Father Beachey has prepared information for parents regarding First Reconciliation & Communion. Please click the title above to be directed to the First Communion page.

Fr. Beachey will be away from after the Funeral Mass of Mr. McCarthy (Tuesday, October 26) until Friday evening. As well, he will be away the second week of November (Monday to Friday) for the deer hunt. There will be NO weekday Masses these weeks.

New Weekly Online Evangelization Prayer Group, By Pierre-Alain Giffard, Director of Pastoral Work. "Prayer as a means of drawing people to Christ is a primary and essential task. Benedict XVI explains that “people who pray are not wasting their time, even though the situation appears desperate and seems to call for action alone.” (Deus caritas est, # 36). In previous articles, I talked about the importance of prayer, ..." click the title above to be directed to the Diocesan page with more information about this iniative.

R.C.I.A stands for the Rite of Christian initiation of Adults. It is a journey for anyone who is interested in becoming a Catholic and growing in the life as a Christian. It is for someone who has never been baptized, or maybe you have been baptized in another Christian faith and wish to know more about the Catholic faith. Maybe you have been baptized and have not received the other Sacraments for your life’s mission. If any of the above apply to you, we would love to help in your spiritual journey. Want to know more about your Catholic faith? All are welcome to join us in exploring this new quest starting late October. Please contact Deacon Adrien Chaput at 613 732-7933 ext. 206 or dcadrienchaput@pembrokediocese.com.

The Sacrament of Confirmation will be held on Sunday, October 17th at 11 a.m. Mass. (Father will hold an extra Mass for parishioners that day at 8 a.m.)

Please click the title above to be re-directed to the First Communion page of our parish website. A date has been set for First Communion for those children who began preparation last Spring. There is also new information for families who wish to begin preparations for Spring 2022.

By Pierre-Alain Giffard, Director of Pastoral Work: Many missional churches evangelize by inviting people to “accept Jesus as Lord and Saviour” (2 Peter 3:18). They understand evangelism as a proclamation of the Gospel that calls for a response to Christ who urges us to repentance, conversion and discipleship. Those who are evangelized are lead to make a choice, to make an informed decision to receive salvation: “Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in” (Revelation 3:20). Click the title above to read more...

The Diocese has a page devoted to more information regarding residential schools and reconciliation. The page also includes a link to the document recently published by the Archdiocese of Toronto. Click the title above to be redirected to this resource.

As many of you may know, the great project of evangelization of our diocese has been underway under the direction of Bishop Desrochers and the Evangelization Team members. In order for this to become a success, we need your help. The following prayer has been written and adopted by our Evangelization Team, and we ask that you pray this prayer for the success of this project and for the benefit of all the people of our diocese. (Please click on the title above to redirected to the prayer on the Diocesan website.) Prayer cards will be arriving early in autumn in your parishes. God bless, Deacon Adrien Chaput

"Let us pray for the end of the pandemic united in the recitation of the Holy Rosary together with the Shrines around the world." In this Marian month of May, Pope Francis has asked all to pray the Holy Rosary with special intentions to end the pandemic. Shrines around the world will participate with special daily intentions. Click the title above to be re-directed to an article and link to more information. (Including a guide from the Vatican.)

To celebrate the gift of life, this year we would like to present some new parents in the Deep River/Chalk River area with a gift card. If your baby was born between New year's Day and Mother's Day in 2021, you are invited to sign up for the draw. If you know of someone with a new baby please recommend them. See the poster at the back of the church or email us at DRRightToLife@gmail.com for more information.

The weekly bulletin may be found by clicking the button at the top of the HOME page or by browsing under the ABOUT tab at the top of the page.

Share Love, Share Lent & Relaunch of the Development and Peace Diocesan Council. Join us and Bishop Guy Desrochers to explore the Share Love, Share Lent Campaign & relaunch the Development & Peace Pembroke Diocesan Council. Saturday, February 27th, 10 am - 12 pm There will be a toll-free number provided so that those who do not have a computer can join in by phone. Register in advance for this meeting by clicking the title above. To register by phone contact Tara Hurford, 613-738-9644 ext.224.

Click the title above to be re-directed to the latest letter from Bishop Guy Desrochers: "Pope Francis creates a new ecclesial entity called CHARIS".

2020 Income tax receipts have been mailed out. The receipts will be accompanied by a letter and financial statement from Fr. Beachey. Parishioners who have donated to both parishes will find both receipts but only one financial statement (primary parish) in the mailing.

A legitimate option that has not been used much since the move to vernacular in 1970. I will use this option as an extra precaution to avoid any airborne water particles. Please note, this was the direction of prayer for Roman Catholics for 1,970 years.

Sometimes changes to the published Mass schedule are known in advance... sometimes they are not. The weekly bulletin is published on Friday afternoons - the weekly Mass schedule is published both in the bulletin and on the HOME page of the parish website. There are times when things change after the bulletin is published. The parish office is open Wednesday to Friday; NOT Monday or Tuesday. IF you would like to be notified of changes to the Mass schedule (when possible - this is not guaranteed!) then please SEND AN EMAIL to the parish office at olgcdr@gmail.com and ask to be put on the 'mailing list' for "Notifications". Thank you.

Starting January 12th, confessions will be heard every Tuesday in the parish hall beginning at 5:30 PM until there is no one else waiting. You must wait in the church. No more than 10 people may be waiting in the church at one time.

The CWL have put together a not-too-shabby wall calendar, featuring outdoor scenes from the area, with a short scriptural quote. The major feasts of Mary, and the Church are highlighted in the date section. The Calendar is 17” long, and 11” wide, coil bound in the middle. The cost is $20.00. We are hoping this will replace the moneys we can’t make this year with our fall raffle. All the proceeds will go to local charities. These calendars will be sold at weekend Masses, after Friday morning Mass or by calling Deborah Desrochers at (613) 584-2711.

Missals for the new liturgical year are now available at the back of the church.