St. Mary’s World Youth Day Pilgrims are collecting beer, wine, and liquor bottles again to help offset the cost of attending the next World Youth Day to see the Pope in Madrid, Spain in 2011.  Rebel’s for Christ Youth will be going door-to-door collection bottles Sunday May 16th from 12-3pm.  Parishioners are also encouraged to drop  their bottles off on the porch of the rectory anytime.  All of the bottles will be returned for a refund at the local beer store and the funds raised will be set aside for St. Mary’s WYD pilgrims who participated in the bottle collection and are attending WYD.

This Sunday March 21 after the 9 am and 11am masses there will be a Pancake and Sausage Brunch Fundraiser. Funds raised will help Send World Youth Day Pilgrims from St. Mary’s Church to Madrid (Spain) to See the Pope in 2011. The Cost of the Brunch is $5/adult and $2 for children 9 and under! There will be pancakes, sausages, coffee, tea, fruit, and more in St. Mary’s School Auditorium, just next door to the St. Mary’s Church!  Please join us for good food and for a great cause!

Half of the money earned by Tip Top Car Care on Saturday March 6 and Saturday March 20 will be donated to RFC World Youth Day Pilgrims who wish to attend the next WYD in Madrid Spain 2011.  WYD pilgrims will be volunteering at Tip Top’s to help clean cars on Sat. from 2:30pm-6pm.  Special thanks to the owner of Tip Top Car Care Aaron Reilly who is making this generous donation.  Tip Top Car Care is located at 88 Lindsay St. South Lindsay (across from the Taco Bell) 705 328-2200 and specializes in interior car cleaning.  This is a great way to donate to send youth to see the pope.  Your car will look great and you will feel great! 

Brad Waggoner (St. Mary’s Youth Coordinator)

St. Mary’s World Youth Day Pilgrims are collecting beer, wine, and liquor bottles again to help offset the cost of attending the next World Youth Day to see the Pope in Madrid, Spain in 2011.  St. Mary’s Youth will be going door-to-door with flyers on Jan. 31st notifying households of the bottle pickup which will take place the following Sunday Feb. 7th from 12-2pm.  Parishioners are also encouraged to drop  their bottles off on the porch of the rectory anytime if they live out of town or will not be home on the Feb. 7th.  All of the bottles will be returned for a refund at the local beer store and the funds raised will be set aside for St. Mary’s WYD pilgrims who participated in the bottle collection and are attending WYD.

           On Sunday January 17th  after the 9 am and 11am masses there will be a Pancake and Sausage Brunch Fundraiser.  Funds raised will help Send World Youth Day Pilgrims from St. Mary’s Church to Madrid (Spain) to See the Pope in 2011.  The Cost of the Brunch is $5/adult and kids are free!  There will be pancakes, sausages, eggs, ham, coffee, tea, muffins, and more in St. Mary’s School Auditorium, just next door to the St. Mary’s Church!  Last time the brunch was so popular that we ran out of sausage, so this time we are buying double the number of sausage!

20 cents for liquor and wine bottles and 10 cents for every beer bottle!

 

 

St. Mary’s World Youth Day Pilgrims are collecting beer, wine, and liquor bottles to help offset the cost of attending the next World Youth Day to see the Pope in Madrid, Spain in 2011.  St. Mary’s Youth will be going door-to-door with flyers this Sunday Dec. 6^th notifying households of the bottle pickup which will take place the following Sunday Dec. 13^th beginning at 10 am.  Parishioners are also encouraged to drop  their bottles off at the rectory if they live out of town or will not be home on the 13th.  All of the bottles will be returned for a refund at the local beer store and the funds raised will be set aside for St. Mary’s WYD pilgrims who participated in the bottle collection.

This Sunday, Nov. 29th, from 11:30am-1pm in St. Mary’s School Auditorium the Youth of St. Mary’s will be waiting tables for the CWL Harvest Luncheon and Tea.  The CWL has generously offered to make a donation to help send St. Mary’s Youth to World Youth Day 2011 to see the Pope in Madrid Spain!

Please come out and support the CWL and St. Mary’s Youth after the 11 am mass this Sunday Nov. 29th.  There will be tea, fresh baked goods, a silent auction, raffle tickets, and more! 

God bless Everyone and hope to see you there!

Brad Waggoner (St. Mary’s Youth Coordinator)

Thank you to all of the parishioners who attended the pancake brunch to support our youth in their goal to attend the next World Youth Day in Spain.  Also, thank you to those parishioners who volunteered their time in the kitchen and elsewhere to help make this event a success.  Through your generous contribution $688 was raised after expenses were paid for.  This means that almost $70 was raised for each of the 11 youth that attended the brunch.  The cost to attend World Youth Day in Madrid Spain in 2011 with the Peterborough Diocese is approximately $3000 per youth.  Thank you again and we promise that next time we will have so many sausages we won’t know what to do with them!

Our next fundraising event is planned for Sunday, Nov. 29th in St. Mary’s School Auditorium after the 11 am mass.  St. Mary’s Youth will be serving tables at the CWL Harvest Luncheon and Tea and the CWL has agreed to make a generous donation for this service.  Please come and support the CWL and the youth of the parish by attending this event.

Pictures of this event are now online here.

God bless and hope to see you on Nov. 29th!

Brad Waggoner (St. Mary’s Youth Coordinator)

On Sunday November 15th, St. Mary’s Youth will be having a World Youth Day Fundraising Sausage and Pancake Brunch after the 9 and 11am masses. All of the proceeds will go towards our goal to raise $30 000 which will cover approximately half of the cost to send 20 pilgrims to see the Pope at World Youth Day 2011 Madrid Spain. We still need volunteers to help in the kitchen, to sell tickets, and to serve tables.

Please let the office know or email me at bradleywaggoner@trentu.ca if you think you will be able to help in anyway. This is a great cause, great food, and a lot of fun!

The first youth meeting will take place this Sunday (Oct. 18th) after the 11 am Mass at the Youth Office which is located inside St. Mary’s rectory (40 Russell St. E).  Lunch will be provided free of charge and Fr. Tom will be joining us.  Let me know if you need transportation. 

Things to think about before the meeting:

- how to register a Catholic group at Fleming (Frost Campus)?  posters and room rental?  mass on campus?
- steps for setting up Theology on Tap in Lindsay.
- volunteers needed to decorate for Halloween dance fundraiser
- Trick or Eat Peterborough (Who wants to attend?  This is a great event.  Transportation provided.)
-  Movies and screening space at Frost Campus.
-  Christian/Catholic Christmas Formal in Peterborough (who wants to attend?)
- Sports at Fleming or elsewhere (Catholic intramural team?)
- Anyone interested in attending WYD 11 Madrid Spain?  (Volunteers needed for fundraising.)

If you can think of anything else that should be covered at the meeting let me know and I will add it to the agenda. 

God bless and see you all Sunday at about noon!

Brad Waggoner
St. Mary’s Youth Coordinator in Lindsay
bradleywaggoner@trentu.ca 
705 772 2723 (cell)