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Readings: February 9, 2020
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
First Reading: Isaiah 58.6-10++
Your light shall break forth like the dawn.
Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 2.1-5
I proclaimed to you the mystery of Jesus Christ,
and him crucified.
Gospel: Matthew 5.13-16
You are the light of the world.
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Mass Intentions February 3 - 9 Monday
7:00pm Jack and Annie Foley,
Intentions of Bride Tobin and
Intentions of Nellie Heffernan
Tuesday
8:00am Jerome Conway,
Dominic, Pearl and Eddy Doyle,
Intentions of Shannie Short
Wednesday 7:00pm Mary Holwell,
Intentions of Loretta Edwards and
Intentions of Kay Bidgood
Thursday
8:00am Loel Power, Michael White and
Jim Farrell
Friday
8:00am Shane Gerald O'Neill,
William, Florence, Gordon and
Marjorie Howlett and
William David Campbell
Saturday 5:00pm Wilfred Miller, Catherine Spratt and
Steve Frederick Lewis
Sunday 9:30am Melvin Maidment, Ted English and
Theresa Duggan
11:30am The Parishioners
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Strong and mighty God, Father of our Lord Jesus,
the presentation of your Son in the temple
was his first entrance into the place of sacrifice.
Grant that, trusting in his offering upon the cross
to forgive our sins and uphold us in the time of trial,
we may sing your praises
and live in the light of your salvation, Jesus Christ. Amen.
Weekday/Weekend Masses
Monday and Wednesday: 7:00pm
Tuesday, Thursday and Friday: 8:00am
Weekday holidays: Weekday Mass moved to 9:00am
Saturday: 5:00pm
Sunday: 9:30am, 11:30am
Reconciliation
Wednesday at 6:30-7pm and Saturday at 4:00-4:45pm or please
call the parish office for an individual appointment with a priest.
Marriages
A minimum of six months advance notice is required.
A marriage preparation program is required to be married in the
church.
Baptisms Please contact the Parish Office to schedule the pre-baptism
course and for more information. A copy of the child’s birth
certificate must be provided before the baptism.
Eucharistic Adoration Friday after 8am Mass until 3pm
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Redemptorists Television (www.redemptorist.tv) Devotions to Our Mother of Perpetual Help -
Wednesdays on Vision TV at 10am and 2pm.
Wednesday, February 5, 2020
Marian Talk: Margarette Almonte ~ Mary's Love
Homilist: Fr. Mark Miller C.Ss.R. ~
St. Alphonsus and the Gift of Mercy
Marriage Preparation Course Upcoming Marriage Preparation course dates in
St. John’s for 2020 are March 6 & 7, April 17 & 18,
May 22 & 23, June 12 & 13. To register for a course please
complete the registration form on the Archdiocesan
website rcsj.org. Select Chancery/Marriage Tribunal and then
Marriage Preparation. Anyone requiring additional info call
Theresa Whiffen at 726-3660 ext 236 or
email twhiffen@rcsj.org.
Centre for Life (1) Counselling and support services are available for post-
abortive women and any woman in an unexpected pregnancy.
Professional confidential counselling services are available by
contacting 709-579-3818, or by email counsel-
lors@centreforlife.ca There is no fee for the services provided
by the Centre for Life.
(2) Registration for Computers for Seniors has resumed for the
winter session. To register or for information please call Centre
for Life, 579-1500.
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We Belong to God Everyone wants to belong to someone or something. In
fact, we do not merely want to belong; we need to belong.
However, sometimes we forget to whom we really belong.
This feast reminds us to whom Jesus belonged. The
reading from Hebrews underscores the fact that Jesus
was one of us. He also was a descendant of Abraham,
thus we are his brothers and sisters. But he really
belonged to God.
The ritual of presentation, a ritual that was and continues
to be common in religious Israel, was meant to remind
everyone to whom we belong. True, only male infants were so presented. This reflects the custom of
tracing lineage in the family, tribe, or clan through the male line, with women participating through the
agency of men. This cultural gender bias need not prevent us from understanding the
profound meaning of the presentation. Though one of us, Jesus belonged to God.
The Gospel story tells of a man and a woman who recognized that this child would be the one through
whom God saves all people. It describes two important religious insights: First, it acknowledges that
the child we cherish as one of us really belongs to God. Second, it illustrates how each child has a
mission to the world to somehow make it a better place. So even with its gender and cultural bias, this
feast is about us as well as Jesus. We all belong to God; and we all have a mission to the world.
Sr. Dianne Bergant, CSA
Liguori Publications
A Word from Pope Francis In the Temple…Mary and Joseph find the roots of their faith, for faith is not something
learned from a book, but the art of living with God, learned from the experience of those
who have gone before us. The two young people, in meeting two older people [Simeon
and Anna], thus find themselves. —
Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, February 2, 2018
St. Teresa’s Parish - Served By The Redemptorists Since Sunday, October 21, 1956
Fr. Ciro Perez C.Ss.R., Fr. Tony Bidgood C.Ss.R. & Fr. David Louch C.Ss.R.
Telephone: 709-579-0065
120 Mundy Pond Road, St. John’s, NL, A1E 1V1 Fax: 579-3804
Website: www.stteresa.ca
Parish Office Hours Monday to Friday 9:00 - 4:00 pm
Our bulletin is available online.
February 2, 2020 ~ The Presentation of the Lord
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Collection January 25/26, 2020
Green Envelopes $6,017.00
Loose Collection 959.00
Total of above $6,976.00
Initial Offering $90.00 (Total $ $1,589.00)
Regular Collection Green Envelopes (2019) $3000.00
Christmas Offering $15.00 (Total $12,742.20)
New Year's Day $130.00 (Total $3,741.20)
Acknowledged with gratitude.
Mass Cancellation Policy Now that winter weather is upon us, please
be advised for weekday masses - if the
schools are closed there will be no daily
mass and the parish office will be closed. On weekends
we will endeavor to get any cancellation on the radio -
CBC, VOCM and of course our parish website,
www.stteresa.ca.
Your safety is our concern ~ please use common sense.
Mass Intentions are now accepted up to
February 2021. Due to the large number of mass
requests received each year for deceased family
members, we have limited the number of requests to
three per family per year. Additional mass intentions
will be sent to the Redemptorist Missions.
Last Year’s Blessed Palms
Please bring last years palms to the church no later
than Sunday, February 23, so that they may be
burned and used for ashes on Ash Wednesday,
February 26. Place them in the basket provided at the
church entrance.
Blessing of Throats --
Feast Day of Saint Blaise, Monday, February 3,
7pm mass Please stay behind after mass on this
evening and have your throat blessed.
Feast of the Presentation of the Lord
(Candlemas Day)
Celebrate ~ Monday, February 3, 7pm Mass Traditionally on this day the church blesses candles and
holds a procession of light; signifying that Christ our
Light has come to us. You may bring candles to the
church on that day to be blessed. Place your candles on
the table in the centre aisle as you enter the church.
They will be blessed during Mass and you may pick
them up as you leave.
Baptisms
Through the Waters of Baptism we welcome
Kalina Nicole Bette-Joy Bishop who was
baptized in January. We pray that her journey
of faith is filled with great joy.
World Day of the Sick – February 11th The ministry of Jesus to the sick is central to the life of
the Church. February 11th (Memorial of Our Lady of
Lourdes) highlights the healing ministry of the Church.
It reminds us that service to the sick and suffering
cannot be neglected. It recognizes the great efforts of
doctors, nurses, health care institutions and pastoral
care givers to restore health to those afflicted with
illness and disease.
In celebration of this year’s World Day of the Sick,
Archbishop Hundt invites you to join him at a special
Mass on Tuesday February 11th 2020 at 7:00 p.m. in the
Basilica of St. John the Baptist. All those who are
involved in caring for the sick are especially invited to
this celebration. Following the Mass there will be light
refreshments available and an opportunity for
socializing.
Let's Make a Choir with Dr. Valerie Long and Anne
Marie Fleming will begin Thursday evenings starting
Feb 27 until May 14 at St. Teresa's Parish Hall.
10 weeks of singing in a choir, open to men and
women, no auditions. Every rehearsal has a 50/50 draw
for St. Vincent de Paul at St. Teresa's. For more
information contact Anne Marie at
letsmakeachoir@gmail.com.
Eastern Health's Pastoral Care, Ethics &
Bereavement Services Department invites people
grieving the loss of a loved one to join an 8-week
Bereavement Information & Support Group. There are
two timeslots available. The first timeslot meets at
Health Sciences Centre and begins January 23, 2020.
Sessions are held Thursday afternoons from 1:30 –
3:30 p.m. The other group option meets at St. Clare’s
Mercy Hospital and begins February 3, 2020. Sessions
are held Monday evenings from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. For
more information, or to register, please contact the
Pastoral Care Office at 777-6959 or Scott Parsons at
777-7611 (Health Sciences) or Jenna King-Poirier at
777-5908 (St. Clare’s).
[Simeon said,] “Now, Master, you may let your
servant go in peace, according to your word, for
my eyes have seen your salvation.” Luke 2:29–30
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Knights of Columbus,
St. Teresa’s Council #7702 (1) Bingo continues every Sunday at 8pm in the Parish
Hall. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. The jackpot is
approximately $4200. Come along and bring a friend
for a night of fun.
(2) Weekly crib tournament - every Tuesday, 7pm,
St. Teresa's Room, church basement. Winter 2020 Group Offerings - Ruah Counselling
Centre. Please go to www.rcsj.org for more
information: Rebuilding After the End of a
Relationship, Separation & Divorce (8 weeks
beginning January 13, 2020 on Monday evenings 7-
9pm) Stress Management (8 weeks beginning January
22, 2020 on Wednesday evenings 7-9pm) Self-
Empowerment for Women (8 weeks beginning January
23, 2020 on Thursday evenings 7-9pm) When You See
Red for Women (8 weeks beginning January 29, 2020
on Wednesday afternoons 12-2pm) When You See Red
for Men (8 weeks beginning February 4, 2020 on
Tuesday evenings 7-9pm).
Ruah Counselling Centre also provides individual,
couple, and family counselling. Please contact
Samantha Lake at 579-0168 for more information.
The Blessings of Aging This series based on Joan Chittister’s best-selling book,
The Gift of Years, explores themes of aging such as
meaning, time, joy, regret, spirituality, and legacy with
an invitation to explore with others the blessing and
challenge of each theme. Session by session, you will
be guided to embrace a vision of elderhood as a blessed
time to be alive. This 5 part series begins on Monday,
February 3, 10:15 - 11: 15 am at St. Pius X Church,
Smithville Cres with Maria Kelsey, MTh.
CCO (Catholic Christian Outreach)
Annual Founders' Dinner is Saturday, March 28 For details, and to register please go to cco.ca/
stjohnsgala Please join us for CCO's annual
fundraising dinner. We will hear from CCO's Founder
Angele Regnier and we will also hear from students
involved with CCO who have been impacted by God
through their involvement. This is a highlight for many
of our friends and supporters - don't miss it! This event
will take place at Columbus Hall, 49 St. Clare Ave.
Doors open at 5:00pm, dinner will be served at 6pm.
Register at cco.ca/stjohnsgala.
Email maryclaire.hoffman@cco.ca with any questions.
Dear Padre,
A guided meditation on the rosary’s fourth Joyful
Mystery (The Presentation of Our Lord) mentions “our
Blessed Mother’s purification.” What does that mean?
According to Jewish law, a mother was considered
ritually impure for forty days after giving birth to a son,
and eighty days after the birth of a daughter (see
Leviticus 12:1–8). After the prescribed period of
purification, she made an offering to God in the Temple
for her atonement and another offering to support the
priests. Her purification offering was a pigeon or
turtledove; the burnt offering for the priests was a
yearling lamb. However, if a woman couldn’t afford the
lamb, she could instead substitute two turtledoves or
pigeons. Mary’s offering of two birds indicated her
poverty (see Luke 2:24).
Moreover, the Law stipulated that every firstborn male
be presented to God in the Temple. “The Lord spoke to
Moses and said, ‘Consecrate to me every firstborn;
whatever opens the womb…whether of human being or
beast, belongs to me’” (Exodus 13:1–2). As a devout,
law-abiding Jewish couple, Mary and Joseph traveled
eighty miles from Nazareth to Jerusalem to present their
son to God. Mary couldn’t afford a lamb as a burnt
offering; rather she offered Jesus as the true Lamb of
God in the name of the human race. Saint Alphonsus
Liguori wrote, “O my God, I on my part unite my
sacrifice to that of Mary. I offer to you your own divine
Son, and by his merits I ask you to grant me all the
graces I need for salvation.”
Home Again Furniture Bank - Donations Requested
Donating Your Gently-Used Furniture Could
Change a Life
Home Again Furniture Bank is a local non-profit
organization that provides gently-used furniture and
housewares to individuals and families in need. Each
week, Home Again volunteers ensure that our
neighbours have beds to sleep in and tables to share a
meal around.
For more information on how you can help to transform
homes, and lives, please connect with Home Again
today: info@homeagainfb.com or visit our website:
www.homeagainfb.ca
Vocation Reflection
The Presentation of the Lord -- February 2, 2020 –
World Day of Prayer for Consecrated Life “Consider
your own calling…” and do not be discouraged by
others when considering the consecrated life or
priesthood. Call Fr. Jeff Kolonel at 745-8183,
Fr. Ray Earle 781-1696 or Fr. Philip Melvin at
754-1195 or email: vocations@rcsj.org
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