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SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
July 26 and 27, 2025​
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Saturday - Haliburton 4:30 pm Missa Pro Populo – Mass for the People
Sunday - Bancroft 10:00 am Jerzy Kruczkowski – Andrew and Marzenna Kruczkowski
*** PLEASE NOTE THAT THE ROSARY IS PRAYED BEFORE MASS AT 8:30 AM ***
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Monday - Bancroft 9:00 am Special Intentions of Daughters of St. Mary of Leuca
Tuesday - Bancroft 9:00 am Memorial of Sts. Martha, Mary and Lazarus
Special Intentions of John and Larry Burcher – Pauline Burcher
Wednesday - Haliburton 8:30 am Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
9:00 am Rosary
9:30 am Anita Hamilton – Maria, Claire and James
Thursday - Bancroft 9:00 am Memorial of St. Ignatius of Loyola
Special Intentions of Drew Dawson – John and Maria Dawson
First Friday - Bancroft Memorial of St. Alphonsus Liguori
8:30 am Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
9:00 am Rosary
9:30 am Souls in Purgatory
First Saturday - Bancroft 9:00 am Special Intentions of Andrew and Marzenna
Kruczkowski on their wedding anniversary
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~ EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME~
August 2 and 3, 2025​
Saturday - Haliburton 4:30 pm Deceased Members of the Catholic Women’s League - CWL
Sunday - Haliburton 8:00 am Missa Pro Populo – Mass for the People
- Bancroft 10:15 am Julian Marzec – Danuta Wijas
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THE SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME: The Gospel is from St. Luke, 11:1-13 in which we hear Luke's rendition of the "Our Father" and Jesus' teaching on prayer.
The Our Father is certainly the most sublime formula possible and contains the whole essence of the most elevated mental prayer. However, Jesus gave it as a formula for vocal prayer: " When you pray, say. . . " (ibid. 11:2). This is enough to make us understand the value and importance of vocal prayer, which is within the reach of everyone even children, the uneducated, the sick, the weary.... But we must realize that vocal prayer does not consist only in the repetition of a certain formula. If this were true, we should have a recitation but not a prayer, for prayer always requires a movement, an elevation of the soul toward God. In this sense, Jesus instructed His disciples: "When thou shalt pray, enter into thy chamber, and having shut the door, pray to thy Father in secret.... And when you are praying, speak not much as the heathens" (Mt 6:6-7). It is interesting to note that in St. Matthew these prescriptions concerning the exterior and interior dispositions necessary for well-made prayer immediately precede the teaching of the Our Father.
Therefore, in order that our vocal prayer be real prayer, we must first recollect ourselves in the presence of God, approach Him, and make contact with Him. Only when we have such dispositions will the words we pronounce with our lips express our interior devotion and be able to sustain and nourish it. Unfortunately, inclined as we are to grasp the material part of things instead of the spiritual, it is only too easy in our vocal prayer to content ourselves with a mechanical recitation, without taking care to direct our heart to God; hence we should always be vigilant and alert. Vocal prayer made only by the lips dissipates and wearies the soul instead of recollecting it in God; it cannot be said that this is a means of uniting us more closely to Him.
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—Divine Intimacy Fr. Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalen, O.C.D
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ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA
‘Cook’s Night Out'
Raffle
Buy your Raffle Tickets for a chance to win an ITALIAN DINNER FOR SIX!
You will be able to:
Choose from four (4) different entrees,
Two types of salads and
Tiramisu for dessert.
The raffle will run from now until the end of the summer. So buy your tickets now!! Tickets will be available to purchase after Mass. The draw will be held over the Labour Day weekend. There will be flyers handed out to everyone who purchases tickets with all the information regarding menu options, winner details, delivery options etc. Don’t miss out on your chance for a wonderfully delicious home cooked Italian Dinner for your family and/or friends!
Thank you for all your support for St. Anthony’s.
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OUR LADY OF MERCY CHURCH
196 Bridge St. PO Box 879
Bancroft, ON K0L 1C0
ST ANTHONY OF PADUA MISSION
27 Victoria St. PO Box 1200
Haliburton, ON K0M 1S0

ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA
SANCTUARY LAMP:
For the week commencing
Sunday, July 27th – Aug. 2nd:
In loving memory of Anita Hamilton
- Maria, Claire and James.
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OUR LADY OF MERCY
SANCTUARY LAMP:
For the week commencing
Sunday, July 27th – Aug. 2nd:
Special Intentions of
John and Larry Burcher
- Pauline Burcher
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WELCOME SUMMER VISITORS!
We’re delighted to welcome all visitors and vacationers joining us this summer! Whether you’re in town for a few days or the whole season, we’re happy you’ve joined us. We hope you feel at home in our parishes and enjoy your time in our area!
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MORE WAYS TO DONATE!


PRAYER CORNER
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Maximillian Sullivan and the Sullivan Family, Evan and Gary Wheeler, Judy,
Kathy Edwards, Katherine Flowers, BroniaWijas, Matt and Kate Flowers, Alverna Ross, Paul Lee, Lori Best, Samantha Spencer,
Bill O’Shaughnessy, Anne Carr,
Silas Agina, Bruce Lance,
Rita Stock, Richard Wheeler, Anita Neuman,
Helen Curran, niece of Pauline Burcher,
Julian Joseph Forget, Kathy Willerding,
Thomas Smallwood, Hannah Neveu-Geene,
Mary Hall, Gladys Roberts, Carol Gaboury,
A.S. Crean, Shirley Grimshaw, Corrinne Messner,
Gerald Diamond, Brian Dunn,
Barb Perog, Sandra Wheeler, Rita Callaghan,
Stacie Burnett, Gina Mazara,
Reuben Maughan, Anthony, Dennis Purcell,
Joan Colligan.
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ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA
BAKE SALE!!
St. Anthony’s Fun’raising Committee will be hosting a Bake Sale
over the Civic Holiday Long weekend, August 2 & 3,
following both Masses.
Please visit the Hall after Mass and peruse the many delicious treats available for purchase.
Thank you for all your wonderful and generous support for St. Anthony’s.
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ST. ANTHONY’S
FUN’RAISING COMMITTEE
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
Please join us on Saturday, July 26th after Mass, for our ICE CREAM SOCIAL!!
As a thank you to all our parishioners for your wonderful and generous support through all of our fundraising events, we will be serving three different flavours of Kawartha Dairy Ice Cream in your choice of either a cone or a bowl.
We hope you will all stay and enjoy a
delicious treat on us!
Thank you and God bless.
