St. Theresa Catholic Church - New Video and Announcements

Dear St. Theresa Family! How are you? Thanks for all your Emails with Comments!
Picture above is another angle of last week's Baptism- so cute!
Please pray for the repose of the soul and family of Wendy Schieman's brother - Jerry who died. (More announcements are below the video - scroll down)
Mass Video below - Sunday Vigil Mass- some of the choir members now take turns singing the 2nd verse of each hymn!
WEEKDAY MASSES on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9am
We hope to SEE you come to Mass! Saturday at 4:30 pm OR on Sunday at 10:30 am.
​Lots of Extra Room on Saturdays!
SCAM alert some emails are coming from parishioners asking for gift cards please be wary.
ANNOUNCEMENT:
Our parish of St Theresa with the help of our council of the Knights of Columbus is a long time active member of the Centretown Churches Social Action Committee.  The Centretown Churches Social Action Committee invites you to join CCSAC and the Emergency Food Centre (CEFC) workers and volunteers to pray for the medical and spiritual health and well being of Kerry Kaiser, the manager of the CEFC who is fighting a very serious cancer. She has been an inspiring manager of the CEFC for the past 26 years. We are asking supporters of the CEFC to take 5 -10 minutes to think of her with a prayer every Monday at 12 noon. We know your spiritual support will have a positive effect on both her spirits and her well-being. 

If we can, we are all trying to pray together at the same time for Kerry’s health. If for some reason you can’t pray then, please pray for Kerry at a time of your choice.


Please Keep Our Parish Alive by Giving - God will
Reward you!

ARCHDIOCESE ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Ordination to the Priesthood: Deacon Jonathan Kelly’s priestly ordination will take place in Notre-Dame Cathedral during a Mass celebrated on the Feast of the Transfiguration, Thursday, August 6, 2020. Please keep him and his family in your thoughts and prayers. Note: due to physical distancing requirements, attendance at the ordination is restricted. The Ordination and First Mass will be recorded and available to view at https://youtu.be/EpnNGmy-2UM by Friday afternoon (Ordination) and Saturday afternoon (First Mass).

Ordination to the Permanent Diaconate ~ Reminder! 6 candidates, along with one candidate to the Priesthood, will be ordained on Monday August 10, 2020 at St. Finnan's Church in Alexandria on the Feast of St. Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr. Please keep all these candidates and their families in your thoughts and prayers.

Friday Pro-life Mass: At Madonna Della Risurrezione, 1621 Fisher Ave., every Friday, 9:00 am. To pray for life and especially the protection of unborn children. Parking at the back. Masses will be celebrated in English.


“Fatima” Movie Release: A new Catholic movie, "Fatima," will be released in theaters throughout Canada on Friday, August 14. “Fatima” tells the story of a 10-year-old shepherd and her two young cousins in Fatima, Portugal, who report seeing visions of the Virgin Mary. Info: www.fatimathemovie.com.


SEE More Announcements from the Archdiocese Friday Fax:
Please Remember to Donate Securely via Credit Card or PayPal to our Ottawa St. Theresa Parish Via Canada Helps:
https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/128967353RR0028-st-theresa-of-the-child-jesus-parish/
OR Interac e-Transfer®.. You can also send a donation to the church’s e-mail address sttheresa@rogers.com as mentioned on the website 
You can download Free Mass Readings here: https://www.livingwithchrist.ca/index.php/intentions


FREE Kid's Bulletin Print out - https://thekidsbulletin.com/
 

Prayer to make Spiritual Communion:

People who cannot communicate now make spiritual communion:

At your feet, O my Jesus I bow down and offer you the repentance of my contrite heart, which abysses itself into its nothingness and Your holy presence. I adore you in the Sacrament of Your love, the ineffable Eucharist. I wish to receive you in the poor home that my heart offers you. In anticipation of the happiness of sacramental communion, I want to possess you in spirit. Come to me, oh my Jesus, that I may come to you. May Your love inflame my whole being, for life and death. I believe in you, I hope in you, I love you. So be it. Amen


Masks are now Mandatory - young children, sick, disabled are are not required to wear masks

 

ARCHDIOCESE OF OTTAWA Scam Alert: An email scam targeting members of Catholic churches and institutions across Canada is active in the Archdiocese of Ottawa-Cornwall. In some places, the scam is transmitted by text messages.
Typically, someone purporting to be a priest—or even a bishop—sends an email with a plea for electronic gift cards, notably untraceable iTunes gift cards, to be sent to another address so that they may be given to someone in need or used for a fundraising event. In some cases, the scammers take the act a step further: they ask the victim to scratch the backs of the cards and give them the revealed PIN to allow them to access the cash value.
The scam has been previously reported by several other dioceses in Canada and the US, and there are reports of parishioners who have lost money to a fraudster pretending to be the pastor of a parish. One Ottawa parishioner sent $1,100 to a fraudster pretending to be their parish priest.


To read the message from the Archdiocese regarding re-opening guidelines
please click here


Perpetual NOVENA Prayer to St. Theresa Little Flower:
O Little Therese of the Child Jesus, Please pick for me a rose, from the heavenly garden
and send it to me, as a message of love.

O Little Flower of Jesus, ask God to grant the favors
I now place with confidence in you hands
( mention your special prayer request here )

St. Therese, help me to always believe, as you did, in God's great love for me,
so that I may imitate your "Little Way" each day. Amen


SPECIAL PRAYERS to Our Lady for the Month of August which is Dedicated to her:


https://www.catholicnewsworld.com/2020/08/august-is-month-of-immaculate-heart-of.html



Please Send us your Prayer Intentions and/or Announcements/Pictures!


Prayer Intentions: Please pray for the family of Alice whose husband, Gordon died. Also, pray for the family of George Hack whose brother, John died. The uncle of Daniel, named Pierre, who has also passed. The young cousin of Lynn has also died of COVID -19 in England. Please pray for Wanda, Daughter of choir member Florence, who underwent surgery in February for cancer removal.
Please also pray for the young granddaughter of Deacon Guy, Jane who has epileptic seizures.

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