February 3 rd – February 9th DAY TIME LOCATION INTENTION Monday 7:00pm Parish Chapel Betty Harney Tuesday 10:00am Parish Chapel Josephine Brazil Wednesday Memorial – St. Agatha 10:00am Parish Chapel Steven Trickett Thursday Memorial – St. Paul Miki & Companions 7:00pm Parish Chapel Andrew McCarthy Friday 10:00am Parish Chapel Marie Cain Saturday 5:00pm St. Joseph’s Church Our Parish Family Sunday 10:30am St. Joseph’s Church Annie & Thomas McCarthy Bridgett & Patrick Leonard Ministry Schedule Ministry Saturday Sunday Sacristan Sue Jordan Mary Ann Sheehan Altar Servers Aiden Moriarty Fred Dalton Readers Sue Jordan Anne O’Keefe Paul McCarthy Andrea Whyte Collectors Cynthia McCarthy Reg O’Neill Donna Sullivan Paul Collins David Murphy Wayne Hearn Gerald Ryan Brian Delahunty Gift Bearers Fred & Shirley Reynolds Jon & Rose Birkelund Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion Marie McGrath (B) Cyril Moriarty Clarence Jordan Helen Pembroke (B) Bill Dobbin John Coombs Liturgy of the Word with Children February 9 & 16 th Offertory Collection January 26 th -27 th Treasury Monitors Weekly Offering $2619.80 February 10 th SSVP $50.00 Paula O’Neill & Alice Hunt Student Fund $5.00 February 17 th David Murphy & Joan Cleary Christmas Offering $15.00 Initial Offering $50.00 New Years $50.00 Total $2789.80 Received with Appreciation and Thanks “In Memoriam” St. Joseph’s Building Fund St. Joseph’s Building Fund Cemetery Fund Glory and Praise “In Memoriam” Hymnals - Our new hymnals are on the way! We are asking parishioners to sponsor one or more of these hymnals to help defray some of the cost. With your sponsorship, a label in memory of your loved ones will be printed and put on the inside cover of a hymnal with your personal message. The cost per hymnal will be $20. But any donation greater than this would also be most appreciated. At Mass next weekend two people from Parish Council will be available with signup sheets for this purpose. What a wonderful way to honour our past and present most loved parishioners! The Feast of St. Blaise will be celebrated February 8 th - 9 th . Blessing of the Throats will take place immediately following the end of Mass. Ministry Schedules for February are available at the back of the church. Cleaners for February – Bernice Hearn (Captain), Maureen Callahan, Brian & Shirley Delahunty. Baptismal Preparation Course – This Sunday, February 2 nd at 7:30 in the Parish Chapel. February 5 - Memorial of Saint Agatha, Virgin, Martyr - It is alleged that Agatha was sent to a brothel to force her to give up her faith. After she was tortured, the Apostle Peter is supposed to have appeared and cured her. However, as a result of new cruelties, she died in prison the following day. Her intervention was credited with stilling the eruption of Mount Etna the year after her burial. She died during the time of the Decian persecution (249-251) and is considered a patron of miners, alpine guides, and nurses. February 6 - Memorial of Saint Paul Miki And Companions, Martyrs - Paul Miki joined the Jesuits in 1580. On February 6, 1597, he and 25 companions – clergy and lay – died for their faith in Nagasaki, Japan. They were suspended on crosses and killed with spears thrust through the heart. Their persecution was triggered by a nationalist fear of foreigners; for almost the next 200 years, Japan would be closed to the rest of the world. Despite this isolation, the faith survived without any priests and with only the Sacrament of Baptism. Paul Miki and his companions were canonized in 1862.