WEEKEND MASSES: Formosa: 7:00 pm Saturday, 11 am Sunday. Teeswater: 9 am Sunday.

Riversdale: To resume, Saturday, May 19, 2018 at 5 p.m.

WEEKDAY MASSES: See Weekly Schedule (next page).

CONFESSIONS: Formosa, Tuesdays & Saturdays, 6:00-6:45 pm.; Teeswater, Thursdays, 6:00-6:45 p.m.

WEDDINGS: Please contact our Pastor at least 6 months before your desired date.

BAPTISMS: Second Sunday of the month, Formosa (12:30 pm), Third Sunday, Teeswater (1:00 pm).

Please arrange through the Formosa office, by phone or email.

BULLETIN ANNOUNCEMENTS: Please submit announcements to the Formosa Office by Wednesday

noon for the following weekend’s Bulletin.

CONTACTS: www.formosaparish.ca

Parish Staff: Pastor: Fr. Michael Anderson, manderson@hamiltondiocese.com

Parish Council Formosa: Hank Soers, 519-367-2046 Teeswater: Harold Zettler, 519-392-6549

CWL: Teeswater, Anita Kreutzwiser, 519-357-2386; P.O. Box 553, Teeswater, ON N0G 2S0

CWL: Formosa, Joan M. Borho, 519-367-5894

St. Joseph’s Aid Society: Don Schaefer, 519-881-2387

Cemetery: Formosa, Carl Zettel, 519-367-5686 Teeswater, Ed Kocher, 519-392-6437

K. of C.: Formosa, TBA Teeswater, Ralph Kreutzwiser, 519-357-2386

Schools: Formosa, 519-367-2900 Teeswater, 519-392-6854 Board Office, 519-364-5820

Diocese of Hamilton: 700 King St. West, Hamilton, ON L8P 1C7 www.hamiltondiocese.com

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION(1861) 212 Concession 12, P.O. Box 83 Formosa, ON N0G 1W0 519-367-5341 Fax 519-367-5869 immaculateconceptionformosa@ hamiltondiocese.com

SACRED HEART(1866) 14 Gordon St. W., P.O. Box 273 Teeswater, ON N0G 2S0 519-392-6935 sheart@wightman.ca SAINT ANN(1861) 3557 Highway 9 Riversdale, ON

OUR PARISH BULLETIN MARCH 4, 2018

Formosa Lions and Lioness Children's Activity Day will be held Wednesday, March 14,

2018 at Formosa Hall, from 1 to 3 pm. Doors open at 12:30 pm.

Wingham Knights of Columbus presents the Lucas Wilson Illusionist Show, March 10,

2018 at the Knights of Columbus Centre in Wingham. Two Shows: Family Show at 2 pm with

adult tickets $10 and kids $5. Age of Majority event at 8 pm, tickets $20 advance, $25 at the

door. Tickets available at Christine's Clothes Closet in Wingham, Knights of Columbus Hall in

Wingham, Boomer's Cozy Bar & Grill in Teeswater and South Bruce Flooring in Mildmay or

by calling 519-357-1270. Come out and enjoy an amazing show with "Canada's only four time

Guinness world Record Holding Illusionist!

Walkerton CWL Fish Fry - Friday, March 16, 2018 at Sacred Heart Church Hall, Walkerton

from 5 to 7 p.m. Rainbow Trout fish provided by Blue Mountain Catering. Adults, $15.00; Half

portion for Children (4-10 yrs), $7.00; Children 3 and under, Free. Take-out orders available.

Tickets available at Brown’s Guardian Pharmacy, Pellow’s Pharmasave, Holst Office Supplies

and Sacred Heart Parish Office. Limited Tickets available. No Refunds.

Calling All Graduates! If you are graduating from high school and are pursuing post-

secondary education, and have made a contribution to the pro-life movement, we would love to

hear from you. You may be eligible to win the Wingham and District Right to Life Bursary.

Please contact Brenda Sjaarda at 519-526-7444 or email winghamrighttolife@gmail.com to ob-

tain an application for this award. If you know someone who may be eligible, please encourage

them to apply. We would love to hear all of the wonderful ways youth are making a difference

in support of life. Deadline for applications is June 4, 2018

Walkerton & District Ministerial Food Bank Update. The board of directors, say THANK

YOU to everyone for your support of the Food Bank. You are all special. Our Food bank is

open every Thursday 2:00~4:00pm. Clients are able to receive food twice a month. Emergency

needs are always met. Our clients needs are growing hence the need for food is growing. We

thank you for all for the food and monetary gifts that you so generously donate, we can use used

pots, frying pans (electric or not), slow cookers, silverware, toasters, and microwave dishes.

You can take these items to the Food Bank on Thursdays between 1:00 – 4:00pm, or call the

Food Bank at 519-881-0168 for assistance. Food and monetary donations are always appreciat-

ed. If you would like to volunteer, call the Food Bank 519-881-0168. Let us share what God has

gifted to us with, our community, “I was hungry and you gave me food".

Is your child preparing for First Reconciliation, First Communion or Confirmation this

year? Wondering how you can help them at home? Visit www.hamiltondiocese.com and find

Information for Parents under “Catechesis Office”. We have videos with practical suggestions

and helpful info for parents of children with special needs. We’re here to help!

The Sisters of the Carmel of Saint Joseph will pray for you during the Novena to Saint

Joseph, March 11 - March 19, 2018, Are you troubled? Do you need spiritual support? You can

participate in the Novena to Saint Joseph. Send your prayer intention slip with your name and

address to: Carmel of Saint Joseph 1127 Carmel-Koch Road, R.R. #1 St. Agatha, ON N0B 2L0.

The Sisters of the Carmel of Saint Joseph will pray for you during the Novena to Saint Jo-

seph, March 11 to March 19, 2018, Are you troubled? Do you need spiritual support? You can

participate in the Novena to Saint Joseph. Send your prayer intention slip with your name and

address to: Carmel of Saint Joseph 1127 Carmel-Koch Road, R.R. #1 St. Agatha, ON N0B 2L0

Holy Family Parish Mission - Fanning the Flame this Lent. We warmly welcome all to join

us in hearing Fr. Rob Arsenault, a priest with the Companions of the Cross from Ottawa who

will guide us in discovering more fully the flame within each one of us. Light refreshments and

fellowship to follow each night. Sunday, Monday and Tuesday March 4, 5 and 6 at 7 pm, Holy

Family Catholic Church, Hanover.

Share Lent - Together for Peace. As we follow the profiles of the community projects in Leb-

anon and Nigeria from the Development and Peace handbook we see the need to give the local

people a voice for their personal safety and rights. We feel devalued if we are not given an op-

portunity to express our personal and social needs. The residents of Lebanon and Nigeria have

the same needs to express themselves to protect their livelihood and well being. Unfortunately

many of the local people are not valued, thus left with no way to respond to the injustices in-

flicted upon them. Building authentic peace is about hearing what each other’s needs are and

creating a process to achieve Peace. We have a right and a responsibility to ensure that we pro-

mote peace at home and abroad by allowing the most vulnerable a process to express their

needs. The prayer card attached to last week’s bulletin has the Prayer of St. Francis, use it as a

tool to pray for peace at home and throughout the world.

Sacred Heart Parish Coffee Social held February 18, raised $138.00 for the Walkerton Food

Bank. Thank you for your support and look forward to gathering again on March 11 for our

next Parish Social following 9 a.m. Mass.

Formosa CWL Pot-Luck Dinner, Tuesday, March 6 at the Formosa Community Centre.

Social time: 6 pm, Dinner 6:30 pm. Free draw for 18 inch Doll and two outfits. Perfect for

daughter, granddaughter or even yourself! Come and join us for an evening of great food, fun

and games. Bring your favourite dish, your favourite spouse or your favourite friend.

Bruce-Grey Catholic District School Board Lenten Retreat, Thursday, March 8, Sacred

Heart, Teeswater. Evening begins with Reconciliation at 6 p.m. followed by Mass at 7 p.m. The

retreat will begin after Mass with a social to follow in the Church Hall. Forgiveness is the topic

of the retreat which will be lead by Fr. Anderson. Everyone is invited to attend.

Knights of Columbus Breakfast. Sunday, March 11, 2018; 10:00 am. – 1:00 pm. Walkerton

Columbus Hall (Hwy#9). Adults: $8.00; Children, 5-10: $5.00; Kids 4 and under FREE. Full

Breakfast & Everyone Is Welcome!

Sacred Heart Catholic Women’s League Communion Brunch. We are thrilled to have

Sandra Ambing, a certified aromatherapist, join us on Sunday, April 8, following 9 a.m. Mass

in the Church Hall, Teeswater. She will speak on the safe use of Essential Oils and inform us

about toxins and chemicals found in everyday products. You will have the opportunity to make

and take home a foaming hand lotion made with essential oils! Tickets are $20. All Ladies of

our Parish are invited to attend and bring a friend! Consider being part of the fun! Tickets will

be available after Mass on March 4, 11 & 18 or by calling Doreen at 519-357-1430 or Anita at

519-357-2386. If you have a food allergy please put this in writing and give it to us at the time

you purchase your ticket.

Third Sunday of Lent March 4, 2018

The purification of the temple Jesus, the new temple

John 2:13-25

OFFERINGS for February 25, 2018 Formosa: Regular, $1,074.60; Cemetery, $250.00: PAR, $485.00

Teeswater:

Regular, $774.40; Seminary, $5.00; Teeswater Cemetery, $145.00;

Riversdale Cemetery, $50.00; PAR, $845.00

MASS SCHEDULE, Formosa ~ March 3 - 11, 2018:

Saturday 7:00 p.m. Mildred Bruder by Marlene Voisin & Family

Sunday 11:00 a.m. For the People of the Parish

Tuesday No Mass

Friday 8:30 a.m. Helene Fischer by Bill, Pat Goetz

7:00 p.m. Stations of the Cross

Saturday 7:00 p.m. Leonard Zettler by Nick, Candace Schiestel

Sunday 11:00 a.m. For the People of the Parish

MASS SCHEDULE, Teeswater ~ March 4 - 11, 2018:

Sunday 9:00 a.m. For the People of the Parish

Wednesday No Mass

Thursday 7:00 p.m. Anna Meyer by Joan Meyer

Sunday 9:00 a.m. For the People of the Parish

Eucharistic Adoration: Every Friday during Lent in Formosa, 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. With

transforming mercy, Jesus makes our heart one with his. "He proposes his own example to

those who come to him, that all may learn to be like himself, gentle and humble of heart, and to

seek not their own interest but those of God." (Pope Paul VI, Mysterium Fidei)

Lenten Food Drive - helping to feed our neighbours .... Sacred Heart CWL is coordinating a

Parish Food Drive until March 11. Our theme, "make it a meal." We are asking parishioners to

donate a meal - specifically pasta sauce and whole wheat spaghetti noodles or a box of pancake

mix (add water only) and maple syrup. Let's fill the grocery carts and see how many meals our

Parish can provide to those in need as we consider our almsgiving during the solemn season of

Lent.

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