November 1, 2020 THIRTY-SECOND SUNDAY in ORDINARY TIME – November 8, 2020

Saint John XXIII Roman Catholic Church 3390 Portage Avenue Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3K 0Z3 Telephone: 204-832-7175 • Fax: 204-885-2447 Email: [email protected] • Website: www.johnxxiii.ca

Office Hours: As announced in the schedule for the week ______

SACRAMENT OF THE HOLY EUCHARIST SUNDAY LITURGIES (MASSES) Due to limits imposed by public health orders, please call ahead of time to make reservations

WEEKDAY LITURGIES You may call ahead of time to make reservations

ASSISTANCE TO THE SICK AND SHUT-IN For emergencies, you may contact the parish office

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION (CONFESSIONS) As circumstances permit, when the Pastor is available on Friday afternoons and/or by appointment

PARISH BULLETIN SOLEMNITY OF ALL SAINTS – November 1, 2020 THIRTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – November 8, 2020

PARISH PASTORAL TEAM

Pastor: Reverend Fr. Robert Polz Administrative Assistant: Joanna Mason 204-832-7335 [email protected] 204-832-7175 [email protected]

Pastoral Assistant: Sharon Camier Head Custodian: José Barrera 204-832-7206 [email protected] 204-888-9340

Ministry Coordinator/Office Volunteer: Lynda Hunt Music Ministry: Donna Vendramelli 204-832-7175 [email protected] 204-888-8200 [email protected]

Trustee: Loris Vendramelli Building and Maintenance Chair: Claude Precourt 204-888-8200 [email protected] 204-898-1893 [email protected]

Trustee: William Gould Fundraising and Development Committee 204-832-7175 [email protected] 204-832-7175 call if interested in serving

Parish Stewardship Committee Parish Pastoral Council Facilitator: Loris Vendramelli Facilitator: Laurette Burch 204-888-8200 [email protected] 204-885-6988 [email protected]

FAITH FORMATION: Contact our Pastoral Assistant (Sharon) for further information concerning catechism classes and to register for lessons to take place at church and/or in the home setting during this time of COVID-19. Catechism sessions for children (K to Grade 8) are held on designated Sunday mornings from 10:15 to 11:15 a.m. Periodically other programs, workshops, and/or study sessions are offered for adults.

SACRAMENTS OF INITIATION (BAPTISM, CONFIRMATION, EUCHARIST): Contact our Pastoral Assistant for further information.

SACRAMENT OF THE ANOINTING OF THE SICK: Contact the Pastor (Fr. Robert).

SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE: Arrangements for preparation and celebration should be made at least six months in advance.

CELEBRATION OF CHRISTIAN FUNERALS: Contact the parish office before finalizing arrangements with funeral directors.

PARISH CATECHISM CLASSES 2020 – 2021

We now have available the Pflaum Gospel Weeklies liturgically-based faith formation program that provides weekly handouts with a short description of the Sunday Gospel plus suggested activities and discussion starters for each age level. As many recall, this faith formation program has materials divided into the following age groups: SEEDS (Preschool), PROMISE (Kindergarten – Grade 1), GOOD NEWS (Grades 2-3), VENTURE (GRADES 4-6) and VISIONS (Grades 7-8).

Our Archdiocesan Synod reminded us that the domestic church (i.e. the family/home) is the primary place where faith is lived and passed on to the next generation. Even as we continue to deal with the COVID-19 situation, we urge all families to register their children for catechism instruction. Eventually, we may hold some catechetical sessions at the church as circumstances permit. At this point, however, it is best for catechetical lessons to be sent home to be completed in the home setting.

Those with children are urged to contact Sharon Camier, our Pastoral Assistant, in order to complete a REGISTRATION FORM so that materials may be prepared for you as soon as possible to be used in the home setting. The designated registration fee helps defray some of the costs of running our catechetical program. Nevertheless, requested fees should in no way be considered a reason to refrain from enrolling children for whose parents the fee would impose an undue hardship. In due course, preparation for the sacraments of Reconciliation, Confirmation and First Eucharist will begin and will involve a mixture of sessions at church and at home. ______

NATIONAL VOCATION AWARENESS WEEK

National Vocation Awareness Week (November 1 to November 7) is an annual week-long celebration dedicated to promoting vocations to the priesthood, religious life, and married life through prayer and education, and to renew our prayers and support for those who are discerning their vocation. During National Vocation Awareness week, please pray that young people today will hear and respond to God’s call. We invite you to do everything you can to encourage young men and women to consider the call to priesthood and religious life.

Remember that Thursdays have been designated by our Archbishop as an Archdiocesan Day of Prayer for Vocations. We are invited to dedicate some time each Thursday to support Vocations to the Priesthood & Religious Life through prayer, sacrifice, and works of charity. PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS

O God, who have chosen the apostles to make disciples of all nations and who by Baptism and Confirmation have called of us to build up your Holy Church. Bless our married couples and help them live out their vocation through Christian family life, a true Domestic Church, always open to your voice. We earnestly implore you to choose from among us, your children, many Priests, Deacons and Religious Brothers and Sisters who will love you with their whole heart and will gladly spend their entire lives to make you known and loved by all. Amen. ______

Dear Sisters of the Catholic Women’s League:

November is the month for registration renewal. Covid-19 has changed our monthly meetings and processes. Be assured that the CWL remains active and ready to resume regular gatherings when safe to do so. Please watch for information from the executive in your email or regular mail.

Blessings to you all. ______

Beatification of Father Michael McGivney:

This is a historic weekend for the Knights of Columbus. Our founder Father Michael McGivney was beatified on Saturday, October 31st at the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Hartford CT. Father McGivney's vision was for an order of men that would hold a prominent place among Catholics. The motto of "Unity & Charity" represents the strength of unity and charity for each other while bestowing financial aid to the families of deceased brothers. For Knights, we are not at the end of the process to canonize Father McGivney, but at the beginning, as we continue to pray for Father McGivney's canonization.

For further information and links to live-streamed events go to www.kofc.org/beatification 2

LIVESTREAMING OF SUNDAY MASS AT SAINT JOHN XXIII To access livestreaming of parish liturgies via YouTube and/or an archive of liturgies posted online, go to links found on the home page of our parish website www.johnxxiii.ca

November is the Month of the Holy Souls

ALL SOULS DAY MASS

Solemn Mass for the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls Day) will be celebrated on Monday evening, November 2nd at 7:30 p.m. in Saint John XXIII Church.

BOOK OF THE NAMES OF THE DEAD

In our parish we have a special Book of the Names of the Dead as a tangible sign of our solidarity with the rest of the Church in prayer for the repose of the souls of all the faithful departed. You are invited to inscribe the names of your deceased loved ones in this special book. The book has been placed on a table near the sanctuary and will remain there for the month of November.

Given COVID-19 protocols, please be sure to use sanitizer before and after using the pen and signing the book. ______

Advent is just around the corner! Living with Christ SUNDAY MISSAL 2020 – 2021 Now Available at the parish office - Price $6.00 each

New English translation of the Roman Missal, COMPLETE Scripture readings for Sunday Masses, Musical acclamations by Canadian composers, Reflections for all Sunday liturgies, Monthly Calendar of Saints, Inspiration from the Saints, Papal Prayer Intentions for each month of the year, Guide to celebrating the Sacrament of Reconciliation, Prayers for various occasions, Hymns, Living with Christ is completely edited and produced in Canada.

Effective Monday, November 2, 2020 the COVID-19 Response Level for communities within the Winnipeg Metro Region is being raised to RED – CRITICAL.

PLEASE WEAR A MASK IN ALL INDOOR PUBLIC PLACES.

Effective Monday, October 19, 2020 there already had been imposed a restriction on indoor and outdoor gatherings to a MAXIMUM OF 5 PEOPLE. This now applies to the celebration of WEDDINGS and FUNERALS.

PRACTICE SOCIAL DISTANCING, HAND WASHING/SANITIZING AND COUGH ETIQUETTE. Stay home when sick. Follow public health guidance on travel and self-isolation. Vulnerable people, such as seniors, are encouraged to exercise additional caution.

Although revised protocols allow up to a maximum of 15 per cent of our site’s capacity for some faith-based gatherings (e.g. Mass), members of the public must be able to reasonably maintain a separation of at least two metres from others, except for brief exchanges.

Please cooperate with us in respecting our revised limit of 70 PERSONS in the church nave/sanctuary at any one time for Mass. and no more than a total of 100 persons in the building at any one time.

PLEASE CONTACT THE PARISH OFFICE AHEAD OF TIME TO MAKE RESERVATIONS FOR ALL WEEKEND MASSES.

For weekday liturgies you may register beforehand or take your chances for “rush seating” provided space is available.

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SOLEMNITY OF ALL SAINTS November 1, 2020

Revelation 7:2-4, 9-14 The source of saving power is the God who creates, sustains, and loves the world.

Psalm 24:1-2, 3-4ab, 5-6 The clean of heart may see the Lord, who made the earth and all its fullness.

1 John 3:1-3 We are God's children. Those who believe that keep themselves pure in spirit.

Matthew 5:1-12a The single-hearted are blessed with the vision of God and the reign to come.

EXPLORING THE WORD Cleaning up your act What does it take to be a saint in this world? Two miracles and a lot of good press? Martyrdom for the right cause? Canonization can be achieved on these terms, but it takes a bit more to be actually counted among the blessed. Scripture goes on at length about the holy ones, but their identification always seems to boil down to a curious factor rarely considered: the condition of the human heart. While we might look only to the "outer" criteria for sainthood—the lame casting crutches aside, the cancer patient cured through timely intercession, or the firing squad shouting, "Recant your faith or die!"—the biblical criterion is simpler: Live with a clean heart before God. That opens up a new avenue of discernment.

What makes for a clean heart? Many of us grew up with the stain-of-sin metaphor impressed on us. If sin leaves a stain, then a clean heart is one free from sin. Fair enough. This idea, though, can paralyze us, because none of us is free from sin for more than minutes at a time—unless you're a far better person than I. If sainthood means being clean-hearted, and cleanliness equals sinlessness, knowledge of our sinfulness can demoralize us en route to sainthood. We're obliged to take the nearest exit and abandon that destination. In the Bible, however, the clean heart is characterized as pure or focused. That points toward purity of intention more than action: recognizing that the horse needs to be in front of the cart or we're not going to get far. The clean-hearted don't aim at keeping their hands or even their noses clean, primarily. They have bigger fish to fry than managing exterior conditions, because they know exterior conditions inevitably result from interior ones. So the pure of heart focus on orienting themselves toward God: in prayer, in love, in purpose, linking themselves hour by hour with the will of God. The habit of turning in a godly direction becomes their primary goal, not collecting good deeds like gold stars in the cause of righteousness. All too often in the Bible we see what becomes of those who are righteous in deed but loveless in heart. Their offering before God remains inert and their hearts may fall more deeply into shadow, deprived of divine light. But those who move in the direction of God are deepening their relationship to the source of love, light, and life quite naturally. Only those who grow

4 close enough to God to know themselves as God's children will embrace this identity effortlessly. This purity is within reach of us all. – Alice Camille

Alice Camille is a religious educator, scripture commentator, and author of many books including This Transforming Word and other titles found at alicecamille.com Reprinted with permission from PrepareTheWord.com

“Holiness is not the luxury of a few. It is a simple duty for you and me.” – Saint Mother Teresa

THIRTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME November 8, 2020

Wisdom 6:12-16 A rendezvous with wisdom is available to all who seek her.

Psalm 63:1, 2-3, 4-5, 6-7 The thirst for God will always be satisfied with joy.

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 Those who put their trust in Jesus will never be left behind.

Matthew 25:1-13 The wise will be ready in the unknown hour of the Lord’s coming.

EXPLORING THE WORD Left behind or let in? The end of the world has always been a great moneymaker, at least in the hands of fiery preachers, novelists, and screenwriters. The event itself will probably be considerably less lucrative, because even the well-to-do will not be able to buy their way out of what lies in store for all of us. But for the time being, anyone with sufficient imagination to cobble together the requisite elements for an end-times scenario—apocalyptic disasters, four dark horsemen, a mesmerizing Beast, and plenty of I-told-you-sos—can start a franchise of books, movies, or congregations based on the frightening idea that everything we know and everyone we love is coming to an end. The concept sells, certainly, but the question thoughtful Christians will be asking is: What am I to believe about the last things? What does scripture and the church have to say about the end of the world? People have shown a healthy interest in the eschaton—those final events including the end of time, the foreclosure on creation, the death of the individual, the last judgment, and what lies beyond in the realm we call eternity—for as long as there’s been a discernible religious impulse. The God question is ultimately a mortality question: Where did I come from, and where am I going? Because human life has such obvious limitations, time being among the most critical of them, many of us feel the need to answer the God question as definitively as possible. To say, “There is no God” still acknowledges the urgency of the issue. To say that death makes an end and we pass thereafter into the void is but one description of how the world ends for each of us.

The end and the biblical tradition The biblical tradition traces an evolution in thought regarding eschatological concerns. It is clear that the earliest conclusion is what meets the eye: People are born, live out their fourscore years if they are strong enough, and then are gone. “The departed,” if they depart for anywhere at all, universally head for Sheol (Hades in Greek), an underworld existence that was changeless, optionless, and featureless. If you didn’t make a choice while you lived in time, forget about making it outside of time. In Sheol, there were no second chances, no time off for good behavior, no opportunities to evolve, no activity whatsoever. One theologian has aptly described it as the non-world. In the advent of the Wisdom tradition a century or so before Jesus, the concept of Sheol was called into question. Wisdom literature makes broad distinctions between the fate of the wise and the foolish, the just and the unjust. It seemed natural to presume that the God who claimed Wisdom as a beloved daughter would make those same distinctions now and at the hour of death. Sheol was a suitable repository for the wicked, who did not exert their will for the good while alive and so

5 forfeited the capacity to choose it. In time, Sheol was replaced by a place of all-out punishment known as Gehenna, named for the municipal dump outside of Jerusalem where garbage was consigned to be burned. Paradise, however, was reserved for the just who chose the way of Wisdom. The term Paradisederives from the Persian word for an enclosed park, suggestive of the Hebrew image of an original garden preserved by God after the first sin. Jesus uses the word Paradise to describe the realm where he and the repentant thief would meet after death. By the first century A.D., we can presume that the distinction between the eternal fate of the good and the bad was commonly accepted in Jewish society.

Caught in the clouds? 1 Thessalonians 4:17 has become the unofficial motto of fundamentalist Christianity, if we are to trust the T-shirt and bumper sticker industry. Evidently the first generation church was as curious as we are as to what happens to “those who go before us marked with the sign of faith”—not to mention what awaits us ourselves! Saint Paul borrowed apocalyptic imagery from Exodus, Daniel, Ezekiel, and Isaiah—angels, trumpets, clouds, and the dead rising—to assure anxious members of his community that no one who believes in Christ would be overlooked in the age to come. It is impossible to know if Paul took these symbols as more than metaphors, but modern theologians accept the language of apocalypse as descriptive not of times, places, and events but of the final state of our relationship to God. Evil will one day be vanquished and eliminated, and the love of Christ will be “all in all,” the eternal summation of hope and human possibility. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin tried to positivize the eschaton message as a transforming union of the world with God, a “Christification” of all things. He decoded the scenario of destruction as the fate of evil itself, not of individuals embroiled in its ways. Creation moves inexorably toward its Creator and would find fulfillment in its Source. Chardin’s thought was motivated more by scientific models of evolution than biblical tradition. Other theologians have considered the end-times more organically in the “realized eschatology” that perceives final realities already penetrating time with their influence. In the parable of the 10 virgins, Jesus offers a story compatible with the “already/not yet” vision of realized eschatology. The coming of the Bridegroom is most certainly an event for the future, and yet the implications of his coming are urgent for the present. Being prepared now means admittance to the banquet later. Time may be linear, but past, present, and future flow together in cause and effect.

APPLYING THE WORD Living the future now "Don’t wait till you die to go to heaven,” my parish priest used to say. This is the spirit of end-times that won’t stay put at the end of the line. Purgation is something we consciously choose now, just as we might also choose the way of justice, peace, joy, gratefulness, humility, and love. We don’t have to worry about the so-called Rapture, salvation and damnation, heaven and hell, and what’s going to happen after we die. What rightfully concerns us is the choice we’re making in the present hour, the oil we have in our lamps today, and whether we carry the Bridegroom in our hearts or some other fleeting goal. If we’re in Christ today, we’re in Christ for keeps. – Alice Camille

Our community with the saints joins us to Christ, from whom as from its fountain and head issues all grace and the life of the People of God itself. — Lumen Gentium, 1964

TABERNACLE LAMP OFFERING November 1 – 7, 2020 Christopher Patson+, requested by Zonia Patson November 8 – 14, 2020 Intentions of Zonia, Mark Patson and family, requested by Zonia Patson

If you wish to have the Tabernacle Lamp in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel of Saint John XXIII Church burn in memory of a loved one, to honour a special occasion, or for a particular intention, you may make arrangements through the Parish Office. Call or email for assistance. The offering to cover one week (from Sunday through Saturday) is $25.00. ______

PLEASE PRAY FOR THOSE OF OUR COMMUNITY IN NEED OF HEALING AND COMFORT: Darrell Aucoin, Gladys Barton, Annette and Maynard Bates, Catherine Blaquera, Freda Broughton, Bill Camier, Harold Cook, Marilyn Crakewich, René Defries, Alice Edwards, Ray Fleury, John Foucart, Audrey Fraser, René Gobeil, Helen Hallack, Darryn Hellofs, Bev and Steve Hewitt, Rosario Jequinto, Tracy Kingsland, Amanda Klaasen, Angela Krassie, Violet Lebedeff, Marie Mangin, Norman Mangin, Tim Mangin, Yvonne Mason, Frances Mijker, Susan Murphy, Zonia Patson, Shirley Payment, Larrie Pushka, Owen Robertson, Janice Skene, Jerome Strachan, Joe Wallack and Helen Yankoski. ______6

TWO WEEK SCHEDULE FOR NOVEMBER 1 – 15, 2020 As circumstances suggest, the schedule published here may be subject to change.

Sunday, November 1 SOLEMNITY OF ALL SAINTS 3:30 pm Saturday RECITATION OF THE ROSARY (livestreamed) 4:00 pm Saturday MASS for the SOLEMNITY OF ALL SAINTS (livestreamed) – “Pro populo”

REMEMBER: Daylight Saving Time ends Saturday night. Be sure to “FALL BACK” one hour to Standard Time.

9:00 am MASS – “Pro populo” (Intentions of parishioners) 11:45 am MASS – Maning Sigue+ and Orlando Florida+, requested by Sigue family

Monday November 2 THE COMMEMORATION OF ALL THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED (“ALL SOULS DAY”) Parish office closed Monday 4:30 pm Fr. Robert to attend a meeting of the St. Paul’s High School Board of Directors

7:30 pm ALL SOULS DAY MASS – For all the Holy Souls in Purgatory

Tuesday, November 3 FERIAL 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Parish Office Open in the afternoon 1:00 pm – 3:45 pm Adoration Time (Blessed Sacrament Chapel) – ring door buzzer for access

Wednesday, November 4 MEMORIAL: SAINT CHARLES BORROMEO, Bishop 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Parish Office Open in the afternoon 1:00 pm – 3:45 pm Adoration Time (Blessed Sacrament Chapel) – ring door buzzer for access 6:45 pm OUR MOTHER OF PERPETUAL HELP DEVOTIONS 7:00 pm MASS – Deceased brother knights, requested by Knights of Columbus St. James Council

Thursday, November 5 FERIAL Parish office closed Thursday Mass (offered in private) – Fr. Raphael Glofcheski+ (bequest) 1:30 pm Fr. Robert to attend a meeting of the Western Diocesan and Eparchial Coordinators of Ecumenism

Friday, November 6 FERIAL 12:00 pm Praying of the “Angelus” 12:10 pm MASS – Intentions of Mark, Annette & Markie Patson, requested by Zonia Patson 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Parish Office Open in the afternoon 1:00 pm – 3:45 pm Adoration Time (monstrance on altar in main worship space) – ring door buzzer for access

1:30 pm Rite of Committal at Assumption Cemetery (private with immediate family only)

3:00 pm Recitation of the Chaplet of Divine Mercy – ring door buzzer for access 3:45 pm BENEDICTION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT

Saturday, November 7 FERIAL 4:00 pm MASS (livestreamed) – “Pro populo”

Sunday, November 8 THE THIRTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 9:00 am MASS – Phyllis (Penny) Louise Stephensen+, requested by St. James CWL 11:45 am MASS – “Pro populo” (Intentions of parishioners)

Monday, November 9 FEAST: THE DEDICATION OF THE LATERAN BASILICA Parish office closed Monday Mass (offered in private) – Deceased members Agcaoili, Gannon, and Balisi families, requested by Hermalyn Agcaoili

Tuesday, November 10 MEMORIAL: SAINT LEO THE GREAT, Pope, Doctor 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Parish Office Open in the afternoon 1:00 pm – 3:45 pm Adoration Time (Blessed Sacrament Chapel) – ring door buzzer for access 7:00 pm MASS – In thanksgiving (50th Anniversary June 27th), requested by Dan and Virginia Robertson

Wednesday, November 11 MEMORIAL: SAINT MARTIN OF TOURS, Bishop (REMEMBRANCE DAY) Parish office closed Wednesday - Remembrance Day holiday 6:45 pm OUR MOTHER OF PERPETUAL HELP DEVOTIONS 7:00 pm MASS – Maurice Karrouze+, requested by Sharon and John Camier

Thursday, November 12 MEMORIAL: SAINT JOSAPHAT, Bishop 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Parish Office Open in the afternoon 1:00 pm – 3:45 pm Adoration Time (Blessed Sacrament Chapel) – ring door buzzer for access Mass (offered in private) – Intention TBA 1:15 pm Fr. Robert and Sharon to attend a meeting of the Central Winnipeg Deanery (via Zoom)

Friday, November 13 FERIAL 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Parish Office Open in the afternoon 1:00 pm – 3:45 pm Adoration Time (Blessed Sacrament Chapel) – ring door buzzer for access 3:00 pm Recitation of the Chaplet of Divine Mercy 3:30 pm MASS – Marilyn Solodiuk+, requested by Denise Welfley

Saturday, November 14 FERIAL 4:00 pm MASS (livestreamed) – “Pro populo”

Sunday, November 15 THE THIRTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (WORLD DAY OF THE POOR) 9:00 am MASS – “Pro populo” (Intentions of parishioners) 11:45 am MASS – Arthur McNaughtan+, requested by McNaughtan family

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PARISH AND ARCHDIOCESAN STEWARDSHIP CONCERNS

The Annual Appeal SHARING GOD’S GIFTS supports our Archdiocesan community through life-changing programs and ministries. It is a way for us to put our faith into action. Every gift opens the door to a better tomorrow, a better life, and a more hopeful future. Religious Education, Youth Ministry and Chaplaincy form the background of many of our Archdiocesan efforts. Our Home Missions care primarily for the indigenous communities in the Archdiocese. Clergy Retirement Support and Formation is another key area of stewardship in the Archdiocese. The Archdiocese of Winnipeg has been a vibrant and serving Church due, among other leadership, to the quality and dedication of her priests. The Archdiocese is committed to continuing to develop strong and highly-trained men to assume leadership positions in the Church. The Archdiocese provides much, oftentimes unrecognized, support for our parish communities. Whether it is counsel on human resources matters, communications, insurance issues, stewardship, support to parish pastoral and finance councils, assistance with government regulatory reporting or canonical advice, the staff of the Catholic Centre tries to be supportive of parish requests. Together, we as an Archdiocesan church, provide services that are supportive of parish communities, parishioners and the wider church. Included among these ministries is the work of the Marriage Tribunal, Cemetery Board, Ecumenism, Liturgy and our financial support to the Church in Canada through the work of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Given that our parish will have an extensive operating shortfall this year due to COVID-19, will soon need to pay an insurance bill of around $14,000, and still needs to catch up with Archdiocesan Assessment for 2018 through 2020, we encourage parishioners to continue and increase their contributions both to Saint John XXIII Parish and to Sharing God’s Gifts where possible. Thank you for your kind consideration of this request.

PARISH OFFERING BOX: During this time of COVID-19, in lieu of taking up collections during Mass, an OFFERING BOX to receive your collection envelopes is available in the narthex on a table near the main aisle or you may drop your donations off at the parish office. For donations to the parish, please make cheques payable to “St. John XXIII Parish”.

PAD OPTION: Alternatively, we encourage you to consider being an “intentional giver” by registering for PRE- AUTHORIZED DEBIT. Please contact our administrative assistant, Joanna Mason, at the parish office for assistance.

ONLINE OPTION: If you wish to donate to the parish ONLINE, a link to CanadaHelps.org can be found on our website. Go to www.johnxxiii.ca and click on the DONATE NOW tab at the top of the Links column on the home page.

SHARING GOD’S GIFTS: Contributions to the Archdiocesan Appeal Sharing God’s Gifts may be forwarded through the parish office or directly to the Archdiocese of Winnipeg. Various payment options are available. If you wish to contribute via cheque, please make your cheque payable to “Sharing God’s Gifts”. 8