Holy Redeemer Parish Kanata
44 Rothesay Drive K2L 2X1 Kanata, ON, Canada

Heart of Worship - November 2020

Please take a moment to view the guidelines for wearing masks during mass: http://www.holyredeemer.ca//Sample%20Policy%20%20-%20Requi Please read our mass instructions found here: http://www.holyredeemer.ca/u/Guidelines_on_Reopening_HR.pdf Registration page: ... http://holyredeemer.ca/index.cfm See more

Youth Group this Friday, November 20 THE ROCK (grade 6-8) 6:30-8:00 p.m. J.A.M. (grade 9-12) 8:15-9:45 THEME: ‘Outta This WORLD!’ Night Contact Cathy Koss for the ZOOM code: [email protected]

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In order to have a culture of healthy teamwork, all activities in our Parish should be oriented towards the work of proclaiming Jesus. It is the Church's deepest identity! It is why she exists. We are not a social club or a service institution. If you lead or are a part of a ministry in the parish, ask the question, how does this ministry contribute to the task of proclaiming Jesus? Does this ministry reach out to people with the Gospel message? How can this ministry better orient itself towards that goal? We will truly be united as a parish when we all are working towards the same mission and the same goal!

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Our speaker for this month’s Heart of Worship is Fr. Roger Vandenaaker on the topic of Jesus Christ, Our King. Fr. Roger Vandenakker is a founding member and currently the General Superior of the Companions of the Cross, a community of priests founded in Ottawa in 1985. Fr. Roger is a native of Ottawa. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1989. He has served in various ministries: as Spiritual Director of the Ottawa Challenge Movement, as a university chaplain at Carleton Un...iversity and York University in Toronto, as Director of Formation of seminarians in his community, and as a pastor of parishes in Ottawa and Toronto. For several years he was also a cohost of a weekly Catholic television program, Food For Life. Please see the event page for more information. https://www.facebook.com/events/365833911162184

What does having a culture of prayer look like in a parish? An amazing parish will be a place of joyful prayer. People who work or volunteer there will find themselves stopping to pray, often, for the intentions of the work they’re doing. Whether they’re meeting with the pastor to discuss the weekend homily, planning a summer Bible program for young people, or preparing for an RCIA class, they will stop for a moment or a minute or longer to ask God to bless and guide their ef...forts. People in an amazing parish know that God is present, and that His will is paramount. So they will regularly do what Jesus commanded and be persistent in their requests for His guidance and blessing. In sleepy parishes, prayer is seen as a mere formality, and not something that is a constant activity in the daily pursuit of goals and activities. As many of you have already heard, about a year ago, our parish invested in a parish renewal model called The Amazing Parish. The goal of this model is not to implement a program, but implementing a new attitude to how we live and work within the parish. Patrick Lencioni, co- founder, explains below: When people use the word ‘culture’ as it pertains to organizations, it can mean a lot of things. All too often, it is associated with cosmetic and surface-level artifacts like an organization’s furniture and office layout, or even policies around bringing pets to work and wearing casual clothes. For a parish, culture is oftentimes associated with best practices, programs and the Sunday Experience. But that’s not really culture. Culture has to do with how we think, how work gets done and what the day-to-day reality is for people who are present in an organization. When it comes to an amazing parish, there are a few distinct cultural realities that should be apparent to anyone who works or visits that parish. Prayer is the first of three cultures we are trying to build at our Parish. We hope you will join us in this cultural renewal!

God is a loving Father who has created us and called us to be in a relationship of love with him and with one another. http://holyredeemer.ca/bulletins/bulletin-20201025-Oct.pdf

Our speaker for this month's virtual Heart of Worship is Jackie Lavery. Jackie is a wife to Jeff, and mother to five young children. She served 8 years as a missionary with Catholic Christian Outreach, and is passionate about building missionary disciples and leading others to Christ through worship music. She lives her life by the words of St. Paul, All that matters is that Jesus be proclaimed; that is what brings me joy. Join us live this Tuesday at 7pm for a reflection, praise and worship music, and silent adoration. https://www.facebook.com/events/394750281528776?active_tab=about

YOUTH GROUP Friday, October 24 THE ROCK (grade 6-8) 6:30-8:00 p.m. J.A.M. (grade 9-12) 8:15-9:45 p.m. THEME: Mission Possible! ... Contact CathyKoss for the zoom code: [email protected] See more

Holy Redeemer parish will be taking part in the 40 days for life vigil tomorrow Thursday October 22. Come and take support this noble cause. To pray outdoors, please email: [email protected] To view the Guidelines/Statement of Peace please check out our website: https://www.holyredeemer.ca/index.cfm

Yesterday, we celebrated World Mission Sunday. In this video, Fr. Mike gives us some tips on how to evangelize and start the conversation about God with others. In addition, there is a great canadian resource for sharing the Gospel called "the Ultimate Relationship" and is available for purchase here: https://cco.ca/resources/ultimate-relationship/ Instructions on sharing the booklet can be found here: http://www.oviedocatholic.org//the-ultimate-relationship-1

Pope Francis' message for World Mission Sunday 2020: http://www.vatican.va//papa-francesco_20200531_giornata-mi

Our vocation as Christians is to live in union with Jesus Christ. It is only when we are aware of our relationship with Him that we are truly able to accept all that happens to us in faith. This Sunday is World Mission Sunday, a special day in the liturgical year we are invited to think about our call to be missionaries and also to pray for the Church’s missionary activities. Over the past year, our parish has adopted the Amazing Parish model. Following the Amazing Parish mo...del, our parish should be a place of evangelization and discipleship. Currently some key parishioners, such as our ministry heads, are participating in our Three Conversations aimed at building a culture of prayer, active discipleship and of a healthy teamwork in our parish. Rather than looking at this as ‘another’ ministry or program, we should see it as a way of changing the culture of our parish how we think, behave, get work done, etc. Pat Lencioni, co-founder of Amazing Parish, describes an amazing parish as a place where the pastor, his leadership team, the parish staff and even volunteers will regularly talk about their faith and relationship with God, regularly ask one another for assistance in their spiritual journeys, and lovingly challenge one another to grow in their love for Christ and His Church. This is our goal here at Holy Redeemer. I invite all our parishioners to get involved; participating in these conversations is, therefore, one of the great ways to promote evangelization and discipleship in our parish. Fr. Paul

YOUTH GROUP Friday, October 16, 2020, THE ROCK (grade 6-8), 6:30-8:00 p.m. J.A.M. (grade 9-12), 8:15-9:30 p.m. THEME: OctoberFest (A night of Fun, Friendship and Faith!)... Contact Cathy Koss at [email protected] for the zoom code See more