MELITA

MAINTENANCE

SERVICE INC.

MALTA BAKE SHOP

3256 DUNDAS STREET WEST (2 blocks off Runnymede)

Tel: (416) 769-2174

OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK

Compliments of

Melita S.C. Inc.

Tel: (416) 763-5317

www.melitasoccerclub.com

Compliments of the

Festa San Gorg

Committee

www.festasangorg.ca

Festa San Gorg

Phone: (416) 256-9114 Fax: (416) 256-3893

pantar@pantar.ca 25 Wingold Ave. Unit 2,

Toronto, Ontario M6B 1P8

CATHOLIC CEMETERIES - ARCHDIOCESE OF TORONTO

ASSUMPTION CEMETERY &

CREMATION CENTRE

6933 Tomken Road, Mississauga (905) 670-8801

Visit our website at www.catholic-cemeteries.com

Angelo Portelli Free Estimate

CALL THE SPECIALISTS

1 ST. JOHN RD. MAIN FLOOR TORONTO, ON M6P 4C7

ONT.REG. NO. 1319992

AMANTINE SECURITY SYSTEM

24 hour Monitoring

Marc Govè (905) 454-4855

MALTA BAND CLUB

5745 Coopers Avenue Mississauga, ON L4Z 1R9

Hall for Rent Weddings - Baptisms -

Showers - Private Functions

Tel: (905) 890-8507

2000 Realty Inc.

John M. Sammut Broker

28 years of Continuous Service

Bus: (416) 656- 3500 Direct: (416) 505-3170

jsammut@trebnet.com www.johnsammut.com

At a time of need, or when planning ahead,

rely on the trusted specialists.

Call 416 767-1176

3299, Dundas Street West, Toronto (One block east of Runnymede)

www.lynettfuneralhome.ca

Patrick Portelli BC-HIS

18 Kensington Rd #100

Brampton, ON L6T 4S5

Hearing Aid Sales & Service

Hearing Testing

TV & Telephone amplifiers

WSIB, DVA & 3rd party Insurance

905-791-2203

Tony Saliba - Bonded & Insured 24 Hour Service - Complete Janitorial Service Carpet Cleaning - Window Cleaning Power Sweeping & Power Washing General Contracting

Bus: 416-762-6302 Fax: 416-766-4000

Michael Le Tax Consultant

Suite 5 - 380 Alliance Ave Toronto, ON, M6N2H8 (416) 558-3417 transtartax@yahoo.ca

With sincere appreciation and gratitude for the

wonderful work of St. Paul the Apostle Church

From Sam & Grace Carbonaro & Family

Frozen Pastizzi are available at:

Messina Bakery, Solero Bakery, Eataly Foods;

Molisana Bakery; Atlantic Bakery; Malta

Band Club; Paisley Fine Foods; Lisboa

Bakery; Coppa’s Fine Foods; Highland

Farms; Mama Malta Pastizzi & various No

Frills (please call for a location near you).

PLEASE

PATRONIZE

OUR

ADVERTIZERS!!

Robert Dimech CPA, CMA, MBA

Business Advisory, Accounting, Tax

416-844-1110

robert@thedimechgroup.com

www.thedimechgroup.com

Serving the GTA for residential, commercial & industrial plumbing needs . New construction and emergency services. Backwater valve installations (city approved & subsidies available), boiler service & repair, AC installation & repair.

Attard Plumbing Ltd

416-881-PIPE (7473)

PLEASE

PATRONIZE

OUR

ADVERTIZERS!!

Maltese Canadian

Community Parish 3224 Dundas Street West,

Toronto, Ontario M6P 2A3

416-767-7054

E-mail: stpaulmssp@rogers.com Website: www.saint-paul-maltese.com

Administrator:

Fr. Emanuel Parnis MSSP

Associate:

Fr. Dominic Cachia MSSP

OFFICE HOURS

Mon., Tues., Wed., Fri.

9:45 am to 12 Noon

1:00 pm to 5:45 pm.

CLOSED THRS. & SAT.

(Priests are always available by appointment)

MASS SCHEDULE

Daily morning Mass

In Maltese at 9:15 am:

Mon., Wed & Friday

In English at 9:15 am:

Tues., Thurs., & Saturday

Evening Mass:

First Fridays only: 7:00 pm

Weekend Masses;

Saturday 5:30 pm (English)

Sunday: 9:00 am (English)

10:30 am (Maltese)

12 Noon (English

SACRAMENTS

Baptism: Please contact the priests. Baptisms

are usually held on the second and fourth Sun-

days of the month. Pre-baptism instruction for

parents and godparents is given on the last Sun-

day of the month at 1:00 pm.

Marriages: Contact the priest one year in ad-

vance of the wedding. A marriage preparation

course is mandatory.

Sacrament of Reconciliation: Saturdays be-

tween 5:00 pm and 5:30 pm.

Anointing of the Sick:

Contact the priests. Parishioners are reminded

that thi is not a sacrament that should be left for

the last possible minute. It is a Sacrament for the

sick, not just for the dying.

January 10,

2016

Sunday January 10: For the people of the Parish - Joseph Deguara - Larry Attard

Monday January 11: - Intentions of the donor - Parnis Family Tuesday January 12: - Victims of violence - Deceased MSSP Members

Wednesday January 13: Our Lady of the Immigrant Perpetual Mass - Facciol Family - Vocations

Thursday January 14: - John Borg - Vincent Cremona

Friday January 15: - Our Benefactors - Intentions of the donor

Saturday January 16: - Charlie & Christina Cini & Rita Camilleri - Marlene McCrae

LET US PRAY FOR

OUR PARISHIONERS

Is there anyone sick among you? Ask for the parish priest.

He, in turn, will pray over you, anointing you with oil in the

name of the Lord.

The Most Humble Focus on Service by Pope Francis

At the inaugural mass six days after becoming Pope on march 19th 2013, Pope Francis said, “let us never forget that authentic power is service, and that the pope, too, when exercising power, must enter ever more fully into that ser-vice….. He must be inspired by the lowly, concrete, and faithful service which marked St. Joseph and like him, he must open his arms to protect all of God’s people and embrace with tender affection the whole of humanity, especially the poorest, the weakest, the least important, those whom Matthew lists in the final judgement on love; the hungry, the thirsty, the stranger, the naked, the sick and those in prison. Only those who serve with love are able to protect.” In his first month as Pope, he emphasized on the necessity of service by saying: “Christians are called to do the great work of evangelizing to the ends of the world in a spirit of humility rather that an attitude of conquer-ing……. Preaching the gospel requires humility, service, charity, brotherly love. To approach evangelization with an imperialism or attitude of conquering does not work.” The true power of Christian leadership comes from good service and dialogue. “Dialogue is born from a respectful atti-tude toward the other person, from a conviction that the other person has something good to say. It supposes that we can make room in our heart for their point of view, their opinion, and their proposals. Dialogue entails a warm recep-tion and not a pre-emptive condemnation. To dialogue, one must know how to lower the defenses, to open the doors of one’s home and to offer warmth.”

2

Christ’s Baptism….our Baptism

God in His intimate relationship with man, shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him. God “baptizes” the person by His very love and particular attention that He wants to give him with the help of a new Christian identity and char-acteristic. Therefore the baptized person, led by the spirit and the grace of God is included in the community, in the Body of Christ which is the Church. Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist, and formed part of the community because He be-came a man like us, identifying Himself with each one of us in particular.

A voice from heaven was heard proclaiming Jesus as “My Son, the beloved with whom I am well pleased”. In Mark’s gospel, other voices proclaim Jesus as just that. On two other separate occasions, that is during the Transfiguration and also on Good Friday at the crucifixion. We, during the baptismal ritual, are given a special Christian name to identify us with Christ and His Body, the Church. We each have our own unique identity and that identity shares in the “inward and spiritu-al grace of baptism”. Each one of us have unique gifts and abilities that are part of Christ’s body.

During the advent season we have focused so much on the Crib and on Bethlehem, the place where Christ was born. Talking about Nazareth, we keep on explaining something about the child-hood of Christ. This deep focus helps us to discern well the whole simple and humble background of Christ’s birth and growth as a normal person

among others, yet as God, who left everything behind, especially his equality, to live among us as the translation of Emanuel goes.

Today we look and reflect on the place where Jesus was baptized, and where we were in awesome wonder accepted as Christ’s children in the Jordan. What does that mean to us now? That is a big question that we need to ask ourselves. Is our bap-tism still relevant? Is it still useful as a form of belonging to an active and vibrant community of brothers and sisters, or is it like a one way ticket where we can selfishly enough think only of our-selves and ignore those who are not to our taste and form?

Let us become more aware of our faith by reflect-ing and evaluating the real meaning of our bap-tism. As we look once again at the baptism of our children, do we feel triggered spiritually once again to serve Christ and his Church better in all that is good witnessing, proclamation of the word, and other fraternal activities that can really en-hance the strategic importance of our oneness in Christ Jesus? Are we strong enough faithfully to check and shut the mouth of all prophets of doom who predict only falsehood, division and destruc-tion in their speeches?

We are the present and the future. Let us be those representatives of Christ wherever we are, so that the light will overcome darkness through the pow-er of Christ in our hearts.

Fr. Manuel

WIN A

ROUND-TRIP TICKET

TO BEAUTIFUL MALTA!!

Buy your raffle tickets today!! This is a great opportunity

to help with our Roof Renovation Fund-Raising

Program as well.

Tickets are 1 for $10.00 & 3 for $25.00

Contact the Office at 416-767-7054 For more information

St. Paul the Apostle Church

Feast of St. Paul’s Shipwreck Fund Raising Dinner-Dance

Saturday, February 6, 2016

Full Meal DJ

Door Prize

With the participation of

THE MALTA BAND CLUB &

ENZO GUSMAN Doors open at 6:30 PM

Tickets:

Adults $35.00

Children 12 & under $15.00

For bookings call the Rectory:

416-767-7054 & ask for Rita

CALLING ALL YOUTHS!!

If you are between the

ages of 14 and 20,

we would love for you to join

our Youth Group!!

Our first meeting will be held

on Saturday, January 16th

at 6:30 pm.

Hope to see you there!!

On Saturday, January 30th following the 5:30 evening Mass, we will be holding our first monthly Family Pasta Night.

This evening is a great opportunity to catch-up with old friends, and possibly make some new ones. We will have a few games of Bingo at this event too!! Anyone who purchases Bingo cards that evening will receive one free card.

There is an entrance fee of $15.00 for this event that will go towards our Roof Renova-tion Fund-Raising Program, therefore this is also a wonderful opportunity to support our church. Thank you.