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Special Advent Mass celebrations in The Parish of Good Shepherd: • St. John Bosco – Tuesday, December 9th at 9:30 am with Confession available after mass. • St. Gabriel the Archangel – Monday, December 15th at 11:00 am Healing Mass. • St. John Bosco – Tuesday, December 16th at 11:00 am Healing Mass. • Sacred Heart Cathedral – Tuesday, December 16th - 12-noon mass with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and Confession. • Sacred Heart Cathedral – Tuesday, December 23rd - 12-noon mass with Anointing of the Sick Sacrament. • St. Thomas Aquinas – Wednesday, December 17th – 6:00 pm Healing Mass with Confession available after mass. Healing Mass is a special mass where we receive sacrament of the anointing of the sick providing spiritual and physical healing with the forgiveness of sins. Grace to strengthen the soul and peace and courage to help overcome life’s difficulties in sickness and old age.

2025 Christmas and New Year’s Mass Schedule Christmas Eve – Wednesday – December 24th • 4:00 pm - St. Thomas Aquinas – Campbellton • 4:00 pm - Sacred Heart Cathedral – Bathurst • 4:00 pm - St. Gabriel the Archangel – Belledune • 6:00 pm - St. John Bosco – Dalhousie • 6:00 pm - Holy Family – Bathurst Christmas Day – Thursday – December 25th • 10:30 am - St. John the Evangelist – Belledune • 11:00 am - Holy Family – Bathurst New Year’s Eve -Wednesday – December 31st • 4:00 pm - St. Thomas Aquinas – Campbellton • 4:00 pm - Sacred Heart Cathedral – Bathurst • 6:00 pm - St. John the Evangelist – Belledune • 6:00 pm - St. John Bosco – Dalhousie New Year’s Day – Thursday – January 1st •11:00 am - St. Gabriel the Archangel – Belledune •11:00 am - Holy Family – Bathurst

Diocesan Invitation for the 2025 Jubilee Advent: In these days as we are entering a time of vigil, a time of waiting which is Advent, let the Lord teach us Himself the path, as the prophet Isaiah invites us to do, from the First Sunday of Advent. “Come let us go up to the mountain of the Lord!” Let Him teach us his ways, and we will go by His paths. It is good for us to adopt the attitude of vigilance of Jesus himself to his Father in heaven. Prayer occupies a central place in His life. He was nourished by the psalms from an early age, praying them in the synagogue, during his pilgrimages to Jerusalem and with his disciples. To pray the Psalms today is to engage with the official prayer of the Church: The Liturgy of the Hour, also called the Divine Office, Prayer of the Present Time or Breviary. The daily life of the Church is spread throughout the day. She is the source of spiritual and apostolic life for everyone. Four occasions are offered to us for a Celebration of Advent Vespers. They will take place in the Christian communities in our Diocese and will be presided over by our Bishop, Mgr. Michel Proulx 0. Praem. Come and share this experience of a Church in prayer. Join us on each Sunday of Advent at 3:00 pm at the following Churches throughout the season of Advent: November 30th at St. Michael’s Church in Inkerman (French) December 7th at St. John Bosco Church in Dalhousie (English) December 14th at St. Isidore’s Church in Saint Isidore (French) December 21st at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Bathurst (French)

Class will be every Friday at 10:00 am.

Marian prayers are Catholic prayers that invoke the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, often asking for her help or offering her praise. Join us on Thursday, November 27th at 6:00 pm at Sacred Heart Cathedral.

Next class to be announced

•Catechism Class: Our next class will be on Sunday, December 14th at Holy Family Church in Bathurst at 2:00 pm.

Sacred Heart Cathedral – St. Frère Andrè Parish Office: Please note that the Parish Office has moved to 645 Murray Avenue adjacent to the Diocese office. Please use the Mgr. Godin door. The telephone number has not changed. Office hours are Monday to Thursday from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. The office is closed on Friday.

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We ask you invite your family, friends, and to share with your Facebook Groups. This special Memorial Mass for Pope Francis to be presided by Father Keith Goldrup this Saturday, April 26th at 1:30 PM at Holy Family Church in Bathurst. All are most welcome.