Parafia p.w. Narodzenia Najświętszej Maryi Panny
ST. MARY’S POLISH PARISH
21 Wesley St., Sydney, NS, B1N 2M5
Tel.: (902) 564-4847
www.stmaryspolishparish.ca
Witamy wszystkich! Welcome to all!
St. Mary’s Polish Church is a heritage landmark designated by the Province of Nova Scotia
We are pleased to share our faith and rich traditions with the whole community.
Established in 1913. Church rebuilt in 2015-2016. Our second century of faith and service

PROBOSZCZ/PASTOR:  Father Dennis Lamey 902-564-4222; sttheresasydney@gmail.com

MSZY/MASSES: Sunday at 9:30am, Wednesday at 6:30pm
Novena to Our Lady of Częstochowa following the Wednesday evening Mass

SPOWIEDŹ:  Godzina do uzgodnienia z księdzem.
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: Anytime upon request to the priest.

SAKRAMENT CHRZTU ŚWIĘTEGO:  Prosimy o kontakt z księdzem conajmniej na 1 miesiąc przed planowaną datę.
SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM: Please contact the priest at least one month in advance.

SAKRAMENT MAŁZEŃSTWA:   Zapowiedzi powinny być ogłoszone conajmniej na 6 miesięcy przed planowaną datę.
SACRAMENT OF MATRIMONY: Intentions must be announced at least six months in advance.

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Dwudziesta Dziewiąta Niedziela Zwykła / Twentieth-Ninth Sunday of Ordinary Time

TODAY’S MASS INTENTION (9:30 am Mass) is for Ted Baker offered by Jean Annette White & family

Eucharistic Minister for today:
Ushers for collection today: Joe Gillis, Tony Gniewek

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NASTĘPNY TYDZIEŃ / THE WEEK AHEAD

Wednesday, October 23, 6:30pm The Mass intention will be for Donovan Nault offered by Ursula and Michael Melski, Janina MacCormack, and Anna Wesolkowska. Novena to Our Lady of Częstochowa will follow the Mass

Sunday, October 27, 9:30am The Mass intention will be for Dan Glasgow offered by Anne Marie Campbell & family
Lectors: Krista Ann Starzomski, Anne Marie Campbell
Eucharistic Minister:
Altar Servers: Kristofer Starzomski-Wilson, Robbie Melski, James Clarke, Frankie Chislett
Ushers: Larry Gniewek, Toni LaRusic
Greeters: Shirley Ardelli, Carolyn Ardell-Kiley
Altar Society designated volunteers for October: Anne Marie Campbell, Stephanie Black
Care Committee: to visit or send a card, please call Catherine Tucker (902-567-0146) or Vicki Aucoin (562-7142)

Collection receipts for Sunday, October 13: $1525.85(broken down as follows: $ general collection, $ monthly, $ flowers, $ votive candles, $ loose, $fuel, $400.00 Community Kitchen Project, $ building fund). Thank you very much for your generous support of St. Mary's Polish Parish. Dziekujemy bardzo.

MASS INTENTIONS / VIGIL CANDLE: To reserve Mass Intentions / Vigil Candle, please contact Fr. Dennis directly at 902-564-4222 or speak with him before Mass. (There is no fee for Mass intentions.)

IN MEMORIAM DONATION: In Memoriam donations will be acknowledged in the bulletin. Building Fund contributions will go toward the new church. To contribute to the Rebuilding Fund, if you do not have an envelope, you can write on your regular envelope or cheque “Designated to the Rebuilding of St. Mary’s Polish Church.”

 

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OGŁOSZENIA / ANNOUNCEMENTS

IN MEMORY OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMUNITY KITCHEN:
from Merle Richardson in memory of her parents and from Anna Wesolkowska

PRAYERS AND SINCEREST CONDOLENCES to Micka and the entire family of Ron DiPenta, whose funeral Mass was here on Thursday. Your parish family is with you at this difficult time. Wieczny odpoczynek racz mu dac Panie …

POLISH ART CONTEST: Consul General Dariusz Wiśniewski is doing a contest for youth in our region ages 7 to 18. The task is to design a Christmas card (any art form/genre) that depicts in any way one or more Polish Christmas traditions. Prize is a basket/package of Polish items. Deadline is November 10. Submissions can be made by mail or as an e-mail scan. Coordinates are: Cosulate General of Poland, 3501 avenue du Musee, Montreal, Quebec, H3G 2C28; montreal.info@msz.gov.pl.

OUR ANNUAL PRE-CHRISTMAS BAZAAR is coming up on Saturday, November 9, 12:00 to 4:00pm. (admission $2 per person) at the Polish Village Hall. We would be really grateful for donations of any baked goods for a beautiful baked goods table – with all proceeds to the parish.

UKRAINIAN WOMEN’S CLUB FALL TEA AND SALE: Sunday, November 17, 2:00 to 4:00pm. Tickets ($10) are now for sale from Steffie (564-4187) or Rose (574-5412)

THE COMMUNITY KITCHEN: Meals every Wednesday in our church from 11:30am to 1:00pm. Wholesome meals and a very friendly, welcoming atmosphere. Meals are free or donate what you can. Everyone is welcome. Many thanks to all the volunteers and sponsors.

WORLD FOOD DAY: October 16 was World Food Day. Thanks to everyone in our parish who is involved in projects related to food and nourishment. God bless you for this important work.

O’CONNELL HOUSE: Fr. Martin MacDougall will be renting our parish glebe house on a month-to-month basis, and we would like to warmly welcome him. Serdecznie witamy!

“SEARCHING FOR POLISH CAPE BRETON” – Pop-up museum: Tuesday, December 3 at the Polish Village Hall. Wendy Bergfeldt will broadcast her afternoon CBC show from on-site. We would be so grateful if you could bring in your photo albums and any immigration records from ancestors. We would like to photograph/scan these and help you to interpret them. Dr. Joanna Pylat (Polish University Abroad) will be with us again

POGORIA POLISH FOLK ENSEMBLE: Rehearsal after Mass today in Sala 1050.

WHAT CAN “WE” DO TO HELP OUR NEIGHBOURS? This afternoon at 2:00pm,St. Marguerite Bourgeoys Church is hosting an information meeting where community leaders who work daily with people living in poverty will discuss some of the urgent needs.

POLISH GREETING CARDS AND SOUP MIXES:  at the back of the church (all items donated). Suggested contribution: $2 per item.

THE POLISH CAPE BRETONERS COLOURING BOOK: Copies ($10) are for sale at the back of the church. If you purchase a copy, please write your name on the sheet to help us keep track of inventory. Many thanks.

TRANSLATION OF TODAY’S SECOND READING FROM PAUL’S LETTER TO TIMOTHY: Beloved: Remain faithful to what you have learned and believed, because you know from whom you learned it, and that from infancy you have known the sacred Scriptures, which are capable of giving you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for refutation, for correction, and for training in righteousness, so that one who belongs to God may be competent, equipped for every good work.I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingly power: proclaim the word; be persistent whether it is convenient or inconvenient; convince, reprimand, encourage through all patience and teaching.

 “How do we root out hypocrisy? There's a good medicine that can help us not be hypocrites: point the finger at ourselves and say to the Lord "Look at the way I am, Lord!", and say it with humility” --A recent message from Pope Francis on Twitter

PARISH CARE GROUP: Please advise of anyone to whom we should reach out with prayers, a note, call, wishes, etc. Please call Vicky Aucoin (562-7142) or Catherine Tucker (567-0146).

PHOTOGRAPHS OF PARISH EVENTS: Vicky Aucoin has been compiling parish scrapbooks. As parish events happen, she’d be really grateful if you could share your photos! Vicky’s telephone number is 562-7142.

IN MEMORIAM / BUILDING FUND ENVELOPES / REBUILDING FUND ENVELOPES are at the back of the church. Many thanks for your support.

TO CONTRIBUTE ON-LINE TO OUR REBUILDING, PLEASE GO TO OUR PARISH WEB HOME PAGE (www.stmaryspolishparish.ca) and please click the link to our Canada Helps donation page. It’s a secure system and you’ll receive your charitable tax receipt promptly. Thanks for your support! Please spread the word.

REBUILDING FUND CONTRIBUTIONS: Building Fund contributions will go toward the new church. To contribute to the rebuilding if you do not have an envelope, you can also write on your regular envelope or cheque “Designated to the Rebuilding of St. Mary’s Polish Church.”.Donations can also be made by regular mail: St. Mary's Polish Parish 21 Wesley St. , Sydney, N.S. B1N 2M5. Thank you so much for your support.

THE RENOVATED AND REFURBISHED POLISH VILLAGE HALL is a comfortable, well appointed, modernized venue for events large and small. Please consider renting the hall for your events.The beautifully renovated downstairs is now available again for rentals for holiday parties or other occasions Please call 564-8494

Życzenia na błogosławionego tygodnia / Wishing you a blessed week!

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TODAY'S HYMNS: 9:30 am Mass
Entrance: Cały Świat Niech Śpiewa Tę Pieśń (May All The World Sing this Hymn)
Psalm:
Offertory: Pod Twą Obronę (Under Thy Protection)
Communion: Jezu Miłości Twej (Here in this Sacrament)
Post-Communion: Zróbcie Mu Miejsce (Make Space For Him)
Recessional: Zawitaj Matko Różańca Świętego (Welcome, Mother of the Holy Rosary)

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Modlitwa o pokój / Praying for Peace:
In October 1986, St. John Paul II invited representatives of the world’s religions to join him in Assisi to pray together and work together for peace. These are part of his concluding remarks:

There is no peace without a passionate love for peace. There is no peace without a relentless determination to achieve peace.

Peace awaits its prophets. Together we have filled our eyes with visions of peace: they release energies for a new language of peace, for new gestures of peace, gestures which will shatter the fatal chains of divisions inherited from history or spawned by modern ideologies.

Peace awaits its builders. Let us stretch our hands towards our brothers and sisters, to encourage them to build peace upon the four pillars of truth, justice, love and freedom.

Peace is a workshop, open to all and not just to specialists, savants and strategists. Peace is a universal responsibility: it comes about through a thousand little acts in daily life. By their daily way of living with others, people choose for or against peace. We entrust the cause of peace especially to the young. May young people help to free history from the wrong paths along which humanity strays.

Peace is in the hands not only of individuals but of nations. It is the nations that have the honour of basing their peacemaking activity upon the conviction of the sacredness of human dignity and the recognition of the unquestionable equality of people with one another. We earnestly invite the leaders of the nations and of the international organizations to be untiring in bringing in structures of dialogue wherever peace is under threat or already compromised. We offer our support to their often exhausting efforts to maintain or restore peaœ. We renew our encouragement to the United Nations Organization, that it may respond fully to the breadth and height of its universal mission of peace.