10/03/2013 - St. Francis of Assisi Church

FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT – MARCH 10 2013
YOUR SHARELIFE GIFT WILL BE MATCHED
A generous parishioner in the
Archdiocese of Toronto will match
all new and increased gifts to the
2013 ShareLife campaign, up to a
total of $800,000. Help our parish
to meet the ShareLife Community
Challenge, your contribution will
help to achieve our parish
campaign goal, and maximize the
generosity of this parishioner.
ShareLife-funded agencies in our region assisted more than
22,500 people with special needs last year, affirming their
value to our society and making us all stronger as a result.
Next Sunday, March 17th is ShareLife Sunday. Please give
generously. You can work WONDERS!
FIRST RECONCILIATION & FHC REMINDER
Parents, please remember that we have scheduled the
First Reconciliation for Sat March 16th. We will be
assembling at 10:45 am in the Church for our welcome. All
families involved in the preparation of their youngsters for
First Reconciliation and First Communion are expected to
attend.
PAULINE BOOKS & MEDIA
HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE
PALM SUNDAY — DOMENICA DELLE PALME
SATURDAY MARCH 23RD - SABATO 23 MARZO
MASS — 5:00PM
English
SUNDAY MARCH 24TH — DOMENICA 24 MARZO
MASS — 9:00AM
MASS —11:30 AM
Italian
English
HOLY WEEK — LA SETTIMANA SANTA
MONDAY — WEDNESDAY MARCH 25TH TO MARCH 27TH
MASS — 8:00 AM
Italian
On Tues March 26th at 11 am, Cardinal Collins will
celebrate the Chrism Mass at St Michael’s Cathedral. He
is surrounded by a great number of priests and deacons who
are ministering in the Archdiocese. There are a limited
number of seats available for parishioners from throughout the
Archdiocese. If you would like to participate in this event, you
are advised to arrive at the Cathedral a good time ahead —
once these seats are full, you will not be able to sit during this
moving celebration.
HOLY THURSDAY — GIOVEDÌ SANTO
For those who are looking for special
gifts for the Easter Season as well for
the upcoming First Communion and
Confirmation, Pauline Books and
Media have a wide selection of prayer
books, bible and other gifts for that
special person. They are located at
3022 Dufferin St., Toronto, and are
open from Monday to Saturday from 10am to 6 pm.
THURSDAY MARCH 28TH — GIOVEDÌ 28 MARZO
MASS — 8:00 PM
English & Italian
Presided over by HE Bishop William McGrattan
Adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament: The Altar of
Repose will remain open until midnight Thursday, and
opens again at 7 am Good Friday Morning for adoration of the
Most Blessed Sacrament.
GOOD FRIDAY — VENERDÌ SANTO
WEEKLY ATTENDANCE & COLLECTIONS
Weekly attendance for weekend masses are an average of
350 people for all three masses combined. The collections
for the last two months, for example the weekend of January
19/20, the collection was $2173.00 and for the weekend of
February 23/24, the collection was $2613.00.
January 6/13
January 13/13
January 20/13
January 27/13
$2590.00
$2389.00
$2173.00
$2528.00
February 3/13
February 10/13
February 17/13
February 24/13
$2562.50
$2061.00
$1948.00
$2613.00
REGIS COLLEGE REFLECTS ON
THE MINISTRY OF THE PAPACY
FRIDAY MARCH 29TH — VENERDÌ 29 MARZO
LITURGICAL SERVICE IN ENGLISH - 11:00 AM
Presided over by HE Bishop John Boissonneau
AZIONE LITURGICA IN ITALIANO - 1:30PM
P Raffaele Paonessa, OFM
PROCESSION — 3 PM
NO CONFESSIONS ON GOOD FRIDAY
HOLY SATURDAY — SABATO SANTO
SATURDAY MARCH 30TH - SABATO 30 MARZO
NO CONFESSIONS ON HOLY SATURDAY
EASTER VIGIL MASS -
8:00PM
English & Italian
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On Tuesday, March 19 at 7:30 pm, at 100 Wellesley Street
West, Toronto, Regis College Professors Margaret Lavin,
Gilles Mongeau, SJ, and Gordon Rixon, SJ, will present a
panel discussion on "Post-Modern Papacy: The Petrine
Ministry as Promotion of Human and Religious Solidarity”.
For information or to register call 416-922-5474, ext. 221 or
visit www.RegisCollege.ca/Peter
EASTER SUNDAY — DOMENICA DELLA PASQUA
SUNDAY MARCH 31ST — DOMENICA 31 MARZO
MASS — 9:00AM
MASS — 11:30AM
Italian
English
LA QUARTA DOMENICA DI QUARESIMA - ANNO C — 10 MARZO 2013
MASS SCHEDULE
March 9th to March 17th 2013
GOOD FRIDAY PROCESSION 2013
PROCESSIONE DI VENERDÌ SANTO 2013
3° Incontro: costume e varia
3rd meeting: costumes, etc
Venerdì 22 marzo alle 7 — Fri March 22nd
at 7pm
Iniziamo con la Via Crucis
We begin with The Way of the Cross
Please Note — Those who are interested in
taking part in the procession as characters,
kindly contact Isabel Mazzotta @
[email protected] or telephone 416-781-8670
SATURDAY, March 9th
Commemoration of St Frances of Rome
5:00 PM For Our Parishioners’ Intentions SUNDAY, March 10th
9:00 AM Giuseppe Leoni; Angelo Barillari; Gregorio Callipo e Famiglia; Maurizio Iluminata Cugliari e Defunti; Domenico e Rosa Durzo e Defunti; Rocco Vincenzo Mazzaferro; Giuseppe e Vittoria Carnovale e Rosario Simonetta; Domenico e Rosina Marafioti; APRIL OFM ORDINATIONS — NYC & TORONTO
11:30 AM Elisa Palaia MONDAY, March 11th
8:00 AM Domenico e Salvatore Luca TUESDAY, March 12th
8:00 AM Famiglia Tassone WEDNESDAY, March 13th
8:00 AM Vincenzo Bellissimo THURSDAY, March 14th
8:00 AM
Antonio Iozzo FRIDAY, MARCH 15th
8:oo AM Pietro Gallo This week we received official word from our Provincial, Fr
Primo Piscitello, that we would have three ordinations to the
priesthood.
Fr Joaquin Meija will be ordained on
Anthony of Padua Church in NYC.
Sat April 6
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SATURDAY, MARCH 16th
5:00 PM Giuseppe Pileggi SUNDAY, MARCH 17th
5TH Sunday of Lent
in St
9:00 AM Famiglia di Paparo; Eugenia Franco; Vincenzo Garisto; Caterina Rizzuto; Domenico Iannetta; Mariano Angelo Cioffi; Domenico e Maria Teresa Pileggi Fr Conrad Fernandes and Fr Peter Furgiuele will both be
ordained at our parish of St Francis, 72 Mansfield , on Sat
April 27th at 11 am by Most Rev William McGrattan.
Let us begin to prepare for this wonderful and joyous event!
ST VINCENT DE PAUL
11:30 AM For Parishioners’ Intentions. A reminder for the volunteers that there is a
meeting on Tuesday March 12th, at 7pm in the
Church Hall.
NATIONAL CATHOLIC MISSION 2013
“THE YEAR OF FAITH” ON VISION TV
The National Catholic Mission 2013, “The Year of Faith”, will be
broadcast on VISIONTV on Monday, March 25th (Pt. 1) and
Tuesday, March 26th (Pt. 2) at 6 pm and repeated at 10 pm. It
will feature Fr. Ron Rolheiser, O.M.I. on The Importance of
Trust and Fr. Anthony Gittins, C.S.Sp. on What Jesus Wants
Us to Remember.
RITIRO QUARESIMALE A VILLA COLOMBO
Nel familiare ambiente di Villa Colombo al 40 Playfair Ave.
Toronto, si terrà una giornata di Raccoglimento Spirituale;
Mercoledì, 13 Marzo 2013, sotto la guida spirituale del
Cappellano Celestino Canzio, OFM dalle ore 9:30 alle ore
16:00.
Si prega di prenotare la propria partecipazione inviando un
assegno o “Money order” intestato a Villa Colombo (att:Mirella
Tel. 416-789-2113 ext. 2220) prima dell’ 11 di Marzo 2013. Il
prezzo di $35.00 include il pranzo e rinfresco.
Avvisiamo che le registrazioni sono limitate.