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Sunday Mass Times
St. Michael’s Basilica Sunday Mass
Times
Saturday 4:00 p.m.
Sunday 10:30 a.m. & 5:30 p.m.
St. Andrew’s Sunday Mass Time
Sunday 9:00 a.m.
St. Margaret’s Saturday Mass Time
Saturday 6:00 p.m.
St. Michael’s By the Sea Mass Time
Sunday 11:00 a.m.
Week Day Mass Times
St. Michael’s Basilica
Monday to Thursday 9:00 a.m.
Friday 7:00 p.m.
St. Andrew’s Church
Tuesday 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday & Friday 9:00 am
Saint Michael’s Museum & Genealogical Centre
Saint Michael’s Catholic Supplies & Book Store Telephone: 778-5152
Website www.saintmichaelsmuseum.com
Hours Sunday & Monday—Closed
Tuesday —Saturday 10 am—4pm Please Note: Month of January and half of
February store open on Tuesday only 10am—4pm
Feb. 11 –2020 open regular hours
ST. MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL PARISH
PASTORAL TEAM
REV. PAUL DOUCET & REV. AROCKIA DASS CHINNAPPAN
Email: [email protected]
Parish Secretaries: Sandy Williston & Mary Roy
Office Email: [email protected]
Knights of Columbus
Father Bernard M. Brodrick Council 1219
Charity/Unity/Fraternity/Patriotism
Interested? Call Brian at 352-0491
or contact any member
For Façade Lighting with a $50.00 Donation
Baptisms
Last Sunday of the Month
Please Phone Parish Office
Confession
Saturday 3:00 to 3:45 p.m. In
the Bishop Roger’s Chapel
Ministry to Sick/Shut-Ins
Please notify the Parish Office
and arrange Communion
Religious Education Coordinator
Renee Comeau 778-5153
Responsible Ministry
Patricia Lee 622-5730
Parish Office Hours
Monday to Thursday: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Friday: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Telephone: 778-5150 Fax: 778-5156
Website: stmichaelsbasilica.com
ST. MICHAEL’S BASILICA - ST. ANDREW’S - ST. MICHAEL’S BY THE SEA - ST. MARGARET’S
The Baptism Of The Lord
January 12, 2020
St. Michael’s Mass Intentions
Seven Extraordinary
Ministers of
Communion are
needed besides the
sacristan for each
mass.
Jan. 11 Saturday 4:00 pm Rose Ryan; Jack, Eileen & Ryan Murphy; Joan Leger; Elroy Rigley (A); Holy Souls In
Purgatory; Lorraine Swain; Bert Kilbride; Alice Jacqueline Randall; Jack Besse;
Sister Helen Burns RHSJ; Jackie Randall; Danny Julien; Darryl Roy;
Ron Flanagan (A); Harvey Blakely ; Simon Glynn; Bernadette Preston;
Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Lewis; Gen Cook ; Arthur Theriault ; Danny Kenny
Jan 12 Sunday 10:30 am Gerald Glynn
Jan 12 Sunday 5:30 pm For The People
Jan 13 Monday 9:00 am Debbie Young
Jan 14 Tuesday 9:00 am Rose Marquis
Jan 15 Wednesday 9:00 am Mary Susan Gregan (A)
Jan 16 Thursday 9:00 am Terry Conroy (A)
Jan 17 Friday 7:00 pm Danny Kenny
Jan 18 Saturday 4:00 pm Patricia & David Lahey; Mary Agnes & Patrick Lahey; Mary Ellen & John Jackson;
David MacDonald; John Lordon; Paul MacLean; Special Intentions; John Hawkes;
Jack Besse; Laura Hallihan; Frances Flanagan Reid; Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Daley &
DFM; Arthur Theriault; Danny Kenny; Frank Dignam; Gregory Keating
Please note:
Lectors refer
to your
schedules.
Ticket number # 1201
Did not play $ 977.00 will roll over
Remember to play your
Toonies!
Extraordinary Minsters of Communion January 11th & 12th , 2020
4:00 p.m. Mass: Cil Hickey, Margie Whalen, Lorraine Gray, Maura McCluskey, Florence Petrie, Mary Keating, Mark Trevors 10:30 a.m. Mass: Roy Matheson, Rose Spray, Billy Young, Harold Fleiger, Barb McLaughlin, Joan Madore 5:30 p.m. Mass: Linda Dickson, Jessica Young
In the charity of your prayers, please pray for all those who have passed including:
Frank Dignam
Would you or somebody you know like to learn more about our Catholic faith? St. Michael the Archangel
Parish has a team - and we can always use more members - of parishioners who will be offering the RCIA
program. Although the program is meant for those who are exploring the possibility of becoming Catholic, it
offers everybody the opportunity to learn what the Church actually teaches on questions such as Who or
what is God? What is faith? What are the sacraments of the Church, and what are they about? The Blessed
Virgin Mary and the Saints, what about them? If you think yourself and/or somebody else could benefit from
this experience, come along and invite them too; call the office @ 778-5150 to give your contact information
so you can be notified of the time and place these gatherings will be held.
Jan 11 Saturday 6:00 pm William Flynn , Joseph E. Cook (A)
Jan 18 Saturday 6:00 pm Clarence Cook Sr. , John Kearney
Mass Intentions
St. Margaret’s Offertory
Jan 11 Betty & Claudine Cook Jan 18 William Holland Family
Margaret’s Extraordinary Ministers of Communion
Jan 11 Norma Hay Jan. 18 Aubin Schofield
St. Andrew’s Mass Intentions
Jan 12 Sunday 9:00 am James & Gerald Taylor
Jan 14 Tuesday 6:30 pm Lawrence (DeDe) Richard
Jan 15 Wednesday 9:00 am Bertha Comeau
Jan 17 Friday 9:00 am Sister Alice Campbell
Jan 19 Sunday 9:00 am Jack Gallant
St. Michael’s By the Sea Mission Mass Intentions
Jan 12 Sunday 11:00 am Laura Hallihan
Jan 19 Sunday 11:00 am Laura Hallihan
St. Margaret’s Mission
Jan 12 Rosie Jan 19 Knights
Jan 26 Lydia Feb 2 Diane
Offertory Gifts
Jan 12 Donna & Margie
Jan 19 Leisa & Keith
Reader
Jan 12 Donna
Jan 19 Iona
St. Andrew’s Lectors St. Andrew’s Offertory
Jan 12 Family Jan 19 Knights
Jan 26 Youth Feb. 2 Family
Lectors
Jan 11 Aubin Schofield
Jan 18 Gerry Watling
Parish News
Capital Campaign Committee Update
Goal………………………………$1,000,000.00 Donations/Pledges ………..746,286.55 Percent of Goal Reached ………………….74.62%
St. Michael’s Museum / Book Store will be open every Tuesday in January and Half of February. Reopening February 11 regular hours: Tuesday—Saturday 10:00a.m. –4:00 p.m. K of C Father B.M. Broderick Council 1219 Breakfast - First Sunday of the month. K of C Bingo at the K of C Hall on King St. Sunday at 7:00 p.m. TV Bingo every Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. Channel 10.
Jan 12 Team 1 Jan 19 Team 2 Jan 26 Team 3 Feb. 2 Team 4 Feb. 9 Team 1 Feb. 16 Team 2 Feb. 23 Team 3
Schedule of Church Linens
Jan 12 Judy Foran Jan 19 Wendy O’Donnell Jan 26 Marg Sweeney Feb 2 Florence Pitre Feb 9 Maureen Connell
St. Joseph Sunday Missal’s 2020 are on sale at the Parish Office. Missal’s are $5.00 each
2020 Parish Envelopes If you are unable to find your 2020 Parish envelopes, please call the Parish Office to let us know.
Regarding Funerals: To clarify the new policy on funerals, other priests are welcome to preach, but Fr. Dass or Fr. Paul should preside as pastors. If the other priest is a family member, he may also preside if he wishes. We apologize for any confusion the omission of this important distinction may have caused. Prior to completing arrangements, Fr. Dass or Fr. Paul should be contacted. If the office is not open, the funeral directors have the priests’ private phone numbers and can contact them for you.
Poinsettia Tree Timothy Cross
St. Andrew’s RCIA: Looking for a sponsor for a 29 year old man, a catechumen. If you are interested in being a sponsor, please contact Lydia Ross 773-3324.
Counters of Offertory for St. Andrew's continue to be required. If you can assist in this endeavor please contact Lydia Ross 506-773-3324 or Mary Mott 506-778-8104. Teams have been created and the list will be posted in the counting room.
RCIA Team meets every Thursday in the Smart Board room at 7:00 pm. Everyone is welcome to join us. The classes are for anyone interested in learning more about the Catholic Church, Catholic or non Catholic, and its teaching are held every Sunday at St. Andrew’s Worship site at 9:00 am in the basement of the church. Please feel free to join us.
Regional News
Cursillo Weekend 2020– Is this for you? It’s a three day weekend where participants share a profound experience of Christian Life. The weekend starts on a Thursday and ends Sunday afternoon. During these three days, we learn how to get to know ourselves, distinguishing yourself from others examining our inner self looking for comfort and security. It’s a chance to experience the presence and love of Jesus Christ, which is an encounter with God. Finally to see the good that can be provided by a loving and caring community, sharing attitudes, interests and goals. Dates for the upcoming Men’s Weekend are May 21st—24th, 2020 . Dates for the upcoming Women’s Weekend are May 28th– June 1st, 2020. For further information please contact Mary & Mike Mott at 778-8104 or cell 627-9924.
Annual Catechist Retreat January 24-26, 2020 (open to all ministries) Christianity...a way of life not a religion...Pass on our story. We invite all people in ministries to the Catechist retreat with special guest facilitator Fr. Eugene O’Reilly. The retreat will be hosted at the Villa Madonna Retreat House. Accommodation and meals for the weekend $175. Commuter rate is $90. For more information contact Patricia Lee at 622-5730 or [email protected] Reserve your spot now!
The Miramichi Valley High School Drama Club presents OKLAHOMA!, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic love story. Show dates are January 15-18 at 7PM with a Matinee on Saturday, January 18 at 2PM. Tickets are $15 and are available at the MVHS Office, by reservation at 627-4083 or at the door.
Sincere Appreciation to all Parishioners from our region ,on the wonderful attendance to welcome Bishop Riesbeck. Thank you to everyone who helped in preparing for this very special occasion. To our Choirs, thank you for the beautiful music. Thank you to our many priest who concelebrated with Bishop Riesbeck. The evening was well represented.
The Bible The Holy Land And Me This is the title of Fr. Fraser’s new book of 212 pages. Fr. Fraser will be at St. Michael’s to sell copies of the book for $20.00. He will set up in the vestry of Bishop Rogers Chapel on Jan. 15 & 16, Wednesday & Thursday this week from 1:30 pm till 3:00 pm. The book contains stories of his youth leading to the Priesthood, a sort of personal guided tour through the Holy Land and stories of encounters with some interesting people.
Annual White Gold Dinner Concert Sunday, February 9, 2020 at Beaverbrook Kin Centre 100 Newcastle Blvd. Supper 5 p.m. Door prizes. Special guest Chris Guindon with many other wonderful entertainers. Tickets $35.00 by reservation only, call 622-1780. Apr 30-May 10: Pilgrimage to Medjugorje where Our Lady has been appearing daily for 38 years. Cost of $2135 (+ $675 taxes/security/fuel surcharges) includes airfare from the Maritimes, (twin or triple) accommodation, daily breakfast & dinner and experienced local guide. (Optional single room supplement, $200/p.) The accompanying priest is yet to be determined. INFO: Hector Caissie at [email protected] or (506) 857-2295.
It's a cold day in December...New York City. A little boy about 10-years-old was standing before a shoe store on Broadway, barefooted, peering through the window, and shivering with cold. A lady approached the boy and said, "My little fellow, why are you looking so earnestly in that window?" "I was asking God to give me a pair of shoes," was the boys reply. The lady took him by the hand and went into the store, and asked the clerk to get a half dozen pairs of socks for the boy. She then asked if he could give her a basin of water and a towel. He quickly brought them to her. She took the little fellow to the back part of the store and, removing her gloves, knelt down, washed his little feet, and dried them with a towel. By this time the clerk had returned with the socks. Placing a pair upon the boy's feet, she then purchased him a pair of shoes, and tying up the remaining pairs of socks, gave them to him. She patted him on the head and said, "No doubt, my little fellow, you feel more comfortable now?" As she turned to go, the astonished lad caught her by the hand, and looking up in her face, with tears in his eyes, answered the question with these words: "Are you God's wife?"
Choir Practice for Adults -St. Michael’s Basilica
Every Tuesday at 7:00 p.m.
New Members Welcome -Wheelchair Accessible!
Knights of Columbus
4th Degree Meeting 1st Monday of the month
Regular meeting 3rd Monday of the month
Executive meeting 2nd Monday of the month
Monthly Cursillo Ultreya Meeting
Meets every 3rd Wednesday of the Month
St. Andrew’s Capital Campaign meets on the last
Tuesday of every month at 7:00 p.m.
St. Vincent de Paul: store hours Saturday
9:30a.m.—12:30 p.m.
St. Andrew’s Choir Practice Friday’s at 1:00 p. m .
New Members are always welcome
RCIA Team meets every Thursday at 7:00 pm
St. Michaels Basilica
CWL Meeting 2nd Thursday of Every Month
November—March at 2:00 pm
Saint Michael the Archangel Parish Offertory
Total Offering for all 4 Church’s: $ 5717.75 St. Andrew’s Capital Campaign: $ 355.00
St. Michael’s Basilica Capital Campaign: $ 140.00 Tree of Remembrance $ 10.00
St. Michael’s Basilica Cemetery: $ 90.00 St. Vincent De Paul $ 130.00
Lady Chapel $ 5.00 Miramichi Refugee $ 10.00
St. Michael’s Basilica Renovation: $ 2095.90 St. Michaels by the Sea Cemetery $ 5.00
New Years Offering $ 390.00 St. Andrew’s Cemetery $ 55.00
Initial Offering $ 443.00 St. Margaret’s Cemetery $ 510.00
Memory Tree $ 1100.00
The following positions have been identified as having a high degree of risk. It may be time for your Police Criminal Record Check and Vulnerable Sector Search to be renewed. The PCRC must be renewed every five years. The Parish RM Coordinator will be con-tacting you if it is renewal time.
When children
All Employees (whether clergy, religious or laity) Extraordinary Minister of Communion (for the sick Altar Server - Adult 1 and shut-ins) Altar Server Coordinator Lay Pastoral Visitor Coordinator Any Individual with a key to the Parish Buildings Lay Pastoral Visitor Bereavement Team Coordinator Outreach Program Coordinator Bereavement Team Member Outreach Program- Meal Delivery Catechist Coordinator Parish Finance Council Member (cheque co-signers only) Catechist Assistant Parish Social Ministries 1 Catechist Parish Responsible Ministry Coordinator Children’s Liturgy of the Word Coordinator Parish Nurse Children’s Liturgy of the Word Teacher Sacristan Children’s Liturgy of the Word Helper/Volunteer Sacramental Preparation Coordinator 1 Choir Director Sacramental Preparation Team Member 1 Choir Member- Adult 1 Sports League Coach Collection Counter Coordinator Volunteer Driver Collection Counter
Custodian/Maintenance Person
Youth Ministry Coordinator
The Baptism of the Lord
Today’s Feast marks the conclusion of the Christmas Season and the beginning of Ordinary Time. It’s a feast of transition from Jesus’ hidden life to that of His public ministry. It also echoes the theme of the Epiphany in that the Baptism of the Lord is another manifestation announcing Jesus’ divinity to all of His first followers and to the disciples of John the Baptist.
First of all, it needs to be pointed out that Jesus did not need the baptism of John. John was baptizing as a call to and sign of interior repentance. Jesus had no need to repent. But, nonetheless, He comes to John. John resists at first but Jesus Insists. Why did He receive baptism?
First, by accepting the baptism of John, Jesus affirms all that John has said and done and affirms his sacred role of preparing the way for Jesus and for a new era of grace. Therefore, the Baptism of Jesus acts as a bridge between the Old Testament prophets (of which John was the last) and the New Testament era of grace and truth.
Second, it has been said that when Jesus entered the waters of baptism, He was not baptized by the waters, rather, His Baptism was one in which all the created waters of this world were, in a sense, “baptized” by Him. By entering into the waters, Jesus sanctified water and poured forth His grace making all water the future source of salvation.
Third, the Baptism of Jesus was an epiphany. It was a moment of manifestation. As He emerged from the waters, “Heaven was opened and the Holy Spirit descended upon him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from Heaven, ‘You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.’” This manifestation of the son
ship and divinity of Jesus took place in a physical, audible and visible form so that all present would know, without question, that Jesus was the Son of the Father. Thus, His baptism is a way in which the Father introduced His Son and His Son’s mission to the world.
As we prepare to begin Ordinary Time, reflect, today, upon these words of the Father at the Baptism of Jesus. Hear the Father speaking to You about the divinity of His Son. Turn your eyes to Jesus and prepare yourself to follow Him and to heed every word He speaks. He was sent into this world to draw us to the Father, allow Him to fulfill that mission in your own life.
Lord, I believe that You are the Son of the Eternal Father and the Savior of the World. I believe that You have brought about a new era of grace and truth and that I am called to follow You wherever You lead. As we begin this liturgical season of Ordinary Time, may it be a time of extraordinary grace in which I daily heed Your voice. Jesus, I trust in You.
SCOTTS DRUG STORE LTD.
1781 Water Street
Miramichi, NB E1N 1B2
Phone (506)773-4475
For All Your Prescription Needs!
“Windows, Doors, Glass….”
Rudy Henstridge Production Manager
Box 3015
1411 Wellington St. Miramichi, NB E1N
4L5
Home Wiring — Renovations—Heating & Lighting
Service Entrance Upgrades—Parking Lot Lighting
Boom-Bucket-Digger-Truck Service
Alternative Energy —Services Pumps& Controls
Electric Motor Sales & Services
773-8016
22 Wilson Dr. Miramichi
A-1 SIDING INC.
RENOVATIONS OF ALL TYPES INCLUDING
KITCHEN & BATH, NEW CONSTRUCTION,
& MUCH MORE
17 STANLEY STREET
MIRAMICHI, NB
E1N 2S7
(506) 623-8096
Stephen O’Reilly
120 General Manson Way
PO Box 145
MIRAMICHI, NB E1N 3A5
Northeast Machine Works Inc.
Machine Shop & Welding
Industrial Manufacturing & Fabrication
Tel: (506)773-6622 cell: 627-6205
Miramichi Irish Festival July 16—19, 2020
Tickets available from May 2020 at
www.canadasirishfest.com or
1745 Water Street, Miramichi.
Middle Island Irish Historical Park
2345 Water Street, Miramichi, NB E1N 4B6
Phone: 773-7505
CAPTAIN’S GALLEY RESTAURANT
Closed for the Season
1781 King George Highway
Telephone: 622-4460 Cellular: 623-8683 [email protected]
Let me help you with all your automotive needs! Trevors Hyundai has excellent service and our award winning line up has one of the best comprehensive 5 year / 100,000 KM warranties for worry-free driving! Trevors Hyundai – A Tradition of Trust!
Bill Fraser