Current Church Bulletin

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Reflection Questions:

Adults: Do I see the world as good or evil, and how does my view impact my life?

Children: What are some of the ways that God shows his love for me? How can I show God my love?

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COLLECTION DETAILS:

Monthly Budgeted Income:$10,835.00

Collection for April  2024:$  5,049.05

SANCTUARY CANDLE FOR BOTH SAINT PATRICK’S AND OMPH: Each week we invite you to light the sanctuary lamp in memory of a loved one or for a special intention. The cost is $20.00 and you may drop the donation off at the office hours or place it in the collection with the information enclosed.

OMPH FOOD BANK COLLECTION: OMPH is collecting for the New Liskeard Food Bank

SUNDAY OFFERINGS: The Parish is able to accept your Sunday offering via e-transfer. For those who wish to donate to the Parish in this manner, use the email “omphoffice@gmail.com” and the security password “OMPH81”

POPE’S INTENTION FOR APRIL: For the Role of Women: We pray that the dignity and immense value of women be recognized in every culture, and for the end of discrimination that they experience in different parts of the world.

CWL BURSARY:  OMPH CWL council is offering a $200.00 bursary to a secondary school student who is graduating this spring and attending a post secondary institution in September or January. This person will have received the Sacraments of initiation, practise the faith, participate in Mass and in the life of the parish on a regular basis. Please reply to the Parish office before May 31st.

FIRST COMMUNION: A reminder to parents who have participated in the preparation process for First Communion this year: please call the office to notify us of the date and time your child will receive Jesus, the Bread of Life, for the first time. First Communion will be celebrated from Saturday April 7th to Sunday, May 19th.

FIRST COMMUNION: On Saturday, April 20th at the 5:00 P.M. Mass, we welcome Lily LaPorte to the Table of the Lord, to receive their First Communions.

BISHOP SERGE POITRAS WILL WELCOME DAVID WIGHT TO THE MINISTRY OF LECTOR on Sunday, April 21st at the 10:00 A.M. Mass at OMPH. There will be a reception with dessert and refreshments served, in the parish hall, following Mass.

MASS AT THE TEMISKAMING LODGE: Bishop Serge Poitras will celebrate Mass at the Temiskaming Lodge on Saturday, April 20th at 2:00 P.M. . All parishioners are welcome to attend.

EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT: The First Friday of the month is now set aside in our Parish as a special day of Eucharistic Adoration. The Blessed Sacrament will be exposed from 11:30 A.M. to 12:30 P.M. on Friday, May 3rd. Come and spend an hour in prayer with our Lord.

THE CWL IS COLLECTING RELIGIOUS ITEMS for the missions in Canada and Africa. Please put them in the wicker basket at the back of the Church (the one that was used for winter wear). They are collecting, religious images/calendar pictures of Jesus, Mary and the saints, religious Christmas cards, religious medals, any kind of rosaries and beaded necklaces, small booklets of prayers, religious children's books, small bibles, crucifix, pendant crosses, and any religious objects.

PRO-VIE TRI-TOWN RIGHT TO LIFE invites you to join us at our Annual General Meeting on Thursday, April 25th at 7:00 P.M. at OMPH parish hall, for a viewing of the documentary, Roe Canada, The True North in a Post-Roe World.

CATHOLIC EDUCATION WEEK: This year’s Catholic Education Week theme is, “We are called to love”. Catholic Education Week 2024 begins on Sunday, May 5th to Friday, May 10th, 2024. The Catholic schools in our parish will engage in a series of events to celebrate the ongoing gift of publicly funded Catholic education. You are invited to learn about the various celebrations that are happening in your local community school by visiting www.ncdsb.on.ca. The theme for Catholic Education Week 2024 was inspired by the following considerations:

∙ With joyful anticipation of the Jubilee Year of 2025, we are inspired by Pope Francis announcing the theme “Pilgrims of Hope”. With open hearts of love, we can continue to “fan the flame of hope” for a bright future.

∙ On the fifth anniversary of Renewing the Promise, we celebrate that Catholic Education is centred on our Christian call to love. This love permeates how we live in the world and as we act with love, we build better future. As Pope Francis stated in 2023, “He wants us to be artisans of a new history, weavers of hope, builders of the future, peacemakers.”

∙ The theme of the synod, “Enlarge the Space of Your Tent,” invites us to listen in love, to be a healing presence to one another and to strengthen relationships.

∙ In his visit to Canada last summer, Pope Francis gave us hope for our continued work for Truth and Reconciliation. Through prayer and a commitment to love, stronger bonds are forming and a new way forward is emerging.

∙ Catholic Education Week comes at the same time as Mental Health Awareness Week. Through love and compassion, we continue to support each other’s wellbeing. God is love and we are always called to live out this love.

∙ In our continued work for Equity and Inclusion in Catholic schools, a focus on love reminds us that all God’s children are loved unconditionally.

The Catholic Education Week biblical quote is, “If we love one another, God lives in us.” 1 John 4:12.