Last Week’s Bulletin – Our Mother of Perpetual Help Parish

January 12th, 2025.
Baptism of our Lord

Please pray for the repose of the soul of Franz (Frank) Johannes Thiel, father of Adrian Thiel. May his soul and all the souls of the faithful departed rest in peace.

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Reflection Questions:

Adults: Do you thing that God was “well pleased” by your actions in recent weeks? Why?

Children: What good thing could you do this week that would be pleasing to God?

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COLLECTION DETAILS:

Monthly Budgeted Income:$12,115.00

Collection for January 2025:$ 3,899.90

OMPH SANCTUARY CANDLE: Special Intentions of Fr. Wayne by Scott & Merrifield Families.

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 JANUARY: For the right to an education. Let us pray for migrants, refugees and those affected by war, that their right to an education, which is necessary to build a better world, might always be respected

JANUARY SPECIAL COLLECTIONS: New Year’s and Initial Offering

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION: Fr. Wayne is available to hear confessions by appointment.

KNOW OF SOMEONE WHO IS UNABLE TO ATTEND MASS AND WOULD LIKE COMMUNION? The Visitation Committee is a group of men and women who commit themselves to comfort and care for the sick and lonely of our Parish by making regular visits to them. Members of the Visitation Committee bring Holy Communion to those who are unable to attend Mass on a regular basis. If you know of someone who would like a visit or Holy Communion contact Judy Walsh (705-672-5109 or the office.

LADIES WINE AND CHEESE will take place on Sunday, January 19th from 2:00 P.M. until 4:00 P.M. in the parish hall at OMPH. Laurel Beardmore, will present a short video on the Invisible Emotional Work of Women, and allow for a discussion after that. All women are invited to join us for a time to gather and discuss Women's issues and support each other. There is no cost for this afternoon of fellowship.

INCOME TAX RECEIPTS will be available in early February. If you need your receipt before then, please call the office, during office hours, to arrange to pick-up your receipt.

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS MEETING will be on Tuesday, January 21st at 7:30 P.M..

JUBILEE 2025:

What is an indulgence?

"An indulgence is a remission before God of the temporal punishment due to sins whose guilt has already been forgiven, which the faithful Christian who is duly disposed gains under certain prescribed conditions through the action of the Church which, as the minister of redemption, dispenses and applies with authority the treasury of the satisfactions of Christ and the saints."81 "An indulgence is partial or plenary according as it removes either part or all of the temporal punishment due to sin."82 Indulgences may be applied to the living or the dead. In our humanity, weak and attracted by evil, certain residual effects of sin remain. These are removed by the indulgence, always by the grace of Christ, who, as Saint Paul VI wrote, “is himself our ‘indulgence’”.

What is the Jubilee Indulgence?

The Jubilee Indulgence, thanks to the power of prayer, is intended in a particular way for those who have gone before us, so that they may obtain full mercy. It is a way of discovering the unlimited nature of God’s mercy. All other Indulgences previously granted remain in force.

How is the Jubilee Indulgence obtained?

All the faithful, who are truly repentant and free from any affection for sin, who are moved by a spirit of charity and who, during the Holy Year, purified through the sacrament of penance and refreshed by Holy Communion, pray for the intentions of the Supreme Pontiff, will be able to obtain from the treasury of the Church a plenary indulgence, with remission and forgiveness of all their sins, which can be applied in suffrage to the souls in Purgatory.

TIME FOR YOU AND ME will take place on Wednesday, January 15th at 1:30 P.M.. Everyone is welcome to join them!

CELEBRATION OF THE SACRAMENT OF THE SICK: To reach out to our sick and elderly parishioners we have introduced a monthly celebration of the Sacrament of the Sick for those in need of God’s healing grace. According to the teaching of the Church, the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick should be celebrated with people who are: 1) seriously ill, 2) are seriously weakened by advanced age, 3) are scheduled for serious surgery, or 4) are elderly. Our next communal celebration will be on Tuesday, January 21st at 7:00 P.M..

CWL VALENTINE TEA: The CWL’s Valentine Tea will take place on Saturday, February 15th from 12:00 P.M. until 2:00 P.M. in the parish hall. Join the CWL for a lunch of sandwiches and desserts. There will be a bake table to satisfy your sweet tooth and many treasures on the White Elephant table. Volunteers will be needed to serve lunch and help in the kitchen. The hall will be open on Friday, February 14th, during regular office hours, to accept donations to the various tables. For more information, or to volunteer, please contact Connie at 705-647-3151.

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