Attard Plumbing 416-881-PIPE (7473) Serving the GTA over 30 years

Established 1982

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

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Compliments of the

Festa San Gorg

Committee

www.festasangorg.ca

Festa San Gorg

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

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24 hour Monitoring

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Weddings - Baptisms - Showers - Private Functions

Tel: (905) 890-8507

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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

Suite 5 - 380 Alliance Ave (Jane/Alliance) Toronto, ON, M6N2H8 T: (416) 767-2626 F: (647) 689-2515 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).

Robert Dimech CPA, CMA, MBA

Business Advisory, Accounting, Tax

416-844-1110

robert@thedimechgroup.com

Old-Fashioned Restoration

M6P 1Z7

Restore • Buy • Sell Fine Antique Furniture

Emanuel Calleja 416-767-6989

Eglinton Dental Care 295 Eglinton Ave. E., Ste. 5A

Mississauga, ON L4Z 3K6

Tel.: (905) 568-1988

Fax: (905) 568-0956

vassallo@eglintondentalcentre.ca

Residential / Commercial / Industrial Blocked drains & sewers

Boilers / Snow Melt / In-floor heating Backflow installation & testing

Government Rebates

Sunday September 11: 9:00 AM

Charlie & Christina Cini

Charles, Mary & Joseph Sammut

10:30 AM

Carmel Scicluna

AMD

12:00 NOON Facciol Family

AMD

6:00 PM

For the People of the Parish

AMD

AMD

Monday September 12: Paul Delicata

Mario Tonna

John Fenech

Tuesday September 13: Our Lady of Ta’ Pinu Perpetual Mass

Joseph & Josephine Xuereb

AMD

Wednesday September 14: Our Lady of the Immigrant Perpetual Mass

Deceased Priests

AMD

Thursday September 15: AMD

AMD

Friday September 16: John Borg

Edmond Scicluna

Saturday September 17: Chuck Desira & Allison Thompson

AMD

St. Paul the Apostle Church

Maltese Canadian

Community Parish 3224 Dundas Street West, Toronto, Ontario M6P 2A3

416-767-7054

Administrator:

Fr. Emanuel Parnis MSSP

Associate:

Fr. Dominic Cachia MSSP

OFFICE HOURS

Mon., Tues., Wed., Fri.

9:00 am to 12 Noon

1:00 pm to 6:00 pm.

CLOSED Sundays, Thursdays & Saturdays

(Priests are always available by appointment)

MASS SCHEDULE

Daily morning Mass

In Maltese at 9:15 am:

Monday, Wednesday & Friday

In English at 9:15 am:

Tuesday & Thursday

Evening Mass:

Every First Thursdays & Fridays: 7:00 pm (English)

- both followed by Adorations.

Weekend Masses;

Saturday 5:30 pm (English)

7:00 pm (Spanish - 3rd Saturday)

Sunday: 9:00 am (English)

10:30 am (Maltese)

12:00 noon (English)

6:00 pm (English)

ADORATIONS:

English every Wednesday at 7:00 pm

Spanish every 4th Wednesday at 7:00 pm

SACRAMENTS

Baptism: Please contact the priests.

Baptisms are generally held on the second and

fourth Sundays of the month. Pre-baptism instruc-

tions for parents and godparents are given on the

first Sunday of every month at 1:00 pm.

Marriages: Contact the priest one year in

advance of the wedding. A marriage preparation

course is mandatory.

Sacrament of Reconciliation:

Saturdays: between 5:00 pm and 5:30 pm.

Sundays: 30 minutes before each Mass.

Anointing of the Sick:

Contact the priests. Parishioners are reminded

that this 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.

September 11

2016

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

Mission Statement

We as a missionary community of faith, reflect upon the gospel values of Christ according to the teaching and tradition of the Roman Catholic Church. Our mission is to follow Christ by sharing our gifts of time, talent and dedication to one another by imitating Him, St. Paul and our founder Mgr. Joseph De Piro, giving Christian witness to our faith through our everyday lives in community.

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Pardon and hope.

“so the Lord relented……” the Israelites, singularly chosen by God in Abraham, led out of the slavery of Egypt through His prophet Moses, sustained by divine providence in the desert, now begin to worship a golden calf which they fashioned at the very moment God was renewing his covenant with them atop Mt. Sinai.

The same theme of divine pardon is carried through in today´s second reading, from the first letter to Timothy. There, we are reminded that, like Paul, we in our arrogance, in our disbelief, in our many sins, nonetheless, can find forgiveness in Jesus. Moreover, we learn that Jesus came into the world precisely to save sinners - to save us.

We see the same theme again in today´s gospel, which is a brief trilogy about God´s wanting to forgive us. First, there is the parable of the Good Shepherd searching out the lone stray, then of the woman who loses a coin and finds it, and thirdly of the prodigal son who is received back by his father without prejudice, despite his sins.

Thus all the readings today remind us that not only does God forgive sins forever, but he welcomes sinners and wants to forgive - if only we sincerely want to return to him in contrition and resolution.

Surely this is one of the most attractive aspects of our Christian faith. To be forgiven sins we have committed: sins of unkindness, hatred, irreverence, dishonesty, secret sins as well as public sins, sins which have injured others. And not only to be forgiven, but to know for certain that we have been forgiven, to be free of all doubts about the matter.

24th Sunday in Ordinary Time—Year C

Our faith then is a religion of hope.

By faith we embrace not only what

God reveals to us about Himself,

but also what God pledges on our

behalf. Hope allows us to look forward confidently

to the fulfillment of these promises. In a larger

sense, hope reminds us that even given our

weaknesses or our tendency to fail, the loving,

merciful Savior stands even now at the final goal

destined for us and beckons us forward with His

grace. Therefore, hope means that we are not alone

facing a future of uncertainty, but that the living

Lord who wills that no one of us be lost, is at this

moment drawing us towards Himself, always

willing and ready to forgive us all those obstacles

that have caused a friction in our relationship with

the God of mercy and forgiveness. Amen.

- Fr. Manuel

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.

If you feel that Christ is calling you for a missionary adventure as a priest or lay missionary, please contact our Vocations’ Director at

416-767-7054. RCIA

Do you want to become Catholic and a part of our Parish? You can do that by participating in

our RCIA classes and familiarize yourself with our community.

For more information contact the Parish office at 416-767-7054.

"Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it." -MARK TWAIN

Pre-authorized Giving (PAG) Thank you for all you do in support of St. Paul the Apostle Parish. The work of our parish is made possible through the giving hearts of parishioners like you. In response to changing lifestyles and demands on time and energy, parishioners have been asking about the Pre-Authorized Giving (PAG) program. PAG is a new and convenient way you can support your parish.

For those of you who haven’t enrolled in this program, yet wish to do so, you may find more information in the pamphlet provided with this bulletin. In this pamphlet you will find instructions on how to join the program.

Those of you who are already enrolled in this great program, please remember to print “PAG” on the front of your offertory envelope before dropping it in the collection basket.

Thank you, once again, for your generosity!

Save the dates

Saturday, October 22, 2016 Parish Anniversary Dinner Dance. For more information and tickets,

please call Freda Mifsud at 416-762-1891

Sunday, October 23, 2016 Installation of Fr. Emanuel Parnis as Pastor

of St. Paul the Apostle Parish. More information to follow.

Sunday, October 30, 2016 The 86th Anniversary of our Parish.

We will celebrate this event with Mass at 10:30 followed by a reception in the Parish Hall.

More information to follow.

BAKE SALE Next month we will be reintroducing our

monthly bake sales.

Come join us on Sunday, October 2, after each Mass, in the Lower Hall

for a coffee and a treat or two!!

To all seniors

The Seniors Group has begun its regular weekly meetings. These meetings take place every Wednesday from 12 noon to 3:30 pm. All seniors are welcome to join in for some games, and to share some time with other seniors.

For more information, you may contact Emanuel Grech

at 416-769-1506.

The Prayer Group resumes

on Tuesday, September 13

at 7:00 in the evening.

ALL ARE WELCOME!!

CONGRATULATIONS goes out to

Petros Mylonas & Katelin Dejak

as they exchanged wedding vows on

Saturday, September 10.

May God bless you both always.

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION

& CONFIRMATION

On Sunday, September 25, we will be having a Potluck Luncheon for all those children & youths who have received the Sacraments of First Holy Communion and Confirmation, this past May, and also those who will be receiving the Sacraments in the spring of 2017 at this parish. This meeting, that is open to candidates and their families, will take place after the 12 noon Mass. Those parents who have children in grade 2 or grade 7 may register their children for the Sacraments, by either picking up a registration form from the office or the back of the church. You may also obtain the registration form by visiting our website and clicking Sacraments. Once you get to the ‘Sacraments’ page, you will be able to print out the form. We will have registration forms with us at the meeting on the 25th as well, for those who would like to register their children at that time.

Please RSVP by September 16 by calling the Parish Office at 416-767-7054, and let us know if you and your child(ren) will be able to make it to the meeting on the 25th.