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T h e G o o d S h e p h e r d P a r i s h The Good Shepherd Parish is a Catholic community rooted in the Gospel where all are invited to

encounter Christ, grow in holiness, and proclaim His Good News to the world. 3 0 9 2 I n n e s R o a d , O t t a w a , O n t a r i o K 1 W 1 C 8

Telephone (613) 824-4394 Email: pastor@thegoodshepherdparish.com Website: www.thegoodshepherdparish.com

Mas s In ten t i on s Thursday 31 December – XThe Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God X 5:00 pm Intention of Fady Abdelnour requested by Fadia Abdelnour † Souls in Purgatory requested by Fadia Abdelnour Friday 01 January 2021 – XThe Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God X † Guenter Andrews requested by Myrna Andrews † Cecilia Tadiello requested by Myrna Andrews

Saturday 02 January – XEpiphany of the Lord X 5:00 pm † William McAvoy requested by Jean and Doreen Dumont Eternal Father, we offer you the body and blood, soul and divinity of your dearly beloved

son, Our Lord Jesus Christ in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world requested by Fran Enright

Sunday 03 January – XEpiphany of the Lord X 9:00 am † Souls in Purgatory 11:15 am No intention

Tuesday 05 January † Doug Campbell requested by Marilou Storie

Wednesday 06 January | No intention

Thursday 07 January | No intention

Friday 08 January – Mass of Thanksgiving and for the deceased members of the Baillot and Absi families

Saturday 09 January – xxBaptism of the Lord X 5:00 pm † William McAvoy requested by Jean and Doreen Dumont † Al Gallino requested by George and Fern Casey Thomson Eternal Father, we offer you the body and blood, soul and divinity of your dearly

beloved son, Our Lord Jesus Christ in atonement for our sins and those of the whole world requested by Fran Enright

Sunday 10 January – xxBaptism of the Lord X 9:00 am No Intentions 11:15 am Thanksgiving mass for Nicky requested by Yanic Pean Intentions of Dodie and Ruby Manzana requested by Dem and Flo Magmanlac

Tuesday 12 January † Cecilia and Eduardo Ferreira requested by the Ferreira family Wednesday 13 January | No intention Thursday 14 January | No intention Friday 15 January † Navitadad Magmanlac requested by Marilou Storie

Saturday 16 January – Second Sunday in Ordinary Time 5:00 pm † Eduardo Tanega requested by the Magmanlac family Sunday 17 January – Second Sunday in Ordinary Time 9:00 am No Intentions 11:15 am † Sam Aquilizan requested by the Magmanlac family

Dear friends and parishioners of The Good Shepherd Parish –

Recently, as many of you are aware, I became ill and decided the symptoms meant that I should have a COVID test. I was so very relieved when the results came back “negative” for the virus. My symptoms have disappeared and so it appears that it was a bug of another sort, thankfully. I am slowly regaining my energy and I am feeling better every day.

You will agree this Christmas has been the most different one we have ever celebrated in our lives. This pandemic continues to dictate how we live our lives and cause us to celebrate in different ways. I trust that you and your families were able to celebrate in a safe but happy way.

With the rollout of the vaccine underway our prayers go out to all those who are charged with its efficient and speedy delivery.

It is hoped that the lockdown that we are all living under will be lifted at the end of the month. This will only be possible if the numbers of cases go down and the hospitals are not overtaxed. It is important that we all follow the Public Health Guidelines so that we remain ready to receive the vaccine when it applies to us.

Until the lockdown is lifted, our church remains closed to regular Masses and all parish activities. I want to thank all those who continue to make our online Mass possible. This is our one important gathering a week and I encourage and invite you all to please join your parish family online every Sunday at 10am.

Thank you all for your kind wishes at Christmas and also for the many prayers and well wishes for my health. It is sincerely appreciated.

Please pray for one another as we know the well-being of our parishioners is so very important during these days of lockdown. I hold you and your families in my prayers, and I ask you to continue to pray for me.

As we enter 2021, let us ask our Lord to light the days of this new year with faith, hope and love. Together, in faith, we will get through these difficult and challenging days. God bless you.

Yours in Christ,

Fr. Virgil

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When attending Mass in church, if you have hearing challenges, please tune into

100.7 FM on your radio to pray along.

WEEKDAY MASSES

Current schedule**: Tuesday and Friday at 9:00 am

** NEW INFORMATION ** For those wishing to attend either weekday Mass, please note, while there is no requirement to register in advance for the Mass, everyone must register on arrival. The front door will be opened at 8:30 am and you will be asked to provide your name and telephone number to Bonnie who will enter this information on our registration form. This form will be held for 30 days should it be needed for contact tracing; forms will be shredded after 30 days.

** Please read the “Welcome Back to The Good Shepherd Church” document, on our home page, prior to coming to Church.

You are all requested to please follow our parish COVID-19 protocols:

1. take your temperature at home to confirm you are well enough to attend Mass

2. **wear a mask that securely covers the nose, mouth and chin; no gloves when receiving Holy Communion;

3. **REMINDER: NO SINGING PERMITTED 4. enter Church by the Main/Front door

5. on arrival, use the touchless hand sanitizer on the wall

6. **REMINDER: Washrooms are to be used only in urgent cases; if you have used the washroom, please ensure all washroom spaces are wiped down**

7. provide your name and telephone number to Bonnie at the registration table

8. take a seat in the Main Worship Space, ensuring social distancing between you and others who are not in your group (at least three (3) seat separation between groups)

9. **REMINDER: please depart the Church immediately following conclusion of Mass, ensuring social distancing is maintained at all times

10. depart Church by the side door (down cloakroom hallway)

**Due to COVID-19 requirements to clean between Masses we are unable to hold more weekday Masses.

ALL WEEKEND SUNDAY MASSES

*** Please read the “Welcome Back to The Good Shepherd Church” document located on our home page prior to registering for Sunday Mass. ONLINE REGISTRATION for all weekend Sunday Masses opens on Sunday evening and closes at noon on Saturday. COVID-19 protocols to follow when attending Mass in our church:

1. everyone who enters our church must wear a mask that securely covers the nose, mouth and chin;

2. after confirming temperature and registration, ushers will seat all attendees, according to social distancing policy.

3. the cantor is the only person singing at Mass; the assembly is to please remain in silent spiritual union with the hymns.

4. all may respond to the spoken prayers throughout the Mass. 5. there is no passing of the collection basket; please place

your envelope or your offering in the box (at the Baptismal Font) as you exit the worship space after Mass ends;

6. please wait for the ushers to guide the assembly, row by row, for the distribution of Holy Communion; no gloves are to be worn when receiving Holy Communion.

7. Please wait for the ushers to guide the row by row exit, immediately after Mass ends, out the side door (adjacent to the cloakroom), ensuring social distancing is maintained.

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Please share all information in this bulletin with your fellow parishioners, particularly those who do not have access to the internet.

MASS ON YOUTUBE

Our parish Sunday Mass will continue to be on The Good Shepherd Parish YouTube channel each Sunday.

Select the link on our parish homepage:

https://www.thegoodshepherdparish.com/ Please share this information with your fellow parishioners, family and friends who are unable, for health reasons or church space limitations, to join us in the church.

Act of Spiritual Communion My Jesus, I believe that You are present in the Most Blessed Sacrament. I love You above all things, and I desire to receive You into my soul. Since I cannot now receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as if You were already there, and I unite myself wholly to You. Never permit me to be separated from You. Amen. Saint Alphonsus Liguori

In accordance with the ON Provincial Health Orders

our church is closed to regular Mass and Parish activities,

until further notice. Please pray along with our online Mass that is posted to our YouTube channel.

Please pray for the following deceased faithful:

† Vincent (Vince) Keating

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Collection of 19/20 December 2020 Envelopes ................................... $4375.00 Loose .............................................. $87.00 PAC ............................................. $2830.00 Total ........................................... $7292.00

Collection of 24/25 December 2020 Envelopes ................................... $4790.00 Loose ............................................ $480.00 PAC ............................................. $2830.00 Total ........................................... $8100.00

Extra Christmas donations (separately called in on credit cards)

Total ............................................. $550.00

Good Shepherd Parish Conference of the SOCIETY OF SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL

MISSION: The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul is a lay Catholic organization whose mission is to live the Gospel message by serving Christ in the poor with love, respect, justice and joy.

Donations to SSVP: The Conference of SSVP here at our parish are very thankful for all the help and donations last year. Your continued help and support will enable us to carry on with many good works in our community.

THEME FOR THIS YEAR: Stretch forth your hand to the poor

This theme is a summons to responsibility and commitment as men and women who are part of our one human family.

The Good Shepherd Conference continues to provide outreach to those in need within our community and to other regions where help is needed. We have been carrying out visits and delivering food vouchers to numerous people. The SSVP wooden box is now located by the entry of the hallway to receive your contributions. Heartfelt gratitude for your consideration and continued generosity to help the poor. REVERSE ADVENT CALENDAR PROJECT Please consider participating in our Third Annual Reverse Advent Calendar Project. A one-pager with all the details, plus the Reverse Advent Calendar, are in the bulletin of 29 November 2020. This is a project done from your home and it helps stock our local Food Cupboard early in the New Year. Thank you for participating!

Also, the food box in the cloakroom is open for your food contributions (please drop off your donation when you attend a Sunday or weekday Mass).

The larger donation bin (located in the church parking lot) is also open, so any gently used goods that you may have are always needed.

If you are interested in joining our team please contact Sharon Rideout, President, St. Vincent de Paul Conference at The Good Shepherd Parish via email at drideouts@rogers.com.

Your Sunday envelopes are ready for pickup… ! Your 2021 Sunday envelopes are ready to be picked up and are on tables in the

Church Cloak Room ! For those contributing via Pre-Authorized Contribution (PAC), there is a box of

Special Collection envelopes as well. ! Given the lockdown, please call Bonnie at the parish office to arrange best

(safest) way for you to pick up your envelopes (613-824-4394; ext 1) Thank you very much for your kind and

generous support.

P l e a s e p r a y f o r t h o s e w h o h a v e r e q u e s t e d o u r p r a y e r s :

Deacon Dan Careau 🙏 Doreen Dumont 🙏

Bruce Hodgins 🙏 Inge Kobner 🙏

Jean-Ella Lemire 🙏 Joe MacDonell 🙏

Gloria Marshall 🙏 Michael Nortey 🙏

Rosi Saunders 🙏 Jean Scharf 🙏

How to donate during the lockdown… Donations may be made by leaving a message for Bonnie at the Parish office (613-824-4394) to process your donation.

Thank you very much for your kind and generous support.

THIRD ANNUAL REVERSE ADVENT CALENDAR PROJECT

** Please plan to deliver your box to the Church on

Monday, 04 January 2021 – From 9:00 am to 11:00 am

The Royal LePage Performance Van will be there along with volunteers to place your box of contributions on the truck; please open your trunk – there is no need to get out of your vehicle. All contributions will then be delivered directly to the Food Cupboard in Blackburn Hamlet.

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News from the Knights of Columbus Council 9005 Good Shepherd Parish

Christmas Hampers

The Book of Sirach (7:3) says "Stretch forth your hands to the poor". On Friday Dec 18th this is what the Knights (Council 9005) literally did. We did this under the leadership of Br. Shane Silva and aided by Br. Ian Willey who did an excellent organizational job. Councillor Laura Dudas gave a helping hand. She has always participated in the Christmas Hamper Programme and well before she ever thought of entering politics. The Knights welcome her presence. This year we distributed around 35 food hampers. We gave vouchers instead of the usual physical food parcels. This was because of the COVID pandemic. Br. Shane Silva hopped up on the tailgate of his truck and gave instructions just as Jesus gave instructions before He sent the disciples out. Also, we went in two's just as Jesus sent them out in two's.

Christmas is a time of self-giving. We all suffer from the effects of original sin and sin is selfishness and thus we become self-centred. Therefore St. Paul recommends that we empty ourselves of selfishness. We do this through self-giving. We are made for others and we are "our brothers’ keeper". There is a koinonia (sharing) in all things. And so we feed the less fortunate and thus experience the joy and peace of Christ which is unsurpassed.

Finally, we welcome Patrick MacCarthy to our Council. He is a university student at the University of Guelph. He is 21 years old and a longtime parishioner of GSP. In ministry, age does not count. The prophet Jeremiah was a young man (under 20). God spoke through Jeremiah. The prophet Isaiah was an old man, yet God spoke through him. We look forward to meeting Patrick and oh by the way, his father John MacCarthy, is also a Knight.

"The Lord hears the cry of the poor.” We hope that these words of the Psalmist ring through this Christmas.

James P. Tierney, Faith Director KofC

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NATIONAL PASTORAL INITIATIVE FOR LIFE AND THE FAMILY

Lord of light, dispel the darkness in our hearts and our world. Fix our eyes on the light you send, and to trust that light will rise in the deepest dark. May Christmas come in our hearts and homes, and out into the world aching for light. Amen.

(25 December 2020)

NATIONAL PASTORAL INITIATIVE FOR LIFE AND THE FAMILY

Jesus, Son of God, and of Mary and of Joseph, brother of us all, you became a member of the human family so we could all be members of God’s eternal family. Make our families schools of love. Heal our wounds and draw us deeper into your grace. Amen.

(27 December 2020) Catholic Women’s League (CWL) Ontario Provincial Convention 2021 Fundraiser

Rosary Bracelet with CWL Charm – $30.00 (plus shipping)

Various colour combinations of beads. Handmade by our sisters in the League.

Beautiful for yourself and great for gift-giving.

Ø Please contact Sue Ann Soulliere at 613-979-5757 or email

sueannsas@bell.net; or

Ø Contact Marilyn Olsen, member of the 2021 CWL ON Convention Committee at email mabolsen@rogers.com

Cheques payable to ‘CWL 2021 Ontario Provincial Convention’; or Interac E-transfer to: cwl2021onconvention@gmail.com

NATIONAL PASTORAL INITIATIVE FOR LIFE AND THE FAMILY

Infant King, you came as one of us to gather us to yourself. Draw us into your tenderness with all the wonder of a newborn. May we find ourselves as precious as you have made us, and may we make of our lives a gift to you. Amen.

(03 January 2021)

NATIONAL PASTORAL INITIATIVE FOR LIFE AND THE FAMILY

God who sent your Son to Mary and to all of us, you have blessed us and made us your own. Teach us to treasure your blessings and your call for our lives. May we marvel at the mystery of how you call and complete us. Amen.

(01 January 2021)

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Christmas Flowers 2020 Helene Seguin ~ Requested by the Richmond family Frank Faure and the deceased members of the Belway family ~ Requested by Carol Faure Dryszard Gazda & Tom & Grace Dale~ Requested by Ian & Diana Dale Lois Anne Chippa ~ Requested by Mike & Andrea Chippa McAvoy family ~ Requested by the Mike & Andrea Chippa John Bede MacCarthy ~ Requested by the MacCarthy family Members of the O’Reilly family In memory of the Moher & Tomek families ~ Requested by the Moher family Members of the Cormier family ~ Requested by Frank & Mona Cormier Twardowski & Noble families ~ Requested by the Twardowski family Departed family members ~ Requested by Steven Hughes & Maureen Ahern Alfred & Betty Reede ~ Requested by the Reede/Comstock family Michael N. Otiono, Phil Otiono, Gladys Aleeze & Uzor Otiono ~ Requested by Nduka & Onyisi Otiono My Mom, Dad & Brother ~ Requested by Mike Rossignal Gina Calderone & Lorain Shbad ~ Requested by Lucille Calderone Gee Gee ~ Requested by the Jaz family Hope & John Kapcala & Keith Moffett ~ Requested by Nancy Moffett George & Noela Lavergne & Harold & Isabelle Lemoire ~ Requested by Wilf & Helen Lemoire Members of the O’Carroll family ~ Requested by Sean & Anna May O’Carroll Deceased family & friends members ~ Requested by John & Connie Skabar Eric Cheung ~ Requested by the Kwok family Deceased family members ~ Requested by Hugh & Ann Finlayson Deceased family members ~ Requested by the Keable family Ann Delage ~ Requsted by Brian Delage Deceased family members ~ Requested by Richard Shaw Deceased family members ~ Requested by the Sy family Deceased family members ~ Requested by the Uche family Steve Als & Eleana Mastromatteo ~ Requested by Hilary Als Ed & Theresa Burke ~ Requested by S. Burke William McAvoy ~ Requested by Lynne & Mark McAvoy Deceased family members ~ Requested by Marianna Gee Ethan Waara ~ Requested by the Waara family Ron & Mary Crawford & Mathew Bowness ~ Requested by the Mofina family Narciso & Anicia Cardenas ~ Requested by Marilou Storie Denyse Yvonne & William Peter Harris ~ Requested by Brenda & Barry Carlson Gene & Vivian Lusignan ~ Requested by Dr. G.M. Lusignan Deceased members of the Cudahy family ~ Requested by Denis & Claudia Cudahy Bruce McMullan & deceased members of the McMullan & Orlowski families ~ Requested by Christine McMullan Deceased members of the McMullan family ~ Requested by Chris McMullan Harold Beamish & Harold Jarrell ~ Requested by the Swift family