Mary Mother of God
Roman Catholic Church

Join Halton Alive in touching the hearts of over 6500 residents of long term care and retirement homes through our 2021 Inspire Hope Campaign! Sidewalk Chalking Initiative: Volunteers needed to chalk at 45 locations during June & August! Sign up to draw colourful designs and messages on walkways to bring joy and encouragement to the staff and residents as they go in and out. Includes discussion starters for families, teachers and groups. Sign up at www.haltonalive.ca/inspirehope or contact Tawnya Stanus 905-632-3232

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Everyone is walking these days: for exercise, to visit with a friend… just to get out! Why not walk for Life? Turn your visit with friends into a fundraiser with Halton Alive for pro-life education & initiatives and commemorate the 100,000 lives lost to abortion this past year in Canada. Date: Saturday, May 29th Time: When it’s best for you :) Location: You choose! Build your team, get your T-shirts and walk together. Register: www.haltonalive.ca/w4l

CWl (National) is hosting a webinar on palliative care on Saturday, May 8 from 12:00 to 13:00 hours. The topic is A Practical Discussion about Palliative Care in Canada. The webinar is being held during National Hospice and Palliative Care Week (May 3-9) and is open to everyone (Men and Women). To register online go to www.cwl.ca

Our Knights of Columbus Council is participating in the Ontario State run 50/50 e-Raffle Challenge as one of our fund raising activities. Draw Date: June 30, 2021 Early Bird Draw - April 23, 2021 First draw: $500, Second draw: $250, Third draw: $250 https://ontariokofcraffle.5050central.com/?olc=14446 When buying your tickets, if not already pre-filled, for the "Organization:" please select "Oakville Mary Mother of God 14446

Our parish is in need of volunteers for out tech efforts, ranging from Social Media posts, video editing, running the slides on our screens during Mass or assisting with our livestream Masses. The time commitment can be as little as an hour a month and is perfect for young people who want to serve our parish (volunteer hours would be given). Please contact Debbie Frey at youth.mmogp@bellnet.ca for more info.

Young Adults: Please join a special Zoom discussion with Fr. Greg Merkley. April 21, 2021 at 7:00 pm. Zoom meeting id: 816 3304 8265 Passcode: 665930 Email: catholicswithoutborders@gmail.com

St. Michaels Parish in Oakville is hosting TENEBRAE, an hour of meditating on the passion of Jesus through the senses. Friday March 26th at 8:00 pm. THEY HAVE ALSO ADDED AN ADDTIONAL LITURGY ON GOOD FRIDAY AT 8:00 PM Register online at https://www.stmichael-oakville.org/

Our parish is a polling place for the next election (date TBD). If you are interested in volunteering as a poll worker, please visit: https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=emp&dir=pos&document=index&lang=e