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news & events
Are you a talented needle crafter? Are you looking for something to do in your spare time or during those long winter months? Would you like to donate some yarn?Sacred Heart of Mary CWL
Prayer Shawl Ministry
Please join us as we sew, knit or crochet prayer shawls, lap quilts or scarves. Donated items will be collected at the back of the church and will be given freely as a gift to anyone in need. Each shawl, lap quilt or scarf will have a beautiful prayer card attached reminding us of God's healing presence and abiding love. Thank you in advance, to those who create these prayer shawls - whether through donations, sewing, knitting or crocheting - you are giving of your time, service and generosity in an act of prayer for the ones who use them. 
The Parish Women’s Bible Group will begin Sept 11th. This season we will be discussing The Chosen, a television drama based on the life of Jesus Christ. See Jesus through the eyes of those who met him. Each session will begin with viewing an episode, followed by discussion. Sessions will be held at O’Neil Parish Hall in Madoc on Mondays beginning at 2pm and will last about 2 hours. There are 8 sessions in this series. For more information, contact Cathy Massey @ 705-760-0138 or Debbie Wood @ 613-473-5413.
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FYI - we resume our choir practices starting Wed, Sept 13th @ 5pm at O'Neill Parish Hall. All our welcome to attend, as we're always looking for new singing.
SHJ - CWL meetings are on the first Tuesday of the month, following mass at 6:00pm Resuming on september 5th, 2023
SHJ - KofC meetings are on the 2nd Tuesday of the month, starting on September 12th, 2023
- The following is a list of Council Officers:
- Chaplain: Fr. Justin
Grand Knight: Dale Clemens
Deputy Grand Knight: Mathew Brownson
Financial Secretary: Bob Murphy
Chancellor: Luke Brownson
Recorder: Mike Neundorf
Treasurer: Jason Reck
Lecturer: Bob Vesterfelt
Advocate: Stephen Davis
Warden: Rory Craig
Inside Guard: Brett Miller
Outside Guard: Tony Brownson
One-Year Trustee: Mark Leahy
Two-Year Trustee: Larry Massey
Three-Year Trustee: Garry Poirier
- Chaplain: Fr. Justin
Coming Up in October Healing Mass for the Sick
and Anointing
On Fri, Oct 13th @ 6:30pm at SHJ, we will offer a Healing Mass for the Sick in the presence of a relic of St. Pelegrine, who is the patron Saint of those suffering with, recovering from or have died of cancer.
You don’t have to be physically sick to attend; everyone is welcome, especially those caregivers who are in need of prayer and God’s comfort. Let us surround the sick and the suffering of our parish with our most fervent prayers. At the conclusion of the service, Fr. Price and I will offer for those members of the faithful who truly need it, the Sacrament of the Sick. In order to be validly received, however, the person requesting it must be gravely ill (their health is seriously impaired by an internal or intrinsic cause, such as a disease, wound accident, weakness), preparing for surgery (whenever the surgery is necessitated by a dangerous illness), or advanced in age (weak, though not dangerously ill). We will also lay hands on those who want prayers for their health, but not the sacrament per se. Please spread the word and in particularly invite anyone you know with cancer, recovering from it or in remission regardless of denomination to attend and receive this powerful blessing.
Project Rachel at the Refuge is offering a retreat October 27-29 for women who are suffering the effects of abortion. We have been offering Project Rachel retreats for more than fifteen years. At our retreats, we welcome women whose pain has been silenced and denied by the world. See our website and phone or e-mail us in confidence @ 289.691.6840 or projectrachel@stmarysrefuge.org
We feel tremendously blessed to be able to offer Children’s Liturgy every Sunday. It is so wonderful to see children excited to learn more about our Catholic faith. Any families with young children are most welcome to come. Junior Liturgy resumes in October, with a new slate of volunteers to catechize our young children. If anyone would like to become a teacher, we'd love to have you. I know those running Junior Liturgy each week would love help, even if it is only periodically. The classes last for about 20 minutes each Sunday (from the beginning of Mass until the end of the Intercessions) and all lesson plans are provided. Please do consider helping if you are able. Thanks to Cheryl Freeman, Debbie Wood, Sandra Palma, Patricia Brownson, April Brownson & Nicole Reid taking this ministry on
Please note that St. Mary of Egypt's ‘Survivor Wellness’ retreat for women who have been trafficked will be held November 16–18, part of the Refuge’s Respite & Recovery program.
You are urged to stand with signs (provided) proclaiming a pro-life (anti-abortion) message with other pro-life citizens on the sidewalk Stand with thousands of pro-life individuals across the country (almost 300 locations in Canada alone) in honour of millions of babies whose lives have been lost to abortion. Pray for people in crisis situations and for our nations. You'll be a light in a darkened world as you help to put an end to abortion through prayer. Families & youth are urged to be there rain or shine. STAND UP FOR LIFE!! Change can happen with prayer!Friday, Sept 29th @ HWY 7 & 62 (Madoc)
From 11:30–1pmFriday Sept 29th @ Ball Park (Marmora)
From 4–5:30 pmSunday Oct 1st @ Ball Park (Marmora)
From 1–2:30 pm
Women & Men's ACTS retreat
Did you know that there's a fantastic Women’s and Men’s ACTS retreat coming up? A few parishioners of Madoc, Marmora & Ormsby have attended over the last few years and rave about it. Rebecca Williams from St. Bernadette's serves on music ministry. Dates: Womens Retreat - Oct. 26-29; Mens Retreat - Nov. 9-12. Location: Queen of Apostles Renewal Centre in Mississauga,. If you have any questions, just reach out, but I highly recommend this retreat for anyone who feels that they're in a spiritual rut and wants a reset.
Our area Anchor of Hope Family and Pregnancy Care Centre Fall Fundraiser is coming up soon, on Sat, Oct 21st, beginning at 5pm. If there are any additional people who would like to attend, please let Charlotte know @ 613.473.4349 or charlottelahey@hotmail.ca
Month of the Rosary
Keep in mind that in October, the Month of the Holy Rosary, we will pray the rosary as a parish 30 minutes prior to the start of Mass.
Starts Friday, September 15th
This Man Is You: Thy Kingdom Come
Every Friday Morning
Sacred Heart of Mary
O'Neill Parish Hall,
Madoc
Starting Fri, Sept 15
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
Copies of this pamphlet are available in the narthex if you want to learn more.
21-24 September 2023 Woman’s RetreatThis is an invitation to all women in our parishes!Please join us this autumn for a beautiful spiritual retreat. It will be a lovely time of year to enjoy the the Manor de Beaujeu, on the St.Lawrence River (west of Montreal). This retreat Manor, with it's unique program and atmosphere , will help us renew our Christian life and mission through a personal dialogue with our Lord. What a welcomed opportunity for our spiritual growth!When: September 21-24, 2023Where: Manoir de Beaujeu (just west of Montreal)There will be daily moments of meditation (lead-prayer) by an Opus Dei priest, and daily talks on how to live Christian life in our family, work, etc, in today's world. There will also be the Rosary and Holy Mass every day. These sessions/prayers will help us to nourish our personal dialogue with our Lord in the moments of silent prayer in the chapel or walking in nature, whatever each one prefers. Father Justin and Father Price highly recommend this event for us!All rooms are single accommodation. The cost of the entire retreat is $550. There is an early bird rate ($495) available until 1 month before the retreat begins. This is an all-included rate (3 nights accommodation, all meals, sheet and towels, materials etc).
Sacred Heart of Mary CWL Prayer Shawl Ministry
Are you a talented needle crafter? Are you looking for something to do in your spare time or during those long winter months? Would you like to donate some yarn? Please join us as we sew, knit or crochet prayer shawls, lap quilts or scarves. Donated items will be collected at the back of the church and will be given freely as a gift to anyone in need. Each shawl, lap quilt or scarf will have a beautiful prayer card attached reminding us of God's healing presence and abiding love. Thank you in advance, to those who create these prayer shawls - whether through donations, sewing, knitting or crocheting - you are giving of your time, service and generosity in an act of prayer for the ones who use them.
Altar Servers Training
A training session for all new boys and young men who are interested in becoming altar servers at SHM & SHJ is scheduled inside SHJ church for Sat, Sept 16th @ 10am. Serving is open to all boys and young men who have made their First Communion.
We feel tremendously blessed to be able to offer Children’s Liturgy every Sunday. It is so wonderful to see children excited to learn more about our Catholic faith. Junior Liturgy resumes in October, with a new slate of volunteers to catechize our young children. If anyone would like to become a teacher, we'd love to have you. Thanks to Cheryl Freeman, Debbie Wood, Sandra Palma, Patricia Brownson, April Brownson & Nicole Reid taking this ministry on.
Auction. October 21st @ 5pm at the Madoc Kiwanis Club. For more information and to purchase tickets ($25 per person), please contact Heather or Victoria at the Anchor of Hope (613) 473-0606 or email anchorofhopepfcc@gmail.com
Please text or phone Diane Smith with any further questions @ 613.403.6205 or diane-smith@sympatico.caDeadlinesJune 30: notify Diane Smith of your commitment to attendJuly 30: "Early bird rate" $495.00 dueDiane will inform you of the registration process for your payment/receipt.We will arrange transportation accordingly.Please try to join us! It will be so rewarding.
Project Rachel at the Refuge is offering a retreat October 27-29 for women who are suffering the effects of abortion. We have been offering Project Rachel retreats for more than fifteen years. At our retreats, we welcome women whose pain has been silenced and denied by the world. See our website (stmarysrefuge.org/rachel), and phone or e-mail us in confidence @ 289.691.6840 or projectrachel@stmarysrefuge.org
We resume our choir practices starting next Wed, Sept 13th @ 5pm at O'Neill Parish Hall. All our welcome to attend, as we're always looking for new singing.
Plans are in the works to have an after-school prayer group for elementary school kids. Will be twice a month. Stay tuned for details.
Physicians for Life Conference
"I Want You to Be"
October 27-29
Ottawa City Centre Hotel
Speakers in various fields such as Family Medicine, Psychiatry, Internal Medicine, Critical, Emergence, and Palliative Care, as well as bioethics. Healthcare professionals who are still committed to the Hippocratic Oath try to care for each patient with the honour and dignity that each deserves. But, they face aggressive challenges that threaten their freedom in this noble vocation. CPL's conference provides intensive ethical and philosophical formation, as well as practical advice from shared experiences of colleagues. Medical students and residents confront these challenges too. One past scholarship recipient said the following: "By attending the conference, I now have confidence to have inquisitive dialogue with people that I work with who present arguments in favour of abortion or medical assistance in dying. I gained skills from the outstanding speakers on how to achieve calm and rational dialogue with people who may not agree with my pro-life stance. However, my biggest takeaway is that I am not alone in holding a pro-life ethic in medicine. I looked around the conference room and saw people, both older and younger than me, who held the same beliefs regarding the sanctity and universal right of human life. That experience is invaluable to me." Please visit physiciansforlife.ca to register and sponsor a student, or to apply for a student or medical resident scholarship.
Coming soon! Anchor of Hope Pregnancy & Family Care Centre's "Harvest Hootenanny" Fall Fundraiser & 20th Anniversary Celebration! Please join us for a Square Dance with a live caller, BBQ Buffet Dinner catered by "Barn & Country", and Silent
Nov 2024 Pilgrimage to the Holy Land with Fr. Justin: Have you ever longed to visit the Holy Land during your lifetime, to follow in the footsteps of Our Blessed Lord, to pray, kneel and kiss the soil where his sacred feet trod? Would you like the Sacred Scriptures to be opened up in new and exciting ways? Do you want to experience His Mercy? Do you want your family to be converted? Do you expect a healing for you or someone you love? Do you desire to make atonement for your past sins? Or simply to give thanks to God for all the blessings He's given you? Well, all these and more are good reasons to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, and Fr. Justin is leading one next November 17-26, 2024. Hotels are secured but will only know flights and total cost by late Nov/early Dec, 2023. Just wanted to put the bug in your ear so you can save the date. It's been a long time since I've been and want to go back to my favourite place in all the world. Hope you will prayerfully consider joining in what will be a once in a lifetime spiritual journey.
SHJ Restoration Fund
Restoration Fund Raiser - Murder Mystery Dinner - Success ...(Fun was had by All)!
Calling All Men of the Parish!Every Friday Morning
for 26 Weeks
Sacred Heart of Mary
O'Neill Parish Hall,
Madoc
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
We completed our 26th and final This Man Is You session this morning and celebrated with non-alcoholic sparkling wine. Tip of the hat to Mike Neuendorf who has been organizing TMIY for the last four years, and to his lovely wife Sharon (who each week provided a homemade baked good) and Brad Freeman geneoursly supplied us with gratis delicious breakfast sandwiches. The money raised will be donated to the Marmora and Madoc food banks, Foundations and to TMIY. Looking forward to resuming in September after our summer break.
The Queen of Peace OFS Franciscan Fraternity, was canonically established in Madoc on 25 April 1998 and meets the first Saturdays of the month at 10:30am. The meeting is held at Foundations Youth Centre @
76 Durham St in Madoc.
YOU are INVITED
Anyone interested in learning more about the Franciscan Family - all ages - is invited and welcome to attend. For more info, contact Colleen @ 613.242.1125.
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
Wednesday - Saturday, 11am-4pm
Sundays, 12:30pm - 4:00 pm
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?"
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!
Fr. Price clearly excited about the start of Lent!
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Our own Parish Lenten Mission is being led by Al Smith on March 25-26. In this article from a few weeks ago, Al talks about Lent.
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Above: Supper with the altar servers at Boston Pizza on Monday after watching "Ant Man" at the Cineplex - a truly god-awful movie which the kids inexplicably enjoyed. Thanks to our adult chaperons who accompanied us. Jesse Gordon couldn't join us as he was working, but hope to go go-karting for our next summer excursion. Below: choir practice at SHM before Ash Wednesday Mass. The ladies kicked out all the men!
shm - choir practice
At This Man Is You this morning, Scott Hahn spoke about the amazing St. Joseph and encouraged us to have greater devotion to this powerful intercessor. And just in time, as the month of March is dedicated to good St. Joseph.
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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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