Author: cmartyr

INTERNATIONAL POTLUCK, SUNDAY, MAY 24 AFTER MASS

The Social Committee of Canadian Martyrs Parish invites you to participate in an international potluck lunch on Sunday, May 24 after the 10am Mass. There will be food, music, dress and decor from around the world, trivia and dance lessons at the upper cafeteria at Immaculata High School! Bring a dish to share and meet friends old and new!

By May 17th:
Sign up to attend on the sheet at the back of the church or click here and tell us what food you will bring to share. Please help us to balance the meal by keeping the overall numbers of appetizers, main courses, side dishes and desserts as even as possible!
Note: There are 3 ovens and 2 refrigerators at the parish centre. Food can be heated or chilled during Mass and carried over to Immaculata after Mass. Crock pots can also be plugged in at Immaculata.
Choose 3-5 songs from your culture (include title and artist) and put them on the song list. You can find the list at the back of the church and online. Your songs will be added to a playlist for the potluck.

On the May 16/17 weekend:
Bring something from your culture that you can lend to help decorate the Immaculata cafeteria for the potluck. Clearly label the object with your name and the culture represented and leave it in the box marked “Potluck decor” at the back of the church before or after Mass.
Possible items include: a textile (flag, scarf, cloth) or object (basket, poster, etc.) Please, nothing valuable, breakable or unsafe. Objects can be picked up on the May 30/31 weekend, after the Masses.

For May 24th:
Food: Make a traditional dish from your culture to share. Please no nuts. Clearly label your dish with a list of the ingredients it contains, and if it needs to be heated or chilled during Mass. Bring it to the parish centre between 9 and 10am on Sunday, May 24. Take it to the Immaculata cafeteria after Mass. Please plan ahead for carrying hot dishes.
Dishware and tableware: Label and bring plates, bowls, cups/mugs and cutlery for your group.
Dress: Wear traditional clothing from your culture.

 

Canadian Martyrs Church is partnering with OMRA Shelter Corp, a Canadian charity that provides time-limited rent subsidies to refugees and asylum seekers.

The program is simple: Once a month, OMRA orders grocery cards from Loblaws/Independent and Metro/ Food Basics, ($50 or $100 cards); Shoppers and Farm Boy ($50 cards only). You purchase the amount of grocery cards you’d like and pay exactly the value of the cards. The stores—not you—give 5% of the total directly to OMRA’s rent subsidy program. Just by participating in this initiative, you are giving a monthly charitable donation when shopping for groceries, without spending anything extra on your groceries.

Every month, we will collect your card orders, you pay for them via interact directly to OMRA, and we will deliver your cards on the second weekend of each month, after the Saturday and Sunday Masses. You can give it a try for a month or two at any time.

If you are willing to try, let Susana Sandoz, your Canadian Martyrs Coordinator, know by sending her an email or calling her at 613 797 2232 with the number of cards you want in your monthly order.  After placing your order, you then send your e-transfer payment to: omrasheltercorp@gmail.com

For more information, contact Susana Sandoz or Maria Rigby from OMRA Shelter Corp. 

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS 2026
If you use a box of donation envelopes for your donations to the church, you are familiar with the special collection envelopes that are scattered through your box. For those who donate by other methods, here is a list of the special collections.

Jan 1/2026 New Year’s Day
Feb 1/2026 Heat
Feb. 15/2026 The Poor and Needy
Feb. 22 2026 Diocesan and Missionary Works
March 22/2026 Share Lent/Dev. And Peace
April 3/2026 Holy Land
April 5/2026 Easter Offering
April 26/2026 Oblate Vocations
May 3/2026 The Poor and Needy
May 17/2026 Pastoral Works of the Holy Father
June 14/2026 Oblate Missions
Sept. 27/2026 Needs of the Canadian Church
Oct. 18/2026 Evangelization of the Nations
Nov. 1/2026 Heat
Nov. 8/2026 Oblate Missions
Dec. 6/2026 Christmas Offering for the Poor
Dec. 25/2026 Christmas Offering

Liturgical calendar Year A 2025-2026