The Advent Wreath Second Sunday of Advent At the beginning of Mass, the Priest will call a family to light the Advent Candle. At the end, the congregation prays: Father, You sent John the Baptist to prepare the way of the Messiah. Help us to prepare our hearts that Christ may be born in them, and to prepare the world that Christ may restore the Kingdom. We ask this through Christ, our Lord. Amen. Parish Week 6 Dec. 2020 Today’s Candle lighters are: 5.00 pm: Delma Singh & Shirley Persaud Saturday, 5 Dec. 9.00 am: Carla Borgono 8.00 am Mass: Int. Fr. Elias Chachati (friend) st 10.30 am: Samanthi Rajapakse 2.30 pm St. Maria Goretti School 1 Communication Mass (3) 5.00 pm Mass: † Rose Garcia (Go family) 12.00 pm: SVDP Conference, St. Maria Goretti Council 7.00 pm: Francesca Lavecchia SUNDAY, 6 DEC. / ADVENT 2-B ■ Homilist: Fr. Edwin Galea Pray for the Deceased 9.00 am Mass: † Josefina Ombac (family) 10.30 am Mass: † All Souls in Purgatory (D’Souza family) OPP Constable Marc Hovingh 12.00 pm Mass: † Claire Solomon-Copeland (Anne-Marie) Arlunantham Augustiampillai st 2.30 pm St. Maria Goretti School 1 Communion Mass (#4) Erlinda Lumibao 7.00 pm Mass: Pro Populo The 14 victims of the motorcycle bombing Monday, 7 Dec. / St. Ambrose, bishop & suicide attack in Jolo, Philippines 8.00 am Mass: † Leonila Ting (Pauli & Rose Chan) 7.00 pm Mass: † Patricia Kong (Go family) 7.40 pm Infant Baptism Parent/Godparent meeting Advent Day of Confessions Tue., 8 Dec. / Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Wednesday, 9 December: 4 – 5 pm, 6 – 8 pm 8.00 am Mass: Int. Fr. Elias Chachati (friend) As part of our ongoing program of spiritual growth, Cardinal 7.00 pm Mass: † Froilan Senario (Potal family) Collins invites Catholics of the Archdiocese to receive the Wednesday, 9 Dec. / St. Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin Sacrament of Reconciliation on a DAY OF CONFESSIONS in Advent. ■ Advent Day of Confessions In our parish, it will be on: Wednesday, 9 December. 8.00 am Mass: † Violeta Tolentino (Ruby Devera) Parishioners may come for Confession in the afternoon, 4.00 – 4.00 pm Confessions (to 5 pm) 5.00 pm, and in the evening, 6.00 – 8.00 pm. 6.00 pm Confessions (to 8 pm) 7.00 pm Mass: † Lydia Marquez (Dolores) Thursday, 10 Dec. Stewardship 2021 Sunday Envelopes 8.00 am Mass: † Christa Eisenblatter (Sofie Salve) 5.30 pm St. Maria Goretti School 1st Communion Mass (#6) Parishioners are invited to pick up 7.00 pm Mass: † Christa Eisenblatter (CWL) their 2021 Sunday Offertory Envelopes in the Vestibule. Friday, 11 Dec. / St. Damasus I, pope 8.00 am Mass: † Baltazar, Maria & Philip Mendonca (Tessie & family) COMING UP 12a20 7.00 pm Mass: † Ossie Ameresekere (family) 20 Dec. 4th Sunday of Advent Saturday, 12 Dec. / Our Lady of Guadalupe 22 Dec. Fr. Armand Joseph Desaulniers: death anniversary (1988) 8.00 am Mass: † Susairj Pimulnathan (Senegal Gudur family) 24 Dec. Christmas Eve Masses begin at 7.00 pm 12.30 pm Memorial Mass: † J. Lalicon st 25 Dec. Christmas: Feast of the Nativity of Our Lord 2.30 pm St. Maria Goretti School 1 Communion Mass (#7) 5.00 pm Mass: † Lalita D’Souza (Joseph) Website stmariagoretti.archtoronto.org SUNDAY, 13 DEC. / ADVENT 3-B ■ Homilist: Fr. Edwin Galea No Public Masses: During the current pandemic lockdown, there 9.00 am Mass: † Kevin Pierre (family) will be no public Masses in Toronto and Peel. Our Church will be 10.30 am Mass: † The Deverno & Shea families (Pamela) open for personal prayer every day from 8 am to 6 pm. The Mass 12.00 pm Mass: † Eddie Juan (wife Shirley) Intentions that were booked for December before the lockdown 1.30 pm Infant Baptism was imposed on 23 November 2020, will all be honoured by the 7.00 pm Mass: Pro Populo Priests in their private Masses. See the website bulletin. 1st Communion and Confirmation Bishop Ivan The celebrations of 1st HOLY COMMUNION and CONFIRMATION, Camilleri which were re-scheduled from earlier this year to December 2020, have all been suspended due to the current lockdown in Toronto born in Malta 18 April 1969 and Peel, which began on 23 November. No Sacrament has been ordained Priest 12 May 2007 cancelled; but they will have to re-scheduled again after the canon law degree 2011 lockdown is lifted. The Parish catechists are working with the named Bishop 28 Nov. 2020 school staffs to ensure that all records are retained, and that these important celebrations can be held as soon as possible. Pope Francis has appointed Fr. Ivan Camilleri as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Annual Finance Report Toronto. Following his episcopal The Annual Finance Council Report is being ordination, the new Bishop will prepared, and will be given at all Masses on join the three Auxiliary Bishops currently assisting the Sunday, 5/6 December. Archbishop of Toronto, Cardinal Thomas Collins, in serving the faithful. Fr. Camilleri commented: Sunday Missals “I am very humbled by the trust that Pope Francis and The 2021 Sunday Missals are available at the Parish Office for $5. Cardinal Collins have placed in me to serve the Archdiocese of Toronto in this ministry.” Cardinal Collins welcomed the announcement: RCIA, RCIC “I am most grateful to Pope Francis for the appointment of Rites of Christian Initiation of Adults & Children Bishop-designate Camilleri as our newest Auxiliary Bishop. Pray for all in our parish R.C.I.A. process, who preparing for He knows the community well and has been a tremendous the Sacraments of Initiation; as well as the youth in our source of support during my time as archbishop. I welcome parish R.C.I.C. process. him to the episcopacy and invite the priests of the archdiocese as well as the faithful to pray for him as he We have a number of Candidates who are eagerly awaiting their Baptism, originally scheduled for Easter this year. prepares for this new chapter of ministry.” Fr. Camilleri was born 18 April 1969 in Sliema, Malta. His The RCIA meets regularly on Friday evenings at 7.30 pm, family moved to Canada in 1980. He studied at Laurentian and the RCIC meets periodically on Saturday mornings; University earning a Bachelor of Commerce and then at The their next meeting is on 2 January 2021. Edinburgh Business School earning a Master of Business Administration. After some years working in finance, he entered the seminary in 2001, completing a Bachelor of ADVENT PREPARATIONS Sacred Theology and a Master of Divinity. He was ordained to the priesthood on 12 May 2007. Fr. Camilleri also studied at the Catholic University of America in Washington D.C. Christmas Flowers completing a Licentiate in Canon Law in 2011. Parishioners are invited to sponsor this year’s display of CHRISTMAS POINSETTIAS Following ordination, Bishop-designate Camilleri was in our Sanctuary. Donation envelopes appointed as Associate Pastor at Merciful Redeemer Parish. are at the Office window. He is currently serving as Chancellor of Spiritual Affairs, If you wish to dedicate your flowers, please fill out the “Christmas Vicar General and Moderator of the Curia. Fr. Camilleri also Flower” form in the donation envelope. Dedications will be served as a sessional lecturer at St. Augustine’s Seminary, accepted until noon on Monday, 21 December. and a Judge at the Matrimonial Tribunal of Toronto. The forms are intended to remember one person for each pot Fr. Camilleri will be ordained a Bishop at a date to be donated. If you wish to honour more than one person, you may submit the name of a pair who share a common family name; or, determined before beginning his new duties. The Toronto for many persons, “For the members of the _____ Family.” Archdiocese stretches from the GTA (Mississauga in the West to Oshawa in the East) North to Georgian Bay (Collingwood to Orillia). It is home to two million Prayer to St. Michael Catholics and 225 Churches, with Mass celebrated in more than 30 languages each week. There are four Regions; three Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle, have their own Auxiliary Bishop: be our defense against the wickedness and snares of the Devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray; and do thou, Central Bishop Robert Kasun, c.s.b. O Prince of the Heavenly hosts, by the power of God, thrust Eastern Bishop Vincent Hieu Nguyen into hell Satan and all the evil spirits who prowl about the Western Bishop John A. Boissonneau world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen. The iconic Alex Trebek 22 July 1940 – 8 November 2020 Palms to honour our King Alex Trebek, a Canadian-born American The blessed Palms of Passion Sunday (at the outset of Holy who was educated in Catholic schools, Week) were distributed at all the Masses on CHRIST THE died of pancreatic cancer at his home 8 KING Sunday, 22 November. Some Palms remain. November 2020 at the age of 80. The Parishioners who would like to pick up a few for family iconic host and winner of multiple Emmy members who are not able to come to Church on their own awards announced in last year that he had been diagnosed will find Palms available during the hours that the Church is with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. A year later, this March, he open daily for private prayer: gave another video update saying there had been “moments 8.00 am – 6.00 pm. of great pain... and massive attacks of great depression that made me wonder if it really was worth fighting on.” To give up, he said, would have betrayed his friends and family who were helping him survive.