<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Thanks, Brian.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">We will remember migrants and refugees at our Mass.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">I discovered this online:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">
<h1 class="gmail-line gmail-bottom" style="margin-left:40px"><font size="2" style="color:rgb(11,83,148)">Migrants, missionaries of hope</font></h1><div style="margin-left:40px">
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<p><span style="color:rgb(11,83,148)">The Church has been celebrating the World Day of Migrants and
Refugees (WDMR) since 1914. It is always an occasion to express concern
for different vulnerable people on the move; to pray for them as they
face many challenges; and to increase awareness about the opportunities
that migration offers.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:rgb(11,83,148)">Every year the WDMR is the last Sunday of September but this year, on the Jubilee of Migrants, <strong>the WDMR will be celebrated on 4 and 5 October</strong>. As the title for his annual message, the Holy Father has chosen <strong>“Migrants, missionaries of hope”</strong>.</span></p>
</div><a href="https://migrants-refugees.va/world-day-of-migrants-refugees/">https://migrants-refugees.va/world-day-of-migrants-refugees/</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"> Also: <a href="https://www.usccb.org/resources/jubilee-migrants-usccb-resource-packet-english">https://www.usccb.org/resources/jubilee-migrants-usccb-resource-packet-english</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">See you Sunday!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Ron</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Sep 25, 2025 at 1:37 PM Brian Halferty <<a href="mailto:bhalferty@yahoo.ca">bhalferty@yahoo.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:16px"><div dir="ltr">Greetings everyone,</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">This coming Sunday, September 28, 2025, is the 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time. The program of songs and responses is attached.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">This Sunday is also recognized as the "World Day of Migrants and Refugees." And, God knows, there are so many of them! There seems to be more negative reaction and a less welcoming stance in the world these days towards those who have to flee their own countries. The President of the United States, at the United Nations this past week, criticized the other countries of the world for having "open borders" and told them "your countries are going to hell." However, in today's Gospel story about the rich man and the poor man named Lazarus, it is the rich man who goes to Hades when he dies, while Lazarus "is carried away by the Angels to be with Abraham." It is not hard to understand what Jesus is trying to teach us by telling this story.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Both Sylvia and I are away this Sunday. Helena is graciously looking after the music, with the help of Dean Riley and Mike Watson. Thank you.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Best wishes to all.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Brian</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:new times,serif;font-size:16px"><b><i><font color="#4c76a2">Brian Halferty<br></font></i></b></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div>