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Parish Finance Council (Meets: second Wednesday of every month)

Pastor (Chair) Paschal D’Souza (Vice-chair), Mary Lovisa (Secretary), Teresa Tedesco, James Downey, Yolanda Flores and Sandra Gama

Building Committee (Meets with Property Manager) Dan Christante (property manager) Sandro Pecile

St. Vincent de Paul Marinella Gonzalez (coordinator)

Renovación Carismática (Spanish) meets Fridays at 7:30pm

Lorena Venegas (Coordinator)

Maria de la Unidad (Esp.) Wednesday at 7:30pm

Tito Orellana (coordinator)

Neo Catechumenate Way Wednesday at 7:30pm

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Rosary Thursday after 8:00am Mass (English).

Daily at 7:30am (Italian) Saturday at 7:00am (Español)

Parish Schools St. Jude’s - Elementary 416-393-5279 St. Simon - Elementary 416-393-5383 St. Basil-the-Great (H.S) 416-393-5513

First Friday Mass and Devotions

Mass every First Friday of the month at 7pm. Holy Hour immediately following the Mass. Confessions 6:00pm to 7:00pm and during adoration.

Sacrament of the Sick & Communion Calls

First Friday visitation by the priest or a lay person. Please contact the office for further details or to arrange a visit. If you require the visit of a priest, please contact the office to provide us with details.

Funerals Please contact the Funeral Home of your choice first. They will contact the parish office to make church arrangements. Remember Catholic Cemeteries when making your arrangements.

Devotions to St. Jude Every Wednesday after the 8:00am and 7:00pm masses and privately in St. Jude’s Chapel every day.

Confessions The Sacrament of Reconciliation is available Saturdays at 4:10pm; First Friday at 6:00pm and during adoration after 7pm Mass; and other times by appointment.

Sacrament of Baptism Contact the parish at least three months before the desired date of baptism. After contacting the office you will have an interview with the pastor to discuss requirements, sacramental preparation and any other concerns you may have. Godparents must be Catholic, Confirmed and if married must be married in the Catholic Church.

First Communion & Confirmation Program

Parents are asked to contact the office for information. Our programs begin in the fall (September or October) and end with the reception of the sacraments. Registration dates are announced in the bulletin and at the pulpit.

R.C.I.A. and R.C.I.C. Programs The Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA) and for Children (RCIC) has now been implemented. Please contact the office to register and arrange to fill out an application for next year. The RCIA will only take place if a minimum of 5 people register.

Adult Confirmation Parishioners who have not made their First Communion and Confirmation and are now 18 years old and up are invited to sign up for our next adult Confirmation Class at the parish office. Proof of baptism is necessary for this program.

Sacrament of Matrimony Couples contemplating marriage at St. Jude’s parish are required to make contact with the parish office and review the marriage package before an interview with the priest. Diocesan regulation demands that marriages are booked one year in advance minimum.

Welcome to New Parishioners We warmly welcome all new parishioners to St. Jude’s and encourage them to register in the parish office. Offertory envelopes are available upon request when registration takes place.

3265 Weston Road,

Toronto Ontario, M9M 2T9 Tel: 416-742-9072 Fax: 416-742-9327

stjudes_weston@rogers.com

New Website https://StJudesWE.archdtoronto.org

pastor Fr. Josue Vargas Lara

joshualara008@gmail.com Extension 104

Accountant

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Secretary (English - Italian - Spanish)

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MASS SCHEDULE SUNDAY MASSES

Saturday: 5:00pm (English) Sunday: 8:00am (Italian)

9:30am, 11:00am (English) 12:30pm (Spanish)

WEEKDAYS MASSES Mon-Fri 8:00am Wednesdays 7:00pm Holidays 8:00am 1st & 3rd Fridays 7:00pm

PARISH OFFICE HOURS Monday to Friday 8:30am to 4:30pm

(closed from 12noon-1:00pm)

CHURCH HOURS Opens daily at 7:00am Closes Mon-Fri 4:30pm Saturday at 7:00pm Sunday at 3:00pm

St. Jude’s Parish

First Sunday of Lent

Pray for the sick: Juan Pablo Barahona, Antonino Giglio, Franca Donato, Joyce Roop-chand, Richel, Philip, & Mathew Roy, Philip Kurian, Habib Khano, Hernando Vargas, Ulpiano Aguilera, Domenic Evangelista, Nicola Bon, Saverio Capani, Veni Christante, The recently deceased : Vern Bechard, Anthony Sarraino, Francesco Sicari, Michele Velardi, Frances Mary Lappin Riley, Giusep-pi Buzzelli, Maria Marlenis Lovo.

Saturday, February 17th 5:00pm Mass † Laura Meli † Manawel Araiche † Dhiyaa Jarges ♦ For the Intentions of Bosco Fernandes Sunday, February 18th 8:00am Mass † Agata & Filippo Colacci † Bina & Giuseppe Pasut † Domenica Mikicic 9:30am Mass PRO-POPULO 11:00am Mass PRO-POPULO 12:30pm Mass Please see Spanish Bulletin Monday, February 19th 8:00am Mass ♦ In thanksgiving for the 52nd Wedding Anniversary of Severino & Grace Ferretto Tuesday, February 20th 8:00am Mass † All Souls In Purgatory 7:00pm MMass † Salvatore Ventrone Wednesday, February 21st 8:00am Mass 7:00pm Mass † William Menezes Thursday, February 22nd 8:00am Mass ♦ In thanksgiving by Jurline Friday, February 23rd 8:00am Mass † All Souls In Purgatory

Sanctuary Lamp Feb. 17th - Feb. 23rd

In Thanksgiving by Nina

MASS INTENTIONS LENT Once again, the Passion of the Lord draws near! In our preparation for Easter, God in His prov-idence offers us each year the season of Lent as a “sacramental sign of our conversion”. Lent

summons us, and enables us, to come back to the Lord wholeheartedly and in every aspect of our life. Pope Francis' Message for Lent, 2018. What is Ash Wednesday? It marks the beginning of the liturgical sea-son of Lent. Palms from the previous Palm Sunday are burned – ashes from these palms are distributed on Ash Wednesday as a sign of penitence. Why do Catholic’s traditionally give something up during Lent? To do penance in preparation for the greatest feast in the Christian calendar. What is fasting and abstinence? Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are univer-sal days of fasting and abstinence. Catholics still consider Fridays throughout Lent as days of abstinence. Anyone over the age of 18 and under the age of 59 are obliged to fast and abstain. Fasting, in the Latin Church, is the limitation of food and drink to one main meal and two smaller meals, with no solid foods in between. Abstaining, in this context, is the refraining from certain kinds of food or drink, typically meat. In lieu of fasting, one may substitute with works of charity. Archdi-ocese of Toronto Lent preparation message. Anointing of the Sick. This week we continue with the teaching of this Sacrament. This Sacrament, same as the other six has its’ root in the Bible. When Christ sent His disciples out to preach, "they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them" (Mark 6:13). James 5:14-15 ”Ties physical healing to the forgiveness of sins: Is any man sick among you? Let him bring in the priests of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith shall save the sick man: and the Lord shall raise him up: and if he be in sins, they shall be forgiven him”. Who May Receive the Sacrament? Follow-ing this biblical understanding, the Cate-chism of the Catholic Church (1514) notes that: The Anointing of the Sick "is not a sac-rament only for those who are at the point of

death. Hence, as soon as anyone of the faith-ful begins to be in danger of death from sick-ness or old age, the fitting time for him to receive this sacrament has certainly already arrived." Fr. Josue Vargas Lara

ShareLife Living the Gospel by support-ing ShareLife agencies. “As we begin our ShareLife cam-paign, we are encouraged to “Live the Gospel” in all that we do. How do we demonstrate that in our community? Living the Gospel may mean helping single mothers to care for their newborn children, or being available to families facing difficulties, or welcoming refugee families to our community. For more than 41 years, countless individuals have ex-perienced this compassionate care offered by our agencies. Please support our annual arch-diocesan appeal during this Lenten season!” Thomas Cardinal Collins, Archbishop of To-ronto. March 18 is ShareLife Sunday. Please give generously.

Mass Intentions We ask the community to kindly request your mass intentions ahead of time. Mass intentions to be announced on weekend masses and days of the following week must be requested by Wednesday of each week. We cannot change dates for mass intentions previously requested. Thank you for your understanding and your co-operation.

Offertory News!!! Donation Envelopes: Please do not use pri-or years’ envelopes as some of the old num-bers may have been reassigned to other pa-rishioners and your donation may be misdi-rected. Only use the 2018 envelopes that were assigned to you. Boxes of 2018 envelopes are still available at the parish office. Please remember to update your contact information so that our records remain current. Changes to PAG: Please contact the Parish office to make any changes to your Pre-Authorized Giving's prior to notifying your bank with the changes.

Office Closed Monday February 19th is a holiday as we cele-brate Family Day. The parish office will be closed and morning mass will be celebrated at the regular time 8:00am

February 18, 2018

First Communion

Session 3 Group 1: Saturday March 10th, 2018 10am-12:00 noon

Session 3 Group 2: Saturday March 24th, 2018 10am-12:00 noon

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Confirmation

February 23, 2018 7:00pm Session 5: Conversion

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cebook #stjudesconfirmation2018

Pray for Vocations Lent: the springtime of the soul...is a time to make a new covenant with God, develop new signs of our relationship with our Creator. Go into your own desert and discover what

God is asking of you. If you think God could be calling you to be a priest, reli-gious, or permanent deacon, call Fr. Chris Lemieux, Vocation Director, Arch-diocese of Toronto at 416-968-0997 or email: vocations@archtoronto.org

Lenten Retreat

Have I responded to the call to be a missionary?

Saturday, February 24, 8:30am to 3:00pm at 81 St. Mary’s St., Toronto. Join us for our Lenten Retreat with Car-dinal Gérald C. Lacroix, Archbishop of Quebec and Primate of Canada. The retreat begins with 8:30am Mass at St. Basil’s Church at 50 St. Joseph St. in Toronto. Upon becoming a cardinal, Car-dinal Lacroix challenged us by asking this question: “Have I responded to the call to be a missionary? Am I one of those “waiting for somebody else to change the world?” to register email:alexandra.whittle@newmantoronto.com or visit https://lentenretreatnewman.eventbrite.ca

Marriage Preparation Courses

Courses are offered by Catholic Family Services of Toronto North Branch, locat-ed at 5799 Yonge St., Ste. 300 Toronto, (Yonge St. East Side, North of Finch Ave.) For more information call 416-222-0048.

Income Tax Receipts Income tax receipts are ready for pick up. Please pick them up today after Mass in the

Holy Family Room or dur-ing the week at the parish office between 8:30am - 12noon and 1:00pm – 4:30pm.

Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Resources

The Compassionate Community Care (CCC) helpline, 1-855-675-8749 is a national service for people who are seek-ing advice, help and support regarding euthanasia, assisted suicide prevention, and/or end-of-life treatment issues or concerns. Creating a culture of caring, confidential and free assistance.

Family of Faith Campaign Tax Receipts

The Family of Faith campaign will is-sue 2017 tax receipts for Family of Faith donations by the end of February 2018. The receipts will be mailed di-rectly from the Donations Processing Centre.

Thank you We would like to express our sincere gratitude to all the parishioners who participated in the Valentine's Day fund raising event. A total of $3,251.75 were raised towards our church’s much needed repairs. We had two raffles and the winning tickets are: Candle Holders Set ticket #657892 Tequila Bottle & Chocolates ticket #657980

Planning to be a Catholic School Teacher?

It is critical for you to know that to be hired to teach in any Catholic School Board in Ontario as part of your appli-cation for employment you must pro-vide a letter of recommendation from your Pastor. It is highly recommended to contact the pastor a year in advance, especially in light of the fact that all universities make this matter known to every student at the beginning of the year. Please plan to have a conversation with your pastor early in the process (not the week before you are submitting your application) and you will avoid disappointment and stress at the time when applications are to be submitted. The following are required at St. Jude’s: Be (yourself, not your parents or

grandparents) a registered member of the parish using offertory envelopes (at least 1 year before the application).

Be in the parish for participation in Sunday/Saturday mass for a minimum of 12 months prior to approaching the pastor.

Make your request 3 months in ad-vance. Applicant must be the one making the requests.

No request by a relative or a parent will be accepted .

The pastor has to be able to recommend you, and that is only possible if he knows you at the basic level of regular mass attendance. Personal knowledge of the candidate’s faith practice is what the pastor needs to recommend, not your relatives, but yourself, as this is a personal recommendation not a family one.