Divine Mercy Celebration

April 3rd 2pm

First Holy Communion April 10, 11AM

Fund raising for ‘Host a Family Program’

April 17 Pasta Dinner—Noon to 4pm

Penny & Bake sale - May 1st, 12 to 2.30pm

VBS from Aug.2nd to 6th; 9am to 3.3.30pm

Last Week’s Collection Sunday Offering - $ 1796.95

Holy Land - Good Friday - $ 597.00 ‘Host a Family..’ $ 385.00

Development & Peace $ 100.00 Easter - $ 1906.40

Bless you for your continued generous support.

Divine Mercy Sunday, April 3, 2016 Saint Andrew the Apostle, pray for us Mass Schedule & Intentions from April 2 to April 10, 2016

....,Jesus came and stood among them and said,

“Peace be with you.” After he said this, he

showed them his hands and his side. Then the

disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.

Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you.

(John 20: 19-21)

Upcoming Events

St. Andrew’s Host A Family Program

Sunday May 1st 2016 12:00PM to 2:30PM Fundraising for our ‘Host a Family Program’

(Refugee Ministry) supported by the CWL.

Buy your lunch! Try your luck and support this great cause.

Please bring in good items only! You may bring them the previous

weekend.; and Home baked goodies on the May 1st weekend. ThanQ

Saturday

Divine

Mercy Sunday

Jesus I Trust in You !

Divine Mercy Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday Thursday

Friday

Saturday

5:00PM

9:00AM

11:00AM

2PM to 3.30PM

9:00AM

9:00AM

9.00AM

† Antonio Gallo by Wife & Family

Mike & Stella Leo by Nancy Fazari Giovanni & Maria Raso by Mary Raso

Frank Speranza by Anthony & Maria Sdao † Argolino Pace by Wife

Emilia & Anthonio Loco by Lea Loco & family

Maria Notarianni by Children Frank Pellegrino by Wife & Children

For us and for all our dearly deceased ones

Divine Mercy Celebration

No Mass

† Tom DiGioia by Rosina Stranges

† Aladino Magazzeni by Ioannoni Emidio † John Hardy by Barbara Nenadovich

† Mass of Thanksgiving

by Annie Garland & friends † Annunziata Tedesco by sister

Salvatore Giovinazzo by Wife & Children & Grandchildren

Agnesa Domenico & Michael Ventresca by Philomena Ventresca Yolanda D’Andrea

by Mr. & Mrs. Enzo Trassati

In Honour of St. Gabriel, St. Antonio & St. Padre Pio by Maria Magazzeni & family † Ida Martire by Lea Locco & family

Aladino Magazzeni by wife & family Giulia Ciccone by Aunt Giuseppina Lucci

For us and for all our dearly deceased ones

Did you know

that we recite

Rosary every

morning before

the Holy Mass

at 8.40AM

St. Andrew’s Pasta Dinner

Come and join us on Sunday April 17, 2016

Noon to 4 PM All You Can Eat—Please join us

for a wonderful home cooked

pasta and meatball dinner and

fellowship!!

Adults $10 each.

Ages 6—12 yrs. $5 each.

While children 5 yrs and under are

still Free. The proceeds go to fund

the ’Host a Family Program’.

From the book of 1 Kings-Chapter 16-22. Naboth said to Ahab, “The LORD forbid that I should give you my ancestral heritage.” What is this heritage he speaks of?

A. His house B. His vineyard C. His wife D. His jewelry

Answer in Next Week’s Bulletin

Last Week’s Question: Rehoboam went to_________,

where all Israel had come to make him king ANSWER:

C. Shechem

GENERAL AUDIENCE POPE FRANCIS March 30, 2016

Dear Brothers and Sisters:

In our continuing catechesis for this Holy Year of

Mercy, we now conclude our treatment of the Old

Testament with a consideration of Psalm 51, the

Miserere. This Psalm is traditionally seen as King David’s prayer for

forgiveness following his sin with Bathsheba. Its opening words:

“Have mercy on me, O God in your kindness”, are a moving

confession of sin, repentance and confident hope in God’s merciful

pardon. Together with a heartfelt plea to be cleansed and purified of his

sin, the Psalmist sings the praise of God’s infinite justice and holiness.

He asks for the forgiveness of his great sin but also for the gift of a

pure heart and a steadfast spirit, so that, thus renewed, he may draw

other sinners back to the way of righteousness. God’s forgiveness is the

greatest sign of his infinite mercy. Through the prayers of Mary,

Mother of Mercy, may we become ever more convincing witnesses to

that divine mercy which forgives our sins, creates in us a new heart,

and enables us to proclaim God’s reconciling love to the world.

NATIONAL MARCH FOR LIFE

The National March for Life will

take place in Ottawa May 11-13.

The event begins with Mass on

Wednesday

evening. On Thursday events

include various prayer services,

the March on Parliament Hill,

Rose Dinner and

a Youth Banquet.

St. Andrew’s Host a Family

Program

Thank you. Kindly continue to support our efforts for our

Syrian Sisters & Brothers in

need.

Divine Mercy Sunday

Divine Mercy Sunday is a very special Sunday

when the Divine Floodgates from Heaven are

wide-opened and Jesus offers us the total

forgiveness of all sins and punishment to any

soul, who goes to Confession and receives Him

in Holy Communion, on that day.

WELLAND/PORT COLBORNE

PRO LIFE ANNUAL MEETING

The Annual meeting will take place

on Saturday,

April 30, 2016 at

St. Anthony's Croation Church Hall

(360 River Road, Welland).

For tickets call

905-714-047.

Congratulations to the Confirmation Candidates

Congratulations to the 15 students who received Confirmation. We

thank our Bishop Bergie for conferring it to them. Many thanks to

Mrs.Carla Bianco, the school principal, Mrs.Angela Ventresca, the gr.8

teacher, and the SOLI sisters for all their support to them. Thanks to the

Gethsemane Music Ministry for the music and singing. We also thank

Mrs.Pat Garant and team for preparing supper for all the guests.

The Feast Of Mercy https://www.ewtn.com/devotionals/mercy/feast.htm

During the course of Jesus' revelations to Saint Faustina on the

Divine Mercy He asked on numerous occasions that a feast day be

dedicated to the Divine Mercy and that this feast be celebrated on

the Sunday after Easter. The liturgical texts of that day, the 2nd

Sunday of Easter, concern the institution of the Sacrament of

Penance, the Tribunal of the Divine Mercy, and are thus already

suited to the request of Our Lord. This Feast, which had already

been granted to the nation of Poland and been celebrated within

Vatican City, was granted to the Universal Church by Pope John

Paul II on the occasion of the canonization of Sr. Faustina on 30

April 2000.

Concerning the Feast of Mercy Jesus said:

Whoever approaches the Fountain of Life on this day will be

granted complete forgiveness of sins and punishment. (Diary 300)

I want the image solemnly blessed on the first Sunday after Easter,

and I want it to be venerated publicly so that every soul may know

about it. (Diary 341)

This Feast emerged from the very depths of My mercy, and it is

confirmed in the vast depths of my tender mercies. (Diary 420)

On one occasion, I heard these words: My daughter, tell the whole

world about My Inconceivable mercy. I desire that the Feast of

Mercy be a refuge and shelter for all souls, and especially for poor

sinners. On that day the very depths of My tender mercy are open. I

pour out a whole ocean of graces upon those souls who approach the

fount of My mercy. The soul that will go to Confession and receive

Holy Communion shall obtain complete forgiveness of sins and

punishment.* [our emphasis] On that day all the divine floodgates

through which grace flow are opened. Let no soul fear to draw near

to Me, even though its sins be as scarlet. My mercy is so great that

no mind, be it of man or of angel, will be able to fathom it

throughout all eternity. Everything that exists has come forth from

the very depths of My most tender mercy. Every soul in its relation

to Me will contemplate My love and mercy throughout eternity. The

Feast of Mercy emerged from My very depths of tenderness. It is

My desire that it be solemnly celebrated on the first Sunday after

Easter. Mankind will not have peace until it turns to the Fount of

My Mercy. (Diary 699)

Yes, the first Sunday after Easter is the Feast of Mercy, but there

must also be deeds of mercy, which are to arise out of love for Me.

You are to show mercy to our neighbors always and everywhere.

You must not shrink from this or try to absolve yourself from it.

(Diary 742)

As you can see the Lord's desire for the Feast includes the solemn,

public veneration of the Image of Divine Mercy by the Church, as

well as personal acts of veneration and mercy. The great promise for

the individual soul is that a devotional act of sacramental penance

and Communion will obtain for that soul the plenitude of the divine

mercy on the Feast.

Here at St. Andrew’s we will have Divine Mercy Celebration

this Sunday (April 3rd) from 2pm to 3.30pm.

JESUS I TRUST in THEE!

Sunday

First Holy Communion

9:00AM

9:00AM

5:00PM

9:00AM

11:00AM