SEPTEMBER 2006

PARISH FAMILY NEWS:

WEDDINGS:

Jodi Passmore married Tyler Roberts on September 9th at St. James Church.

Heather MacLeod & Bill Oliphant were married on Sat. Sept. 30th at St. Georges Church, Guelph, Ontario.

DEATHS:

Lois Thompson (nee Perks) died on June 3, 2006 and her memorial service took place at St. James on September 9th.

Barbara Stimpson (nee Devonshire) died on September 22nd and her ashes were buried at St. James on Sept. 26th.

DROP IN PLAY CENTRE: Tuesday mornings 9:30 am to 11:00 am

At St. Mary’s Parish Hall (273 Main Road). Caregivers and tots 0-5 years. Come and meet new friends while your children play. No registration fees. For more information call Georgia and Allan 450-458-5471. All Welcome!

UPCOMING EVENTS

ST. JAMES CHURCH WOMEN FALL GENERAL MEETING:

Thursday, October 12th, 7:30 pm small hall.

A short business meeting will be followed by a presentation by Alain Spitzer and Anne-Marie Beaulieu, Director and Art-Coordinator respectively, from the St. James Drop-In Centre, downtown. This Centre addresses the many needs of men and women whose daily life is effected by homlessness, mental illness, substance abuse, personality disorders or intellectual handicap. You may remember the summer art show coordinated by Hudsonite, Wendy Zubis, held here at St. James where work done by members from the art group of the Centre were displayed.

Please come and hear more about this interesting program and worthwhile work carried out at the Centre.

Yummy refreshments will be served! EVERYONE WELCOME!!!!!!

ANNUAL PARISH SUPPER: Friday October 27th, 6:30 pm sherry, dinner 7:00 pm.
Tickets available($10) at the parish office
or reserve by calling Barbara at the office 450-458-5897.

CONFIRMATION:

Anyone who will be at least 13 by November is welcome to join the classes which will start at the end of October. Please call Fr John at 458-5372.

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD:

Once again the St. James Church Women are sponsoring this worthwhile project. (Last year we collected 102 boxes, let’s beat that number this year). Shoe boxes will be available in the small hall at St. James and at St. Mary’s Church or you may use your own. (other suggestions are a back pack, large Tupperware container or small tool box).

Shoe boxes should be filled with simple, inexpensive gifts that will be useful and fun for children in Guinea, Ivory Coast, Haiti and Senegal. Ideas: toothpaste, toothbrush, soap, washcloth, small towel, comb, brush, pencils, sharpener, erasers, small stuffed toys, balls, puzzles, toy jewellery, hairclips, stickers, hard candy, note pads, baseball caps, t-shirts, socks.

Once filled they can be wrapped in Christmas paper (lid separately so that content can be checked) with label on top for “boy” or “girl” and marked for age group 2-4, 5-9 or 10-14 and dropped off in the small hall at St. James by Sunday November 12th.

Also a cheque for $5 payable to Samaritan’s Purse should be included in an envelope on top of the gifts inside the shoe box, placing a rubber band around the box and lid.

For more information contact Linda Cobbett 458-5100. Please nothing breakable, or used and no gum chocolate type candy that will melt.

PASTORAL COMMITTEE: “Prayer, Pasta & Peace be With You”
Sunday, November 19th at 4:30 pm at St. Mary’s Hall. Everyone welcome!

NEW WEBSITE FOR DIOCESE:

A new website has been set up for communications within the diocese. Check it out.
http://www.montreal.anglican.ca/pc/

PULSE” CONTACT INFORMATION: The Parish Pulse Editorial Team is actively looking for your articles. Please feel free to contact any of them with your ideas or suggestions for an article. (Patti Ann Gannon, 613-674-1376, pattiann@sympatico.ca; Paul Brierley, 450-458-1750, paul.brierley@future.ca; Wilf Hall, 450-458-7913, wghall@sympatico.ca). The deadline for the next issue is Wednesday, October 18th, 2006. The publication will be Friday, October 27th, 2006.

Submissions should be directed to Patti Ann Gannon through: pattiann@sympatico.ca, parishvaudreuil@ca.inter.net, drop off at the Parish Office, fax to the Parish Office at 450-458-8802, or mail to The Parish of Vaudreuil, 642 Main Road, Hudson Heights, Quebec, J0P 1J0.

WEB LINKS RECOMMENDED BY THE EDITORS:
http://www.montreal.anglican.org
http://www.alphacanada.org
http://www.podm.net
www.parishofvaudreuil.com