PARISH ANNOUNCEMENTS
Sunday – May 4, 2025
1. TODAY – May 4 - THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER
• Right now the Ushers are collecting your additional donation for Maintenance Fund. Thank you for your generosity!
• FIRST COMMUNION CELEBRATION in our Parish
o 9:15 am Mass – Parish group of 17 children
o 12:30 pm Mass – Holy Ghost School group of 22 children
2. THIS WEEK WE CELEBRATE:
• Tuesday, May 6 - ST. FRANCOIS DE LEVAL, BISHOP (memorial)
• Sunday, May 11 – GOOD SHEPHERD SUNDAY
o World Day of Prayer for Vocations & Mother’s Day
3. MAY DEVOTIONS
• May is a month dedicated to our Blessed Mother Mary. We pray for her intercession as a sign of special love we have for her.
• May Devotions will follow the 6:00 pm adoration on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and will be at 7:30 am on Saturdays.
4. GROUPS’ MEETINGS
• KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS – Sunday, May 4 at 6:00 pm - Executives and 7:00 pm – General Members
• ADULT FAITH FORMATION GROUP – Tuesday, May 6 following the evening Mass (entrance through the Chaple)
• BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP – Thursday, May 8 at 6:00 pm
• ST. CECILIA CHOIR – Friday, May 9 at 5:30 pm
• PARISH YOUTH GROUP - Saturday, May 10 at 6:00 pm
5. 12 - HOURS OF PRAYER FOR THE PALLIATIVE CARE
• Will be on Wednesday, May 7 in the chapel starting with a Mass at 7:00 am & ending at 7:00 pm.
• Ladies from Catholic Women’s League are inviting everyone to participate in the prayers for palliative care patients and caregivers.
6. RCIA PROGRAM 2025/26
• Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults is open to new candidates & will start in September 2025. If you or someone you know, has not been baptised but has a desire to learn about Catholic faith and/or become a Catholic, please call our parish office.
7. END OF THE CATECHETICAL YEAR
• A solemn Mass with the participation of children and parents will be celebrated on Saturday, May 10 at 9:30 a.m. After the Mass, certificates will be distributed.
8. PAINTING OF THE CHURCH
• To date we have collected $196,000.
• Further donations can be made in the blue envelopes marked "Painting". We encourage parishioner to purchase a symbolic brick in support of painting fundraiser. Thank you!
9. SINCERE APPRECIATION TO:
• Joe Gubała & his team for the spring clean-up around the church.
• Knight of Columbus for purchasing & giving out carnations for Mothers from our parish.
• Catholic Women’s League for sponsoring First Communion prayer books & rosaries.
• Bernadette Gabriel & her team for beautiful decorations of our Church for the month of May, especially for the First Communion.
• Catechism coordinators: Fr. Wojtek Stangel OMI and Maggie Kobylinski, and catechists who taught our children throughout the school year: Sr. Paulinus MC, Aemilia Kwasniowski, Tanya Gadd, Terry Driskell, Michał & Monika Kowalik, Maggie Slivinski, January Luczak, Julia Luczak, Peter Slivinski and Jack Klamer.
10. ELECTIONS FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND
• On May 17, 2025, the elections for the President of the Republic of Poland will be held in the Sokół building at 717 Manitoba Ave. from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. To vote, you must have a current Polish passport. Registration for the elections should be made by May 13 via the Internet on the consulate's website: http:s//ewybory.msz.gov.pl/.
Next to the selected candidate, please enter an X in the box. The second round of elections will be on May 30.
