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Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish-Nipigon P.O. BOX 369 26 Second St. NIPIGON, ONTARIO, POT 2J0 Tel. 1-807– 887-3153 Fax - 807-887-3473 E-mail: unum3@bellnet. ca & St. Hilary Parish - Red Rock P.O.Box 283 Red Rock P0T 2P0 Tel. 1- 807– 887 -3153

http://abvm-parish-nipigon.ca/

Pastor: Fr.Henryk Augustynowicz P.P Deacon: Cell. 1-807-889-0482

Secretary/Bookkeeper: ABVM PARISH—Louise Dupuis Cell. 1(807) 887-4645 Bookkeeper : ST. HILARY PARISH - Bob Harvey - [email protected]; cell 807-887-4439 Communicator: Penny Legacy - [email protected]; cel: 807-887-4586 Custodian: ABVM Church - Mr. Bill Harmon St. Hilary - Eugene Pillipow

MASS SCHEDULE Annunciation Blessed Virgin Mary Church St Hilary Church Saturday - 5:00 p.m. none Sunday - 9: 30 a.m. 11:00 a.m. Tuesday to Friday - 7:00 p.m. Tue & Thu - 10:00 a.m. (If is int. Mass)

1st and 3rd Sundays: Beardmore - St. Theresa Church - 2:15 p.m. MacDiarmid/Rocky Bay - Immaculate Heart of Mary Church - 1:00 p.m. 2nd and 4th Sundays: Dorion - St. Isidore - Mass - 12:30 a.m. ( May– September) 1st & 3rd Saturdays: Dorion - St. Isidore - Mass - 6:30 pm

HOLY HOUR: First Friday - 5:00 p. m—7:00 p. m Adoration and Benediction and Holy Mass—ABVM Church.

HOLY ROSARY: The Rosary for the unborn Child - Wednesday - 6:30 p.m.– ABVM ASSOCIATIONS & COUNCILS: Parish Council, Finance Committee, Building Commit- tee, C.W.L Knights of Columbus, Food Bank.

BAPTISM: Please contact the parish office CONFESSION: One hour before Mass MARRIAGE: Please contact the parish office at least 6 months in advance. Visiting the Sick: Anytime call to Priest.

Annunciation BVM and St. Hilary Parishes are a community of Catholics under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. We proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ through worship, service and fellowship, in cooperation with the Bishop of Thunder Bay, in order to bring forth the values of the Kingdom of God. (40) 22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time - C - September 01, 2019 We must know how to read parables; our problem is that parables are a way of teaching we are not accus- tomed to in our cultures. We are much more used to edifying stories which tell us of good people whom we are invited to imitate. But a parable is different: its purpose is to capture one particular moment, a deep moment when we experience grace in some way. If – as often happens in the parables of Jesus – there are details in the story, they are there to stimulate our im- agination and so to help us re-live that moment in our own experience. Jesus’ parables evoke for us the ex- citing moment when, for example, we suddenly realize that the long time of waiting for the crops to grow is over, and it is time to reap; the moment of hurt and resentment when we see someone who has worked only one hour getting the same reward as we who worked all day in the sun; the moment when we see clearly how mean we have been in harbouring resentment at some little wrong that a friend has done to us, although we have been greatly blessed in many other ways. Today’s parable invites us to enter into two precious moments. Don’t hurry; take each one sepa- rately and stay some time with it. The first is in verses 8 and 9: we suddenly discover that we have claimed for ourselves a place that is too high for us; we are not as selfless, generous or compas- sionate as we thought we were, while we see before us people who really possess these qualities. We had accepted the role in which the community had placed us – as priest or religious or “prominent Catholic” – but in a crisis our frailty is revealed to ourselves alone or to the community; to our embarrassment, we go and take the lowest place. The parable is telling us that when grace comes into our lives it is like that, it is always an opportunity for spiritual growth, painful though it may be. So hearing this gospel today at our Sunday Eucharist is a direct invitation to us to see if our community practice at our sacred meal measures up to Jesus’ teaching.

First Friday of September, 06, 2019 - Holy Hours of Adoration and the Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament from 5pm. - 7pm. Following the Holy Mass. Welcome!

Income for the Last Week ABVM Parish Sun. Aug. 25, 2019 - $675.00 Please, be aware of your parish needs! Thank you for your commitments!

WE NEED YOUR HELP TO PROCLAIM GOD’S WORD! Our Parish is currently in need of more Lectors especially during the Saturday and Sunday Mass. For information, please call rectory 807-887-3153 THERE IS NOTHING MORE COMFORTING THAN TO HAVE FRIENDS AND FAMILY REQUEST THAT THE HOLY SACRIFICE OF THE MASS BE SAID IN THEIR NAME OR FOR “THE REPOSE OF THEIR SOUL” Sat. Aug.31,19 - 5:00 pm - +Stuart Potan - Rose Potan Sun. Sep. 01,19 - 9:30 am - +Gerry Rhodos - Helen & Family Tue. Sep. 03,19 - 7:00 pm - Int. of Cecile Cormier Family Wed. Sep. 04,19 -7:00 pm - +Jacob & Joseph Boesch - Rose & Bill Harman Thurs. Sep. 05.19 - 7:00 pm - + Yvette Charbonneca - Rose Potan Fri. Sep. 06, 19 - 7:00 pm - +Karina Dominiquez Sat. Sep. 07, 19 - 5:00 p.m. - Int. of Mona Cormier Family Sun. Sep. 08, 19 - 9:30 a.m. - +Msgr Roy Carey OPEN MASS INTENTIONS: PLEASECONTACT THE CHURCH OFFICE FOR THE INTEN- TION. Or write the info on a paper —1 mass =$10.00, and put in the collection basket, thank you for your time. When a loved one dies or a friend is ill or alone, there is nothing more comforting than to have friends and family request that the Holy Sacrifice of The Mass be said in their name or for the repose of their soul.”

ST. HILARY PARISH: The ladies of St. Hilary will kick off their Sunday lunches beginning September 8th after mass. Please join us for some goodies. A big thank you to Judith for cleaning the upstairs, your awesome. A big thanks to Charlene for donating a vacuum to us, your generosity is appreciated so much. Sep. 01,19 - 11:00 a.m. - Int. of Bob Harvey Family Sep. 03, 19 - 10:00 a.m. - Int. of Marcel Jean Family Sep. 05,19 - 10:00 a.m. - Int. of Chess Imhoff Family Sep. 08,19.- 11:00 a.m. - +Msgr. Roy Carey Income for the Last Week - Regular Sun. Aug. 25, - $302.00 Please, be aware of your parish needs! Thank you for your commitments!

Don’t stay in the Pen. Following and accompanying Christ, staying with him, demands “coming out of ourselves,” requires us to be outgoing; to come out of ourselves, out of a dreary way of living faith that has become a habit, out of the temptation to withdraw into our own plans, which end b shutting our God’s crea- tive action. God came out of himself to come among us, he pitched his tent among us to bring to us his mercy that saves and gives hope. Nor must we be satisfied with staying in the pen of the ninety– nine sheep if we want to follow him and to remain with him; we, too, ust “go out” with him to seek the lost sheep, the one that has strayed the furthest. Be sure to remember: coming out of ourselves, just as Jesus, just as God came out of himself in Jesus, and Jesus came out of himself for all of us.

VISIT TO THE SICK: If you or someone you know would like to receive Holy Commun- ion at home please call 889-0482. REMEMBER IN YOUR SICK. “THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING US, WE WILL SUPPORT YOU!” The Top of Lake Superior Thrift Store The next CWL meeting 44 Front St. NIPIGON,ON. Open Mon. to Sat. 10 to 4. will e held on Mon. Come visit us!! Clothing donations always needed. Sept. 9 at 5;30 pm Pope Francis recently demonstrated and defined Man, do you feel a social the practice of humility. call to serve the Church? The vocation to He defined it not by his the permanent diaconate is a call from God words. He defined it by and enriches the Church’s ability to carry his actions. out her ministry of word, and liturgy, of After his election to the charity and justice. The ordained ministry papacy, he turned down the Vatican limousine ride, is open to men between the ages of 35 to instead taking the mini-bus back over to the hotel 65. A new 4-yer formation program will with his brother Cardinals. At the hotel, he gathered begin in 2020 in Thunder Bay, For addi- his luggage, thanked each member of the staff, and tional information, Call 343-9313 or email: paid his own bill. He did not pass off these seeming- [email protected] ly meaningless tasks to a papal aide. It was not as if he had nothing to do. Francis, this humble servant of the Lord, remained The Bishop’s Diocesan Ministry Francis, humble servant of the Lord, even after being Campaign (Sharing the Challeng- elected head of the Roman Catholic Church. His humility was not so much a series of individual actions es). or practices as it was a way of life for him, as a Jesuit The Bishop’s Campaign for 2019 is priest, archbishop, cardinal, and pope. now beginning. Parishioners will receive a brochure and donation card Open House for Permanent Deacon of the Church. in the mail this month. The theme There will be an information night at the Diocesan for 2019 is ‘TOGETHER ON THE Centre, September 10th at 7 p.m.—9 p.m. This will ROAD’. Like the disciples on the consist of a presentation by Bishop Colli and a vid- eo description of the program. A question and an- road to Emmaus, we walk together swer period will follow with refreshments. Single and share our journey with Christ men, and married men with their wives are wel- who draws near to us. Like the disci- come. For additional information, call 807-343- ples on the road, let us open our 9313 or email [email protected] hearts to recognize Jesus in our en- counters along the road. Please be generous in supporting the Bishop’s Diocesan Ministry Campaign.