Lenten Parish Schedule
All Masses are currently held at
St. John the Baptist Church, Port Severn
16 Port Severn Rd North
beside Hwy 400- Honey Harbour Rd. exit
Weekend Masses
Saturday 5pm & Sunday 9 am
Weekday Masses
Thursday and Friday 12:10pm
Confessions
Fridays 10:30am-11:20pm
Saturdays 4:15pm - 4:45pm
Lenten Holy Hour - Fridays 10:30am-11:30am
Stations of the Cross – Fridays at 11:30am
Friday Faith Study – 1pm- 2:30pm
Our Lady of Mercy Church - Honey Harbour
Reopens on the long weekend in May 2025
Our Lady of Mercy Parish Office
P.O. Box 126
2596 Honey Harbor
Honey Harbour, ON P0E 1E0
Phone - 705 756-2311
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.ladyofmercyhoneyharbour.ca
Our Parish Bulletin
3rd Sunday of Lent, March 23, 2025
A Parish Meeting with Our Bishop
On Sunday, March 30, Bishop Daniel Miehm, Bishop of Peterborough, will be presiding
at the 9 am Sunday Mass and will be speaking to us after Mass-10am about future plans in our part of the Diocese and our Parish.
I encourage as many parishioners as possible to attend this important parish meeting.
Thank you, Fr. Charles
Parish Masses & Schedule
3rd Sunday of Lent
Saturday, March 22, 5pm - For the repose of the souls of
Joe and Florence Cadeau by Don Cadeau.
Sunday, March 23, 9am –- For the repose of the soul of Mark Vessair
by Hilda Mary Rose and family.
Weekday Masses
No Mass on Thursday, March 27
Friday, March 28, 12:10pm
Holy Hour/Confessions – Friday, March 28, 10:30am-11:30am
Way of the Cross – Friday, March 28, 11:30am- 12pm
Friday Faith Study – Understanding the Mass! – Friday, March 28, 1-2:30pm
4th Sunday of Lent
Saturday, March 29, 5pm - For the repose of the souls of Wilbert and Mary Cascanette by Don Cadeau.
Sunday, March 30, 9am – For the repose of the soul of Martin Quenneville
by Bev and family.
Sunday, March 30, 10 am - Parish Meeting with Bishop Miehm
Lenten Confessions in our Parish - St. John the Baptist Church, Port Severn
Fridays: 10:30- 11:20
Saturdays 4:15pm- 4:45pm
Jubilee Day of Confessions
Saturday, April 5 - 2pm- 4:45pm
The Word of God this Sunday
St. Paul, like Jesus, offers examples from Israel’s history as a “warning to us” not to stray from God’s guidance. God offered every means for coming to new life to the people of Israel; so, too, Jesus offers us every means for coming to new and fruitful life. In the Gospel the owner of the fig tree only cares about whether the tree bears fruit—he has no regard for the tree and its life. The gardener, on the other hand, cares about the fig tree, sees the life still there, and wants to give it every chance (“I shall cultivate … and fertilize it”) to produce. He understands that as long as there’s life, there’s potential to bear fruit. What wastes away life within us and prevents us from bearing fruit is sin. Repentance, then, means choosing to nurture new life and all the fullness it can bring.
Liturgy notes - The Holy Word of God
After the Penitential Act and (often) the Gloria, our hearts have been opened to hear the holy scriptures. Everything up to this point – our gathering, expressing our unity of heart in singing, being drawn toward to altar by the entrance procession, greeting the priest, acknowledging our unworthiness, and praising God – all these are preparatory acts to make room for the Holy Spirit to dispose our hearts for a particularly intense encounter in the Mass: hearing the holy Word of God proclaimed. The Mass has two principal parts: The Liturgy of the Word and the Liturgy of the Eucharist. The Mass is a progression from various preparatory acts to a living encounter with the Word proclaimed, then to a transforming encounter with the divine Word of God in Holy Communion. In theory, we could just walk into church and start with the readings from the holy scriptures. But would we really be at our best without allowing the Holy Spirit to draw us from all the cares and concerns of the world to something beyond our imagining? Without acknowledging our sins, would we be best prepared to hear the challenge to repentance and holiness the scriptures confront us with? The more we can abandon ourselves to the work of the Holy Spirit before we hear the Word of God proclaimed, the greater the impact of the reading of the holy scriptures can be on our hearts. The preparatory rites should foster a hunger to hear the Word. The Liturgy of the Word will lead us further into a sacramental encounter with God in the Liturgy of the Eucharist. These are the two great parts of the Mass, each with profound ways of encountering Christ. The Holy Spirit is very busy working on our hearts at all points, so let us treasure all the moments of encounter given to us in the Mass and seek to enter into all of them more deeply with the Spirit’s assistance. (©Padre Piccolo)
Fr. John Mark Missio - Archdiocese of Toronto
From our Bishop
THINGS ARE GEARING UP FOR THE “NINE SHIPS CELEBRATION” which marks the 200th anniversary of the Peter Robinson Emigration. This was the historic founding of Peterborough and many surrounding communities. We will be doing our part as a Catholic community to contribute to this bicentennial celebration – with historic cemetery tours, the celebration of Mass in the churches of the founding communities and hosting the Heritage Fair and Welcome Center at Bishop Doyle Hall for the main August 1st to 10th festivities. If you visit “Nine Ships” website, you will see that it’s a full program of cultural, historic and religious events to mark this milestone anniversary!
+Bishop Daniel
JOURNEY THROUGH LENT: Bishop Gary Franken of the Diocese of St. Paul, Alberta, offers a weekly reflection on the Scriptures, beginning on Ash Wednesday and continuing on each Sunday of Lent. You may access the videos from the CCCB Utube channel.
“FORMED”- ONLINE CATHOLIC VIDEOS
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3rd Sunday of Lent, March 23, 2025
A Parish Meeting with Our Bishop
On Sunday, March 30, Bishop Daniel Miehm, Bishop of Peterborough, will be presiding
at the 9 am Sunday Mass and will be speaking to us after Mass-10am about future plans in our part of the Diocese and our Parish.
I encourage as many parishioners as possible to attend this important parish meeting.
Thank you, Fr. Charles
Parish Masses & Schedule
3rd Sunday of Lent
Saturday, March 22, 5pm - For the repose of the souls of
Joe and Florence Cadeau by Don Cadeau.
Sunday, March 23, 9am –- For the repose of the soul of Mark Vessair
by Hilda Mary Rose and family.
Weekday Masses
No Mass on Thursday, March 27
Friday, March 28, 12:10pm
Holy Hour/Confessions – Friday, March 28, 10:30am-11:30am
Way of the Cross – Friday, March 28, 11:30am- 12pm
Friday Faith Study – Understanding the Mass! – Friday, March 28, 1-2:30pm
4th Sunday of Lent
Saturday, March 29, 5pm - For the repose of the souls of Wilbert and Mary Cascanette by Don Cadeau.
Sunday, March 30, 9am – For the repose of the soul of Martin Quenneville
by Bev and family.
Sunday, March 30, 10 am - Parish Meeting with Bishop Miehm
Lenten Confessions in our Parish - St. John the Baptist Church, Port Severn
Fridays: 10:30- 11:20
Saturdays 4:15pm- 4:45pm
Jubilee Day of Confessions
Saturday, April 5 - 2pm- 4:45pm
The Word of God this Sunday
St. Paul, like Jesus, offers examples from Israel’s history as a “warning to us” not to stray from God’s guidance. God offered every means for coming to new life to the people of Israel; so, too, Jesus offers us every means for coming to new and fruitful life. In the Gospel the owner of the fig tree only cares about whether the tree bears fruit—he has no regard for the tree and its life. The gardener, on the other hand, cares about the fig tree, sees the life still there, and wants to give it every chance (“I shall cultivate … and fertilize it”) to produce. He understands that as long as there’s life, there’s potential to bear fruit. What wastes away life within us and prevents us from bearing fruit is sin. Repentance, then, means choosing to nurture new life and all the fullness it can bring.
Liturgy notes - The Holy Word of God
After the Penitential Act and (often) the Gloria, our hearts have been opened to hear the holy scriptures. Everything up to this point – our gathering, expressing our unity of heart in singing, being drawn toward to altar by the entrance procession, greeting the priest, acknowledging our unworthiness, and praising God – all these are preparatory acts to make room for the Holy Spirit to dispose our hearts for a particularly intense encounter in the Mass: hearing the holy Word of God proclaimed. The Mass has two principal parts: The Liturgy of the Word and the Liturgy of the Eucharist. The Mass is a progression from various preparatory acts to a living encounter with the Word proclaimed, then to a transforming encounter with the divine Word of God in Holy Communion. In theory, we could just walk into church and start with the readings from the holy scriptures. But would we really be at our best without allowing the Holy Spirit to draw us from all the cares and concerns of the world to something beyond our imagining? Without acknowledging our sins, would we be best prepared to hear the challenge to repentance and holiness the scriptures confront us with? The more we can abandon ourselves to the work of the Holy Spirit before we hear the Word of God proclaimed, the greater the impact of the reading of the holy scriptures can be on our hearts. The preparatory rites should foster a hunger to hear the Word. The Liturgy of the Word will lead us further into a sacramental encounter with God in the Liturgy of the Eucharist. These are the two great parts of the Mass, each with profound ways of encountering Christ. The Holy Spirit is very busy working on our hearts at all points, so let us treasure all the moments of encounter given to us in the Mass and seek to enter into all of them more deeply with the Spirit’s assistance. (©Padre Piccolo)
Fr. John Mark Missio - Archdiocese of Toronto
From our Bishop
THINGS ARE GEARING UP FOR THE “NINE SHIPS CELEBRATION” which marks the 200th anniversary of the Peter Robinson Emigration. This was the historic founding of Peterborough and many surrounding communities. We will be doing our part as a Catholic community to contribute to this bicentennial celebration – with historic cemetery tours, the celebration of Mass in the churches of the founding communities and hosting the Heritage Fair and Welcome Center at Bishop Doyle Hall for the main August 1st to 10th festivities. If you visit “Nine Ships” website, you will see that it’s a full program of cultural, historic and religious events to mark this milestone anniversary!
+Bishop Daniel
JOURNEY THROUGH LENT: Bishop Gary Franken of the Diocese of St. Paul, Alberta, offers a weekly reflection on the Scriptures, beginning on Ash Wednesday and continuing on each Sunday of Lent. You may access the videos from the CCCB Utube channel.
“FORMED”- ONLINE CATHOLIC VIDEOS
To gain access to all of FORMED’s content, follow these simple steps:
1. Go to https://signup.formed.org/
2. Click the "Sign Up" button at the top of the page
3. Select the "Sign up as a parishioner" option.
4. Search for Our Lady of Mercy Parish Honey Harbour, ON and select this parish.
5. Type your name and e-mail. You're now registered!
You will receive a welcome email, which provides you with the option of watching some intro videos that can help you navigate the platform with more ease. Formed can also be viewed/listened to on your smartphone!
E-Transfer
You may send your Offertory/Donations to our parish
in an easier and a more direct way through E-Transfer.
Name: Our Lady of Mercy Parish, Tel: 705-756-2311,
Email: [email protected]
Please Consider Planned Giving Options
Preauthorized Offering Plan (POP) – (You may request a POP Form to fill up from the parish)
Regular Planned Giving annual increase in offertory based on Consumer Price Index (CPI)
Bequests through your last will and testament
Securities – Stocks, Bonds, Mutual Funds, GICs
Life Insurance
You may send your Offertory/Donations to our parish
in an easier and a more direct way through E-Transfer.
Name: Our Lady of Mercy Parish, Tel: 705-756-2311,
Email: [email protected]
Please Consider Planned Giving Options
Preauthorized Offering Plan (POP) – (You may request a POP Form to fill up from the parish)
Regular Planned Giving annual increase in offertory based on Consumer Price Index (CPI)
Bequests through your last will and testament
Securities – Stocks, Bonds, Mutual Funds, GICs
Life Insurance
Pope Francis-Bishop Daniel Miehm-Fr. Charles Orchard
Weekend Masses:
Saturday 5 P.M.
Sunday 9 A.M
Weekday Masses: Wednesday-Friday 12:10pm
(please confirm by reading this weeks' bulletin)
Confessions: Fridays 11:30 - 12pm, Saturdays 4pm - 4:30pm
Weddings & Baptisms: Please Call the office
Weddings & Baptisms: Please Call the office
Masses
Reopens for Sunday Mass on the long weekend in May
Reopens for Sunday Mass on the long weekend in May
Address:
Our Lady of Mercy Parish
P.O. Box 126
2596 Honey Harbour Rd.
Honey Harbour, On P0E1E0
Fr. Charles Orchard - Parish Priest
Telephone: 705-756-2311
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.ladyofmercyhoneyharbour.ca/
Our Lady of Mercy Parish
P.O. Box 126
2596 Honey Harbour Rd.
Honey Harbour, On P0E1E0
Fr. Charles Orchard - Parish Priest
Telephone: 705-756-2311
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.ladyofmercyhoneyharbour.ca/
