Healing of the Memory Service

Parish Notices for the 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

1. Thank you for your generosity and hard work in preparation for our Bingo Parang Evening last Sunday.
2. Sunday 8^th December is the next grand parish event our “Christmas Dinner”. The venue: Auzonville Banquet Hall, Tunapuna. Tickets (Children under 12: $125.00, Adults: $180.00), are available from this weekend. At St. Jude’s – Merle, Carol-Ann, Michael. At St. Joseph – Mr. Smith, Marjorie Valere, Deacon Jeffrey.
3. Healing of the Memory Service at St. Joseph, on Tuesday 26^th November 6pm. Fr. George Lewis will preside to lead us in prayer and healing. More details next weekend.
4. Many of you are familiar with the Divine Mercy Image, and venerate through it our Merciful Lord. Today we would like to ask you to begin an action of giving out this image to Non-Catholic family and friend. It is the wish of Jesus himself that the message of his mercy would reach everybody. After this holy mass, at the main entrance, you can purchase stickers with the image of the Divine Mercy and evangelize those who share your life.
5. Next weekend we celebrate the Feast of Christ the Universal King. We will celebrate the first communion of the students of St. Xavier School. So there will be the third Sunday mass at 10.30 am. The first communion for the children prepared in the parish will take place on December 8^th during 8.30 am mass. 
6. Next weekend we celebrate the Feast of Christ the Universal King. And so the entire collection at Masses next weekend will go towards the Archbishop’s Appeal – Cathedral Restoration Fund. His Grace asked all, to please give generously

Blessings to ALL our parishioners this week!

Parish Parang Bingo

On Sunday November 10th, St. Joseph/ Mt. D'or Parish Community hosted a Parang Bingo which drew an impressive turn out despite the unpleasant weather that day. Thankfully, the weather was pleasing for the evening and it was deemed to be an enjoyable evening for everyone. HERE you can view some photos that were taken during the evening's festivities.  

Upcoming Parish Activities

As we draw nearer to the end of our liturgical Year (C) and the year (2013), we still have various parish events that you can look out for and participate in. Below is a list of the various parish ventures that will be held in the parish:

Parang Bingo

Christ the King

• St. Xavier's First Communion.  

Advent

• Healing of the Memory Service hosted by the Charismatic Prayer Group. Tuesday November 26th at 6PM in St. Joseph R.C. Church. Featuring Fr. George Lewis. 
• Rorate Masses on a Friday evening during the Advent season.
• Penitential Service (with the Sacrament of Confession). Date and Time to be announced. 

Parish Christmas Dinner

• Sunday December 8th. Cost is $200.00 at Auzonville Hall (Tunapuna).

Parish Notices for the 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time

1. The PARANG BINGO is next Sunday, November 10th on the Church grounds from 4pm to 7pm. Tickets cost $20.00 which includes one bingo card. There will be Lots of attractive and valuable prizes to be won. Plus there will also be live Parang to keep us entertained. If you would like to assist by sponsoring a prize or items for the refreshment stall, please contact Deacon Jeffrey. Refreshments will be on sale.
2.  Our parish newsletter for November is now available. Lots of interesting articles and excerpts of the Holy Father’s talks are also included; Plus upcoming events. We need your feedback for the December edition. What activities are taking place in your group or ministry? Any plans for Christmas you’d like to share? As a member of this community if you have any concerns or comments let us also have your feedback.
3.  Many of you are familiar with the Divine mercy Image, and venerate through it our Merciful Lord. Today we would like to ask you to begin an action of giving out this image to non-Catholic as well. As we know it is a wish to Jesus himself that the message of his mercy would reach everybody. After this holy mass, by the main entrance, you can purchase stickers with the image of the Divine Mercy and evangelize those who share your life.

Blessings to ALL our parishioners this week!

Celebrating All Souls Day

Today we celebrate the feast of All Souls, a day in which we remember and pray for our dearly departed brothers and sisters. It is on this day that we, as the church, pray for the souls in purgatory so that may attain the beatific vision of heaven.
Souls that are in purgatory, must be cleansed from all venial sins and temporal punishments for all the mortal sins which they have committed during their life on earth before they are admitted into heaven.
Praying for the dead is a obligation that all Catholics must observe because it is through our prayers that souls in purgatory are released into heaven. (See 2 Maccabees 12:39-45)

As we remember our dearly departed brothers and sisters who are sleeping in christ with the hope of resurrection, we pray that on the last day, they may come face to face with Jesus. Eternal rest grant onto them O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them, May them rest in peace. Amen.

Celebrating All Saints Day

All Saints Day (coined by Pope Gregory IV) is celebrated every year on November 1 and it is on this day that all Christian saints are remembered (including the ones that do not have a special feast day). It is an ancient feast day and it came into being when through the Christian tradition of celebrating the martyrdom of saints on the anniversary of their martyrdom and when martyrdom increased during the persecutions of the late Roman Empire, local dioceses issued this feast day to properly honour all the martyrs.
Traditionally in our country, the Protestants use this night to go to the cemeteries to light the graves of their departed relatives, in many countries the tradition may vary.

The Saints in heaven are holy people that have walked the earth just like us and now their job is to intercede for us. As such, we are obligated to ask them to pray for us to Jesus. For example, St. Joseph, we ask him to "assist us in by his divine and powerful intercession and obtain for us from his divine Son and our Lord, all spiritual blessings through Jesus, the Christ". St. Jude, we ask him to go before Jesus on our behalf  "for our most desperate situations". All our saints have special purposes, even those we may not know about, they are all called to pray for us because it was through their beatification that God lifted them up to complete holiness and made a place for them beside him and made them "Blessed".

The Beatification and Canonization of Saints:
The recognition by the Catholic Church of a deceased person of God's entrance into heaven and their ability to now intercede on behalf of individuals who pray to his or her name is known as their Beatification. The next step to saint-hood is known as canonization where that "Blessed" person of God is now considered to be a saint and this is only done when at least two miracles have been performed in his/her name. Next Year, Blessed John Paul will be canonized as a Saint!