events & news
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news & eventsCalling All Men of the Parish!
Every Friday Morning
for 26 Weeks
Sacred Heart of Mary
O'Neill Parish Hall,
Madoc
Starting Fri, Sept 16
6:15am - Breakfast
6:30am - Video Presentation
7am - Small Group Discussions
7:30am - End
For more information, pick up a handout in the narthex. To register, please contact:
Bob Vesterfelt: 613.922.3515
Dale Clemens: 613472.0558
Mike Neundorf: 613.473.1409
TMIY is back for our fourth year! We were so excited to get the opportunity to gather together as brothers in Christ this morning after a long summer break. As men, we need spiritual nourishment now more than ever. Great to welome two new participants - John D. & Jason R. The program this new year is called "All Things New." Thanks to Mike Neundorf for organizing all of us and for Brad Freeman for providing breakfast for us.
Want to help your neighbour? Central Hastings Support Network is looking for volunteer drivers. Their clients need assistance getting to medical appointments, job sites and more. Their drivers are volunteering their time but are generously reimbursed for expenses (not classed as income). For more information please call them @ 613.473.5255 or visit their website Help them get people where they need to go, when they need to go. Join the team, call them today!
- Great to have St. Joseph's Cabin re-opened and up and running. It's a wonderful local place to buy books and gifts for those looking faith-filled people in your lives. Drop by and check out their new inventory.
St. Joseph's Cabin
Books & Gift Store
Tuesday-Sunday, 11am-4pm
86 Greensides Lane, Marmora
Tel: (613) 472-0081
Local AA Meetings
Stirling
Fridays @ 8pm
Anglican church
Madoc
Saturdays @ 7pm
Presbyterian church
Havelock
Sundays @ 9am
Railroad station- Speaking of which, this piece by Eve Tushnet is beautifully written: "No Promises: Does Alcoholics Anonymous work?"
PROJECT RACHEL
Project Rachel Grief Retreat: November 4-6th
St. Mary of Egypt Refuge
(206 Barry Road, Madoc, ON)
If you or someone you love has experienced an abortion, healing is available. Project Rachel at St. Mary of Egypt Refuge is offering a retreat November 4-6. They minister to those grieving the loss of their child from abortion.
If you or someone you know has been hurt by abortion, their confidential phone line has someone available to listen and talk. For more information, phone them at 289.691.6840, e-mail projectrachel@stmarysrefuge.org, or visit www.stmarysrefuge.org/rachel
St Mary's Refuge is starting up a new program in November to help seniors with errands or just spend some time with them. They are looking for both people to visit. What a generous offer!
OCT
29Spaghetti Dinner & Silent Auction
Our Knights of Columbus #7301 is also hosting a parish fundraiser in SHJ Hall after the Saturday 5pm Mass on October 29. Includes meat spaghetti, garlic bread, caesar salad, dessert, coffee & tea. And lots of desirable prizes to bid on in a silent auction. Only 100 seats available. Tickets - $15 each with kids over 5 cheaper - can be purchased from the Knights.
SAVE THE DATE: Sacred Heart of Jesus' CWL is having their first meeting post-COVID on Sunday, Oct 30th after the 11am Mass in the Parish Hall downstairs (12-2pm). All members are requested to attend. -
our seminarians
Our Seminarians 
Mr. Jude Thusiar
I was born in North York in the GTA. I moved around the GTA quite a bit, hitting Scarborough, Pickering, North York, and Mississauga. I moved to Kingston, to study Mechanical Engineering at Queen's. Once I completed my degree I worked as a contract engineer for a tech start-up here in Kingston. At a young age, I received a call from the Lord in a very humorous way (ask me about it sometime!). That call, stayed in my heart, and I never stopped thinking about it. As I started work as an engineer, I also started seriously discerning the Lord's call! Soon I was certain that the Lord wanted me to further discern the priesthood in the seminary. So with His grace, I applied! I hope that the seminary will help me to further discern the Lord's will for me and to grow in holiness and mission! I am incredibly excited to see what the Lord has in store for me, He has never disappointed me in the past, and He always promises the best! Please pray for me as I continue discernment on my path to the priesthood. Verso L'alto!
Mr. Savio Cyril Kocherry
Praised be Jesus Christ, now and forever! My name is Savio Cyril Kocherry and I am entering the Propaedeutic (Spiritual) Year at St. Augustine's Seminary for the 2021-22 academic year. Born in India, my family moved to Canada in 2006 after several years in the Middle East. I graduated from Queen's University with a BScH in 2019 studying Life Sciences. During my time in Kingston, I got involved with the Catholic Chaplaincy, Newman House, and matured in my faith living at Frassati House, a men's Catholic residence. After graduation, I was employed at the chaplaincy; active in ministry, and formation of students on campus. A vocation to the priesthood took root during my University days. With time and prayer, an invitation to receive the gift of the priesthood of Jesus Christ became apparent. It was a gift that I did not merit, nor deserve, but one that God was offering. He chose me, and now I choose to follow Him. Please pray for my fellow seminarians & I as we prepare to receive this gift more fully.
Mr. William Danahy
I was born in Chicoutimi, QC into a vibrant family. We moved to Belleville when I was four and have been there ever since. We would go to Mass on Sunday’s and pray before bed, but my faith was not much more than that; I knew He was real, but I didn’t feel like He really cared about me. In turn, the idea of my becoming a priest was not even a question—plus, everyone gets married and only old people are priests, I thought. But those ideas started to change while on a retreat in grade nine. While I was in prayer, I had a beautiful experience where I felt as though a warm blanket was covering me and God was watching over me. I felt as though God cared for me, knew me, and loved me; and I wanted to share that with others. That same year, my heart was struck again. My parish priest shared his vocation story during his homily. He explained that he made the decision of becoming a priest in order to lay down his life for the community. While he was speaking, I no longer saw “just an old man”, but a warrior, a leader, a general sacrificing himself for his people. I no longer saw “just an old man”, I saw Christ. I no longer saw the priesthood as something boring and plain, but as something beautiful and attractive. I came to see a more balanced view of both the married life and Holy Orders. A couple of years after high school, I had to make a decision about what I wanted to do the upcoming year. After some thought and prayer, I decided on the seminary since I felt like it was the best place for me to answer the questions that I had: “Do I want to be a priest?” And “Is God calling me to be a priest?”. So here I am, “discerning”—as it is called—in the seminary; listening to His Voice, and to where He is leading me. I would be grateful for your prayers as I continue through formation for the priesthood.
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