekly bulletin https://www.canadiansforconscience.ca/ontario/ the parish. Thank you for your support. September 26, 2021 ~ Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time From the Pastor’s Desk

The Lord calls us to place him above all else in our lives so that everything will be governed by his love.

Drawing Closer to the Lord Scripture is the heart of our tradition; when we reflect upon it prayerfully we come to know the mind of Christ and the power of his love. We grow in our understanding of his mercy and the way he supports us in our daily life. His Word is consolation and hope for all who have ears to hear.

October and the Rosary Attitudes of praise and thanksgiving help us grow in faith. These are developed through prayer and service. One of the simplest, but most complete, Bible-based prayers is the Rosary. It is a form of Scriptural reflection on the Life of Christ, with the one hundred fifty Psalms of the monastic Liturgy of the Hours replaced by the fifteen (now twenty) decades.

With the reform of the Church calendar, May is usually part of Easter, and is not the ‘month of Mary’. October as the month of the Rosary is therefore a good time to reflect on Mary as the model of discipleship, indeed as the ‘model of the Church’, as she was called by the Second Vatican Council. The Rosary highlights basic Christian attitudes that are associated with Mary as a woman of faith. The ideas of praise, confidence, trust in God and accepting his love are recalled again and again throughout this medita- tive ‘prayer of the people’. I encourage you to make use of this prayer during October. SEASON OF CREATION

World Day of Migrants and Refugees The Season of Creation begins on the World Day of Prayer for the We pray for migrants and refugees today; see Care of Creation (Sept 1) and ends on the Feast of St. Francis https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2021-05/pope- (Oct. 4). Pope Francis invites us to set aside time to deepen our francis-migrants-refugees-widerwe-world-day- relationship with our Creator, with each other and all of creation. message.html "We want to make our contribution to overcoming the ecological crisis that humanity is experiencing," the pope said, explaining Truth and Reconciliation Day why he decided the Catholic Church should mark the annual day There are some references to Sept.30 as a ‘holiday’, which of prayer begun by the Orthodox Church in 1989. I find curious as reconciliation with Indigenous peoples is a serious and unfinished task. Although our Diocese was Resources (prayer, liturgy, events, actions) are available on the never involved with the Residential Schools project, Seasons of Creation website (www.seasonofcreation.org). To pray Archbishop Gervais personally supported the work of the Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary for the care of creation, see reconciliation. Archbishop Prendergast, whose Jesuit https://cafod.org.uk/content/download/56736/778178/version/1 Order pulled out of the schools when the government /file/Joyful%20Mysteries%20for%20Care%20of%20Creation.pdf made it clear that the purpose of the schools was to erase A Christian prayer in union with creation (part 4) Indigenous identity, was actively involved in this task. He told us that it would still take many years to heal this Triune Lord, wondrous community of infinite love, teach us to contemplate you wound. Archbishop Damphousse has shown that it is in the beauty of the universe, important to him. The Thursday Mass will be for the for all things speak of you. progress of ‘truth and reconciliation’. Awaken our praise and thankfulness May the Lord Jesus fill us with a hunger to change our for every being that you have made. hearts so that we truly belong to his Kingdom and bear Give us the grace to feel profoundly joined fruit in all that we do. to everything that is. Amen Environmental Revolutionary: John Dorner [-Cornwall Diocesan Centre] quietly lit path for care of creation: To read this recent article in the Catholic Register: https://www.catholicregister.org/item/33454-environmental- revolutionary-john-dornerquietly-lit-path-for-care-of-creation “GROW IN FAITH” - at a distance

After the success of our ‘Zoom’ - based programs we will continue to offer other faith programs using ‘Zoom’. It is a fairly simple, easy-to use computer ‘platform’ that allows users to not only see and hear everyone, but also to move between small and large groups. We will add ‘in person’ groups when we are able. DISCOVERY - a six week small group discussion about the basic mes- sage of our faith using the booklet from Catholic Christian Outreach (CCO). Those who participated in the spring were quite happy with the experience. SOURCE - the second booklet in the CCO series; again, it will be a six- week discussion. Mass for Healing and Reconciliation: On the eve of the BIBLE STUDY - small group study on Thursdays from 10:00 - 11:30am first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Fr. Daryold or on an evening from 7:30 - 9:00pm. The topic is still under discus- Winkler, pastor of St. Basil’s Parish and a member of the Ojib- sion. way First Nation, will preside at Mass then bless the trees MULTIPLY - an introduction to how to share (and grow in) faith by planted in memory of the Indigenous children lost at residen- thinking about what your own faith means to you. This aspect of tial schools. Holy Redeemer Church, 44 Rothesay, Kanata, ‘Evangelization’ will become increasingly important to individuals and Wed., Sept. 29, 7:00 pm. Info: [email protected]. parishes as our society becomes more and more secular. PARENTING - we are putting together a variety of resources, such as National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: Thurs., weekly one-page bulletins sent to those who are interested, weekly Sept. 30 is also “Orange Shirt Day: Every Child Matters” which programs that families can “join” and monthly presentations via Zoom seeks to remember the children and families who died while that would include large and small group discussions. in the school system or who were negatively affected by the WAYS OF PRAYER - weekly presentations and discussions about the Residential School System. Details about the Archdiocesan basics of different forms of prayer, their use and challenges.

Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Peoples Relations Except for ‘Parenting’, if there is enough interest, these sessions would Committee, its membership, mandate and other resources for begin in October and end by Dec.2, For all of them, please send an e- sharing can be found on the diocesan website at https:// mail to the parish office with ‘zoom program’ in the subject line. en.archoc.ca/indigenous-relations. VIRTUAL CHILDREN’S LITURGY: Resumed Sun. Sept. 19th. Truth and Reconciliation Week (Sept. 27 - Oct. 1) This For information about joining the regular Sunday 10:30 am Zoom online national event will continue the conversations from session for our virtual Children's Liturgy session, go to: Every Child Matters, including the truths of the Indigenous https://learnthebibleresou.wixsite.com/websi-2 treaties, First Nation, Métis and Inuit land claims, and the resi- RCIA (‘becoming a Catholic’) - this weekly discussion series will begin dential schools system It includes historical workshops, exclu- soon until June. Send us an e-mail as soon as possible for more sive video content, and activities for students - all support- information. ALPHA -we plan to offer our fourteen-week Alpha video and small- ed by artistic and cultural performances by First Nations, group discussion program again beginning in January, most likely via Métis, and Inuit artists. Info & registration: https://nctr.ca/ Zoom. education/trw/?s=03. SCHOOL AGE SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION - as this involves being at “Remember Me” livestream Parliament Hill event, Sept. 30: Sunday Mass, this will begin only after the Covid “all clear” signal. Led by Indigenous Women Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vzLFjbC8Lk RESOURCES “THE BIBLE IN A YEAR (With Fr. Mike Schmitz)” In this Catholic Bible podcast each 15 - 25 minute episode has two to PRO-LIFE NEWS three scriptural readings, a reflection on them by Fr. Mike Schmitz, and a prayer. On your Apple device or at: https://mytuner- 40 Days for Life Campaign: 40 days to radio.com/podcast/the-bible-in-a-year-with-fr-mike-schmitz- pray and fast for an end to abortion. ascension-catholic-faith-formation-1539568321 Opening Rally, Tues., Sept. 21, 7:00 pm at READING: the prayer vigil site, southwest corner of “Pilgrim Path” a directory of different Christian sites. Go to: Queen & , Ottawa Daily vigil, https://www.newpilgrimpath.ie/ 7:00am – 7:00pm, at vigil site during cam- The Everlasting Manby G.K. Chesterton approx USD $10.95 * paign, Sept. 22 - Oct. 31, 2021. Info: 613- Orthodoxy by G.K. Chesterton approx USD $12.95 * 299-2515; wanda40daysfor- Saint Francis of Assisi by G.K. Chesterton approx USD $10.99 * [email protected]; Christianity for Modern Pagans by P. Kreeft https://www.40daysforlife.com/en/local- Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis campaigns/ottawa Life of Christ By Fulton Sheen $20 * Brilliant! 25 Catholic Scientists, Mathematicians, and Supersmart Life Chain: The annual one-hour prayer to People by David Michael Warren $25.00 For children ages 7-11 * protect children in the womb will take place Matthew Kelly Follow his blog at: on Oct 3 from 2:00 - 3:00pm. The nearest lo- https://www.matthewkelly.com/blog cation will be at Meadowlands Dr. and (* available at https://www.sunrisemarian.com) Merivale Rd. World Day of Migrants and Refugees Celebrated in Canada this year on Sun- day, September 26. To read the Pope’s Message: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope Humility is nothing but / n e w s / 2 0 2 1 - 0 5 / p o p e - f r a n c i s - truth and pride is nothing migrants-refugees-wider-we-world-day- but lying message.html. - St. Vincent de Paul

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