ST. REGIS MISSION NEWS

ALL CURRENT COVID-19 AND COLD/FLU RESTRICTIONS APPLY WHICH INCLUDE:

SOCIAL DISTANCING AND OPTIONAL WEARING MASKS.

THURSDAY- FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 28-29, 2023 NO WEEKDAY MASSES THIS WEEK

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 30, 2023 4:00 PM Offered for: Ben and Betty Kelly from the Funeral

Collection

SUNDAY OCTOBER 1, 2023 10:00 AM Offered for: Larry Arquette from the Funeral Collection

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 4, 2023 NO WEEKDAY MASS THIS WEEK

AN ON-LINE RESOURCE FOR VITUAL MASSES IS http://www.ewtn.com

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023 NATIONAL DAY OF TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION: This year

there will be THREE HEALING AND RECONCILIATION events taking place.

Two on SEPTEMBER 30, 2023. The first event will be at 10:00 AM AT ST. BASIL’S PARISH.,

OTTAWA, ONTARIO sponsored by the Archdiocese of Ottawa-Cornwall for National Day for

Truth and Reconciliation. The presider will be Bishop Yvan Mathieu along with representatives

of the Kateri Native Ministry, the Akwesasne Mohawk choir, Fr. Alain Guevremont and Fr.

Daryold Winkler. The Mass is in response to the Truth and Reconciliation Call to Action #80.

THE SECOND EVENT ON SEPTEMBER 30TH is sponsored by the Mohawk Council of

Akwesasne at Lamoureux Park, Cornwall from 1-4pm. ORANGE SHIRT DAY will feature

residential school history, culture sharing, traditional teachings, social dancing and traditional

indigenous food sharing.

ON SEPTEMBER 29TH The St. Regis Mohawk Tribe is sponsoring EVERY CHILD MATTERS

DAY at GENERATIONS PARK from 11:00AM to 2:00 PM. There will be speakers, a community

walk, singers and food. “COME HONOR OUR CHILDREN PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE.”

The St. Regis Mission Church and representatives of the Pastors of Akwesasne (Mohawk

Assembly of God, the Hogansburg United Methodist Church, the New Life Christian Church and

the Church of Christ) in recognition of the National Day of Healing and Reconciliation are

supporting these events. Each year, September 30 marks the National Day for Truth and

Reconciliation. The day honours the children who never returned home and Survivors of

residential schools, as well as their families and communities. Everyone is invited including all

neighboring churches and their parishioners.

For more information contact RJ Dolly McDonald at [email protected] or Pastor

April Bender, Mohawk Assembly of God at (315)-212-2331. You may also visit

https://www.facebook.com/stregismission.