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Reflection Questions:
Adults: When was it hardest for you to honour and respect its older members?
Children: When is it hardest for you to obey a parent or teacher? What can help you obey with more trust?
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COLLECTION DETAILS:
Monthly Budgeted Income:$10,835.00
Collection for December 2024:$11,363.25
OMPH SANCTUARY CANDLE: For the intentions of John and Shelley Zubyck, their children and their extended families by a parishioner.
SAINT PATRICK’S CANDLE: Adeline Morin by Georgette Saxton
SANCTUARY CANDLE FOR BOTH SAINT PATRICK’S AND OMPH: Each week we invite you to have the sanctuary lamp lit 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 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 DECEMBER: For pilgrims of hope - We pray that this Jubilee Year strengthen our faith, helping us to recognize the Risen Christ in our daily lives, and that it may transform us into pilgrims of Christian hope.
DECEMBER SPECIAL COLLECTIONS: Angel Tree (for Christmas Hampers), Christmas Offering
SUNDAY OFFERING ENVELOPES: The 2025 Sunday envelopes are available at the back of the church. It’s not too late to still get envelopes, just fill in the form on the sofa table.
CHRISTMAS MASS SCHEDULE: Christmas Eve Mass at St. Pat’s will be at 5:00 P.M and at OMPH at 8:00 P.M.. There will be one Mass at OMPH on Christmas Day at 11:00 A.M. Please join us and rediscover the true meaning of Christmas.
CHILDREN’S CHRISTMAS PARTY will take place on Monday, December 23rd from 2:00 P.M. until 4:00 P.M. in the OMPH Parish hall. All kids are welcome to join us for an afternoon of movies and crafts before Christmas! Popcorn and juice will be served. A big thank you to Parish Council who is organizing this fun afternoon.
WELCOMING CHRIST . . . WELCOMING THE GIFT OF LIFE: At Christmas we celebrate the gift of Jesus who came to us as a tiny child so long ago. We know that there are many children who are not given the chance to receive or celebrate life because their lives are taken away before they are born. It seems only fitting that at Christmas time we should help support and build a culture of life in our society today. After each of the Masses on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day a special collection will be taken to support the work of Tri-Town Pro-Life to assist them in their efforts to support and protect human life at all stages. We know how important it is to build a culture of life, so please be generous.
NEW YEAR’S: For Canada, New Year’s Eve / Day is a holy day of obligation as we celebrate the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God. There will be a Mass on New Year’s Eve at 5:00 P.M. in Cobalt and Mass on New Year’s Day at 11:00 A.M. at OMPH. As always, parishioners of either parish may attend either Mass. Sunday offering envelopes that are used will be returned to the proper parish.
CHRISTMAS OFFERING ENVELOPES: Often people wonder where the Christmas collection goes. The total collection goes toward the needs of the Parish. If you would like to give Father Wayne a personal gift at Christmas, please mark it clearly on the envelope that the offering is for him. Otherwise, it will be directed to the Parish.
CHRISTMAS OFFICE HOURS: The Parish Office will be closed the week between Christmas and New Year’s. Regular hours resume on Wednesday, January 8th, 2025.
FAMILY TIP: According to some customs, Advent is a time to reflect on the upcoming celebration of Christmas by lighting the candles of the Advent wreath and to focus each week on a different aspect of the season: hope, peace, joy and love. As a family, take some time after the events of Christmas (Mass, gift-giving, extended family gatherings and a big meal) to quietly reflect on these precious concepts in your own lives. Talk about the hope that our faith provides us in the everyday trials of life; discuss what it means to have true inner peace and our call as Catholics to reconcile our differences with those closest to us; express your joy in being part of your immediate family and tell each person what they mean to you, then remind each other of the joy that comes from being part of God’s family; speak to each other of God’s deep love for us, exemplified by sending his Son to die for our sins and to unite us with him in eternity, then express how you show love each day to those in your family. Christmas is a time to create moments that draw us together as family; conversations deep in meaning will certainly do just that!
A BIG THANK YOU to the CWL and the Knights of Columbus of OMPH for their donations to our parish during 2024!
JUBILEE 2025: The opening of the Jubilee which, according to the Pope’s wish, will take place in the Cathedral of every Diocese in the world, on Sunday, December 29th. For our Diocese, Bishop Poitras will open the Jubilee at St. Anthony of Padua Cathedral in Timmins on Sunday, December 28th at 10:00 A.M.. There will be three parts: Gathering in the Cathedral parking lot, entrance through the Cathedral’s central doors, Veneration of the Jubilee Cross and sprinkling of Holy Water and then Mass. Everyone is invited to attend this unique celebration.
