ST. CLEMENT HOLY NAME OF JESUS ST. JOHN THE ST. MARY EVANGELIST
From the desk of Fr. Seejo
We are very near to Christmas day, the birth of Jesus Christ. We are also in a gray zone. We experience many challenges, restrictions, and discomforts to come together to celebrate the joy and happiness of Christmas.
But Christmas has a lot to say about discomforts! How do we draw inspiration from St. Joseph and Mary to have a meaningful Christmas joy? I invite all of you to pray and reflect about it as we walk toward Christmas.
All the more, Pope Francis invites us to reflect more about St Joseph in the year 2021. St. Joseph walked through discomforts and inconveniences! The feast of The Holy Family which we will be celebrating in the next week-end invites us to remember how important our family is. Our human family, our parish family, and our individual family: all have to grow as God
want-ed us to be. Let us seek the intercession of The Holy Family so that we all may have peace and joy just as The Holy Family experienced.
During the lock down time we will upload our bulletin biweekly. We begin live-streaming of our Weekend Mass this Sunday onward at 9 am.
There will be live-streaming of Christmas Eve Mass at 5 pm and Christmas Day Mass at 9 am and New Year Day Mass (The Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God) at 9 am. We started registration for online Alpha program.
We have zoom video chat program for RCIA, for families preparing to receive sacraments for First Communion and for Confirmation. Stay tuned
to our website and Facebook page for all updates or call the parish office for any assistance. Have a blessed time to all of you.
May God bless you and keep you safe and healthy. Telephone: 519-776-8483
E-mail: centralessexcatholic@dol.ca Website: www.centralessexcatholic.dol.ca
Rev. Seejo John
Pastor - Ext. 3
Rev. Paul Kim
Associate Pastor - Ext. 4
Deacons:
Gary Flewelling Andy Labrosse
Coordinator of Family, Faith Formation
& Ministries - Ext. 5
Nick Fournier
Secretaries: Administration and
Finance - Ext. 7 Tuesday -Thursday
9 am - 5 pm
Laurie-Anne Abraham
Office and Reception - Ext. 6
Tuesday-Friday 9 am - 5 pm
Wendy Cunningham Office Location
Holy Name of Jesus Parish (enter from Fairview Ave. side)
Mailing Address
146 Talbot St. S. Essex, Ontario
N8M 1B4
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Mission Statement
“To form a community that welcomes everyone to celebrate faith, to help one another to enter into a
personal relationship with Jesus, and to grow together as disciples of Jesus in service.”
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BI-WEEKLY MASS SCHEDULE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR
Fr. Seejo and Fr. Paul will be celebrating Mass privately. Mass intentions will be prayed during those celebrations.
Tuesday, December 22nd Bert & Lawrence Lucier - Hector and Delores Amy Grondin - St. Clement CWL
Earl Meloche (50A) - Tom & Charlotte Renaud Wednesday, December 23rd Ints. of Fr. Mike Ryan - Friend
Rick Chapman - Family Danielle Byrne - Dad & Mom
Theresa Sylvester - Jim & Carmel Byrne
Tuesday, December 29th Amy Grondin - Diane Coyle
Carl & Agnes Brockman - Rosella & Family Ernest & Louise LeClair - Rosella & Family
Wednesday, December 30th Patrick Renaud - Pauline Charron
Pauline Adam - Pauline Charron Shirley Roy - Pauline Charron
Friday, January 1st
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
Live stream Mass at 9 am
Saturday, January 2nd Pat MacPherson - Ron McDermott Mary Jessop (7A) - Catherine Austin Robert Laramie - Family
FOR THE SACRAMENTS OF ANOINTING OF THE SICK, BAPTISM, AND MARRIAGE:
Please notify our Parish Office. For the Sacrament of Marriage please notify us 8 months in advance.
NEW PARISHIONERS: Registrations forms are on our website or at each parish entrance.
If you are able to continue to contribute to one of our Family of Parishes or wish to make a donation at any time, please consider donating by using one of the options:
• Envelopes & Drop Off: If you already have
en-velopes, please continue to fill them with your support and you can drop them off into our locked box found outside the Family of Parish-es office in Essex. Your envelope contribution will remain at the parish you are registered at. If you live in McGregor you can drop off your envelope and pick up your 2021 envelopes on Thursdays from 10 am to 5 pm at St. Clement Parish inside the entrance at the back of the rectory.
• Direct Withdrawal: This is a great time to sign
up for automatic withdrawal from your bank ac-count. Pre Authorized Remittance (PAR) is a safe and simple way to contribute. Forms for can be found on our website. Please fill out and drop off in the locked box outside the office. If you are al-ready on PAR you can also change the amount at any time by contacting the office.
• INTERAC e-Transfer: You can make your
do-nation via e-mail money transfer (e-Transfer). Log in to your online bank and direct e-transfer to
the parish you wish to donate to. For St. Clement Parish send your e-transfer to
stclements@dol.ca, for Holy Name of Jesus
Parish send your e-transfer to hnj@dol.ca, for
St. John the Evangelist Parish send your e-transfer to stjohnwoodslee@dol.ca, and for St. Mary Parish send your e-transfer to stmarys@dol.ca There is no security question required. Please indicate on the reference line the name of the Parish you wish to donate to.
• Online with Pllenty Inc. - Scan the QR code
below or visit our online giving platform to donate by Visa or MasterCard credit cards. You can set up recurring payments or make a one time dona-tion. This is for Holy Name of Jesus Parish only:
Thursday, December 24th Christmas Eve
Live stream Mass at 5 pm
Friday, December 25th Christmas Day
Live stream Mass at 9 am
Sunday, December 27th Feast of The Holy Family
Live stream Mass at 9 am
*View live-stream on our Facebook. It will be recorded and posted on our website to watch later.
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DURING LOCKDOWN:
♦ All Parishes will be closed.
♦ Office will be closed to the public.
The phones will be answered from Tuesday to Friday from 9 am to 5 pm
♦ Website and Facebook. Please
follow on our website for updates, virtual events, and pastoral support. Live streamed Mass throughout the duration of the lockdown & closure of our Churches can be viewed on our Facebook. It will be recorded and posted to our website to watch at a later time.
♦ 2021 Offertory Envelopes. Please
contact the parish office to make arrangements if you would like to pick up your box of envelopes from the office in Essex.
FAMILY OF PARISHES NEWS
• 2021 Schedules for each parish’s
Lectors, Eucharistic Ministers, Ushers & Greeters, Collection Counters can be found on our website.
• Sunday Mass will be live-streamed at
9 am every Sunday on our Facebook.
• Alpha is an online course that covers
basic topics of our Christian beliefs such as: Who is Jesus? Why did Jesus die? Why and how do I pray? Why and how should I read the Bible? How does God guide us? How can I resist evil? Does God heal today? You are invited to join our parish family by taking Alpha online beginning Wednesday, January 6, 2021. Visit our website to register. It is free!
• Bishop Fabbro’s Christmas
Message please view on our website.
• Thank You to our Volunteers who
have helped tremendously this past year in making our parishes run smoothly. May God bless you all!
YEAR OF ST. JOSEPH Pope Francis announced
a Year of St. Joseph in honour of the 150th Anniversary of the decla-ration of St. Joseph as Patron of the Universal Church. Pope Francis reminds us that every member of the faithful, following St. Joseph’s
example, may strengthen their life of faith in the complete fulfillment of God’s will.
St. Joseph pray for us.
Happy 18th Anniversary to Fr. Seejo.
December 26th, the day of his Ordination to the priesthood. May God bless!
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