WELCOME TO
Assumption Parish Church
The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church parish is a thriving Roman Catholic faith community located at the heart of Vanier in the Archdiocese of Ottawa-Cornwall (Ontario-Canada). Sustained by the Word of God and the Eucharist, we are committed to building a viable Christian faith community that all will consider home as we strive to bring the light of Christ to our daily lives and to others. You are all welcome here with us.
Welcome to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish.
MASS TIMES
Monday – Fridays – 8:00 AM
Saturday – 9:00 AM and every 4:00 PM. (Sunday Liturgy)
Sunday – 9:30 AM (English); 12:00 NN (Filipino and English); 7:00 PM (English)
DEVOTIONS
Rosary – 30 minutes before weekly masses
Public Rosary – Every First Saturday of the month after the 9:00 a.m. Mass
Adoration – Every First Friday of the month at 8:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. and also every Friday evening from 6:00 p.m. to Vespers. A Catholic Study session afterwards which is hosted by a Deacon.
Perpetual Help Devotion – Every Wednesday after the 8:00 a.m. mass
Please note temporary changes to the above mass schedule noted in the current Bulletin.
PASTORAL TEAM
| Pastor: | Rev. Fr. Victor Mateo, OFMConv |
| Deacon: | + Rev. Paul Beaudoin (RIP) |
| Pastoral Council Chairperson: | Nick Murillo |
| Finance Council Chairperson: | Mary Stanton |
| Administrative Assistant: | Nora Arriola |
| Guardian of St. Andre Besette Friary: | Rev. Fr. Maurice Richard, OFMConv |
OTHER SERVICES
Confession Schedules –
WEEKDAYS – after the Morning Mass (approach the priest)
First FRIDAYS – 8:45 AM – 9:15 AM
First SATURDAYS – 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM;
3:30 AM – 4 PM (by appointment)
Every SUNDAY – 11:30 AM – 12:00 NN
Sacrament of the Sick and Communion for Shut-ins – Please contact the Parish Office with your contact details.
Spiritual Counseling – By appointment only. Please contact the Parish Office to arrange for a session.
Your Mass Intentions – In the Archdiocese of Ottawa-Cornwall only three (3) intentions at each Mass are allowed. Please contact the Parish Office here to reserve your preferred dates (at least a week before). Requests will be handled on a “first come first served basis”.
Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
COMMUNITY PRAYERS
Community Prayer Intentions (March 2026)
Let us pray for the healing of ina Groulx, Claire Kiruhira, Christopher Finnerty, Charity Joyce Marohombsar, Michael and Arnita Sabong, Nelia Samournte, Feliza Daiz, Arlene Magpayo, Theresa Akan, Virgie Bautista, Leonida Sarmiento.
Note: We welcome your prayer requests. Please let us know by contacting our Parish Office at tel. 613-695-6079 or via email at assumption.parish@
Tuesday Prayer to St. Anthony for the Sick
Every Tuesday, we invite you to attend our Mass at 8:00 AM, and before the final blessing, the parish community offers prayer through the intercession of ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA for all the sick, especially our parish members and those who support us and their families.
Holy Father’s Prayer Intention (March 2026)
For Disarmament and Peace. “Let us pray that nations move to effective disarmament, particularly nuclear disarmament and that world leaders choose the path of dialogue and diplomacy instead of violence.”
WHAT’S NEW
Vocation Ministry: Let us continue to pray for Vocation in our parish. Join a group of parishioners, every Wednesday, immediately after the Mass, there is the Novena in honor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help and prayers for vocations
Confirmation and First Holy Communion registrations are now open for adults and children 7 years old and up. For information and registration, please contact the parish office by phone (Tel. 613-695-6079); or email the parish at assumptionparishchurch@outlook.com.
Baptismal Preparation Session is conducted every second Saturday of each month. For more information, please contact the Parish Office to obtain the requirements. It is one of the requirements for parents and selected godparents to attend this one session prior to a child being baptized at this parish.
The PARISH YOUTH MINISTRY will meet every 1st Saturday of the month, starting with the Holy Mass at 4PM followed by a 45–60-minute youth session with free refreshments provided. Our youths are the future faces of Catholicism and we need to do our part in preparing them to be imbued with the Catholic mindset. We invite everyone to join us either as a member or volunteer. Get involved, please email the Parish Office at: youthministryassumptionparish@gmail.com and/or: assumption.parish@
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SAVE THE DATES
Every First Friday of the month – Hour of Reparation & Adoration. Following the scheduled 8 AM Mass every First Friday of the month, there is from 8:30 AM to 9:30 AM an Exposition of the: Blessed Sacrament in reparation for the offenses against the Sacred Heart of Jesus and for faithful and sincere vocations in the Church. An opportunity for Confessi0n is also available at that time. Everyone is invited.
NEXT SUNDAY’S READINGS
3rd Sunday of Lent – March 8, 2026 (Year A)
1st Reading – Exodus 1:3-7
2nd Reading – Romans 5:1-2, 5-8
Responsorial Psalm 95 –
“O that today you would listen to the voice of the Lord. Do not harden your hearts.”
Gospel Text – New Revised Std Version Catholic Edition: John 4:5-15, 19-26, 39-42
4:5 So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 6 Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about noon. 7 When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Will you give me a drink?” 8 (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)
9 The Samaritan woman said to him, “You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans. 10 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.” 11 “Sir,” the woman said, “you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water? 12 Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did also his sons and his livestock?”
13 Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, 14 but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” 15 The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water so that I won’t get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water.”
19 “Sir,” the woman said, “I can see that you are a prophet. 20 Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.” 21 “Woman,” Jesus replied, “believe me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. 22 You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. 23 Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. 24 God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.” 25 The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.” 26 Then Jesus declared, “I, the one speaking to you—I am he.”
39 Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.” 40 So when the Samaritans came to him, they urged him to stay with them, and he stayed two days. 41 And because of his words many more became believers. 42 They said to the woman, “We no longer believe just because of what you said; now we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man really is the Savior of the world.”
For Year A 2025-2026 Liturgical Calendar, please use this link.