February 12, 2021 - Effective Immediately All Churches in the Diocese of Grand Falls will close to the public

CURRENT ANNOUNCEMENTS:

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• A WORD FROM BISHOP DANIELS:

• A couple of years ago, Bishop Daniels prepared a series of discussions on the importance of and the role of Baptism in our lives as followers of Jesus.  The reason for this series was to draw the attention of all parishioners to the need to move our baptismal font from its relative obscurity, hidden away behind the bars of the baptistry, to a place of prominence in the church:  at the main entrance of the Cathedral.  The main reason for moving the baptismal font is that, in this new location, will be reminded every time we enter the Cathedral, that we have been baptized in Christ and what an awesome and powerful thing that is.
• On our Lenten journey toward the promise of the death and resurrection of Jesus, we will republish these reflections here (4 in total, a new one added every week).  We hope that they will help you on your journey to the cross.

• 1. Baptism:  Immersion into the Life, Death and Resurrection of Jesus

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• PARISH BULLETIN

• Parish bulletins is available from just the Cathedral this week.  At this time they are only being offered in e-format. You can find them here:

• Cathedral Bulletin - 2nd Sunday of Lent - February 28, 2021

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• 2020 INCOME TAX RECEIPTS

• The 2020 Income Tax Receipts are now available for pick up at the Parish Office. Please call the office and contactless pick-up will be arranged.
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• LENTEN CALENDAR

• Ordinarily, these are distributed in the bulletin of the week preceding Ash Wednesday.  Since this was not an option this year, we provide the Lenten calendar here.  Please feel free to refer to it often, or print it a post it somewhere you will see it every day:

• Lenten Family Calendar

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• STATIONS OF THE CROSS

• We will be praying the Stations of the Cross either before or after our daily masses throughout Lent.  The schedule  can be found near the bottom of this page.
• These are the scripts for the Way of the Cross used in both parishes:

• Cathedral - Stations of the Cross

• St. Joseph's - Stations of the Cross

• Feel free to download them and pray along with us,
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• DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE

• Share Love, Share Lent: Strengthening vulnerable communities.
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• Did you know that Development and Peace supports a school for peasant filmmakers in Colombia?
• This week in the Share Love, Share Lent campaign, discover the creative ways in which we assist communities in speaking for and taking charge of their own development.
• In keeping with the Catholic Social Teaching principle of participation, let your Lenten journey make a difference in the world. Learn about our work and consider giving to help sustain it.
• Discern and donate at devp.org/lent.
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• KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS

• The NL District of the 4th Degree is planning a Virtual Fourth Degree Exemplification for Saturday, March 20, 2021 at 10:00 am using the application GoToMeeting. Any Third Degree member in good standing is eligible for membership in the Fourth Degree. Please consider joining the Fourth Degree now. Please contact your local Knights of Columbus Council, or the Faithful Navigator or Faithful Comptroller of your local Fourth Degree Assembly for further information.
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• Notre Dame Council 2053 have Moose Patties for Sale $1.00 each, please contact Dave Barker. The council is also selling a 50/50 lottery ticket for $25.00
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• DIOCESAN ARCHIVES

• If you have any photos, school yearbooks or articles concerning the parish and Catholic schools in Badger, Grand Falls-Windsor, Bishop’s Falls area and are willing to donate or lend these items to be scanned, please contact Denise Howse at 489-4019.
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• OFFERING ENVELOPES:

• Any parishioner still in need of a box of offering envelopes can pick one up at the Parish Office.  If you are using e-transfer you should still pick up a box of envelopes so that you get a donation number for this year - it really helps with our accounting.  Call the Parish Office to arrange for contactless pick-up.
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• INTERAC E-TRANSFER NOW AVAILABLE FOR YOUR DONATIONS:

• Interac e-Transfer is a simple, convenient, and secure way to send and receive money directly from one bank account to another. All you need is access to online or mobile banking through a participating financial institution, and you can send money to Immaculate Conception Cathedral Parish — without sharing any personal financial information. It's a great alternative to cheques and cash.
• To give using Interac e-Transfer please use this email address to send your donation to The Cathedral:  iccp@bellaliant.com
• For the time being, you will need to use a question and answer for the secretary to accept your funds transfer.  We suggest: “What was the occupation of St. Joseph?” The secretary knows the answer is carpenter.
• If you choose a different question, please email the parish secretary the answer to iccp@bellaliant.com. It would also be most helpful, for accounting purposes, if you indicated your envelope number in the comments section of the transfer or in the email indicating the answer to your question.
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