Saturday Apr. 2 5:15 p.m. Emmett BrennanSunday Apr. 3 9:30 a.m. Maria & Manuel Cabral

11:00 a.m. Members of the Parish

Tuesday Apr. 5 7:00 p.m. Fr. Stan Kurusumuthu

Wednesday Apr. 6 9:30 a.m. Bill, Wanita & Julie Gourdier

Thursday Apr. 7 9:30 a.m. Collette Cecchini

Friday Apr. 8 9:30 a.m. Theresa Donovan

Saturday Apr. 9 5:15 p.m. Shirley Murphy

Sunday Apr. 10 9:30 a.m. Fe M. Bes

11:00 a.m. Members of the Parish All servers welcome in the Sanctuary at all liturgies

Liturgies this week

Prayer Line Contact: Shirley Legris 613-545-0493

HOLY YEAR OF MERCY

Divine Mercy Chaplet (prayed on rosary beads)

Eternal Father I offer you the Body and Blood, soul and divinity of your dearly Beloved Son Our Lord Jesus Christ in atonement for our sins and for those of the whole world.(pray on the larger bead before each decade)

For the sake of His sorrowful Passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world (pray on the ten smaller beads)

Holy God, Holy Mighty One, Holy Immortal One, have mercy on us and on the whole world.(pray 3 times to conclude the chaplet)

The Rosary is prayed in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament Mass, Tuesday to Saturday before Mass.

Knights of Columbus 1st Tues. of the month after 7:00 p.m. Mass, Grand Knight – Joseph Hamilton

Catholic Women’s League

2nd Tues. of the month after 7:00 p.m. Mass - Karen Mulvihill, President

Finance Committee Dr. A. Sanfilippo, Chairman

Parish Council Kay Weerasooriya, Chairperson

Property Committee Richard Hoffman, ChairmanFundraising Committee 4th Wed. of the month 7:00 p.m. - Elaine

Clark, ChairpersonHospitality Committee Marianne Murphy

Justice and Peace Committee

4th Thurs of the month 7:00 p.m. - Bronek Korczysnki, Chairman

Liturgy Committee Kay Weerasooriya, Chairperson

Screening Committee Joanne Cosgrove, Chairperson

Legion of Mary Tues. 9:30 a.m.

Junior Liturgy resuming Easter Sunday at 9:30 a.m. MassPartners in Mission Food Donations

Food to be received 3rd week each month

Choir Practice Thursdays | 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.

Secretary’s Office Hours Mon. – Thurs. 9 to 12 noon

September - June

WelcomeWhile Father Brennan recovers from hernia surgery, please extend your usual gracious welcome to the retired priests who provide your pastoral care. Father Brennan hopes to return to your service in a couple of weeks.

Thank you to all who participated in the liturgies of Holy Week and Easter with deep sincerity and prayerful reverence. Thank you especially to our dedicated sacristans, music ministry, liturgical ministers, servers, ushers and volunteers. A special

thank you to Deacon Greg, the Knights of Columbus, Michael Taylor and Theresa McKay.

Holy Water The ancient and venerable custom of taking Holy Easter water is encouraged and urged. Please remove any Holy Water more than a year old by pouring it into a plant or preferably the earth (not into the sink drain). You are invited to bring a small container to take the new Holy Easter water to your home for use in sickness, danger, temptation or sorrow.

Liturgical Assignments are posted on the bulletin boards and on the parish website

Holy Communion to those in the Parish who are not well enough to come to Sunday Mass, please contact Carol Young: 613-389-6306.

Sacrament of Penance Saturday, 4:30-5:00 p.m., daily before Mass, and by appointment

Sacrament of Baptism: by appointment

Sacrament of Marriage: Arrange 6 months in advance. Pre-marriage course required

Sacrament of the sick: as needed. Call the parish office.

Sacraments

Diocesan Legion of Mary Acies. The Legion of Mary will hold their Acies on Sunday April 10th at Our Lady of Lourdes Church at 2 pm., beginning with the Rosary and Legion prayers, followed by Mass celebrated by Archbishop Brendan O’Brien. Light refreshments will be available. CWL Bake Sale The CWL are holding a bake sale after all Masses the weekend of April 16/17. Please drop by to see the scrumptious variety of home-baked goods and find something tasty to take home. This is one of our major fundraisers each year. It allows us to support some very worthy causes in our community. Your support is greatly appreciated.

Refugee Sponsorship Update Our partnership with St. Thomas and Christ Church Anglican parishes is moving forward, with an important invitation for new volunteers. On Sunday, April 17 at 1:00pm in our Parish Hall, you are invited to attend a general meeting. At this time you will hear more about this initiative and have an opportunity to join one of the sub-committees preparing to receive the Syrian family. Those wishing to make a financial contribution may do so through our regular collection. Please make cheques payable to Our Lady of Lourdes Parish and clearly mark them Refugee Initiative. To those who have already generously donated, we are truly grateful. Contact Fr. Brennan or Bronek Korczynski regarding questions.

Summer and Fall Excursions Tickets for the play MATILDA THE MUSICAL are moving quickly with ONLY 15 TICKETS REMAINING. Hurry and get your ticket and don’t be disappointed! The date is July 20th and the price per person is $188.50. For tickets call Caroline Manley at 613-542-8473 or Theresa McKay at 613-389-3532. The trip to St Jacobs is October 5th and 6th so save the dates on your calendar. More later on the St Jacobs trip.

Our Lady of Lourdes 50th Anniversary In order to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of our Parish, we invite all parishioners to take part in our new PARISH DIRECTORY. Time has been reserved on Tuesday April 5th 2016, after the 7 PM Mass for group pictures to be taken of all the church Ministries, clubs,

INTERCESSORY PRAYER LINE 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARYOn Easter Sunday 2006 we began an Intercessory Prayer Line in our parish. This year we celebrate our 10th anniversary. Since then we have received over a 1000 requests and those asking for prayers have been comforted and strengthened through this ministry. Many times in our lives we need to have others help us carry our burdens and the members of the Prayer Line are privileged and bless-ed to do this. You can be assured that they will respect your privacy and confi-dentiality and that they will honour your requests with trust and dignity. Inter-cessory prayers for the Prayer Line are offered at each Mass. This supports all of us and brings us together as a praying community.

There is a prayer box at the entrance of the church where you can place your re-quests or you can call the contact person listed in the bulletin each week. If you would like to be part of this important ministry or if you have any questions you can call the rectory or Shirley Legris @ 613-545-0493 (CWL co-ordinator).

Luke 11:9-10 “Ask and it shall be given to you; search and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.”

Knights of Columbus Dinner April 23, 260 Brock St., 6-8 pm. Proceeds to St. Mary’s Restoration Fund. For more info, see bulletin board or contact Grand Knight Doug Snider at 613-572-6046 or dj53@live.ca

councils and groups. Please join us for Mass and stay for the photo sessions. If you have any questions please contact Mike Taylor at 613-389-3081 or George Iori at 613-384-4812.

The year 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish. In order to commemorate this important milestone, the Parish Council of Our Lady of Lourdes, invites the members of each of the church Ministries, related clubs, councils, and groups, to come to-gether to take part in our new Parish Directory. The Knights of Colum-bus, who are organizing the Directory, have reserved Tuesday April 5th 2016, after the 7 p.m. Mass, for each of these group photographs to be taken. Please join us for the Mass and stay for the photo sessions! If you have any questions, please contact Mike Taylor (613) 389-3081 or George Iori, 613-384-4812.

Sat. 5:15 pm Sun 9:30 am Sun 11:00 am

Lectors P. GilmartinP. Noonan

A. Coe D. Daniel

A. Clark J. Cosgrove

E.M. P. GilmartinP. Noonan

D. Daniel S. Cruz

A. Clark T. McKay

Gifts T. O’FlahertyL. O’Flaherty

Gooding Family

Chandrarajan Family

Ushers R. Hoffman Volunteeer

E. Jezak Volunteer

R. Vanderhelm Volunteer

Liturgical Assignments | April 9/10

Please see the website for further announcements

CURSILLISTASThere will be an ULTREYA on Sunday, April 10 at St. John the Apostle Church Hall, 88 Patrick Street. The Ultreya will start at 2 pm and end at 3 pm. It will consist of a witness talk, response, small groups, music and prayer. Light re-freshments will be available. All Cursillistas are invited to come out to renew old friendships and meet fellow Cursillistas. For more information contact Mike or Diane Foley, 613-546-6224 or mfoley8@cogeco.ca