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~ THE COMMEMORATION OF ALL THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED ~

All Souls’ Day

November 1 and 2, 2025​

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Saturday          - Haliburton         4:30 pm         Deceased Members of the Catholic Women’s League

                                                                               - St. Anthony’s Catholic Women’s League

 

Sunday            - Bancroft             8:30 am        Souls of all the Faithful departed 

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

 

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

 

Monday           - Bancroft             9:00 am           Keith and Joyce O’Shaughnessy

 

Tuesday           - Bancroft             9:00 am           Memorial of St. Charles Borromeo

                                                                                  Carl and Ursula Anderson – Their Estate

 

Wednesday     - Haliburton         8:30 am           Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

                                                        9:00 am            Rosary

                                                        9:30 am            Corrinne Messner – David and Peggy Flowers

 

Thursday          - Bancroft            9:00 am            Dave McGarry – Mary Lynn McGarry and Family

 

First Friday       - Bancroft          8:30 am           Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

                                                        9:00 am           Rosary

                                                        9:30 am            Special Intentions of Alex Kruczkowski                                                                                                                                         – Andrew and Marzenna Kruczkowski

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~ FEAST OF THE DEDICATION OF THE LATERAN BASILICA ~

November 8 and 9, 2025

  

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

 

Sunday              - Bancroft            10:00 am       Mike Kelly – Mona Kelly and Family

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THE COMMEMORATION OF ALL THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED:   The Church, after rejoicing yesterday with those of her children who have entered the glory of heaven, today prays for all those who, in the purifying suffering of Purgatory await the day when they will be joined to the company of saints. At no place in the liturgy is stated in more striking fashion the mysterious union between the Church triumphant, the Church militant and the Church suffering; at no time is there accomplished in clearer fashion the twofold duty of charity and justice deriving for every Christian from the fact of his incorporation in the mystical Body of Christ. By virtue of the consoling doctrine of the communion of saints the merits and prayers of each one are able to help all; and the Church is able to join her prayer with that of the saints in heaven and supply what is wanting to the souls in Purgatory by means of the Mass, indulgences and the alms and sacrifices of her children.

 

The celebration of Mass, the sacrifice of Calvary continued on our altars, has ever been for the Church the principal means of fulfilling towards the dead the great commandment of charity. Masses for the dead are found in the fifth century. But it was St. Odilo, fourth abbot of Cluny, who was responsible for the institution of the general commemoration of all the faithful departed; he instituted it and fixed its celebration on November 2, the day after All Saints. The practice spread to the rest of Christendom.

 

Daily in a special Memento in the Canon of the Mass, at which the priest remembers all those who have fallen asleep in the Lord, the priest implores God to grant them a place of happiness, light and peace. Thus there is no Mass in which the Church does not pray for the faithful departed; but today her thoughts are directed towards them in a particular fashion, with the maternal preoccupation of leaving no soul in Purgatory without spiritual aid and of grouping them all together in her intercession. By a privilege that Benedict XV's decree has extended to the whole world every priest can today celebrate three Masses; for the liberation of the souls in Purgatory the Church multiplies the offering of the sacrifice of Christ, from which she draws forever on behalf of all her children, infinite fruits of redemption.

 

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RED WEDNESDAY 2025

 

Red Wednesday 2025 is on WEDNESDAY,  NOVEMBER 19, 2025, and is an international initiative by Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) to raise awareness about the persecution of Christians worldwide.

The day involves symbolic actions like illuminating buildings in red and encouraging participation in Masses and prayer vigils to show solidarity with those suffering for their faith. 

 

MORE INFORMATION TO FOLLOW

 

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SAMARITAN’S PURSE

Operation Christmas Child, is now underway.  Shoe boxes will be available at the back of the church starting this Sunday, November 2nd, until they are all gone.  Canadian boxes will go to receiving countries in West Africa, Latin America and our new Islands Cape Verde and a restricted access nation in Latin America.  In 2024, Canada packed a record breaking 436,290 shoe boxes out of over 11 million packed worldwide.  Let's provide hope and love to even more children.    

 If you have any questions, please contact Kathy Pires at 613-334-2739 or see her, or Kathy Tripp, after Mass.  

Deadline will be Sunday, November 16th

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