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~ THE FEAST OF THE EXALTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS ~

September 13 and 14, 2025​

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Saturday        - Haliburton        4:30 pm    Mary Pearsell – Barry Schroeder

 

Sunday          - Bancroft            10:00 am    Missa Pro Populo – Mass for the People

 

 

* PLEASE NOTE THAT THE ROSARY IS PRAYED BEFORE MASS AT 8:30 AM *

 

 

Monday           - Bancroft                    9:00 am           Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows

                                                                                        For the Poor

 

Tuesday           - Bancroft                    9:00 am          Memorial of St. Cornelius and St. Cyprian

                                                                                        Souls in Purgatory

 

Wednesday     - Haliburton                9:00 am          Irene Houtby – Barb and Jim Perog

                                                             

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Thursday         - Bancroft                    8:30 am           Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

                                                               9:00 am           Rosary

                                                               9:30 am           Beno Luna – His estate

           

Friday              - Bancroft                     9:00 am           Leonilda and Peter Grolman – Their estate

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~ TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME ~      

September 20 and 21, 2025

  

Saturday          - Haliburton             4:30 pm       Missa Pro Populo – Mass for the People     

 

Sunday            - Bancroft                 10:00 am       Jackie Williams – Rita Irwin

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FEAST OF THE EXALTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS: Early in the fourth century, St. Helena, mother of the Roman Emperor Constantine, went to Jerusalem in search of the holy places of Christ’s life.  She razed the second-century Temple of Aphrodite, which tradition held was built over the Savior’s tomb, and her son built the Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher on that spot.  During the excavation, workers found three crosses.  Legend has it that the one on which Jesus died was identified when its touch healed a dying woman. 

The cross immediately became an object of veneration.  At a Good Friday celebration in Jerusalem toward the end of the fourth century, according to an eyewitness, the wood was taken out of its silver container and placed on a table together with the inscription Pilate ordered placed above Jesus’ head:  Then “all the people pass through one by one; all of them bow down, touching the cross and the inscription, first with their foreheads, then with their eyes; and, after kissing the cross, they move on.”

To this day, the Eastern Churches, Catholic and Orthodox alike, celebrate the Exaltation of the Holy Cross on the September anniversary of the basilica’s dedication.  The feast entered the Western calendar in the seventh century after Emperor Heraclius recovered the cross from the Persians, who had carried it off in 614, 15 years earlier.  According to the story, the emperor intended to carry the cross back into Jerusalem himself, but was unable to move forward until he took off his imperial garb and became a barefoot pilgrim.

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ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA

ONLINE BIBLE STUDY

 

Starting Sept 23, for 10 weeks, there will be a group of people meeting on zoom each Tuesday at 7 pm to reflect on the Sunday Gospel of the lectionary.  It is led by Jean Schlicklin-Tyler, MTS with full participation of the group with active dialogue and prayer as we reflect on the Holy Spirit working in our lives. The process is the five steps for Lectio Divina,  used by desert ancestors, and Ignatian Contemplation of scripture. 

Contact Jean by phone 705-457-2214 or email: jmstyler56@gmail.com  to get the link.

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LIVING ROSARY AT

ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA

 

Everyone is welcome to the 

Living Rosary on

Saturday, October 4th, 2025 at 3:15 p.m.

Please sign the sheet at the entrance to the Church, before September 27, 2025.  

This is a special event to honour Mary our Mother, in this Jubilee Year of Hope.

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Please join us in congratulating

 

KENDRICK AND MICHELLE ENUGHU

 

On making their First Holy Communion last weekend!

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