ST. FRANCIS DE SALES 1001 Ravenscroft Road Ajax, Ontario L1T 4X1 (905) 683-1403 ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH Fax: (905) 683-2301 Our mission at St. Francis de Sales is to joyfully welcome you to our parish family of faith, trusting that: if you are seeking Christ, you will find Him here. If grieving, you will receive comfort. If troubled in spirit, you will receive the blessing of peace without being judged. If discouraged, you will rejoice in hope. If alone, you will find companionship and Christian love. May our parish be a sanctuary of peace for you as we journey together to the Father’s house. Parish Hours DAILY MASS MONDAY - THURSDAY, SATURDAY 9:00 am FRIDAY 7:00 pm SUNDAY MASS SATURDAY 5:00 pm 8:30 am | 10:15 am | 12:00 pm | 7:00 pm SUNDAY SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION FRIDAY 6:15 pm - 7:00 pm SATURDAY 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm (or anytime by appointment) OFFICE HOURS MONDAY - WEDNESDAY 9:00 am - 5:00 pm | 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm THURSDAY - FRIDAY 9:00 am - 5:00 pm SATURDAY 9:30 am - 12:30 pm | 3:30 pm - 6:30 pm SUNDAY 9:00 am - 2:00 pm Parish Contacts PASTOR FR. JOSEPH SINGH � ext 105 sfdspastor@gmail.com ASSOCIATE PASTOR FR. DAVID TWADDLE � ext 104 fr.twaddle@gmail.com DEACON DEACON ALBAN SOARES � ext 108 alban.soares@gmail.com PARISH OFFICE DENISE FORD � ext 103 ADMINISTRATOR denise.ford@archtoronto.org CONFIRMATION, JEANNINE HENRY � ext 100 PARISH SCHOOLS & jeannine.henry@archtoronto.org YOUTH MINISTRY FIRST COMMUNION, DAWN SELDA � ext 102 RECONCILIATION dawn.selda@archtoronto.org “The Measure of Love, CONNECT www.stfrancisdesales.ca is Love without Measure” WITH US! @SFDSAjax @SFDS_youth sfdsajax – Saint Francis de Sales St. Francis de Sales Parish
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THE PRESENTATION OF THE LORD MASS INTENTIONS MONDAY, 3 FEBRUARY 9:00 AM AVAILABLE TUESDAY, 4 FEBRUARY 9:00 AM S.I. NEKESHIA CARACCIOLO First Reconciliation for the children registered for First WEDNESDAY, 5 FEBRUARY Reconciliation and First Communion, will take place on 9:00 AM + ALBERT & PHILOMINA Saturday February 22 nd . Please refer to the back of GNANAPRIRGASAM your child’s passport for the specific time for your + PREXCET & SEBASTIAN ANTHONIPILLAI child’s school. Please remember to bring your child’s + JOSE DE MELO BOTELHO passport on this date. This will be the second passport THURSDAY, 6 FEBRUARY review. 9:00 AM + PATRICK MARTIL + HELEY & DEVASIA MANAMEL Please refer to the RCIC preparation schedule if your FRIDAY, 7 FEBRUARY child attends a Public School, Other Catholic School or is in grade 3-6, as there are no classes over the Family 7:00 PM AVAILABLE Day weekend. After the First Reconciliation on SATURDAY, 8 FEBRUARY February 22 nd , there is a break in classes until May 2 nd . 9:00 AM + PATRICK MARTIL GRADE 8 STUDENTS 5:00 PM FOR THE PEOPLE OF OUR PARISH All parents/guardians of Grade Eight students are SUNDAY, 9 FEBRUARY invited to attend a Grade Eight Parent Night at Notre 8:30 AM S.I. EVIN ANDREWS Dame Catholic Secondary School in Ajax. The evening + JULIA HELSTAB is scheduled for Tuesday, February 4 , 2020 , with tours + SISTER BEATRICE MALONEY beginning at 6:15 p.m . and presentations at 7:00 p.m . in 10:15 AM + MANUEL IBARGUCHI our theatre. The Guidance department will host a short + MARCELINA MARTINEZ SABERON Power Point presentation aimed at facilitating the course + CONCEPCION MANDUJANO selection process and the Administrators will discuss the 12:00 PM S.I. IN THANKSGIVING more practical side of High School life. If you have any + CARMEN INAY questions, please do not hesitate to call, 905-686-8516. 7:00 PM AVAILABLE MARRIAGE SUNDAY HEART TO HEART GALA As part of Marriage Sunday 2020 celebrations, Cardinal Saturday, February 29, 2020 at Ajax Convention Centre. Thomas Collins will preside at a special Mass to honour Join us for an elegant evening including 3-course dinner couples celebrating milestone anniversaries in 2020. If with wine, DJ-Dance, silent/live auction, raffles. The funds you (or a couple you know) are celebrating a 25th , 40 th , raised allow our highly-trained staff to provide quality 50 th or 60 th + wedding anniversary in 2020, they are counselling services to over 2300 community members invited to join in this special celebration. The Mass will each year. Tickets are just $100 each. Contact Tania take place at 3 p.m. on Sunday, February 9 at St. Isaac McClean, at 905-725-3513 ext. 121 or email Jogues Parish (1148 Finch Ave., Pickering). A reception t.mcclean@cfsdurham.com will follow Mass. The Mass is open to all, but due to VOCATIONS space restrictions those wishing to attend are asked to “ Jesus did not come to help Angels, but the descendants of register online or by phone. Milestone anniversary Abraham”. If God is calling you to consider the priesthood, celebrants will be assured of reserved seating. diaconate, brother or sister, contact Fr. Chris Lemieux, Registration and other important information can be Vocation Director, Archdiocese of Toronto at 416-968- found at: www.archtoronto.org/marriage or by calling (416) 934-3400, x 523. 0997 or email: vocations@archtoronto.org www.vocationstoronto.ca TAX RECEIPTS CWL CRAFT CLASS Your tax receipts for 2019 are ready for pick up in the The CWL craft classes will be held on lobby of the Church. Please be sure that the envelope February 4 th , 13 th , and 27 th in the north you take has your correct name and address. For any room. All ladies are welcome! inquires please go to the parish office. Your Family of _________________________________________ Faith tax receipts will be mailed to you directly from Visit our website: www.stfrancisdesales.ca the Archdiocese of Toronto.
2 FEBRUARY 2020 REFLECTION “When the days were completed for their purification according to the law of Moses, they took (Jesus) up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord” (Lk 2:22). The Torah required that every woman who gave birth should, forty days afterward, make a pilgrimage to the temple in Jerusalem for purification. This does not mean that the law considered sex or womanhood or childbirth to be dirty or sinful. Just as a Jewish priest had to purify the holy vessels every time they were used in the Temple liturgy, so a woman who gave birth also had to be purified following the holy use of her sacred body in giving birth to a new child. Thus, Mary had to be purified. Moreove r, the Law required that a woman’s “first - born” must accompany her and be redeemed like an unclean animal. “Every firstling of an ass you shall redeem with a lamb, or if you will not redeem it you shall break its neck. Every first-born of man among your sons you shall redeem” (Exodus 13:13). Jesus needed to be redeemed. However, St. Luke purposely does not say that Jesus needed to be redeemed but presented. The Law required that Jesus be redeemed not presented or dedicated. St. Luke’s quotation conce rning the first-born (Luke 2:23) is based not on the law concerning redemption (Exodus 13:13) but rather Exodus 13:1-2, which deals with the consecration of the first-born to the Lord: “The Lord said to Moses, ‘Consecrate to me all the first-born; whatever is the first to open the womb among the people of Israel, both of man and of beast, is mine.’” St. Luke records no redemption ritual being performed for Jesus. Jesus was not ransomed and this was not at all normal. St. Luke, in other words, was portraying Jesus as a holy first-born Israelite with a natural priestly status. Just like Hannah of the Old Testament who gave birth to Samuel (see 1 Samuel 1- DYNAMIC WOMEN OF FAITH 2), and dedicated him to God’s service in the temple for Registration is now open . as long as he lives, so Jesus in like manner was When - Saturday, March 28 – 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m . dedicated to God and was not redeemed. He belonged Location: Le Treport Banquet Hall, 1075 Queensway to God permanently. This would explain the reason East, Mississauga, Ontario L4Y 4C1 Jesus would not understand why His parents did not Mass celebrant: Fr. Edward J. Curtis, Rector know where to find Him in Jerusalem (in the next Speakers & Topics: Kimberly Hahn – The Joys and Sorrows of Mary episode of the Boy Jesus in the Temple, Luke 2:41-52). Colleen Carroll Campbell – The Heart of Perfection Since He belonged to God, Jesus could be expected to be in His Father’s house, (the Temple) as in the case of Award winning author, EWTN Dorot hy Pilarski: One Mother’s Heart Samuel. Jesus made a personal identification with the Founder of Dynamic Women of Faith decision his parents had made about Him at His birth. CatholicMomsGroup.com Hahn, Scott. “The Glory of Yo ur People: The Register at http://dynamicwomenfaith.com/ Presentation.” Joy to the World , New York. Questions please call: 416-907-1042 Image, 2014, pp. 127-134. Light Breakfast – Lunch – Free Parking
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