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Catholic Family Services

Is a non-profit, commu-nity based counseling agency. For programs offered see Calendar of Activities posted on our bulletin boards or con-tact the parish office for further information.

Support the Production of our Bulletin For quite some time we have been producing our own bulletin al-lowing us to meet the needs of the three languages. If we were to send this bulletin out to be produced, we would have to have one bulletin in English only for everyone and the publications of the Readings in Italian and Spanish would have to come to an end. Help us by Supporting our advertisers and also by placing an ad in our bulletin for a year. Please call the office for more information.

Parish Finance Council (Meets: second Wednesday of every month) Pastor (Chair) Mathew Hilbing (Vice-chair), Pat Parisi, Mary Lovisa (Secretary), Paschal

D’Souza, Rubiela Mesa and Flor Vitro

Building Committee (Meets with Property Manager)

Sandro Pecile, Rino Zan, Rafael Indacochea, Dan Christante (property manager)

St. Vincent de Paul Marinella Gonzalez (coordinator)

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

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

Tito Orellana (coordinator)

Neo Catechumenate Way Wednesday at 7:30pm

Giovanni Tersigni

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 4:15pm; First Friday at 6:00pm and during adoration after 7pm Mass; Third Friday of the month at 6:30pm and after the Healing 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 a group interview with the pastor to discuss requirements, sacramental preparation and any other concerns you may have. Please consider starting the process during the pregnancy which will make the attendance to prep-class easier.

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. To pre-register for next year’s program, please call the parish office in June so that your child is included in our list. Orientation will be given during the Summer months.

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

pastor

Fr. Efrén Alvarez-Pelayo, fr.efren@rogers.com

assistant pastor:

Fr. Josue Vargas Lara,

joshualara008@gmail.com Accountant

Maria De Ruyte stjaccounting@rogers.com

Office administrator

Joan M. Turco

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 9:00am 1st & 3rd Fridays 7:00pm

PARISH OFFICE HOURS Monday to Friday

9:00am to 5:00pm (Office closed from 12noon-1:00pm Monday to Friday)

CHURCH HOURS Opens daily at 7:00am Closes Mon-Fri at 8:00pm Saturday at 7:00pm Sunday at 3:00pm

St. Jude’s Parish

Second Sunday of Advent

Pray for the sick: Maria Guadalupe Pelayo, Mercedes Pulla, Rosa Rua, Edier Correa, Kris-ta Warren Scola Genoveffa, Marian-na Frustaci, Alba Marina Valder-rama, Thair Frances, Dennis Nation, Saverio Capani, Veni Christante, Mathew Rodrigo, Rosa Martinez, Joseph Cassar, Daniella Massara, Aldo B. Chandula Waidyaratne, Enza Pasquarelli, Pierino Ferri, Ade-laide Spassiani, Ann Smith, Giovan-ni Tersigni, Joseph D’Addario, Michael MacChesney, Peter DeRuyte, Vincenza de Angelis.

The recently deceased Emila Mora, Robert Torelli, Gi-oachino Fasan,Yvonne Forma, Dor-othy Dique, Angela Chiappetta, Domenico Sciarra, Luigi Ognibene, Angelica Sanchez-Aliaga, Onorato Madarello, Stella Tomasone

Saturday, December 5th 5:00pm Vigil Mass † Walter Martinez † Filipe Freire † Randy Landre ♦ In thanksgiving by Sybilla Jeyathas ♦ In thanksgiving to St. Jude Sunday, December 6th 8:00am Mass † Anna Pasut † Carlo Leva † Danilo B. Mascherin † Maria Mantia 9:30am Mass PRO-POPULO 11:00am Mass PRO-POPULO 12:30pm Mass Please see Spanish Bulletin Monday, December 7th 8:00am Mass † Angelo & Irma Astolfo Tuesday, December 8th 8:00am Mass ♦ In thanksgiving by the Palma Family ♦ In thanksgiving to Sanjookumar & Marion Jesulthasen 7:30pm Mass † Adan & Giuseppe Colonello Wednesday, December 9th 8:00am Mass 7:00pm Mass Thursday, December 10th 8:00am Mass 7:30pm Memorial Mass † Romano Bon Friday, December 11th 8:00am Mass † Vincenza De Angelis † Giuseppina Boschetti 7:00pm Rosary 7:30pm Vigil Mass

“Our Lady of Guadalupe”

Sanctuary Lamp Dec 5– Dec 11

For the intentions of: His Holiness Pope Francis

MASS INTENTIONS The Second Sunday of Advent challenges us to prepare a royal highway in our hearts for Jesus so that we may receive him as our saving God during Christmas. We should also be prepared for his daily coming into our lives in the Holy Eucharist, in the Holy Bible and in the praying community. Fi-nally, we are asked to be ready to meet him as our judge on his Second Coming, at the end of our lives and at the end of the world.

Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe On Friday December 11 an Evening of celebrations will take place to Honor Our Lady of Guadalupe: 7:00pm Rosary (3 languages) 7:30pm Solemn Vigil Mass followed by an offering of “Flower and Song”. (Bring roses to be part of the flower offering during the ro-sary). December 12 at 7am, Serenating our la-dy at the door, Rosary before her image (3 languages) and Mass at 9am (Trilingual). We ask that everyone brings a plate of sweets or baked goods to share after the mass in the Parish Hall. Please bring them ahead of time to the office or before the mass.

Immaculate Conception Mass

Tuesday, December 8, 2015: Rosary at 7:00pm and the Cele-bration of the Eucharist at 7:30pm. After Communion we will sing the Salve Regina and recite the Litany of Mary along

with the crowning. This year we will also, have the ceremony in which a number of our parish-ioners will be consecrated to Jesus through Mary.

Year Of Mercy Designated churches for the Jubi-

lee with a Holy Door of Mercy: St. Paul's Basilica Toronto St. Patrick's Parish Toronto

Merciful Redeemer Mississauga St. Anthony of Padua Bramalea

St. Patrick's Brampton St. Theresa's Scarborough

The Martyrs' Shrine Midland Marylake Shrine King City

St. Maximilian Kolbe Parish Mississauga Call parish office for addresses of these loca-

tions.

Second Collection Next weekend, December 12-13 we will have a second col-lection for the flowers that will decorate the altar during the Christmas celebrations. Thank you for your generous help.

Christmas Outreach Program This year I would like parish-ioners to take some time and nominate a family, who are also parishioners, to be re-cipients of this year’s Christ-mas outreach program. It is time we take care of those families who are shy or embar-rassed to ask for help. Please email the pastor or drop off

the information in a sealed envelope. This must be anonymous and will remain confi-dential. Please use this form.

Nomination for the Christmas

Outreach Program PRINT CLEARLY AND DROP OFF THIS FORM AT THE PARISH

OFFICE IN A SEALED ENVELOPE ADDRESSED TO THE PAS-

TOR AND IDENTIFY AS CONFIDENTIAL

I _______________________________________, wish to

nominate (Name) ___________________________________

who is a parishioner and attends Sunday mass regularly, to be a

recipient this year for the Christmas Outreach Program. Please

contact me to discuss details at (Ph #) __________________ or

Email me at ________________________________________

Farewell to Fr. Efren, our pastor On Saturday December 19, 2015, there will be an opportunity for you to express your thanks to Fr. Efren. Following the 5:00pm mass, we will gather to enjoy an Antipasto bar fol-lowed by dinner at 7:00pm. There will be tickets sold for this event, $60.00 per person. Hurry, we only have 70 tickets left. They will be available this and next weekend.

December 6, 2015

First Communion Program Session One 10:00am-12:00 noon Group 2 Saturday, December 12, 2015

Session Two 10:00am-12:00 noon Group 1 Saturday, January 30, 2016 Group 2 Saturday, February 6, 2016

Grade 7 Confirmation Program Registration for the 2015-2016 program is now closed. We welcome those seeking Confirmation to pre-register at the parish office in the new year.

Pray for Vocations

Could God be calling you to be a priest, deacon, brother or sister in order to help our world of today to truly “prepare the way of the Lord"? If you think God is calling you to be a priest, religious or deacon, contact Fr. Chris Lemieux, Vo-cation Director, Archdiocese of Toronto at 416-968-0997 or email vocations@archtoronto.org

Day of Confessions This year, along with all the parishes of the Archdioces-es we will have a day of Confessions on Monday,

December 21 as follows:

8:30am-10:30am: English/Italian

3:00pm-5:00pm: English/Spanish

6:00pm– 9:00pm. English/Spanish

For Sale “The Magnificat Year of Mercy Companion” will help you ac-cept the merciful embrace of a loving God, and prepare you to extend that mercy to your neighbor. This book is available for sale in the parish

office at $7.99 US ($10.63 CAD). We will reduce it to $7.00CAD in the hopes that this resource is sold and used in time.

2016 Offertory Envelopes My Offering, Sacrifice & Support

Offertory envelopes for 2016 are availa-ble this weekend in 3 stations throughout the church. If you do not see your name on any of the boxes, please contact the parish office during regular office hours Monday to Friday for help. If you are using envelopes for the first time, be sure to print clearly your full name, address, postal code and phone number. All en-velopes from previous years should never be used as they may have been assigned to someone else. Your cooperation is much appreciated.

Christmas Outreach Program Your help is essential as our parish takes on the responsibility of reaching out to those in need. Please consider one of the following ways to help us help the needy:

1. Sponsoring a family join up with some friends or family to support a family. Call the parish office and leave us your info at extension 111. We will provide you with the neces-sary information. .

2. Make a monetary donation for gift cards (use envelopes for tax receipt-ing) or Donate a gift card from a local store (receipt is needed for tax cred-its) Your donations would be great-ly appreciated by Sunday Dec 21st 2015.

3. If you wish to make a donation to this program, we ask that you write the cheques payable to St. Jude’s Parish and add “COP/St. Vincent de Paul”

Please drop off your donation at the par-ish office during regular office hours. If you require further information please contact the parish at 416-742-9072 or ext. 111 if your call is not taken.

Questions for Reflection: Where is the hope for the Syrian refugee suf-

fering in exile today?

Can you help God lower “the lofty mountains” or “ fill the depths and gorges” for them in any way?

We would like par-

ents to sign up via

email (See cover of

the bulletin for of-

fice email) or by

phone. The rehearsal of schedules

will be sent via email primarily and

those who do not use email will

need to pick them up at

the parish office after

everyone has signed up

this weekend.

Christmas Trees Set up On Friday the 18th at

8:30pm, after the healing

mass we invite parishioners

to help us set up our Christmas

trees. Please come anytime be-

tween 8:30pm and 10:30pm. It

would be great if you can bring

some tools in case we need to cut

the trunks in order for the trees to

stand properly. Afterwards we will

gather in the parish hall to share

some hot chocolate and cookies.

Christmas & New Year’s Mass Schedule

Christmas Eve:

4:00pm(English) 7:00pm(Spanish)

9:00pm(Italian) 11:00pm(English)

Christmas Day:

8:00am (Italian) 9:30am (English)

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

New Year’s Eve 5:00pm(English),

New Year’s Day: 9:00am (Italian) 11:00am (English),

12:30pm (Spanish)