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Our Lady of Mercy Church St. Anthony of Padua Mission
196 Bridge Street West, P.O. Box 879 27 Victoria Street, P.O. Box 1200
Bancroft, ON, K0L 1C0 Haliburton, ON K0M 1S0
613-332-2954 Reverend Casmir Muobike SMMM, Parish Priest 705-457-3695
Email: olmbancroft@gmail.com Email: stanthonyhal@bellnet.ca https://olmbancroft.wixsite.com/ourladyofmercy https://stanthonyhal.wixsite.com/stanthonyofpadua
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Office Hours: Office Hours:
Tuesday & Thursday from 9:00 pm to 1:00 pm. Tuesdays from 9:30 am to 4:00 pm
Secretary: Mrs. Kathy Tripp Secretary: Mrs. Catherine Wheeler
Our Lady of Mercy School: 613-332-3300
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FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
May 10 and 11, 2025
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We pray for VANESSA CLAIRE HALL,
Baptized last weekend!
Saturday - Haliburton 4:30 pm Agnes Jane Dulong – Mary Carbone
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 Mass of Thanksgiving for the Election of Pope Leo XIV
Tuesday - Bancroft 9:00 am Special Intentions of Helen and Larry Lynch
Wednesday - Haliburton Feast of St. Matthias, Apostle
8:30 am Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
9:00 am Rosary
9:30 am Special Intentions of Cecilia MacKenzie-Scott – CWL
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- Extendicare 11:00 am Special Intentions of Judy - Anonymous
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Thursday - Bancroft 10:30 am MANOR MASS
Special Intentions of Mary Schutt – Edith Doney
Friday - Bancroft 9:00 am SCHOOL MASS
Pat Flagler – OLM Staff and Students
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FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
May 17 and 18, 2025
Saturday - Haliburton 4:30 pm Gabrielle Gervais – Monica Brown
Sunday - Haliburton 8:00 am Missa Pro Populo – Mass for the People
- Bancroft 10:15 am Steve Tripp – Kathy Tripp
PRAYER CORNER
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, Irene Houtby, Samantha Spencer,
Bill O’Shaughnessy, Anne Carr,
Victor Umeohanna, 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-Greene,
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.
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PREGNANCY CARE AND FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER
The Pregnancy Care and Family Support Center is once again running their baby bottle drive beginning this Mother’s Day weekend. Please take home a baby bottle to fill with donations and return it by Father’s Day weekend. You can also visit www.haliburtonpregnancycentre.ca for other ways to donate. All donations go back into the community to help women and families. Thank you for all your support.
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ST. ANTHONY’S
FUN’RAISING COMMITTEE
Our first FUNDRAISING event of the year is coming up on the
Victoria Day long weekend,
May 17 & 18.
We will be hosting a Bake Sale at both Masses. We are looking for any volunteers to help us fill our tables with delicious goodies, treats and delicacies. All your help is always so GREATLY appreciated! We couldn't do it without your generous support. Thank you.
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ST. ANTHONY’S MISSION
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Sunday Mass Attendance: 41
ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA
SANCTUARY LAMP
For the week commencing
Sunday, May 11th – May 17th:
Special Intentions of all
Mother’s of St. Anthony’s Parish.
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OUR LADY OF MERCY CHURCH
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Sunday Mass Attendance: 118
OUR LADY OF MERCY
SANCTUARY LAMP
For the week commencing
Sunday, May 11th – May 17th:
Special Intentions of
Stan and Debbie - Rita Irwin
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YOU ARE INVITED TO A
“LIFE IN THE SPIRIT SEMINAR”
St. Lawrence O’Toole Church in Barry’s Bay is hosting this Seminar commencing at
7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
On
THURSDAY EVENINGS
May 15th through to June 26th.
To register or for more information, please contact Greg or Mary Doyle at 613-756-6643.
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THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER: We are a precious gift the Father has confided to Jesus. Thine they were: to me Thou gavest them. All that the Father gives me will come to me; and him that comes to me I will not cast out. This is the Father's will, that I should not lose one of these precious ones He has given to me. This charge which the Father has given me is more precious than anything whatsoever.
Jesus sees his own raison d'etre as that of doing the will of the Father, and the will of the Father is precisely that He should care for each one of us and give us eternal life.
All that Jesus is is precisely for me. His care of me never slackens.
"The Lord is my shepherd, I can want for nothing." If I really believed this, how different my life would be! I would never willingly jib at what happens to me since I would see everything as at least permitted by Him, knowing He will make everything turn to my good. I would stop trying to run my own life, preventing this or that…I would cease to care for the judgements of others, whether they like me or not, whether they think well or ill of me. I would cease wanting to feel sure about everything, above all about my spiritual life: anxious, fearful, discouraged, plagued by guilt feelings… If my faith in the unfailing tender care of my Shepherd is real, how could I allow such self-occupation?
The Shepherd psalm is one Jesus must have prayed a thousand and more times to His Father. "The Lord carried you, as a man carries his child, all along the road you travelled"…at this hour you were led to the cross. Where are the nice green pastures on that stony and painful way? Were the still waters in His burning thirst? Did He feel His head and body were being washed and anointed with oil when the crown of thorns was pressing against His temples?
"He leads me along the right path: he is true to his name…Surely goodness and kindness shall follow me all the days of my life."
Had Jesus not held firmly to this certainty, that whatever it seemed or felt like this was the truth, the real nature of things, then we would not have been redeemed. His faith would have failed. But as it proved, His faith remained steadfast and triumphed.
The Good Shepherd is risen. He who laid down His life for the sheep, who died for His flock. He is risen. Alleluia!
—Ruth Burrows, Through Him, With Him, In Him
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PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS TO THE PRIESTHOOD
God our Father, From eternity You appointed Your only begotten Son
to be the High Priest of the human race.
Pour forth, we beseech You, Your Holy Spirit upon our families,
that vocations to the priesthood may be multiplied.
Lord Jesus, give us holy priests: To offer up the sacrifice of the Mass;
To lead the little ones to You; To strengthen the faith of believers;
To preach the Gospel to all peoples; To bring forgiveness to sinners;
To feed souls the Bread of Life; To comfort the suffering & dying, and
To spread Your Kingdom in our midst.
Mary, Mother of our High Priest, pray for us and obtain for us an increase of holy priests.
Amen
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HAPPY MOTHERS’ DAY!!!
"Heavenly Father, we thank you for the gift of motherhood,
we thank you for the gift of life.
Lord God, I present all mothers before you,
give them grace and favor as they help raise their children into adults.
Give them wisdom, knowledge, and understanding,
lead them by your Holy Spirit."
Amen.