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 Ascension of the Lord - May                    28, Sunday           Ascensione del Signore -                    May 28
          Jesus’ Ascension into heaven is told twice by                   L’ Ascensione di Gesù al cielo ci indica il senso
 Luke: the end of his Gospel and beginning of the Acts of        finale della nostra vita. Ma è un invito a renderci presenti
 the Apostles. Just before Jesus rises into heaven, he           nel mondo per manifestare fin da ora, in opere concrete,
 informs the Apostles that they are to spread the word to the    ciò che sta germogliando nell’ universo: un’ eterna realtà
 entire earth. To make it clear that this will not result from   d’ amore.
 their own initiative, he orders them to wait in Jerusalem
 until they are empowered by the Spirit whom he will send.       Feast of Saint Ann - July 30th, 2006
          The 1st reading ends with two men in white robes          30º Luglio, 2006 - Festa di Sant’ Anna
 (angels) prodding the apostles not to remain standing there.
 Jesus will return as he promised, but right now their           There will be a meeting, Sunday, May 28th, after the
 mission was to go to Jerusalem and then, filled with the        11:30 Mass in the Large Meeting Room. We are inviting
 power of the Holy Spirit, preach the Good News.                 all those who assisted with the preparation and
          The 2nd reading - we should be “eagerly waiting        organization of the Feast of St. Ann last year. We also
 for him” who saves us. But this doesn’t mean we should          invite other parishioners who would like to help this year.
 be inactive in the meantime. We have all received the                    Dominica 28 Maggio, dopo la messa del 11:30,
 Spirit in our baptism, so each of us is commissioned to         ci sarà un raduno nella parrocchia per tutti quelli che
 spread the news of Jesus’ presence in the world. Few of us      hanno aiutato per organizzare la Festa di Sant’Anna
 will do so “to the ends of the earth,” but if we start with     l’anno scorso.        Stiamo invitando anche tutti i
 those around us - our families, neighborhoods, workplaces,      parrochiani che piacerebbero aiutare per assistere per
 than this message will spread through them to others.           la preparazione della festa di quest’ anno.

      Mass Intentions of the Week                                  World Communications Day - 28 May 2006
 May 27 Saturday – St. Augustine of Canterbury, Bishop                    May 28, 2006 represents the 40th WCD in the
 5:00 Angela Piscioneri – Joe & Emalia Romeo                     Catholic Church. It is absolutely imperative, that in this
       Rita, Allan & Michael Vitch – Virginia Vitch              ‘global village’ there are strong Catholic voices answering
                                                                 John Paul II’s call to the New Evangelization! In Canada,
 May 28     Sunday – ASCENSION of the LORD                       these Catholic voices exist, and with the continued support of
 8:30 For the needs of all the parishioners                      Catholics across the country, they are getting increasingly
 10:00 Concetta & Nicola Tassone – Son Vito & Family             stronger and more accessible!
       M. Giuseppa & Rocco Rachiele – R & C Torello                       Please support Catholic Media in Canada: diocesan
 11:30 Elia Catanzaro – Wife Mary & Family                       newsletter ‘The Vineyard’ – ‘The Catholic Register’ - ‘Salt
       Giuseppe Muraca – Wife Adelina & Family                   + Light Television’ and help spread the word of these
                                                                 treasures within our Church! For more details, visit
 May 30        Tuesday
                                                                 www.saltandlighttv.org/celebratewcd.
 8:00 John Lombardi – John & Frances Ventresca
        Nick & Antonietta Siveroli – Son Cosimo & Fam                     My prayer on this year’s World Communications
                                                                 Day is that the men and women of the media will play their
 May 31        Wednesday – Visitation of Mary                    part in breaking down the dividing walls of hostility in our
 8:00 Nunzia De Palo – Michael McAndrew                          world, walls that separate peoples and nations from one
        Ralph Serravalle – Rita & Family                         another, feeding misunderstanding and mistrust. May they
 June 1        Thursday - St. Justin, Martyr                     use the resources at their disposal to strengthen the bonds of
 8:00 Tony Fiello – Mother Antonietta                            friendship and love that clearly signal the onset of the
        Antonietta & Andrea Anello – Maria Iudiciani             Kingdom of God here on earth. Vatican, 24 January 2005
 June 2 Friday - St. Marcellinus & St. Peter, Martyrs                         Community               Events
 9:30 Tony Vescio – Mother Cristina
        Christina Castrilli – Flora Kennedy                      ** Daily Mass Updates. – is now broadcast 7 times daily:
                                                                 VisionTV - Mon – Fri 8:00 am & Noon, Saturday 8:00 am
 June 3 Saturday – St. Charles Lwanga & Companions,
                                                                 - CTS Television - Mon-Fri 10:30 am -- Salt & Light
 5:00 Deceased of our parish - Suzanna Brinda
                                                                 TV - Mon–Fri: 11:00 am, 3:00 pm & 10:30 pm & 2:30 am
 June 4 - PENTECOST Sunday
                                                                 ** Canadian Blood Donor Services – Mon. May 29
 8:30 For the needs of all the parishioners
                                                                 - 1:00 - 8:00 pm at Optimist Club, 4751 Dorchester Road,
 10:00 Madonna Virgine di Porto – Gioconda Merante
                                                                 Niag. Falls. For information, please call 1-888-236-6283.
        Senese & Pollaria Fanilies – Family
 11:30 Giuseppe Tirabasso – Family                               ** Rosary Night – Tuesday - May 30th at Knights of
        Ralph Tropea – Tony & Nancy Mazzei                       Columbus Hall on North St. at 7:00 pm – A social follows.
23                                                    SUNDAY

 Special Collection                                          Raccolta Speciale
                 Church Refurbishing                                      Rinnovamento in Chiesa
          It is with great regret and a sad heart that I             È con grande rammarico e con cuore triste che
 write the following. In the past 12 months, our             vi comunico quanto segue. Negli ultimi….mesi, la
 church was broken into / robbed three times and             nostra chiesa è stata derubata forzando l’ingresso per
 vandalized once. The perpetrators broke: [1] the            tre volte, ed è stata vandalizzata una volta. I
 door to the kitchen supply room; [2] they broke-in          responsabili hanno danneggiato: [1] la porta della
 through the solid glass block window in the big             cucina dove vi sono i rifornimenti; [2] hanno rotto le
 meeting room; [3] and they broke the offertory box          finestre di vetro doppio nella stanza dei raduni; [3] ed
 of Madonna di Porto. Also, at Easter, the outside           hanno rotto la cassa per offerte alla Madonna di Porto.
 protective glass [4] in front of one of the stained glass   A Pasqua, fu trovato rotto [4] anche il vetro di
 windows was shattered.                                      protezione ad una delle finestre della Chiesa.
          In two of these incidents, the combined                    In due casi, il totale dei soldi che sono stati
 amount of money stolen was so minimal – maybe in            presi era minimo, $ 70.00 dollari al massimo. Ma i
 total less than $ 70.00. On the other hand the damage       danni causati sono molto più costosi: [1] $ 3,820.00 ;
 caused was extensive: [1] $ 3,820.00 ; [2] $ 595.00 ;       [2] $ 595.00 ; [4] $ 886.00 ; [3] ancora da aggiustare.
 [4] $ 886.00 ; [3] box still to be fixed.                           È ora di farla finita !! Dobbiamo per
          I have to say “ENOUGH OF THIS !!”                  questo installare un sistema d’allarme anche per
 We are therefore forced to install a burglar alarm          motivi di assicurazione. Questo costera alla nostra
 system in order to make sure that we do not loose our       parrocchia $ 9,098.00 in piu.
 insurance coverage. This will cost the parish an                    QUESTO NON CAMBIERÀ NIENTE.
 additional $ 9,098.00 .                                             Tutte le attività e devozioni seguiteranno lo
    THIS WILL NOT CHANGE ANYTHING.                           stesso. La differenza sarà che quando non ci sono
          All the activities and devotions will continue     attività nella Chiesa attiveremo l’allarme per
 as usual. The only difference is that, when the             sicurezza.
 building is vacant, we will have some security and                  Costruiremo anche un passaggio al coperto tra
 peace of mind.                                              la Rettoria e la Chiesa ed il resto della Sala
          We are also constructing a covered and closed      Parrocchiale per maggiore sicurezza.
 in walkway connecting the building of the Rectory                   La raccolta speciale della prossima settimana
 with the rest of the Hall and the Church to add further     sarà usata per le spese di questi progetti. La vostra
 security to all of us.                                      generosità sarà grandemente apprezzata. Grazie.
          Next week’s special collection will be used to
 offset some of the expences incurred by this project.           Festa della Madonna di Porto
 Your generosity will be appreciated. Thank you.
                                                                        Domenica – 4 Giugno
 Cash Register Tapes - Canadian Tire Money                        5:00 pm   Messa Solenne
                                                                  6:00 pm   Processione
         Please remember to save all your cash register
 tapes from ** IGA ** & ** ZEHRS **. ‘Commisso’ is                          Benedizione Eucaristica
 no longer honouring the tapes we collect. Also save any         Programma ricreattivo nella Sala Parrocchiale.
 Canadian Tire money. The ladies group saves them and
 returns them to the store for cash to use for charitable      L’ Ora di Guardia - Rosario Perpetuo
 events. Thank you for your efforts.                                  L’ impegno fondamentale di chi aderisce all’
                                                             Associazione del Rosario Perpetuo e` quello di effettuare
     Co ffee Weekend - W e l c om e                          un’ Ora di Guardia (cosi` viene definita) ogni mese, in
          Please come and join us in the parish hall for     onore della Vergine Maria Santissima, recitando e
 coffee and cookies this weekend after the 5:00 Mass on      meditando il Santo Rosario: tutto o in parte, a secondo
 Saturday and on Sunday after each mass, May 27 and 28       della preferenze personal e delle capacita` o meno di
 All are invited to share a time of fellowship and           riflessione di ognuno.       Nella nostra parrocchia
 refreshments. This coffee weekend is sponsored by Irma      continueremo questa devozione con il primo venerdi
 Castrilli in memory of Tony Castrilli                       del mese – 2 Giugno alle ore 8:30 am.