bulletin - june 28, 2015
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St. Helen's Catholic Church Sunday Bulletin June 28th 2015TRANSCRIPT
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St. Helen Church SUNDAY JUNE 28, 2015 | THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY (YEAR B)
Travellers Prayer
(Before Starting a Journey)
My holy Angel Guardian,
ask the Lord to bless the
journey which I undertake,
that it may profit the health
of my soul and body; that I
may reach its end, and
that, returning safe and
sound, I may find my fami-
ly in good health. Do thou
guard, guide and preserve
us.
Amen.
Pastor
Fr. Philip English
Office Administration
Aggie Agnino, ext. 1 ______________________________________________________
Mass Times Saturday
5:00 p.m.
Sundays
9:00 a.m. - St. Helen Church
11:00 a.m. - St. Mark School
Gym, Beamsville
Opened - October 2, 1938
4157 Maple Grove Rd. | PO Box 222 | Vineland, Ontario | L0R 2C0 www.sthelenscatholic.ca
Established as a Parish - January 1, 1986
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New Parishioner* Change of address Moving
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Address______________________________________________ City_____________________
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I will use offertory envelopes If , pick up in foyer: St. Helen Church or St. Mark School
Phone (905) 562-7427 | Fax (905) 562-7789 | [email protected]
We welcome you and invite you to share in the spiritual and social activities of your parish
Schools St. Mark School
Principal: Dean Stunt
Phone: (905) 563-9191
St. Edward School
Principal: Adrian Bishop
Phone: (905) 562-5531
Sacraments Baptism
Available Sundays at 1:00 pm. Call
parish office.
First Communion & Confirmation
Arranged through school. If your
child is not in a Catholic school or is
not baptized in the Roman Catholic
Church, contact the parish office.
Reconciliation
Before or after mass or by appoint-
ment.
Marriage
Six months notice; marriage prep
required.
Anointing of the Sick
Please let us know when someone
has a serious or prolonged illness or
is to have surgery. This sacrament
celebrates the healing of mind and
body and the forgiveness of sins.
Catholic Funeral Rites
When a death occurs in your family,
please call the parish office and we
will assist you in making the neces-
sary liturgical arrangements.
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Stewardship of Treasure
June 21:
Offertory Envelopes (129) $ 3,082
Loose $ 179
Building Fund Envelopes (55) $ 2,301
MAY GOD BLESS YOU FOR YOUR
FAITHFUL STEWARDSHIP!
Ministry for the Sick and Homebound We are grateful to those who give of their time and care to bring holy communion to our parish-ioners who cannot make it to church due to sick-ness or infirmity. If you know of anyone who would like to receive communion in their home, please contact the parish office or Frances @ 905-562-5475 and arrangements will be made to bring Holy Communion to your home.
Prayer Shawl Ministry The Prayer Shawl Ministry continues to create handcrafted shawls for parishioners, their families and friends who are coping with illness, loneli-ness, pain or trouble. During the past year, we have distributed many prayer shawls and lap blankets. The shawls are knitted with compas-sion and prayerfulness. They are available to an-yone who needs one. Please call the office to request a shawl or lap blanket or if you would like to join this ministry. We meet monthly and wel-come new members.
CWL St Helen's CWL wishes to thank the Senior Pa-rishioners and CWL ladies who attended our Strawberry Social at Colleen Drakes home. A special note of thanks to Colleen for being so generous in offering her home to host our social. Thanks also go out to the organizers who took great care to plan the event and to all those who helped. Every one enjoyed the nice sunny day and especially the cake and berries. We hope you will come and join us next year.
The Catholic Women's League meetings will re-sume once again in September. We would like to wish everyone a safe, happy and blessed Sum-mer.
St. Helens
congratulates all
of our Graduates!
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Year B - June 29 to July 5, 2015
Day Requested for Requested by
Mon NO MASS
Tuesday 8:30 a.m.
Intentions of Linda & Nick Bruch Kathleen Bruch
Wednesday 9:30 a.m.
Stacey Family
Dario Grisonich
Misetich Family
Vilma & Milan Jaglic
Thursday 8:30 a.m.
Intentions of Sue & Ron Bruch Kathleen Bruch
Friday 8:30 a.m.
Dora Geczy & Elizabeth Barna Alex Geczy
Saturday 5:00 p.m.
Silvestro Izzo
Camillo DiTomasso
Maria Iannotta
Maria DiTomasso
Sunday 9:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m. St. Mark School
For the People of St. Helen - L&D
Amelia Landin
Helen & Andy Hendriks - 55th Anniversary
Bill Zettler
Nancy Winslow
Mass In
tentio
ns
L & D (living & deceased)
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June 28, 2015 - 13th Sunday Ordinary Time Led Beyond Fear
Wis 1, 2 God overcomes evil and death. Psalm 30 Lord, you have rescued me. 2 Cor 8, 9 Imitate Christ by giving generously of yourselves. Mark 5 Jesus heals the hemorrhaging woman and raises Jairus daughter.
Jesus restored life to Laz-arus, to the daughter of Jairus, and to a widows son. These three stunning acts of compassion were preceded by pleas from family members. The story of Jairus
daughter is found in all three synoptic Gospels, Matthew, Mark and Luke. The story begins with the father falling at Jesus feet, pleading for the life of his child. On his way to the dying daughter, Jesus passes by a woman who reaches out to touch his cloak. She is immediately healed of her hemorrhage. The daughter dies be-fore Jesus gets to Jairus house, but even then, Je-sus restores her. Todays Gospel assures us that with fervent pray-er and our own absolute confidence in Jesus, we too, can reach out to touch the power of Christ, who saves even when all seems to be lost. -- Dc. Dick Folger
Next Weeks Readings Ezek 2 God calls Ezekiel to prophesy to Israel. Psalm 123 Our eyes are fixed on the Lord. 2 Cor 12 Paul is called, despite his weaknesses. Mark 6 Jesus is rejected in the synagogue.
A SUMMER BLESSING
Walking along beside me, Jesus, as I begin the months of summer.
As I work, play, enjoy family time and friendships, may I hear your voice within me,
guiding me toward all that is right and good. Give me faith in your presence,
knowing that you walk beside me in everything I do. Gracious and Loving Jesus, thank you for the gift of
summer. May the warmth of its sun and the beauty of its light
remind me daily of Your love for me. Amen
Dear Parishioners, When Constantine named his mother St. Helen as Augusta Imperatrix he also gave her unlimited ac-cess to the imperial treasury whereupon she built and refurbished three churches during her travels to holy places in Palestine. The key to the bank went missing somewhere in the shuffle to the 21st century and we need your connections to potential organizations and busi-nesses that may be willing to support our new church building campaign. Corporate sponsorship is an integral component of our fundraising initia-tives. The Corporate Sponsorship Fundraising Committee is organizing a dinner September 30 and is asking for parishioners help to submit the names of those businesses that might be invited to attend. Your help is vital to the success of the din-ner and the building of our beautiful new St. Helen Church.
Please send your suggestions to: Rose Luppino: [email protected] Joanne McDonald: [email protected]
A PRAYER FOR CANADA Let us pray and live for a world where people of all nations will be united in thought, word and deed; help us to be honest, pure and loving in our relations with others in our world. Let us pray for peace and harmony for every person in this na-
tion and every nation; help us to work and live so that all people everywhere will live a good life, that hunger, poverty, ignorance and disease will disap-pear and the kingdom come indeed. Amen.
Parish office is closed Canada Day.
St. Helen Church Parish Office Summer Hours
(July & August) Tuesday to Friday
9:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m. Emergencies will be tended to. In an emergency situation, please call the parish office and press #2 to leave an urgent message.
Childrens Liturgy This Sunday (June 28) is the last day for Childrens Liturgy for the summer. It will resume again in Sep-tember. we welcome volunteers and new ideas for Children's Liturgy. Also, donations of crayons, pen-cils perhaps even children's bible stories would be appreciated as well.