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Announcements
COLLECTION
Collections, including Vigil Lights for February 27th
and 28th at St. Patrick's were $657,35. As usual, thank you
for your generosity.
COMMUNION
As a preventive measure against the spread of
the A-H1N1 flu virus, we regret to inform you that Communion
will no longer be given on the tongue, until further notice.
Coffee and lectures
During our 2010 Lenten period, Father Gaston Lessard,
s.m. will be giving us three short lectures. These talks will
take place in McMahon Hall at 11h00 on March 7th and March
14th. All are welcome to attend these lectures.
Confession During
Lent
Fr. Jacques Arguin will be available
prior to each Mass for those wishing to have their confession
heard.
Coffee Sunday (St.
Stephen's & St. Vincent's Chapel)
On the 2nd Sunday of each month, after mass, St. Stephen's
and St. Vincent's Chapel will serve Homemade Goodies and Coffee
supplied by our parishioners.
St.
Patrick's Day
Our patron's feast is coming soon. This year, St.
Patrick's Day Mass will be celebrated on March 17th at 5:30PM,
with cocktails and supper immediately afterwards in McMahon
Hall. Once again, we have obtained the catering service of
"Le Truffé". Starting Sunday, February
28, tickets may be purchased from Kay Bergeron
(418-525-6203) or Maureen Martineau (418-683-8995) in the
atrium, before and after mass. For St. Stephen's and St. Vincent's
Chapel, please see Suzanne Pelletier (418-839-7241). Table
reservations must be made in advance, so please contact Kay
Bergeron. No tickets will be reserved
or sold through the Rectory office.
Irish Heritage
Quebec
Irish Heritage Quebec invites members and friends
to an activity on Monday March 8 in McMahon Hall at 7:30.
Lorraine O'Donnell will give a conference on the development
and content of the Being Irish O'Quebec Exhibition at the
McCord Museum of McGill University. Lorraine O'Donnell is
the curator of the exhibition which remains open in Montreal
until October 11, 2010. Paid up members will be eligible for
a draw in which the prize will be a copy of the book History
of Ireland by Desmond McGuire.
Quebec City Women's
Club
This year the Quebec City Women's Club will be awarding
a bursary of $2000 to a young woman less than 25 years of
age entering or continuing full-time studies in an undergraduate
program at a Canadian University and to a mature woman 25
years of age or over entering or continuing university. The
QCWC is also offering 4 bursaries of $500 each to women 21
years of age and over who are pursuing technical studies in
a recognized technical program. Deadline for applying is March
31, 2010. Information and application forms may be found on
the Citadel Foundation web site: www.citadelfoundation.ca
DEVELOPMENT AND
PEACE:
As in previous years, our Parish has chosen to be
involved in the annual Share Lent campaign for Development
and Peace. This is the official agency for overseas development
of the Canadian Roman Catholic Church. Every year, as a Lenten
offering, we ask members of our community to give something
of their worldly wherewithal, to those in the emerging world
who have not the things that we here in Canada take for granted:
Running water, electricity, food, clothing, and shelter, as
well as education and medical care. Lent begins this coming
February 17, on Ash Wednesday. On the first Sunday of Lent,
I will be making an announcement after communion, asking you
to participate in this venture, and, as in previous years,
will distribute money banks to those Parishioners, especially
those who have children, who wish to give money by collecting
their spare change. We will also have a special collection
on the fifth Sunday of Lent, with special envelopes distributed
in the bulletin to that effect. You will also be able to contribute
at any time during Lent, by making cash donations, or by check,
made out to 'Development and Peace', and give them to Peter
Stuart, who is the Development and Peace volunteer for the
Parish. You may also mail your checks to the Parish office,
the address to which is indicated on the front page of the
Bulletin.
Trustees Corner
We are happy to inform you that the
following people listed below will occupy the various positions
on the Board of Trustees:
| Chairperson |
Brenda Edwards |
| Vice-Chairperson |
Joe Lonergan |
| Treasurer |
James Haberlin |
| Secretary |
John Halpin |
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Jean-José Padou |
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