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

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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.

Parish Hall Rental: Our parish hall is now offi-cially available for rental. Requests will be pro-cessed on a first come first served basis. Please note that due to the religious nature of our building, some restrictions apply with regards to the type of events that can be held in it. Please call or fill out a inquiry form at the parish office if you are interested:

416-742-9072

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. Deadline is August 30, 2014.

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. Bartlomiej (Bartek)

Palczewski, frbartek@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 Lent

Pray for the sick: Marie Francescut, Krista Warren Scola Genoveffa, Marianna Frus-taci, Alba Marina Valderrama, Thair Frances, Dennis Nation, Silvia Gorosito, Saverio Capani, Veni Christante, Mathew Rodrigo, Rosa Martinez, Joseph Cassar, Daniella Massara, Aldo B. Chandula Waidyaratne, Enza Pasquarelli, Pierino Ferri, Adelaide Spassiani, Ann Smith, Giovanni Tersigni, Jo-seph D’Addario

And the recently deceased:

Saturday, February 28th 5:00pm Vigil Mass † Giuseppe Bombini Sunday, March 1st 8:00am Mass † Vito Valenzano † Rocco&Maria Romeo † Luigi Guoirniero † Elisabetta&Paola Romeo 12:30pm Mass see Spanish Bulletin Monday, March 2nd 8:00am Mass † Rev. Norman Fitzpatrick Tuesday, March 3rd 8:00am Mass † Rev. Ernest Munachi Ezeogu Wednesday, March 4th 8:00am Mass † All Souls in Purgatory 7:00pm Mass ♦ In thanksgiving by Bernon Dompaul Thursday, March 5th 8:00am Mass † Rev. George J. Coppens 7:30pm Memorial Mass † Alessandro Quagliotto Friday, March 6th 8:00am Mass † All Souls in Purgatory 7:00pm First Friday Mass † All Souls in Purgatory

Sanctuary Lamp February 28-March 6 For the intentions of Maria Porrovecchio

MASS INTENTIONS The transfiguration narrative is a Christophany, that is, a manifestation or revelation of who Jesus really is. Describing Jesus’ transfiguration, the gospel gives us a glimpse of the heavenly glory awaiting those who do God’s will by putting their trusting faith in Him. The primary purpose of Jesus’ transfiguration was to allow Him to consult his heavenly Father and ascertain His plan for His Son’s suffering, death and resurrection.

Bible Class Just a reminder the next Bible Classes will be on Tuesday’s March 17, 24, 2015 in the Holy Family Room with Fr Bartek in preparation for the time of Lent. The class starts 7pm and it is finished 8pm sharp. All are welcomed, and are encouraged to come!

Stations of the Cross this Lent

Join us this Friday at after the 8am mass for Stations of the Cross in English and Italian. Also, after the 7:00pm mass this Friday during the Exposition of the

blessed sacrament in all three languages.

ShareLife Working wonders in our livelihoods… “the services provided by ShareLife agen-cies are lifesaving and life-restoring to those who regu-larly rely on them. Families are working through crisis and are healing. People with developmental challenges are supported as they experience a sense of self-worth and fulfillment in their daily activities. Seniors are living independently with access to the care and services they need. Refugees and new Canadians are guided toward a stable, productive liveli-hood in their newfound home. Sometimes the results are obvious and sometimes they’re invisible, but, always, they make a tangible difference.” Today is ShareLife Sunday. Please give generously. You can work wonders!

Tax-Receipts Income-tax receipts have been mailed out and we ask every-

one to let us know if they have not re-ceived it by the end of this week. Many times we have old addresses which parish-ioners have not updated. You can pick them up once they have been returned to the office by Canada Post.

Fasting and Reconciling Tree

Fasting can bring spiritual growth when its purpose is clear , understood and accepted. We fast so that we can feel hunger for God and what we fast from is given to those who hunger too often in their lives, the poor. We invite everyone to make your Recon-ciliation and Fasting a discipline that does make a difference in your life and in the lives of others. Tie a PURPLE RIBBON onto the tree

whenever you fast from food and give food to the poor (you can also support our ef-forts to help them by making a sacrificial do-nation.

Tie a WHITE RIBBON onto the tree whenever you seek reconciliation or forgive someone who seeks your forgiveness.

Day of Reconciliation Wednesday, March 4, 2015

The archdiocese of Toronto has once again assigned this day for all parishes to offer the Sacrament of Reconciliation through the entire day. Our parish will offer this

sacrament as follows:

8:30am to 10:30am

English-Italian only 3:00pm to 5:00pm

All 3 languages 7:30pm (after mass) to 9:30pm

All three languages We invite the parishioners to

check the notices on our bulletin boards containing the schedule of

Confessions in our area.

Questions for Reflection: Is it hard to abandon yourself to blind trust?

What within you can help you with that trust?

How does intervening “for” someone, tak-ing a stand for him or her, relate to “love your neighbor?”?

March 1, 2015

Pray for Vocations

If you need examples of persons responding to God’s call, look at Abra-ham and Sarah called in old age to leave their coun-try and have a child. Then Abraham was asked to sacrifice that child. What faith! Answering God’s call to be a priest, brother, sister or deacon is also taking a great risk. If you are willing, and think God is calling you to a Church vocation, call Fr. Chris Lemieux, Vocation Direc-tor, Archdiocese of Toronto at 416-968-0997 or email voca-tions@archtoronto.org

Calling all parents of Kindergarten Students

On February 24, at St. Jane Frances Catholic School 2745 Jane St., To-ronto and on February 26, at St. Ma-ria Goretti Catholic School 21 Ken-mark Blvd., Toronto The TCDSB invites all parents of kindergarten-age children to attend a free, two-part in-teractive parent fair. The fair will provide parents with advice and re-sources to help their children improve listening and understanding skills, speaking and literacy skills. To regis-ter, call 416-222-8282, ext. 2261 or visit www.tcdsb.org/parentfair. Free child minding and refreshments.

2015 Offertory Envelopes Parishioners who did not find their as-signed box of envelopes and parishion-ers who would like to start using offerto-ry envelopes can pick up a new box at the office. We do ask that you read the form inside the box, and follow the instruc-tions provided. We ask for your help to keep our records updated.

Did you know? For many years parishes do their best to bring to parishioners religious literature that can help with your pri-vate spiritual growth. This litera-ture comes from companies that sell these materials which are written by people who dedicate their lives to reflect and write as something they do for a living. There is a real cost to all these materials as well as time dedicated by staff and volunteers who order them and make them available through to you. Some parishes that are better off can afford to spend parish funds purchase these mate-rials and give them out to everyone for free. Unfor tunately that is not the case with us and that is why we cannot afford to give them for free. In fact, we see this as opportunities to fund raise in order to make up for the short fall of our weekly parish ex-penses. We hope that you will sup-port these efforts and do it generously and gratefully.

Can you Help? Floor cutting We are looking for help from anyone who has expe-rience in concrete cutting.

We need to cut part of the concrete floor of the church for some electrical wiring we are in-stalling.

The work also includes digging a small trench, and then filling it in with concrete afterwards.

If you have the tools and are will-ing to donate your time and ener-gy to help us, could you please leave your name and phone num-ber at the office so we may con-

tact you about this project. Many thanks!

Feasting & Fasting Lent can be more than a time of fasting; it can be a season of feasting. We can use Lent to fast from certain things and to feast on others.

Lent is a season in which we can: Fast from words that pollute; feast on phrases that purify. Fast from discontent; feast on gratitude. Fast from anger; feast on patience. Fast from pessimism; feast on optimism. Fast from worry;

feast on divine order. Fast from complaining; feast on appreciation. Fast from negatives; feast on affirmatives. Fast from unrelenting pressures; feast on unceasing prayer. Fast from hostility; feast on non-resistance. Fast from bitterness; feast on forgiveness. Fast from self-concern;

feast on compassion.

First Communion: Session Three Group 1: Saturday, March 14th, 2015

10:00am - 12:00pm Group 2: Saturday, March 21st, 2015

10:00am - 12:00pm

Confirmation: Session Three Group 2: Saturday March 7, 2015

1:30pm - 4:45pm in the Parish Hall

I am interested in helping with

Time - Donations - Treasure

Name: _____________________________

Phone: ____________________________

Email: _____________________________

Note: This form can also be used for

anyone who wants to do volunteer work in

our parish in other areas. Please place this

notice in the basket on Sundays or drop it

off at the parish office.