Announcements for the week of March 26, 2017

1. Coins for Life boxes are at the back of church throughout Lent. Ask an usher for a small box. All funds raised help support the Pro-Life movement. Please return boxes to the office or to an usher during Holy Week.
2. We still need volunteers to assist in the following: Sharelife Inter-Faith Committee and the Refugee Welcoming Committee. Please call the office to volunteer. If you’ve already given your name, please call again in case we’ve not contacted you.
3. Final Stations of the Cross is on Friday, April 7: 6:30pm in English, 7:30pm in Italian & 8:30pm in Spanish.
4. St. Vincent de Paul Society asks your generous help this Lent to make Easter a joyous celebration to our parishioners in need. Please bring to the parish office your donations of cans or small bags of food for the Pantry.
5. Our parish Lenten Mission in English begins today, March 26 with guest speaker Fr. Terrence McKenna as profiled in this week’s Catholic Register. The Italian Mission with Don Francesco begins next week, April 2.
6. Catholic Women’s League meets April 3 at 7:00pm.
7. Please mark your calendars for the  CWL’S BINGO Night, April 21 at 7:00pm.  Tickets will soon be on sale.
8. Theology Café meets Monday, April 3 at 7:00pm. All are welcome.
9. First Friday Mass with Anointing of the Sick is Friday, April 7 at 6:30pm with Station of the Cross in English. All are welcome.
10. Please take a bulletin for all the special Easter Tridium Masses and services in all our languages.

11. Please remember to sign and mail your letter to your Member of Provincial Parliament asking them to protect your doctors’ conscience rights. The “Call for Conscience Campaign” ends this week March 31. We are working to help doctors in Ontario not be forced to help arrange for the death of their patients. We are hoping that a simple phrase be added to Bill 84 so medical personnel will not be fined, disciplined or removed from practice if they refuse. We don’t want them to be forced to retire or move outside of Ontario. Thank you for actively joining and working for life.

To learn more, please visit www.CanadiansforConscience.ca. Thank you.

12. Next week’s special collection is for Sharelife.