All Saints Parish, Cumberland County NS In the Archdiocese of Halifax Yarmouth

JANUARY 19th, 2020 WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY

Our Parish Family is made up of the Children of God from;

St. John the Baptist, Springhill St. Thomas More, Pugwash St. Paul the Apostle, River Hebert St. Cornelius, Streets Ridge

St. Thomas Aquinas, Joggins Holy Family Church, Amherst St. Brigid’s, Parrsboro

All Saints Parish Central Office (902) 667– 5244 Office Hours Mon.—Fri. 9 - 12 pm Noon

Father Craig Christenson Parish Pastor Glenna O’Quinn Pastoral Administrator Evelyn Currie Office/ Finance Mgr Deacon Howard Gotell (Amherst) Deacon Howie Goldstein (Parrsboro) Deacon Mike Lynch (Pugwash)

Holy Family Office—Mary Comeau Office Manager Laurie Perry Holy Family Caretaker Holy Family Office (902)-667-2523

This week we celebrate the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity throughout the world and locally in our county. There is an Annual Prayer Service for Christian Unity this year at the Christ Church in Amherst on Sunday, January 26th at 3:00 pm. The afternoon service is readings and music with participation by members of various Christian churches. An offering will be taken to support the Amherst Food Net-work’s local food bank. It is hosted by members of the Amherst Ministerial Association and is open to all Christians throughout Cumberland County, and is an opportunity to Praise and Worship our GOD as one body of His people. We encourage your participation. What a great way to start 2020 in Christian Unity, celebrating GOD.

Another way to get 2020 off to a great start is sharing in the wonderful milestone of turning 100. January 31st is a very exciting day for Bernadette Brown. It is not only her birthday but she has reached that milestone age that so few ever reach in life. She will be 100!! It’s not only a special day for Bernadette but also for Cumberland County residents to have a cente-narian living amongst them. Bernadette was born in Amherst and lived her entire life in the community. January 31st all are invited to come and help Bernadette and her family cele-brate this wonderful time at the Holy Family Church hall from 1:00—4:00pm where you will have the opportunity to visit with her and wish her all the best. The parishioners of All Saints Parish want to congratulate Bernadette (Momma Brown) on this wonderful milestone and for sharing her wisdom, faith and incredible sense of humor with all who get to spend a minute in her space. Happy Birthday 100th! You are truly amazing.

Lastly in the bulletin we hope you enjoy some of the wonderful things shared from the recent 125th Anniver-sary MASS and celebration in Joggins for St. Thomas Aquinas that happened on Christmas Eve. A lovely cele-bration and a wonderful turnout from many areas over the county, from those living afar and home for

Christmas. God is Good and we are Blessed! g

All Saints Parish—7 Churches, 1 MISSION, Stronger Together

Be Scent-sitive!

There are parishioners that attend Mass and Lay Service

throughout the county, that are VERY allergic to SCENTS,

from all sources such as laundry sheets, detergent, per-

fumes, deodorant, sprays, lotions, etc.

This severe allergy, can cause weeks of sickness, severe

breathing issues and hospitalization.

Help Keep Our Place Safe For All Who Join Us!!

CHALICE FAMILY:

Holy Family Church sponsors our Chalice chil-dren, Tobias Rivas, in Paraguay and Kim-Gabriel Tamayo, Philippines. These children send notes, cards and pictures to share in their experiences and lives. Tobias and Kim-Gabriel sent beautiful Christmas Cards to our community and we have posted them on the YOUTH NEWS Board in the Gathering Area. Please read the beautiful notes and artwork from our children and pray for their health, family and education.

Dear Jesus, our All Saints Parish prays that the Australia wildfires are stopped and all emergency workers, firefighters, volun-

teers are kept strong and those affected by this tragedy, including the animals are safe, supported and surrounded by our LOVE.

WHERE WE NEED YOU TO BE, TO HELP, TO PRAY!! Audio-Visual Helpers Needed: URGENT!!!!!

1/ NO Live-Stream for those at home watching Mass…..

2/ NO location for announcements, prayers, songs….

3/ NO audio-visual support for Ministry groups…..

WE NEED HELPERS. CONTACT US AS

SOON AS POSSSIBLE. THANK YOU

We are preparing to have limited

audio-visual in upcoming MASSES

and SERVICES, please be advised.

LENTEN PREPARATION: PALMS

As shocking as it might feel, LENT is just

around the corner and so, we begin the

planning and preparations. We ask

that parishioners return old palms

from previous years, as they are turned into the ASHES

used for this years Ash Wednesday services. Ash Wednes-

day is on Feb. 26th this year. Each church should have a

location for these to be dropped into and can be dropped

into the Central Office, or given to the visiting priest to

bring with him on his return. Thank You!

Bell “Let’s Talk” Mental Health Day

When: January 29th, 2020 10—3 pm

Where: Holy Family Church, Amherst, NS

What: 10 am—12 pm Breakout Sessions

Lunch: 12:10 pm—12:50 pm Luncheon

Soup & Sandwich Lunch with Guest Speaker: PAM CHEN-

HALL, Psychologist, Cumberland Mental Health—Topic:

Conversations starters on Mental Health.

1 pm—3 pm Movie or Breakout Sessions

At 1 pm, we will be showing the movie with Russell Crowe, “A Beautiful Mind” that centers around the top-ic of Schizophrenia.

WE NEED HELP

WE NEED YOU!

WE NEED: YOU to assist in preparing the weekly bulletin. Training Provided.

TIME: 2-3 hours per week to prepare approximately

WHY: #1 tool communicating within our parish to reach those who visit our churches, to see the life and news of our parish community.

We Need Help! Interested and want to find out more? Contact Glenna at the Central Office at her email of glenna@holyfamilyamherst.ca. We look forward to having someone, (maybe YOU!) soon! Thank-You!!

WE NEED YOUR HELP????

We have been contacted by a parishioner who, although

40+ has not learned to read and write. They hope to

change this, so they can get a job in 2020. Are you some-

one who might have the skills, time and want to make a

HUGE difference in this young person’s life? Then we need

to hear from you!! Holy Family church will provide space,

as this person is from the Amherst Area. Please contact

Mary at 902-667-2523 to provide your name or to find out

more.

All Saints Parish OUTREACH

Making a Difference One Person at a Time!!

Addictions

Continuing

Care/ Senior

Mental Health

Chronic Pain

Addictions Depression Chronic Pain

All Saints Parish—7 Churches, 1 MISSION, Stronger Together

All Saints Parish—7 Churches, 1 MISSION, Stronger Together Holy Family Meetings & Activities:

Mon.’s 9-10 am Intercessory Prayers - Church Mon.’s 10:00 am Prayer Group Executive Team Sun/Mon’s 6:45 pm K of C BINGO—5 Robie St.

JANUARY 2020 Jan. 19th 9:45 am J.A.M’n Family Session (Hall) POPCORN & MOVIE SUNDAY 6:00 pm M&M Practise ( Church) Jan. 20th MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY Jan. 21st 11:30 am TUESDAY LUNCHEON (M. Hall) Jan. 22nd 6:00 pm Sunday Choir Practise (church) Jan. 23rd 1:00 pm HF FINANCE MTG (Driscoll Room) 7:00 pm Life in the Spirit #3 (M. Hall) 7:00 pm GOD SQUAD Night (church) Jan. 24th 7—9 pm CHASE THE ACE WKLY FUNDRAISER Jan. 26th 9:45 am J.A.M’n Family Session (Hall) GAMES & REVIEW SUNDAY 11:15 am FAMILY MASS with M&M’s Jan. 27th 7:00 pm Society of St. Vincent de Paul Mtg (Large Classroom)

Holy Family Catholic Women’s League

Next Regular CWL Meeting: February 12th 7 pm

Next Executive CWL Meeting: February 5th 10 am

Executive Meeting in the Large Classroom

Membership Dues Due NOW: $25.00

PARRSBORO Catholic Women’s League

Membership Dues Due NOW:

The Catholic Women’s League of Canada

calls its members to grow in faith, and to witness to the

love of God through ministry and service.

www.cwl.ca

Knights of Columbus: Breakfast

$7.00 pp on FEBRUARY 8th, 8-11 am

Eggs, Bacon, Beans, Hash Browns, Toast,

Juice, Tea or Coffee

Regular Meetings:

#2916 Council Regular Mtg: January 23rd, 7 pm

#1639 Council 4th Degree Mtg: January 9th, 7 pm

Grand Knight - Rick d’Entremont 902-667-7820

Faithful Navigator- Gary Graham 902-694-2843

Hall Rentals— Barney 902-667-5715

Knights BINGO:

Sunday’s 6:45 pm/Monday’s 6:45 pm

5 Robie St, Amherst NS Tuesday Luncheons are for Everyone!

11:30 doors OPEN on Tuesday’s

Come check out our growing family at Tuesday Luncheon,

made up of our community friends, parishioners and amazing

volunteers! Meet new friends, have a HOT delicious, healthy

meal and a new home and friends to call your own!

Society of St. Vincent de Paul:

Co-Presidents: Shirley Leblanc 902-667–8848 or Shirley-Ann Porter 902-297-4267

Did You Know SSVP in 2019 in Canada? # of home visits was 151, 651.

# of families served 353,652. # of children served 164,246 # of volunteer hours shared 1, 578, 436 # of inmates visited 3,669 Thank you for helping SSVP for doing this work here in Cum-berland County for those in need. You Make A Difference!

Baptism Preparation Program:

Baptism Preparation Program NEXT session: January 21st, 2020—6—7pm

You must pick up a package at the office and drop off the completed forms by January 14th to the office.

WELCOME TO THE FAMILY OF GOD!

Where: Holy Family Church

Who: All those preparing/planning Baptism for

babies or older children.

How: Reserve your spot at the Holy Family Office .

What: Pick up the Preparation Package at the office at 63 Church St. Amherst, NS

Next Friendship Club:

February 5th , from 1—3pm

The Friendship Club is on the 1st Wednesday of each month,

(weather permitting). If you haven’t been, than you MUST

check it out in 2020!! The club is made up of Men and

Women and has a large age range. It’s open for everyone to

enjoy, so drop by and check it out!

VBC County Fundraiser 2020;

It is already 2020 and we will soon begin preparations for our

Vacation Bible Camps. As well we will be beginning our VBC

fundraising. Thank You in Advance for your support!!

JANUARY 25th/ 26th, 2020 — THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME —Masses / Lay Service

Jan. 25th 4:00 pm St. Paul the Apostle, River Hebert Lay Service

Jan. 25th 6:00 pm Holy Family Church, Amherst Lay Service

Jan. 25th 6:30 pm St. Cornelius Church, Streets Ridge Lay Service

Jan. 26th 9:00 am St. Thomas More Church, Pugwash Lay Service

Jan. 26th 10:00 am St. Brigid’s Church, Parrsboro (hall) Lay Service

Jan. 26th 11:00 am St. John the Baptist Church, Springhill Lay Service

Jan. 26th 11:15 am Holy Family Church, Amherst Lay Service

JANUARY 25th/26th, 2020 Weekend THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Prepare for Mass and Read in Advance

1 s t R e a d i n g : I S A I A H 9 : 1 - 4

2 n d R e a d i n g : 1 C O R I N T H I A N S 1 : 1 0 - 1 3 , 1 7 - 1 8

G o s p e l : M A T T H E W 4 : 1 2 - 2 3

In Deep and Sincere Condolences to Our Family:

To all our parishioners who have experienced the loss of a loved

one recently from our home community and those in our larger

world community. We also pray for the family and friends of:

ERIC FLEURY & DEBBIE BLENNERHASSETT

—son and niece of Mary Fleury

Light a candle in memory of a loved one. For a mini-

mal cost, it is a special way to honor or remember.

Mary, Mother of Mercy PRAYER GROUP:

Thursday Nights at 7pm

Presently these are the Life in the Spirit

Seminars until Feb 13th and will be in the

MacIntyre Hall for this series. 32 registered

for this event hosted by the Prayer Group.

Mondays from 9-10 am Adoration with Gen-

eral Intercessory Prayers in the Church, Prayer is

Powerful, Prayer in Numbers is life-changing.

***PRAYER LINE—902-664-9396*** Let’s Pray for You or Someone you Love.

Prayers for those in NEED of our HELP & HOPE:

“Jesus, may Your pure and healthy blood circu-

late in the ailing bodies of those needing healing,

and may Your pure and healthy body transform

any weak, unhealthy bodies, and may a healthy

and vigorous life flow within them, if it is truly

Your holy will”:

LOUIS MANUGE - nephew of Chris JIM NELSON JUDY BUCHANAN RITA DAVISON

MARY AND GEORGE HOBBS ROY MCINNIS

And for those ill and suffering, not asking for prayers but in

need of healing, grace, mercy and love.

3, 118, 800 HAIL MARY’S PRAYED—Since Dec. 1st, 2016

Stronger Together as a Parish —Praying Together as Family of GOD

Our Parish prays for all who are suffering from the MANY environmental catastrophe's happening all

over the world, floods, earthquakes, wildfires, mud slides and for the loss, damage and pain. We pray for our brothers and sisters

who suffer, asking GOD to come, to lift these people up in their loss, love them in their fears and show them HOPE. AMEN

JANUARY 18th/ 19th, 2020 — WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY—Masses / Lay Service

Jan. 18th 4:00 pm St. Paul the Apostle, River Hebert MASS for Florence Willigar (by Patricia Gouchie) - Father Gregory

Jan. 18th 6:00 pm Holy Family Church, Amherst MASS for Linda Rodrigues (by Ann Pereira) - Father Gregory

Jan. 18th 6:30 pm St. Cornelius Church, Streets Ridge MASS for Mary Esther Doucet - Father Mark Cherry

Jan. 19th 9:00 am St. Thomas More Church, Pugwash MASS for Martina Doyle - Father Gregory

Jan. 19th 9:00 am St. Brigid’s Church, Parrsboro (hall) MASS for Leroy Bailey - Father Mark Cherry

Jan. 19th 11:00 am St. John the Baptist Church, Springhill MASS for Eugene MacIsaac - Father Mark Cherry

Jan. 19th 11:15 am Holy Family Church, Amherst MASS for Alice Melanson (by Nancy & Family) - Father Gregory

All Saints Parish - Being Good Stewards for GOD

Cumberland County - Stronger Together

Mass Intentions:

Have a MASS intention said for someone special?

Contact Mary Comeau at the Holy Family office, 902-667-2523 to request MASS INTEN-TIONS, in memory of a loved one or for a special celebra-tion in our Parish. Often these have been used as a gift in honor a special date, event, person.

Please specify which church in the Parish to have these intentions said. Also, indicate if a preference to a week-day or weekend (Sat or Sun) MASS. We will try to meet all requests and thank you. Cheques to All Saints Parish.

2020 All Saints Parish Envelopes:

Are you looking to get an income tax receipt for your church donations?

Think of setting up on the PAR system or contact your

local Leadership and/or Finance Team member to have your new box set up. Extra

boxes are available at the local area and your number will be forwarded to the Central Office.

WILL YOU BE THE NEXT

CHASE THE ACE WINNER?

Friday Nights WINNER of

$73.00

PAUL MACKENZIE

38 cards remaining

Approximate JACKPOT—$3,100.00

Next Chase the Ace Friday, JANUARY 24th, 7—9 pm

Holy Family LOONIE DRAW WINNER—

Number: # 28

WINNER: ANITA WHITE

Next Draw on January 19th

PRIZE: $ 150.50 THANK YOU for your Support!!!

*** Please make sure ………..your loonie number is CLEARLY LABELED when putting the sticker on your dona-tion. We have had trouble reading some of the entries and want to ensure that it is connected to the correct person.

St Thomas Aquinas, Joggins:

NO BAKE SALE:

From Jan. 4th—Feb. 1st, Joggins is hosting

a NO-Bake Sale fundraiser. Envelopes are

available at St Thomas Aquinas church or

from Vicky Wood. A great fundraising idea for the dark

and cold winter months, without all “the work or calo-

ries”! Parishioners donate, in place of making, baking and

selling bake goods. Checks need to be payable to ALL

SAINTS PARISH and returned to Alma Mills, or any mem-

ber of the Ladies Council. Official receipts will be issued

through the Central Office. Please ensure that your

NAME, ADDRESS, PHONE NUMBER and NEW ENVELOPE

NUMBER are written on the envelope, so we can ensure

everyone’s donations are recorded to your new numbers.

Pre-Authorized Remittance All Saints Parishioners:

Let’s hook you up for PAR (Pre-authorized Remittance)

Here’s another PAR happy customer, that switched….

“I thought this was to going to be too complicated and be unsafe to do from all

the concerns I hear with the internet, but I realize now this is easy, safe and secure. I

glad I found out more” - parishioner on PAR.

Contact Evelyn at 902-667-5244 to set up the PAR for your contributions or to ask any questions of the PAR process.

This option is available to all parishioners of

All Saints Parish.

Check out how easy and safe it is to sign up and use this program. Call Today To Find Out More!!

MITTEN TREE THANK YOU’S: Thank you to those who

made mittens, socks and hats for the Mitten Tree at Holy Family

this Christmas. Thank you to Pat Frenette for the GREAT IDEA

as it was a Huge Success and there were many, many grateful

for this free warm “hugs” from the community!!

All Saints Parish - FAMILY AND YOUTH NEWS

125th Anniversary Mass and Celebration: St Thomas Aquinas Church, Joggins: OUR FAMILY

There was a wonderful, “elegant” MASS and celebration on Christmas Eve in Joggins, 125 years after

the 1st MASS held in the basement of the church on Christmas Eve 1894. The 1st

MASS in the church followed on Passion Sunday 1895. The anniversary MASS was

shared with many families home for Christmas, as well as the large village communi-

ty of Catholics throughout River Hebert, Joggins and the county. Father Curry (later

Monsignor Curry) celebrated the 1st MASS and Father Phil Thibodeau was present

to celebrate this anniversary MASS. Over the years this community has welcomed a total of 42 priests that

have served the people of faith. A white rose for each of these priests was placed on two floral cross ar-

rangements placed at the Altar and each priests name were on the crosses as well, with prayers and grati-

tude for each of these priests guidance and a big thank you to Father Phil for his presence over the many years. The present

hand-painted canvas Stations of the Cross at St. Thomas Aquinas, were brought to the community from Italy, by Father Curry

and the blessed altar was built in Memramcook and then transported (in 1894 remember!!) to Joggins. The original total

cost of building this church was $6,000.00. Wonderful comments have been shared by parishioners about this celebration

used words, “absolutely beautiful”, “it was a joyous celebration”, “very touching and the decorations throughout the church

made it perfect”, “it was obvious that a lot of love, time and faith went into the entire celebration” and “the bells ringing

throughout the village on Christmas Eve again, really gave me such a sense of HOPE and JOY, and it felt like it was ringing

that out to the everyone—we are alive!” The people of St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Joggins would like to thank all those

who were involved with the MASS and/or attended. With the

help of parishioners , and the All Saints Parish of Cumberland we

pray that there will be many more future celebrations as special

as this one was. A special thank-you to Richard Belliveau for his

extra special touches to prepare for this celebration. God is Good!!

M&M YOUTH CHOIR - MUSIC & MINISTRY

WHAT? NEW M&M’S to join the fun!!

WHO? Youth 4+ or you have a “Youthful Heart”!!

WHEN? Practise Sunday Nights 6pm, except on the FAMILY MASS Sunday. . Family Mass Sunday is the last Sunday MASS or Lay Ser-vice in the month between Sept—May. The M&MS lead the music and more!

NEXT FAMILY MASS: January 26th at 11:15am

JOIN US AT 11 am for Singing before MASS!!

HOLY FAMILY YOUTH GROUP—The GOD SQUAD

Youth Group is on Thursday Nights at 7 pm. All youth from Grade 4 and up are invited to join in the fun, games, snacks and more that happens at Youth Night.

January 9th—February 20th/20

Youth will be using the church or at an outside location for their night event. Keep posted on the GOD

SQUAD Facebook page! Like Us and Friend Us!!

NEXT J.A.M’n Workshop:

February 3rd, 10—12 pm

Are you free for an hour or two to

come and help out with creating,

building, painting and/or any other fun project for our

J.A.M’n Sunday School program for Families. Just drop by

and see what we are working at, and how you can lend a

hand!

Join the Fun of our J.A.M’n Sunday Classes

Sunday’s at 9:45 am before MASS

Here is how we are J.A.M’n in JANUARY!

Jan. 19th MOVIE & POPCORN SUNDAY

Jan. 26th GAME—J.A.M’n JEOPARDY, FOOD &

REVIEW SUNDAY

FOR ALL families with children and any

of our parishioners too. We invite you

to join the fun and faith being shared

in a BRAND NEW WAY!!